
KPR Presents (archived episodes)
This is a list of old episodes. For new episodes, starting in December 2022, go to KPR Present.
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The Cat in the Hat is back...and he's running for president! We'll meet Alastair Heim, the Kansas City author of "If I Had Your Vote," a brand new Dr. Seuss book featuring the Cat in the Hat in the White House.
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The Dole Institute of Politics kicks off a new (virtual) season of programs this month. We'll visit the Institute, preview the fall lineup, and revisit the Elizabeth Dole Gallery with Associate Director Audrey Coleman.
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This month marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ray Bradbury. On this week's KPR Presents, we celebrate the life and legacy of Bradbury and explore his 1953 masterpiece, Fahrenheit 451.
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Kansas women got the right to vote long before the 19th Amendment was ratified, thanks in part to the work of Clarina Nichols. This week on KPR Presents, we travel back in time to meet Clarina Nichols, brought to life by Diane Eickhoff, author of "Revolutionary Heart."
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This week marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, giving women across the country full voting rights. Join us for a conversation about the long, hard-fought road to women's suffrage, with University of Kansas professor Teri Finneman and Jacquie Lightcap of the League of Women Voters of Kansas.
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Sportswriter and journalist Kavitha Davidson speaks on sports, race, and gender at the 5th annual "Power of Sport" symposium at the University of Kansas.
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We remember Congressman John Lewis, who was laid to rest this week. Join us for this encore presentation of the civil rights leader receiving the 2007 Dole Leadership Prize at the University of Kansas.
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What song would YOU choose to play as you approach the batter's box? This week on KPR Presents, we're celebrating the return of Major League Baseball...with Play Ball, Part Two!
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What song should play as you approach the batter's box? We're celebrating the return of Major League Baseball with our walk-up songs! It's Part One of a KPR Presents double-header.
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Moral philosopher and public intellectual Kwame Anthony Appiah kicks off KU's Hall Center for the Humanities Summer Speaker Series this week (virtually). In this encore presentation from the KPR Presents archives, we revisit Appiah's 2007 Hall Center Lecture, "Making Sense of Moral Conflict."