MPR News Presents

Special programming from MPR News.

Inspirational speeches for Martin Luther King Day
Hear inspirational speeches from the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Walton of Harvard Divinity School and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
Ancestry research: Can DNA help us grapple with the past?
An exploration of how genetic testing and ancestry research may allow us to learn our racial identity, our history and our humanity.
APM documentary: Battles of Belief in WWII
During World War II, three dozen conscientious objectors volunteered for a starvation experiment at the University of Minnesota. The men were willing to suffer but not to kill.
Changing minds on climate change
What prompts someone to change their mind about climate change?
A neuroscientist explains the power of sleep
Learn what the brain is doing while we're asleep, and why it matters.
Thread Book Hour: David Grann, 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
Best-selling author David Grann tells the story of a little-remembered crime that modernized investigative procedure in the United States.
Neal Conan special: The foreseeable future
An exploration of three aspects of our future: the impact of climate change, the expansion of unmanned drone warfare and autonomous vehicles, and the changing destiny of East Asia.