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Kansas Public Radio celebrates this year's sesquicentennial with a look at Kansas history, A to Z. Based on the children's book S is for Sunflower, this week's KPR Presents celebrates 150 years of Kansas culture, with a little help from 26 Sunflower elementary school students and a panel of Kansas historians.

In celebration of this year's sesquicentennial, the State Library of Kansas selected Tom Averill's compilation as the "Kansas Reads" book for 2011. With essays from William Allen White and author Robert Day, poetry by William Stafford and Denise Low, and artwork by John Steuart Curry and Birger Sandzen, "What Kansas Means to Me" is a affectionate look at the Sunflower State in the 20th century and beyond.

On this edition of Conversations, Roman Mars talks with host Dan Skinner about “The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to The Hidden World of Everyday…

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Woodward gave the annual Dole Lecture to an overflow crowd at the University of Kansas. Tune in as this renowned journalist touches on highlights of his career, everything from the Watergate scandal to the presidency of Barack Obama. Tune in 8:00 Sunday night as Bob Woodward speaks with Bill Lacy, director of the Dole Institute of Politics, on this week's KPR Presents. Engineer(s): Chubby Smith

Join us 8:00 Christmas evening for an hour of holiday cheer, featuring past and present voices from National Public Radio. "Tinsel Tales" is hosted by NPR's Lynn Neary, and features stories by David Sedaris, Scott Simon, John Henry Faulk, and others

On this edition of Conversations, Saralyn Hardy, the Director of The Spencer Museum of Artand Jennifer Talbott, the Deputy Director for Operations and…

Twenty years ago, the world watched in amazement as the Soviet Union's political system collapsed into fifteen separate republics. Join us at 8 Sunday evening for a look back at the events of December 2001 with the former president of one of those republics, Viktor Yuschenko. Yuschenko was the recipient of last year's Dole Leadership Prize, awarded by the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. Engineer(s): Lawrence Bush

Would horror movies be as frightening without the scary music? With Halloween nearly upon us, tonight's Film Music Friday spotlights some of the music for…

On this edition of Conversations, Paige Towler talks with host Dan Skinner about “Girls Can! – Smash Stereotypes, Defy Expectations, and Make History.”…