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The Retro Cocktail Hour serves up jazz from Mr. Lucky and College Confidential, plus Nat King Cole with the George Shearing Quintet and new exotica by SWoW, the Waitiki 7 and the Dan Fontaine Orchestra.
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Film Music Friday re-visits the American western this week, with music from classic horse operas like Last Train from Gun Hill, Virginia City, Silverado and more. -
With fascinating quintet music by Sergei Prokofiev and George Onslow.
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An invasive insect called the rice delphacid was a major problem for some farmers in 2025. With low prices for their crop and a high cost of doing business, many are wondering how they’ll make a profit in 2026. -
Government entities — including schools — could be held liable for allowing transgender Kansans to use bathrooms based on their gender identity. -
It was on this date - January 29th, 1861 - that Kansas was admitted to the Union as the 34th state. Three months later, the nation was embroiled in the American Civil War. But let's not think about that. Instead, let's celebrate the state's people, culture and history. Happy Kansas Day! -
In ongoing debates over the NFL team’s planned move to Kansas, Republicans and Democrats are forming rare alliances on both sides of the issue. -
What does it mean to be a Kansan today? Tom Averill and Leslie VonHolten gather the writings of 35 authors in their new anthology, "Kansas Matters: 21st Century Writers on the Sunflower State."
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WBUR listener Laurie Rose and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz. -
The 22-year-old Spaniard's win against 38-year-old rival Novak Djokovic at Sunday's Australian Open makes him the youngest male player to win all four major tournaments. -
In The One About the Blackbird, a young boy learns to play guitar from his grandfather. And there's one song in particular that they love… -
For decades, students at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier have been paying to bomb onstage. The goal isn't laughs — it's learning how to take the humiliation and keep going. -
Tucked away in a remote desert town, a hidden vault safeguards Chile's most precious natural treasures. From long-forgotten flowers to endangered crops.
Charlotte Jones Voiklis talks with host Dan Skinner about the connection between Madeleine L'Engle's classic sci-fi fantasy book, "A Wrinkle in Time" and the final season of "Stranger Things."
