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Jake Jacobson/Kansas Public RadioKPR's beloved holiday jazz concert, Big Band Christmas, returns on December 14 to Liberty Hall in Lawrence, Kan. Join us as we celebrate the season and dance the night away with the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra. -
U.S. GovernmentAt the end of World War II, a Kansas soldier played a key role in bringing Nazi war criminals to justice. The man from Phillipsburg had to figure out how to construct a courtroom to hold numerous defendants, lawyers, judges, translators and the media - all in one place. Commentator Katie Keckeisen tells us about this Kansas connection to the Nuremberg Trials, which began 79 years ago today. -
Take a walk through the history of Montgall Avenue, once home to Kansas City's Black movers and shakers. Margie Carr is the author of Kansas City's Montgall Avenue: Black Leaders and the Street They Called Home. -
Kansas Public Radio needs your help to finish 2024 in a strong financial position. December 5 & 6 KPR will be on the air asking YOU to help out with a year-end contribution. -
Chub Smith, KPRShostakovich from 1934, and then Brahms from 1886. -
A Sunflower Music Festival 2024 Chamber Music Night.
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Although this is Destiny's show from 2023, it's perfect for this year's Halloween! -
A Wichita family physician is trying to make primary care more affordable and accessible through a subscription-based model called direct primary care. -
Kansas Public Radio hosts graduate players The Plaza Winds from neighboring UMKC November 12, 2024. -
Researcher and gambler Justin Balthrop explains pitfalls of legalized online sports betting, including more credit card debt and fewer sound financial investments. -
Drought has scorched much of the Midwest and Great Plains for the last four years. It has destroyed crops and sparked wildfires. Wildlife is also reckoning with the dry conditions – which can change animal behavior and even push species out of some regions.
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One of the world's richest people has been indicted on charges he duped investors in a massive solar energy project in India by concealing that it was being facilitated by an alleged bribery scheme. -
The federal courts say they have taken "extensive" steps to protect workers from abuse, discrimination and harassment since the rise of the #MeToo movement, but critics say many workers don't trust the internal system for reporting complaints. -
There are at least 19,000 pieces of space debris in Earth's orbit, not including active satellites, that the U.S is monitoring. -
Former Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron says he thinks Trump is "salivating for the opportunity to prosecute and imprison journalists." New Yorker editor David Remnick agrees. -
The U.S. House Committee on Ethics is deadlocked on whether to release its report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, whose nomination to serve as Trump's attorney general has been plagued by controversy.
On this edition of Conversations, David Baldacci talks with host Dan Skinner about his latest novel “To Die For,” once again featuring “The 6:20 Man.”
