Play51min 59secBeyond 'Reality' TV: Inside the Lives of Older SinglesFebruary 14, 2024 11:00 AMIn this special, Dating While Gray host Laura Stassi sifts through research and talks to older singles about our dating lives and how we’re navigating new romance around already established family commitments.
What's on the radio: Wednesday, April 24April 23, 2024 2:30 PMHere’s a look at MPR News upcoming programming plan for the radio and on the stream.
Play49min 32secActivist, influencer Marley Dias speaks at annual MLK Breakfast January 15, 2024 1:40 PMBy Jeff JonesMarley Dias founded the 1,000 Black Girl Books initiative with the goal of increasing the number of books in school libraries with Black girls as a main character. Dias told the crowd at the annual MLK Breakfast that the recent debate around banning books about Black, LGBTQ+ and other identities from school libraries has taken her mission to a new level.
Play30min 55secValerie Jarrett speaks at annual MLK Breakfast January 16, 2023 12:25 PMFormer Obama White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett spoke at the 2023 MLK Breakfast. The annual event is presented by UNCF and General Mills. Jarrett talked about the inspiration she takes from Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., when she first met Michelle and Barack Obama and what to expect from the new Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s South Side.
At this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival, Kitty Boone, vice president of public programs at the Aspen Institute, asked three national media leaders why trust in the news has eroded — and what media organizations can do to win it back. On the panel were Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic; Noah Oppenheim, president of NBC News and Samantha Barry, editor in chief of Glamour.The Aspen InstituteAspen Ideas Festival: Rebuilding trust in mediaSeptember 30, 2021 10:52 AMBy Alex ChengAt this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival, Kitty Boone, vice president of public programs at the Aspen Institute, asked three national media leaders why trust in the news has eroded — and what media organizations can do to win it back.
S. Mitra Kalita, CEO and co-founder of URL Media, and Stewart Vanderwilt, president and CEO of Colorado Public Radio, joined Vivian Schiller, the executive director of Aspen Digital and former CEO of NPR, for a conversation about the future of local news at the Aspen Ideas Festival in June.The Aspen InstituteAspen Ideas Festival: Journalism’s fight for survival, locally and nationallySeptember 30, 2021 10:11 AMBy Alex ChengLocal journalism is dying, and national media organizations are making radical changes to fight public mistrust and stay afloat. Local and national media leaders came together at the 2021 Aspen Ideas Festival to discuss the problems plaguing journalism and how to solve them.
NBC's Joshua Johnson, the former host of NPR's 1A, spoke with Sherry Turkle, a professor of the social studies of science and technology at MIT, at the 2021 Aspen Ideas Festival. The Aspen InstituteAspen Ideas Festival: Is empathy the fuel of democracy? And, politics without politicians? September 29, 2021 10:11 AMBy Alex ChengHyper-partisanship and gridlock, massive populist protest movements, low public satisfaction with government performance — something seems to be broken in American democracy. Here are two ideas for fixing our political system from the 2021 Aspen Ideas Festival.
Charles Adams, coach of the Minneapolis North Community High School football team, spoke at the 2021 Aspen Ideas Festival with North graduate Zach Yeager. Journalist Jon Frankel moderated the conversation. Aspen Ideas Festival: Mpls. North's football coach reflects a year after George Floyd's murderSeptember 28, 2021 10:52 AMBy Alex ChengThis year’s Aspen Ideas Festival featured a conversation with the Minneapolis North Community High School’s football coach and one of his former players.
Virologist Nathan Wolfe, founder of Metabiota, spoke with Sarah Zhang, a staff writer for The Atlantic, at the Aspen Ideas Festival on June 30, 2021. The Aspen InstituteAspen Ideas Festival: Pandemic lessons include early detection, telehealth September 27, 2021 8:01 AMBy Alex ChengThis year’s Aspen Ideas Festival featured several discussions related to the pandemic.
MinneCulture: 'The Godfather of Black Space in Minneapolis'September 6, 2021 9:00 AMFor Labor Day, we broadcast an episode of the MinneCulture podcast about restaurateur, labor organizer, and civil rights pioneer Anthony Brutus Cassius. The program is hosted by Minnesota chef and food writer Mecca Bos.