{"podcast":{"title":"MPR News with Angela Davis","slug":"mpr-news-with-angela-davis-239489","podcast_index_feed_id":239489,"rss_url":"https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/mpr-news-with-angela-davis","website_url":"https://www.mprnews.org/topic/angela-davis","image_url":"https://img.apmcdn.org/4c1a409ffb901a63f6d5f1542c2d6798f0ca559f/square/fcc246-20241021-angela-davis-mpr-news-podcast-2000.jpg","author":"Minnesota Public Radio","episode_count":200,"summary":"Conversations about life in Minnesota and how the state is changing, weekdays from MPR News. Programming note: Our colleague Angela Davis is taking a leave of absence after a recent breast cancer diagnosis. Thank you to all who have checked in and shared kind words. Angela is touched by your support as she focuses on her recovery.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T04:20:58.464378+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mpr-news-with-angela-davis-239489"},"episode":{"title":"'We stay the course.' Minnesota historians react to the push to patriotize history","slug":"we-stay-the-course-minnesota-historians-react-to-the-push-to-patriotize-history","published_at":"2026-05-19T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mpr-news-with-angela-davis-239489/we-stay-the-course-minnesota-historians-react-to-the-push-to-patriotize-history","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mpr-news-with-angela-davis-239489","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/05/19/we-stay-the-course-minnesota-historians-react-to-the-push-to-patriotize-history","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/minnesota/podcasts/angela-davis/2026/05/19/NSJ_Live_Minnesota_historians_respond_to_patriotized_history_20260519_64.mp3","summary":"Last March, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “ Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History .” It mandated a shift in how American history is portrayed in federal institutions, with a goal of eliminating “improper, divisive or anti-American ideology.” Instead, according to the executive order, the focus should be on a more “patriotic” narrative. And to ensure that happens, funding was cut for anything that “degrades shared American values” or “divides Americans by race.” This order applied largely to federal institutions, like the Smithsonian museums and the National Parks System. But here in Minnesota, the funding restrictions and shifts in ideology were felt immediately. History museum directors and curators — the people who collect and keep Minnesota history — were alarmed at what might be coming their way. So what happened? Were their fears realized? North Star Journey Live went to Mankato to find out. At the annual conference for the Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums , Angela Davis hosted a live discussion to talk about the ramifications of the federal order in Minnesota. Guests: Jessica Potter, executive director of the Blue Earth County Historical Society Dave Nichols, executive director of the Rice County Historical Society Mai Vang Huizel, founder and director of the Hmong Museum Kyle Ward , director of the social studies education program at Minnesota State University Mankato Subscribe to MPR News with Angela Davis on Apple Podcasts , Spotify or RSS .","meta_description":"Last March, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “ Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History .” It mandated a shift in how America…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3693,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mpr-news-with-angela-davis-239489/episodes/we-stay-the-course-minnesota-historians-react-to-the-push-to-patriotize-history/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mpr-news-with-angela-davis-239489/we-stay-the-course-minnesota-historians-react-to-the-push-to-patriotize-history.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}