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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

October 10, 2020

Historian Nancy Cott is considered a pioneer in the field of women's history. Her lecture, "Grooming Citizens: Marriage and Civic Status," was presented December 6th, 2006 as part of the Humanities Lecture Series sponsored by KU's Hall Center for the Humanities. It was sponsored by the Distinguished Lectureship Program of the Organization of American Historians. Engineer(s): Chubby Smith

Featuring former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, in a dialogue with Steven Jacques of the Dole Institute of Politics. Albright spoke at the Lied Center at the University of Kansas on September 27, 2006. Engineer(s): Chubby Smith

In what is expected to be his last major address as Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan spoke at the Truman Presidential Library and Museum on Monday, December 11th. Annan outlined "The Five Lessons I Learned as Secretary-General of the United Nations." Engineer(s): Chubby Smith

Widely renowned as one of the "Founding Fathers" of the Internet, Cerf describes himself as "Chief Internet Evangelist" for Google/Regus. His speech on "The Evolving Internet" was made on October 23, 2006 at Kansas State University as part of their Provost's Lecture Series.

00000184-7fa9-d6f8-a1cf-7fad23350000Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Leonard Pitts spoke on the war on terror and civil liberties on October 5, 2006, at the Lied Center at the University of Kansas. Engineer(s): Kaye McIntyre

Republican fundraiser Rodney Smith discusses campaign financing and how efforts to reform it, especially the 2002 McCain-Feingold Act, have been counterproductive. Smith is the author of "Money, Power, and Elections: How Campaign Finance Reform Subverts American Democracy." Smith's comments were made at the Dole Institute of Politics on September 14, 2006. Engineer(s): Kaye McIntyre