Kaye McIntyre
KPR Presents/Weekend Edition SaturdayKaye 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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Climate change, economic collapse, coming of age... set in the year 2024. The KPR Presents Book Club discusses Octavia Butler's groundbreaking Parable of the Sower. -
Kansas Notable author Nghiem Tran talks about his haunting novella, We're Safe When We're Alone. Plus, we remember poet Nikki Giovanni who passed away December 9, 2024. -
It's a preview of the world premiere of SugarPlum, a new Nutcracker-inspired musical created by David Gomez and Julie Danielson. SugarPlum is playing at Music Theatre Kansas City from December 13-22. -
A book for all you KU fans! Rebecca Ozier Schulte is the author of "The Jayhawk: The Story of the University of Kansas' Beloved Mascot." Her conversation with KPR's Kaye McIntyre is part of our 2024 Kansas Notable Book series. -
Legendary newsman, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me scorekeeper, and KANU alum Bill Kurtis looks back at his 60-plus career in broadcasting in this year's Dole Lecture at the Dole Institute of Politics. -
Best-selling soprano Sarah Brightman is bringing her "Christmas Symphony" tour to Kansas City's Midland Theater this weekend. She previews the November 30th show with Kaye McIntyre. -
We dig into the book behind the new Hulu series, Interior Chinatown. It's a conversation with Polli Kenn of the Lawrence Public Library and Dr. David Mai of KU's Department of Film and Media Studies. -
When you think of a dangerous Kansas abolitionist, you probably think of John Brown. On this week's KPR Presents, the most dangerous Kansas abolitionist you probably haven't heard of: James Montgomery. Todd Mildfelt and David Schafer are the authors of "Abolitionist of the Most Dangerous Kind: James Montgomery and His War on Slavery." -
Just in time for Halloween, "The Haunted States of America" is a new anthology of spooky stories for middle-school (and up!) readers. Also, what role will split-ticket voters play in this year's election? It's Part 2 of the Dole Institute of Politics series "Beyond the Ballot." -
We mark National LGBTQ History Month with Kathy Rose-Mockry, author of "Liberating Lawrence," a look back at the fight for gay rights at the University of Kansas in the 1970s.
