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Judge Mary Murguia is awaiting Senate confirmation after being nominated by President Obama to the U.S. District Court of Appeals. She is the first Latina to serve on the U.S. District Court of Arizona. Her twin sister, Janet Murguia, is President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights organization. Janet and Mary Murguia gave this year's Emily Taylor and Marilyn Stokstad Women's Leadership Lecture; you can hear it on this week's KPR Presents, 8:00 Sunday evening.

Ted Kooser was poet laureate of the United States from 2004-2006. This week's program was recorded at a reading Kooser gave at Washburn University. Also, the Kansas finalists in the "Poetry Out Loud" recitation contest. Engineer(s): Chubby Smith

On this week's KPR Presents, we look at some groundbreaking research on the link between physical activity and academic achievement. Dr. Joe Donnelly of the Center for Physical Activity and Weight Management at the University of Kansas presented those findings at the annual Obesity Conference held last week in Overland Park. We'll hear from Donnelly, Dr. Mark Thompson of Kansas Coordinated School Health, as well as a repeat broadcast of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" address to the NAACP.

Former President Bill Clinton spoke March 2nd at Kansas State University as part of the Landon Lecture Series on Public Issues. Clinton makes the seventh U.S. president to speak as a Landon Lecturer. Engineer(s): Larry Jackson, Kansas State Radio Network

This week's Film Music Friday is devoted to the music of John Williams. He is arguably the most popular and influential composer of the last 100 years,…

Prince Turki Al-Faisal is the Saudi ambassador to the United States. He spoke January 26, 2007 at Kansas State University as part of the Landon Lecture Series on Public Affairs. Engineer(s): Larry Jackson, Kansas State Radio Network

On this edition of Conversations, Matt Haig talks with host Dan Skinner about his latest novel, “The Midnight Library.” Haig is the author of the…

Margaret Kelley is interested in firearms, and why people own them. In this episode, the University of Kansas researcher tells our own Jon Niccum it’s not…

Celebrating 200 years since the first American dictionary was published, Merriam-Webster president and publisher John Morse spoke at the University of Kansas as part of Merriam-Webster's "Dictionaries and Democracy" tour. Find out how Noah Webster's first dictionary helped shape our American identity, as well as how Merriam-Webster selects new words to include in recent dictionaries. For more information about the first American dictionary, visit the Merriam-Webster website Engineer(s): Chubby Smith