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Special programming from MPR News.

The First Family of Radio: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's Historic Broadcasts
This APM Reports documentary, "The First Family of Radio: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's Historic Broadcasts," features rarely heard archival audio and explores how the Roosevelts revolutionized political communication in America.
National Science Foundation documentary: Listening to the Arctic
The Arctic is warming faster than nearly everywhere else on Earth, bringing with it new opportunities and unprecedented risks — environmental, social, economic, cultural, legal and political.
Intelligence Squared debate: Don't eat anything with a face
Under "stay-at-home" requirements, people are buying more groceries for cooking their meals at home and many of us are thinking more often about what we like to eat. The Intelligence Squared series hosted a debate about one thing many people like to eat — meat.
Humankind documentary: 'Ida B. Wells' Battle to Uncover the Truth'
A documentary from the Humankind series: “Ida B. Wells’ Battle to Uncover the Truth.”
Voices of Vietnam documentary: A Lost Homeland
A documentary about the Vietnamese refugees who fled their country after the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975.
Thomas Edison: How the light bulb changed everything
Historian Ernest Freeberg of the University of Tennessee talks about his book, "The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America."
A University of Minnesota event: Fear and loathing across the party divide
A University of Minnesota Humphrey School event, "Democrats and Republicans Don't Just Disagree — They Hate Each Other."
Intelligence Squared debate: Is the Defense Production Act being underutilized?
What is the Defense Production Act? And how might the government help medical professionals get access to the supplies they need to combat coronavirus? John Donvan hosted two of the nation's leading experts on the DPA in the IQ2 first-ever "at-home debate.”
Learning from Lincoln: Leadership in a time of crisis
An Aspen Institute program talks about another president who led during a time of national crisis — Abraham Lincoln. Two historians discuss the leadership lessons we could learn from President Lincoln.