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Ethologist and evolutionary theorist Richard Dawkins challenges the very premise of religion in his 2006 book, The God Delusion. Dawkins' lecture was co-sponsored by KU's Hall Center for the Humanities and the Biodiversity Institute, as is part of the Difficult Dialogues at the Commons Series. Recorded at the Lied Center at the University of Kansas on October 16, 2006, and originally broadcast on Kansas Public Radio on November 19, 2006. Engineer(s): Chubby Smith & Kaye McIntyre

This week on KPR Presents, we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the film classic, "The Wizard of Oz." We look at the 1900 book, the 1939 movie, and the enduring place that they both have gained in American culture.

On the heels of the U.S. House of Representatives passing historic health care reform, KPR Presents features health care critic T.R. Reid. We're Number 37! Why Other Countries Have Better, Fairer, and Cheaper Health Care than the USA was part of this year's Hall Center for the Humanities Lecture Series. Engineer(s): KU Media Services

What happens when you combine a renowned singer-songwriter, the Kansas Poet Laureate, and 62 high school students? Find out on this week's KPR Presents, when we'll hear the latest collaboration between Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg and Kelley Hunt, including a piece they wrote in partnership with the Lawrence High School A Capella choir, "Dream It All." Kaye McIntyre is your host for KPR Presents, 8:00 Sunday evenings on Kansas Public Radio. Engineer(s): Chubby Smith

In his near-50 year career as a film composer Alan Silvestri has created some of the most popular and beloved themes for movies like Back to the Future,…

With 92 women in Congress and a record number of women serving in the president's cabinet, Donna Brazile asks, "Women in Politics: Are We There Yet?" CNN commentator and political strategist Donna Brazile on the role of women in the political process, how far we've come, and what it will take to crack the "glass ceiling." Engineer(s): KU Media Services

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon is featured on this week's KPR Presents. Chabon is the author of "Wonder Boys," "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay," and "The Yiddish Policemen's Union." He spoke at the University of Kansas as part of the Humanities Lecture Series, sponsored by the Hall Center for the Humanities. Engineer(s): KU Media Services

On this edition of Conversations, Dr. Khyati Y. Joshi talks with host Dan Skinner about “White Christian Privilege: The Illusion of Religious Equality in…

The Great Career of Soprano Elisabeth Rethberg Engineer(s): Chubias Smith

On this edition of Conversations, Ellyn Lem talks with host Dan Skinner about “Gray Matters: Finding Meaning in the Stories of Later Life.” Lem is a…