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Pluto: the Kansas Connection

(Image Courtesy of NASA)

July 19, 2015: We got a rare look at Pluto this week during a historic flyby by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft. On this program, we explore the Kansas connection to Pluto, Burdett-native Clyde Tombaugh. Featured guests include Barbara Anthony-Twarog, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Kansas, Michael Byers, the author of Percival's Planet, and Doug Tombaugh of Kansas City, the nephew of Clyde Tombaugh. We'll also hear a Pluto-themed Right Between the Ears skit, and a tribute to the dwarf planet by folk singer Christine Lavin.

Kaye starts her weekends the same way you do: with Weekend Edition Saturday, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, This American Life, and To the Best of Our Knowledge. She started at Kansas Public Radio in 2001; in 2006, she became the producer of our weekly public affairs program, KPR Presents. In her spare time, she loves to read, travel, and attend theater.