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Will Rogers: cowboy comic to political insider

Soon after the dawn of radio, Will Rogers became a multimedia personality in newspaper columns, magazines and movies. Now, hear how Rogers also shaped public opinion and public policy.

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Remembering reporter and columnist David Broder

Remembering reporter and columnist David Broder

A memorial service is being held for the iconic reporter David Broder today. He died last month after reporting on politics for more than four decades for the Washington Post. Midday presents a speech from David Broder from our archives as well as an earlier interview with him.

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The morality of muckraking journalism

The morality of muckraking journalism

Award-winning investigative reporter and author Mark Feldstein discusses journalistic ethics, from newspaper columnist Jack Anderson, who was a fierce critic of President Richard Nixon, to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Feldstein is out with a new book, "Poisoning the Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington's Scandal Culture."

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Social media and Middle East unrest

Social media and Middle East unrest

Social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook have played critical roles in the Middle East uprisings. How are journalists using social media sites as reporting tools, and how have they shaped the revolutions in the Middle East?

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Public radio ponders future without Prairie Home's Keillor

Public radio ponders future without Prairie Home's Keillor

In an interview with AARP published on their website, Garrison Keillor said he plans to step down from hosting A Prairie Home Companion in the spring of 2013.
by Marianne Combs

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Upheaval at NPR

Upheaval at NPR

NPR president Vivian Schiller has resigned in the wake of a recent scandal involving comments made about conservatives by another NPR executive. Midmorning gets reaction from NPR's ombudsman and a media critic.

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Ken Auletta on journalism, curiosity, and technology

Ken Auletta on journalism, curiosity, and technology

In the latest conversation in MPR's "Broadcast Journalist Series," Midmorning's Kerri Miller speaks with Ken Auletta about his career as a journalist, and the upheaval that the digital world is creating in the media industry. Recorded at the University of St. Thomas on March 4th, 2011.

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Man vs. Machine

Man vs. Machine

IBM's Watson supercomputer easily defeated his human opponents on Jeopardy!, but what does his victory tell us about the potential, and the limitations, of artificial intelligence?

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Rapper deconstructs critique song and finds himself

Rapper deconstructs critique song and finds himself

Minneapolis rapper Sims has a reputation for being the most overtly-political emcee in the hip hop crew, "Doomtree," and a track on his newly-released CD titled Bad Time Zoo takes aim at "progressive" public radio listeners.
by Chris Roberts

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More from "Say It Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity"

Midday presents more speeches featured in the new book by Stephen Smith and Kate Ellis, "Say it Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity." Speeches in this hour include ones from Shirley Chisholm, James Cone, Colin Powell, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
by Stephen Smith

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