MPR News Presents

National Book Award finalist Victoria Johnson and National Book Award winner Sigrid Nunez speak at the 14th annual National Book Awards event at Concordia College in Moorhead.

Tara Westover and Sarah Smarsh speak about bridging the divides in an appearance at the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival.

Two new documentary podcasts on higher education from APM Reports: "How Colleges are Mishandling Racial Tensions on Campus," by John Hernandez and "Ditching the Lecture for Active Learning," by Stephen Smith.

From stadiums packed with energetic fans to food, beer and waste, sports can have a big carbon footprint. Many sports franchises in baseball, hockey, basketball and football are embracing sustainability in venue design, waste, water, energy and food operations. And some athletes are speaking out about the bigger world around them.

A 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival program with Joan Biskupic, author of “The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts.”

A new debate from the Intelligence Squared series. The motion is: “Replace private insurance with Medicare for all.”

Chris Farrell’s “Conversations on the Creative Economy” series opened the fall season with a focus on Native American entrepreneurship.

Economist Glenn Loury speaks at St. Olaf College about racial equality.

Women’s rights activist Gloria Steinem speaks with MPR’s Kerri Miller about her memoir, “My Life on the Road.”

Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Tom Friedman speaks at the University of Minnesota about ways to face our global and local challenges.