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This week on KPR Presents, it's our annual "Kansas Notables" show. Every year, the State Library of Kansas picks their favorite new books by Kansans or about Kansas. This week and next, we'll hear from many of those authors. We'll also be giving away copies of many of the Kansas Notables books! Click HERE for a complete list of the 2013 Kansas Notable books.

This week on KPR Presents, we remember former South African President Nelson Mandela, who passed away this week at the age of 95. Nelson Mandela was the recipient of this year's Dole Leadership Prize from the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. Join us as Dole Institute Director Bill Lacy speaks to Mandela's great-grandson, Luvuyo Mandela, who accepted the award and spoke of his great-grandfather's legacy. Part Two of the Kansas Notable Books program, previously scheduled for this week, will air next Sunday, Dec. 15. Click on "Ticket Giveaway" for a chance to win a copy of one of this year's Kansas Notable books!

Next week would have marked the 100th birthday of writer, artist, and Lawrence resident William Burroughs. If you missed last week's KPR Presents about how the occasion is being marked by the Lawrence Arts Center and other local venues, that program is now archived at this website. And do join us TONIGHT at 7:00 p.m. for the Lawrence Arts Center "Storytelling" event, featuring first-hand reminiscenses from area residents who knew Burroughs. If you've got your own memory of an encounter with this influential figure of the Beat Generation, Kansas Public Radio and the Watkins Museum of History will be on hand to record your story!

December 12, 2020

(Flickr Photo by Jimmy Emerson)We get some political perspective and predictions from Topeka on this week's KPR Presents. We'll hear from panelists at "What's Happened, What's Next," a recent Washburn University panel featuring Washburn political science professors Bob Beatty and Mark Peterson, University of Kansas professor Burdett Loomis, Emporia State University professor Michael Smith, and Wichita State University professor Ed Flentje.

Could the social and economic pressures faced by essential workers during the current pandemic be similar to those faced by women in the porn industry?…

Pitts, Social Work

What happens to a Kansas town when its only hospital closes? It's the final chapters of "Where It Hurts," exploring the closing of Mercy Hospital and its effect on Fort Scott, Kansas.

Mulally, Anderson Chandler, School of Business, Ford

QuikTrip, Chet Cadieux, KU Business