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Drummer returns to kansas City, where he got his start.The artist(s): www.hamiltonjazz.com

On this edition of Conversations, David W. Brown talks with host Dan Skinner about “The Mission.” The book tells the story of NASA's mission to explore…

February 13, 2021 (All Exotica Show)

On this edition of Conversations, Amalia Andrade talks with host Dan Skinner about “Things You Think About When You Bite Your Nails: A Fear and Anxiety…

The former director of KU's Dole Institute of Politics returns to KU to remember President Gerald Ford, our 38th President. Smith previously served as the director of the Gerald R. Ford Museum and Library, and gave the eulogy at President Ford's funeral in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Engineer(s): Lawrence Bush

Pulitzer-Prize winning author Richard Rhodes chronicles the race to develop the first atomic bomb on this week's KPR Presents. Rhodes, whose four-volume series on the atomic bomb has won numerous awards and critical acclaim, spoke at Kansas City's Linda Hall Library as part of their series "The Atomic Age."

With the November 2nd elections just weeks away, we'll hear from campaign consultant Mark McKinnon and Utne Press editor David Schminke. McKinnon and Schminke spoke earlier this month at the Dole Institute of Poltics at the University of Kansas. Engineer(s): Lawrence Bush

This month marks the fifth anniversary of the "demotion" of Pluto from our solar system. On this week's KPR Presents, Pluto: from its 1930 discovery by Kansan Clyde Tombaugh to its 2006 declassification by the International Astronomical Union. This week's show also features humorous songs, essays, and a comedy sketch about Pluto from the Right Between the Ears archives.

Thomas Frank, author of “What’s the Matter with Kansas” and more recently “The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism,” explains that populism — a…

The best new books by Kansans or about Kansas, selected by the Center for the Book at the State Library of Kansas. Host Kaye McIntyre talks with seven authors on the 2011 Kansas Notable Books list, including Cheryl Unruh of Emporia, author of Flyover People, and Newbury Award-winner Clare Vanderpool of Wichita, author of Moon over Manifest. Join us at 8:00 pm Sunday evening for the first in this two-part series on this year's Kansas Notable Books.