KPR Presents: Kansas 1972, Jennifer Leeper's The Poison of War

By Kaye McIntyre

Published May 8, 2022 at 3:56 PM CDT

Kansas 1972 logo, The Poison of War cover, Kaye McIntyre and Jennifer Leeper

Week of May 8, 2022: the Tall Grass Prairie, Kansas salt mines, and nuclear waste -- it's a look back at environmental activism on this episode of "Kansas 1972." We'll also hear from Jennifer Leeper of Kansas City, author of The Poison of War.

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Kaye McIntyre

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.

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