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On this edition of Conversations, Kay Healy talks with host Dan Skinner about the first book in a new series, "Casey's Cases - The Mysterious New Girl."

The State Library of Kansas has just released its 2025 Kansas Notable Books list, 15 of the best new books by Kansas authors or about Kansas. State Librarian Ray Walling and Notable Books facilitator Brett Rurode give us a sneak peek at this year's batch. We also revisit a conversation with 2024 Kansas Notable winner Sarah Edgerton, author of Daughter of Chaos. And we visit the No Stone Unturned Foundation in Manhattan, KPR's Community Spotlight organization for May.

Jack Zhang researches the sometimes-hidden complexities of tariffs and says innovation, competition, small business and the pocketbooks of working-class Americans might suffer under the new wave of American taxes on foreign imports.

On this edition of Conversations, Terri Libenson talks with host Dan Skinner about "Entirely Emmie," the ninth book in her "Emmie and Friends" middle-grade graphic novel series.

On this week's Live at Green Lady Lounge, spend an hour with the Roger Wilder Quartet. Roger is the pianist with the Sons of Brasil and the People's Liberation Big Band, and here he leads his quartet through some originals, including Baggage Claim Blues and Centeniology, composed for the 100th birthday of Charlie Parker.

Sinatra swings on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, along with the new exotic sounds of the Midday Mai Tais Project and Vibexotica, plus tunes by the Islanders, the Waikiki Brass and the Video All Stars!

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.

Kip Nielsen is a PhD candidate in Atmospheric Science. He is using aircraft data and machine learning to analyze data, looking for trends and patterns that could help improve your weather forecast.

Our Kansas Notable series continues with Nghiem Tran's haunting novella, We're Safe When We're Alone. Also, Rachel McCarthy James explores the history of axe murder in her new book, Whack Job.

This week on Live at Green Lady Lounge, we're a few steps downtairs at the Orion Room, where the Danny Embrey runs through an hour of original KC jazz. Danny Embrey on guitar, with bassist Gerald Spaits and drummer Brian Steever.