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Did you know that KU basketball fans set a record for the largest gathering of people wearing holiday themed sweaters? (3,473 people) Kate Hale is a…

On this edition of Conversations, Joan Brady talks about her latest book, Alger Hiss: Framed - A New Look at the Case that Made Nixon Famous. In 1948, Alger Hiss was identified along with several other government officials as belonging to a communist network. The others plead the Fifth Amendment, but Hiss chose to publicly deny the claim against him. Richard Nixon pressed the case against Hiss and his victory set him on a course to become President.00000184-7fa9-d6f8-a1cf-7fad02150002

On this edition of Conversations, I talk with Mary Otto about Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America. From…

Lee Berger is a paleoanthropologist and National Geographic explorer-in-residence. He is best known for his discovery of early human ancestors, including…

What happened to Hillary Clinton's campaign? In her latest book, Susan Bordo, a media critic, cultural historian and feminist scholar, presents a…

Harry Anslinger was the Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics from its establishment in 1930 until he retired in 1962. His long tenure and personal prejudices demonizing racial and immigrant groups had a major impact on drug enforcement policy. On this edition of Conversations, I talk with Alexandra Chasin about her book Assassin of Youth – A Kaleidoscopic History of Harry J. Anslingers’s War on Drugs.00000184-7fa9-d6f8-a1cf-7fad002a0002

On this edition of Conversations, Steve Nowak, Executive Director of the Watkins Museum of History joins me to discuss the history and mission of the…

Larry Tye is a former award-winning journalist at The Boston Globe and the author of the New York Times bestseller Satchel as well as several other books.

They may be called "silent" films, but this festival features live music performances, a special tour, film lectures and much more.

A KU professor makes a rare discovery - the only known recording of the founder and inventor of basketball.