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Join us for a conversation with Lucas Bessire, author of Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains, a finalist for the National Book Award and a 2022 Kansas Notable Book. We'll also get a sneak peek at the Kansas Book Festival with Tim Bascom.

What did photographers Gordon Parks and Terry Evans see when they looked at their home state? It's the latest episode of "Kansas 1972," produced by Kara Heitz.

We mark the 70th anniversary of KANU, the flagship station of Kansas Public Radio. It's a trip down Memory Lane in the second of a two-part series, highlighting some of the programs and challenges KPR has faced over the years.

What can plants teach us about the world around us? Join us for a conversation about the best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, in this encore presentation of the KPR Presents Book Club from November 4, 2021.

This month marks the 150 anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Join us 8:00 Sunday evening for "Seven Critical Decisions of Gettysburg," with a panel of Civil War historians and experts. The Seven Critical Decisions:(7) Robert E. Lee's decision to invade the North(6) John Reynolds' decision to fight at Gettysburg(5) Richard Ewell's decision not to attach Cemetery Hill and seize Culp's Hill(4) Dan Sickles' decision to move forward into the peach orchard and wheat field(3) Jeb Stewart's decision to ride east of the Army of the Potomac, missing the first day of battle at Gettysburg(2) Robert E. Lee's decision to order Pickett's Charge(1) George Meade's decision not to pursue Lee This panel, which met at the Dole Institute of Politics on June 20th, 2013, included Dr. Terry Beckenbaugh of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Dr. Steve Lauer of the U.S. Army School of Advancd Military Studies, Dr. Ethan Rafuse of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Dr. Jennifer Weber of the University of Kansas History Department, Dr. Debra Sheffer of Park University, and Dr. Kevin Benson of the U.S. Army University of Foreign, Military, and Cultural Studies.

Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem continues to dominate the charts, while long-ago chart queen Connie Francis is gathering momentum for a song from 1962.

Week of September 16, 2018: The best new books by Kansans or about Kansas. Also, "The Great American Read" and how you can help in the search for America's best-loved novel.

Week of January 20, 2019: We walk through Governor Kelly's first State of the State Address, with analysis and context from KPR Statehouse Bureau Chief Stephen Koranda and Washburn University Professor Bob Beatty.

William Allen White and women's suffrage. One of the most prolific writers you've never heard of. And Shakespeare comes to 1930s fascist Europe. It's all on this week's KPR Presents with Kaye McIntyre.

September 3, 2017: the best new books by Kansans or about Kansas. Kaye McIntyre talks with some of this year's Kansas Notable authors before this year's Kansas Book Festival.