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Mortgage foreclosures are up, house prices are down, and the federal government has bailed out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- what has happened to the world of housing finance? Join us at 8:00 Sunday evening as Andrew Jetter, President and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka delivers the 2008 Anderson Chandler Lecture, sponsored by the KU School of Business. Engineer(s): KU Media Services

Mortgage foreclosures are up, house prices are down, and the federal government has bailed out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- what has happened to the world of housing finance? Join us at 8:00 Sunday evening as Andrew Jetter, President and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka delivers the 2008 Anderson Chandler Lecture, sponsored by the KU School of Business. Engineer(s): KU Media Services

August 29, 2020

We'll learn about Fred Harvey, the founder of the innovative Harvey House restaurant chain, as famous for its "Harvey Girls" as it was for its good food and speedy service. This week's KPR Presents features Stephen Fried, author of Appetite for America, from his recent appearance at the Kansas City Public Library.

In celebration of the Kansas sesquicentennial, the Kansas Center for the Book has released a list of their 150 favorite Kansas-themed books. Join Kaye McIntyre 8:00 Sunday evening as she highlights a few of the books and speaks with their authors, including Robert Day (The Last Cattle Drive) and Sara Paretsky (Bleeding Kansas).

Former Kansas Governor John Carlin looks at "Kansas at 150: What Looking at the Past Can Tell Us about Kansas' Future." Carlin served as governor from 1979 to 1987, and as Archivist of the United States from 1995 to 2005. He currently teaches at Kansas State University. Carlin gave the Kansas Day Presentation at Washburn University, sponsored by the Center for Kansas Studies. Also on KPR Presents, Kaye McIntyre talks with Bob Beatty, professor of political science at Washburn University, about Carlin's leadership style and his legacy.

Harper Lee's classic is this year's "Read Across Lawrence" selection, with numerous events and movie viewings at the Lawrence Public Library and across town, as well as a stage production at Theater Lawrence (formerly the Lawrence Community Theater). Kaye McIntyre's your host as we look at the story behind To Kill a Mockingbird, 8:00 Sunday evening on Kansas Public Radio.

Join us as KPR Presents visits several area museums, including the new exhibit of James Naismith's original basketball rules at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City. We'll meet Julian Zugazagoitia, the new director of the Nelson-Atkins, Steve Nowak, the new director of the Watkins Community Museum in Lawrence, and talk to Denise Rendina of the National World War One Museum, Cindi Morrison of the Mulvane Art Museum, Saralyn Reece Hardy of the Spencer Art Museum, Susan Tate of the Lawrence Art Center, and Bob Keckeisen of the Kansas Museum of History,

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor recently spoke at Kansas State University. Join KPR Presents as we hear the Supreme Court's newest justice answer questions about the law, her life, and an "average" day on the Supreme Court.