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At Kansas Public Radio, we're not just a radio station – we're a reflection of the community we serve. Every show, every conversation, every song is shaped by you and for you. We believe in the power of local stories, local music, and local voices to bring us closer together, especially in times when it feels like the world is pulling us apart. -
In honor of Women's History Month, it's a look at the often-underestimated political role of America's First Ladies. Diana Carlin is one of the co-authors of "Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America's History-Making Women." -
Cordelia Brown visits with John Lee, Regina Tanujaya, Conductor Kyle Willey Pickett and Deqing Wen. Wen is a world-renowned, award-winning, Chinese composer. The Topeka Symphony is excited to be performing the US premiere of his “New Age Symphony”, which was inspired by Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”. -
Kansas Public RadioBob McWilliams has been awarded the Governor's Arts Award for Excellence in Artistic Achievement, for his many years of supporting the music scene in Kansas. -
Submitted by David HamptonKansas created the night vision hunting season for coyotes in 2021. Hunters say it’s a great option and want it expanded, but some property owners and regulators have concerns. -
Julie Denesha/KCUR 89.3Jim Richardson had a distinguished career making images for National Geographic Magazine stories on cultural, environmental and scientific issues. His work on the Flint Hills introduced the uniquely American landscape to an international audience.
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Friends of the Kaw is a nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to the 173-mile-long Kansas River.
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An ornithologist spent four decades tracking 40,000 bird deaths at a single building. His records paved the way to better scientific and public understanding. -
The USDA's Rural Development agency has provided billions of dollars each year to small towns, farmers and businesses. Now staffing upheaval and budget cuts brought on by the Trump administration may be eating into the agency’s effectiveness. -
On the Retro Cocktail Hour this week, new tunes by Mondo Hammondo and Creepxotica, plus "Voyage to Scorpion Island" by composer Andrew Morgan (inspired by listening to the RCH), along with the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, Duke Ellington and the Arthur Lyman Group. -
This week on Live at Green Lady Lounge, it's the RSS Trio. They hold down a regular latenight spot at the Green Lady and in this hour will play some of their original tunes. -
This week's show is dedicated to the 30 years of KJHK's Farmer's Ball! Guests Gus Ketchell and Gracie Hughes give us a run down of this 31st year of the band competition, along with a selection of tracks from past winners.
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Republicans won special elections in two Florida Congressional districts. The margins of victory in the heavily-Republican districts were significantly narrower than in November. -
Staff that administer programs to help the elderly, disabled people and poor families with basic needs lost their jobs amid the Trump administration's layoffs. -
Starting next season, a system of cameras will determine whether to award a first down rather than trot out a 10-yard chain. But humans will still decide where to spot the ball to begin with. -
Tariffs are roiling stock markets — but making gold hotter than ever. -
Playboi Carti's supersized blockbuster MUSIC holds at No. 1 in its second week of release. Elsewhere, Kendrick Lamar's "Luther (feat. SZA)" holds at No. 1and Morgan Wallen charts a fifth top 10 hit from an album that isn't even out yet.
On this edition of Conversations, Dr. Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen talk with host Dan Skinner about “Pseudo Science: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them.”
