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On this edition of Conversations, Sam Roberts talks with host Dan Skinner about "The New Yorkers – 31 Remarkable People, 400 Years, and the Untold Biography of the World’s Greatest City.” Roberts is a 50-year veteran of New York journalism, an obituaries reporter, a former Urban Affairs correspondent at the New York Times, and the author of several books about the history of New York.

On this edition of Conversations, Steve Nowak, Executive Director of the Watkins Museum of History talks with host Dan Skinner about new exhibits. Nowak discusses the focus on Douglas County and Lawrence history that can be found on the third floor of the Museum. The new exhibit explores different themes in Douglas County life, including business, leisure, activism, sports, and more.

On this edition of Conversations, Dr. Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos talks with host Dan Skinner about “The Pirate’s Wife – The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd.” Geanacopoulos is a historian, journalist, and author.

On this edition of Conversations, Greg Melville talks with host Dan Skinner about “Over My Dead Body – Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries.”

On this edition of Conversations, Rossi Anastopoulo talks with host Dan Skinner about “Sweet Land of Liberty – A History of America in 11 Pies.” Anastopoulo is an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in “TASTE,” “Saveur,” “Food52,” “Bon Appetit,” and “Eaten Magazine.”

On this edition of Conversations, Tova Friedman talks with host Dan Skinner about “The Daughter of Auschwitz – My Story of Resilience, Survival and Hope,” which she co-authored with Malcolm Brabant, an award-winning foreign correspondent.

On this edition of Conversations, Deborah Wiles talks with host Dan Skinner about “Bobby – A Story of Robert F. Kennedy.”

How does the COVID-19 pandemic compare to past pandemics? On this edition of Conversations, Brian Michael Jenkins talks with host Dan Skinner…

On this edition of Conversations, Daniel Stone talks with host Dan Skinner about “Sinkable: Obsession, The Deep Sea, and the Shipwreck of the Titanic.”…

On this edition of Conversations, Eden Collinsworth talks with host Dan Skinner about "What the Ermine Saw – The Extraordinary Journey of Leonardo da Vinci’s Most Mysterious Portrait.”