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This week on KPR Presents, it's a conversation with Judith Heumann, author of "Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist," which has recently been optioned for a movie.

From Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather to Anderson Cooper and Lester Holt -- the evolution of television news. It's the 2019 Journalism and Politics Lecture from KU's Dole Institute of Politics, with Emmy Award-winning producer Michael Cascio and media executive Ed Hersh.

Tony Silvestri wears many hats: teacher, lyricist, musician, composer, and now, the author of "A Silver Thread: the Lyric Poetry of Charles Anthony Silvestri." Join us for a conversation about music, writing, love, and loss, on this week's KPR Presents.

The best new books by Kansans or about Kansas! It's the Kansas Notables Books, Part I, in advance of this year's Kansas Book Festival in Topeka.

What song should play as you approach the batter's box? We're celebrating the return of Major League Baseball with our walk-up songs! It's Part One of a KPR Presents double-header.

What song would YOU choose to play as you approach the batter's box? This week on KPR Presents, we're celebrating the return of Major League Baseball...with Play Ball, Part Two!

Our Kansas Notable Book series continues with Miranda Asebedo's "A Constellation of Roses." Also, what happens to a Kansas town when its hospitals closes? It's Chapter 4 of "Where It Hurts."

Our Kansas Notable Book series continues with Judy McCoy Miller of Overland Park, the author of "A Perfect Silhouette."

Dolly Parton -- country music superstar, pop culture icon, and the focus of best-selling author Sarah Smarsh's latest book, "She Come by It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs."

In honor of LGBTQ History Month, it's a conversation about the fight for marriage equality. Sasha Issenberg is the author of "The Engagement: America's Quarter-Century Struggle over Same-Sex Marriage."