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Join KPR Presents as we feature Bill Graves, President and CEO of the American Trucking Association. Graves spoke on "Transportation at the Crossroads" as the 13th Anderson Chandler Lecture, sponsored by the University of Kansas School of Business.

On this edition of Conversations, Victoria Phillips talks with host Dan Skinner about "Martha Graham's Cold War: The Dance of American Diplomacy."…

The Artisty of Hungarian Baritone Friedrich Schorr Engineer(s): Chubias Smith

Johnson County Community College's Joe Sopcich moderated this discussion with Republican Roberts and Democrat Moore. Join us for "Reaching Across the Political Aisle: Bipartisanship in Washington, D.C." Engineer(s): Kaye McIntyre

Jeannette Walls is the award-winning author of the best-selling memoir, The Glass Castle. The book details her life growing up in extreme poverty, and is a powerful and moving first-person testament to what it means to be poor in America. Walls appeared November 18th, 2008, as part of the Humanities Lecture Series, presented by the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas. Engineer(s): KU Media Services

In celebration of Black History Month, KPR Presents an encore broadcast of Congressman John Lewis. Lewis played a key role in the country’s civil rights struggle in the 1960s, and is currently serving his 10th term in Congress representing the state of Georgia. Lewis received the most recent Dole Leadership Prize, awarded annually by the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. Engineer(s): Kaye McIntyre

With the National Football League's pre-season about to begin, our guest this week is former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue. Tagliabue served as NFL commissioner from 1989 to 2006; he kicked off a new series on "Leadership and Globalization in Sports" at the University of Kansas Dole Institute of Politics in November 2008. Join us at 8:00 Sunday night for Tagliabue's unique perspective on sports in America and around the world.

The Career and Art of Australian Soprano Frances Alda Engineer(s): Chubias Smith

On this edition of Conversations, Harold Holzer talks with host Dan Skinner about “The Presidents vs. the Press: The Endless Battle Between the White…

Award-winning journalist Bill Moyers moderates this panel on the power of the president, featuring presidential historian Michael Beschloss, Timothy Naftali of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, and Professor Elizabeth Spalding of Claremont McKenna College. This panel discussion is a presentation of the Truman Presidential Library and Museum, and was recorded November 3rd, 2007 at Unity Temple on the Plaza in Kansas City. Engineer(s): Chubby Smith