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KPR airs commentaries, essays and sometimes book and movie reviews from a bevy of regular contributors. Some of our regular contributors include Rex Buchanan, director emeritus at the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas, energy consultant Scott Carlberg and Bobbie Athon, with the Kansas Historical Society. Other KPR commentators have included William Jennings Bryan Oleander (aka Tom Averill), former Emporia State University professor John "Richard" Schrock and Kansas writer Cheryl Unruh.
  • Photograph of the black granite memorial in Wichita to the victims of an aviation disaster in 1965. The memorial is located in a small park on Piatt Street, a few blocks east of Interstate 135. It honors those killed on the ground and in the Air Force tanker that crashed.
    Rex Buchanan
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    Rex Buchanan
    This year marks the 60th anniversary of the deadliest aviation disaster in Kansas history. The tragedy took place in Wichita. Commentator Rex Buchanan recently visited a memorial that honors the victims.
  • A black and white photograph of men standing in front of Angler No. 1, the train car that delivered fish to public bodies of water from the fishery at Pratt, Kansas.
    Kansas Historical Society
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    Kansas Historical Society
    There's something fishy about a new exhibit at the Kansas Historical Society in Topeka. The exhibit tells the story of a time when fish rode the rails. Guest Commentator Adam Hodge has the fascinating tale of fish, trains and someone called the Fish Commissioner. Take a listen.