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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

June Jewett talks with StoryCorps and her friend Peggy Baker about life during the Great Depression. June also discusses the strength and inspiration she drew from her mother.

In celebration of Womens' History Month, KPR Presents travels back in time to the year 1861. We'll hear from Clarina Nichols of Quindaro, Kansas, who traveled across the country speaking out on women's rights, abolition of slavery, and prohibition of alcohol. Clarina Nichols speaks through the voice of author Diane Eickhoff, whose book "Revolutionary Heart" chronicles the life and work of this extraordinary woman. Engineer(s): Kaye McIntyre

Environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke at the University of Kansas on April 11, 2007. Hear his speech, "Crimes Against Nature," sponsored by KU's Student Union Activities. This KPR Presents was originally broadcast on April 22, 2007. Engineer(s): Chubby Smith

President George W. Bush spoke at the 108th convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Kansas City on August 22nd, 2007. This program also features interviews with Fort Carson soldiers who recently returned from a year in Iraq, produced by Western Skies Radio. Engineer(s): Peter Hancock

In part two of our look at music from classic film noir, we'll hear excerpts from Chinatown, On Dangerous Ground, Flamingo Road, Murder My Sweet and Dirty Harry, among others.

If you've been following NPR's coverage of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, one of the voices you've heard is science correspondent Richard Harris. This week on KPR Presents, NPR's science reporter Richard Harris, who spoke at the Land Institute's Prairie Festival in Salina on climate change and what we can all do to address global warming. KPR Presents: NPR's award-winning science reporter Richard Harris, 8:00 Sunday evening on Kansas Public Radio. Engineer(s): Bryan Thompson

On this edition of Conversations, Darin Strauss talks with host Dan Skinner about “The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story.” Strauss is the…

Martin Goldsmith is the author of "The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Love and Music in Nazi Germany." The book tells the story of his parents and their time with the Jewish Kulturbund, an all-Jewish performing arts ensemble. Goldsmith is the director of classical music for XM Satellite Radio, and the former host of National Public Radio's "Performance Today." Engineer(s): Kaye McIntyre