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Ira Glass is coming to the Lied Center at the University of Kansas later this month. Get a sneak peak at the man behind one of public radio's most unique programs on this week's KPR Presents. We'll also hear about this year's selection for Kansas Reads: Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama.

Kansas Public Radio marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a look at the controversial and challenging last year of his life. King's Last March is an award-winning radio documentary produced by American RadioWorks, in cooperation with the MLK Center for Research and Education at Stanford University.

August 1, 2020

Had enough of this snow and these bitterly cold temperatures? This week's KPR Presents features a man who has made a career of being outdoors in all kinds of weather: international mountain guide and Mount Everest summiteer Robert Link. Link spoke at the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas as part of their Leadership and Globalization in Sports series. Engineer(s): Lawrence Bush

Christmas wasn't always the family-centered consumer-oriented holiday it is today. It was celebrated as a rowdy festival of misbehavior for centuries, then was banned by the Puritans, reinvented in the 1820s, and it continues to evolve to this day. Join us 8:00 Sunday evening for Naughty and Nice: A History of the Holiday Season with the American History Guys.

Bair made headlines this week when she criticized last year's government bailout of banks. Those comments came on the heels of Bair's 2009 Landon Lecture on Public Affairs at Kansas State University. Tune in for Bair's Landon Lecture on this week's KPR Presents, 8:00 Sunday evening. Engineer(s): Kansas State University ITS

As Congress works this week to hammer out the details of reforming our nation's health care system, KPR Presents: Dr. Marcia Nielsen, Vice-Chancellor for Public Policy and Planning at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Nielson spoke at KU's Dole Institute of Politics on October 7, 2009. Engineer(s): Lawrence Bush & Chubby Smith

On this edition of Conversations, Judith Matloff talks with host Dan Skinner about “How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need:…

Join us 8:00 Sunday evening for a rebroadcast of the inaugural Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture. Kim Gandy was the two-term president of NOW, the National Organization for Women, before retiring from that position this summer. Gandy spoke at KU's Dole Institute for Politics on April 15, 2009. Engineer(s): Chubby Smith