If you look at today's headlines, you might well think that the world has never been a more dangerous place. Next time on KPR Presents, how violence has actually declined in modern times. Dr. Steven Pinker is the author of The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Pinker spoke at the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, Missouri, where he argues that, contrary to popular belief, we may be living in the most peaceful era yet.
Kaye starts her weekends the same way you do: with Weekend Edition Saturday, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, This American Life, and To the Best of Our Knowledge. She started at Kansas Public Radio in 2001; in 2006, she became the producer of our weekly public affairs program, KPR Presents. In her spare time, she loves to read, travel, and attend theater.