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When you’re racing to a hospital emergency room, you’re not thinking about all of the steps it took to make that ER available in a moment of need. But for the past two decades, our guest Frank Zilm has been doing just that. He chats with “When Experts Attack!” correspondent Rick Hellman and dispels the notion that our health systems are prepared for surge events like our current pandemic. To the contrary, Zilm claims hospitals should be rebuilt from scratch to avoid disaster upon disaster.

Pulitzer 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. His sold-out appearance was co-sponsored by the KU School of English, the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and the Dole Institute of Politics. Engineer(s): Kaye McIntyre

Madeleine Albright served as Secretary of State during the Clinton Administration, the first woman to ever hold that post. Her most recent book, The Mighty and the Almignty, examines Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and their role in international politics. Albright spoke at KU's Lied Center with Steven Jacques of the Dole Institute of Politics. Their conversation was originally broadcast on KPR on October 8th, 2006. Engineer(s): Chubby Smith

Dr. Eugenie Scott is the Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education, a pro-evolution organization based in Oakland, California. Her talk, "Faith, Reason, and Assumption in Understanding the Natural World," was part of the Difficult Dialogues series, co-sponsored by KU's Hall Center for the Humanities and the Biodiversity Institute. Engineer(s): KU Media Services

Kansas Public Radio commemorates Memorial Day with Hearing Voices, a special broadcast from National Public Radio. We'll hear interviews from StoryCorps, an essay from This I Believe, and hear the voices of veterans remembering their fallen comrades, hosted by Green Beret and poet, Major Robert Schaefer of the U.S. Army. [This program is not available to listen online.]

Former Congressman John Kasich is the author of "Stand for Something: The Battle for America's Soul." He appeared at the Lied Center as this year's Vickers Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the KU School of Business. Engineer(s): Chubby Smith

On this edition of Conversations, Lynne Cheney joins host Dan Skinner to talk about “The Virginia Dynasty: Four Presidents and the Creation of the…

Os Guinness is an author, lecturer, and co-founder of the Trinity Forum, a leadership academy committed to fostering civil discourse. He spoke at the University of Kansas as part of the Difficult Dialogues series on Knowledge, Faith, and Reason. Engineer(s): KU Media Services

Lawrence native and KU graduate Alan Mulally is president and CEO of Ford Motor Company. Prior to moving to Ford last year, he was the head of Boeing's Commercial Airplane Division. He spoke on "Working Together" at KU's Lied Center on April 16, 2007. Engineer(s): Chubby Smith