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Having trouble staying focused nowadays? Best-selling author Johann Hari explores some of the causes in "Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention — and How to Think Deeply Again." Hari is coming to Lawrence's Liberty Hall on June 11th, sponsored by the Lawrence Public Library. Also, we visit the Topeka-Shawnee County Public Library as they reopen their newly-redesigned children's room.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly on motherhood, soccer, and her book, It Goes So Fast, now out in paperback. Also, the story of the University of Kansas Jayhawk, and a conversation with Ada Límon who just completed her second term as U.S. Poet Laureate.

As we mark the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War, we hear from Kansas veterans about their military service in Vietnam. It's a special encore presentation of "Kansas Stories of the Vietnam War," a statewide oral history project sponsored by Humanities Kansas.

The Watkins Museum of History in Lawrence is the first stop for "Americans," a new Smithsonian traveling exhibit that looks at how Native Americans stories and images infuse American life and culture. We visit "Americans" with Steve Nowak, director of the Watkins Museum, and Andrew Stockmann, curator of exhibitions. We also preview the Paper Plains Zine Fest, taking place Labor Day weekend in Lawrence.

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.

June 6, 2009Music that is shaken, not stirred. This KPR-produced program features swingin' bachelor pad music from the 1950s and 60s, hosted by Darrell Brogdon.

December 6, 2008Music that is shaken, not stirred. This KPR-produced program features swingin' bachelor pad music from the 1950s and 60s, hosted by Darrell Brogdon.

September 6, 2008 (rebroadcast)Music that is shaken, not stirred. This KPR-produced program features swingin' bachelor pad music from the 1950s and 60s, hosted by Darrell Brogdon.

November 6, 2010Music that is shaken, not stirred. This KPR-produced program features swingin' bachelor pad music from the 1950s and 60s, hosted by Darrell Brogdon.

October 6, 2007Music that is shaken, not stirred. This KPR-produced program features swingin' bachelor pad music from the 1950s and 60s, hosted by Darrell Brogdon.