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You may have attended a performance at Theatre Lawrence, but you might not be aware of the theatre’s backstory. On this edition of Conversations, I talk…

Ron Powers is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and bestselling author. On this edition of Conversations, we’ll talk about his research into mental…

Harry Anslinger was the Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics from its establishment in 1930 until he retired in 1962. His long tenure and personal prejudices demonizing racial and immigrant groups had a major impact on drug enforcement policy. On this edition of Conversations, I talk with Alexandra Chasin about her book Assassin of Youth – A Kaleidoscopic History of Harry J. Anslingers’s War on Drugs.00000184-7fa9-d6f8-a1cf-7fad002a0002

I'm excited to announce that I'm beginning a series of blog posts called Conversations. This blog will share conversations spotlighting area and regional…

May 21, 2017: driverless cars, cyber-security, and machine learning. Get your geek on with the president and CEO of Northrup Grumman, Wes Bush. Bush gave the 172nd Landon Lecture on Public Affairs at Kansas State University.

May 27, 2017

May 28, 2017: Elizabeth Dole talks about her career, her marriage to Bob Dole, and her latest passion -- helping America's "hidden heroes," the 5.5 million spouses, parents, and loved ones who care for wounded veterans.

June 4, 2017: meet the new Kansas Poet Laureate, Kevin Rabas. He visits with KPR's Kaye McIntyre about jazz poetry, his stint as a journalist, and his plans for his time as the Poet Laureate. We'll also hear poet Nikki Giovanni, who talks about outer space, celebrities, and game shows in her recent talk at the University of Kansas.

How did Donald Trump follow Barack Obama in the White House? Why is America so polarized? And How does American exceptionalism explain these social…

What happened to Hillary Clinton's campaign? In her latest book, Susan Bordo, a media critic, cultural historian and feminist scholar, presents a…