KPR Presents: My Fellow Kansans

By Kaye McIntyre

Published October 20, 2019 at 3:19 PM CDT

Photo of train tracks and grain elevator, by Chris Neal/Kansas News Service

Interview with Russ Johnson of Lawrence Memorial Hospital

Interview with Jim McLean of Kansas News Service

Week of October 20, 2019: Rural Kansas has a storied past. But as once-thriving towns continue to shrink — does it have a future? In this first episode of season two of "My Fellow Kansans," host Jim McLean explores rural Kansas to discover what the future holds for rural communities across the state. Also, a conversation with Russ Johnson, CEO of Lawrence Memorial Hospital, about LMH's decision to discontinue health insurance for some of its part-time employees in the face of the hospital's expansion.

KPR Presents (archived episodes)

Kaye McIntyre

Kaye starts her weekends the same way you do: with Weekend Edition, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, This American Life, and The Moth Radio Hour. She started at Kansas Public Radio in 2001; in 2006, she became the producer of our weekly public affairs program, KPR Presents, which changed its name in 2025 to Prairie Journal. In her spare time, she loves to read, travel, and attend theater.

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