How do you build a college women's sports program from scratch? Marlene Mawson is the author of "Mawson's Mission: Launching Women's Intercollegiate Athletics at the University of Kansas," a 2021 Kansas Notable Book.

This week on KPR Presents, it's a conversation with Judith Heumann, author of "Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist," which has recently been optioned for a movie.

You've got just one more week to visit the "100 Years of Collecting" exhibit at the National World War One Museum in Kansas City. Join Kaye McIntyre and senior curator Doran Cart for a walk through the exhibit and conversation about the Museum's collection.

Wichita private eye Pete Stone returns in "All Hallow's Shadows" -- the latest in our Kansas Notable Book series. Plus, how the closing of Fort Scott's hospital affected their health care, economy, and sense of community.

The Frog Prince meets Fractured Fairy Tales in "Croaked." Our 2021 Kansas Notable Books series continues with YA author Lisa Harkrader of Tonganoxie.

The Truman Presidential Museum reopened last week after a 2 year, $29 million renovation. Join Kaye McIntyre and curator Clay Bauske for a visit to the Museum in Independence, Missouri.

Our Kansas Notable Book series continues with Premeditated Myrtle, the Edgar Award-winning first book in the Myrtle Hardcastle series by YA author Elizabeth Bunce of Lenexa.

Dolly Parton: country music superstar, pop culture icon, and...feminist? Best-selling Kansas author Sarah Smarsh joins us to talk about "She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs."

KPR Presents kicks off our series on this year's Kansas Notable Books with Kansas Poet Laureate Huascar Medina, author of "Un Mango Grows in Kansas.

It's a sneak peek at the Free State Festival, kicking off a week of indie films June 21. We'll hear from Lawrence filmmaker Kevin Willmott about "The 24th," and Festival Director Marlo Angell about some of the other films featured at this week's festival.