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Special programming from MPR News.

Aspen Ideas Festival: 'How to be an Antiracist'
This session at the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival had the same title as Ibram Kendi's newest book published in August, "How to Be an Antiracist."
Aspen Ideas Festival: 'Healing America through a year of service'
A program from the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado: "Healing America through a year of service."
Aspen Ideas Festival: Adam Gopnik on 'A Thousand Small Sanities'
New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik speaks at the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival about the ideas in his book, "A Thousand Small Sanities." The book is both history and philosophy.
Intelligence Squared debate: Parenting is overrated
An Intelligence Squared debate about nature versus nurture.
Jonathan Winters reads 'A Christmas Carol'
Jonathan Winters reads the Charles Dickens classic, "A Christmas Carol."
Hanukkah special: 'Candles Burning Brightly.'
MPR's Mindy Ratner has produced a holiday special about the music, history, foods and traditions of Hanukkah.
Kelly Dittmar has some advice for women running for office
The political science professor at Rutgers University gives an in-depth look at the reasons women are underrepresented at every level of elected office.