The Kansas Museum of History is set to reopen November 22nd after a three year renovation. We get a sneak peek at the Museum with Museum Director Sarah Bell. Also, Eric Meyer of the Marion County Record from his 2024 William Allen White National Citation speech. Marion County was recently ordered to pay a $3 million settlement in connection from the 2023 raid on the newspaper and the homes of several of its staff.

In connection with NPR's occasional series, KPR's "Here to Help" highlights the work of volunteers in our own community. Our first KPR Here to Help volunteer is Debbie Zabel with the Douglas County Master Gardeners.

What can the political landscape of 2025 tell us about what to expect in 2026? Political journalist and Dole Institute of Politics Visiting Fellow Jerry Seib joins KPR's Kaye McIntyre to preview the 2026 national and Kansas midterms, one year out.

From busking on the streets of Lawrence to Broadway and beyond, how George "Nash" Walker became one of the highest paid vaudeville performers in America. As half of the duo Williams and Walker, he's the focus of a new exhibit at the Watkins Museum in Lawrence and the subject of "The Rediscovery of George 'Nash' Walker: The Price of Black Stardom in Jim Crow America."

Thousands of Kansans joined in No Kings demonstrations earlier this month, with dozens of protests across the state, thousands across the country. We'll hear from some of the people at the No Kings protest in Lawrence.

Robert Rebein is the author of "The Last Rancher," named a 2025 Kansas Notable Book and winner of the 2025 J. Donald Coffin Memorial Award in Fiction. It's the story of a family trying to hold onto their ranch in western Kansas in the face of financial struggles, a serious accident, and lots of family drama.

From his early days at KANU to keeping score on NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, award-winning journalist Bill Kurtis retraces his career in this special broadcast from KPR's recent book launch for his new memoir, "Whirlwind: My Life Reporting the News."

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg battles a rare eye cancer and helps save a historic family farm in her latest book, The Magic Eye: A Story of Saving a Life and a Place in the Age of Anxiety.

How did an inventor manage to build a subway in New York City...in secret? KPR's own Matthew Algeo tells the story in "New York's Secret Subway: The Underground Genius of Alfred Beach and the Origins of Mass Transit."

Bill Kurtis: legendary broadcaster, Kansas native, KANU alumnus, and now...author! He joins us to talk about his new memoir, "Whirlwind: My Life Reporting the News," in advance of his Lawrence book launch, September 18th. We also preview the Kansas Book Festival, coming up September 20th in Topeka.