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Prairie Journal
Hosted by Kaye McIntyre · EN
Prairie Journal is an opportunity to showcase high-profile, thought-provoking lectures, discussions and dialogues recorded throughout the region. There are so many fascinating people who come to this area, everyone from Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor to syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts. Prairie Journal is a great way to share some of those lectures with our listeners. We have also been able to expand the program to cover a broad range of topics, including the Kansas Sesquicentennial, the National Day of Listening and the Kansas Reads program sponsored by the State Library of Kansas, just to name a few.
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Kansas Trails Inc.
3d ago00:04:21Tap to summarizeKPR's Community Spotlight is on Kansas Trails Inc. this month. KPR's Kaye McIntyre visits with Mike Scanlon, executive director.
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The Gift of a Broken Heart
3d ago00:26:25Tap to summarizeA father's story of love, grief, and lessons learned from loss. Bryan Welch of Lawrence is the author of The Gift of a Broken Heart: How Our Grief Can Connect Us.
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Scott Simon: Ulysses S. Cat
1w ago00:09:15Tap to summarizeScott Simon is the host of NPR's Weekend Edition AND the author of several books, including the hot-off-the-press Ulysses S. Cat and Other Animals I Have Known.
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Ian Shaw, The End of the Dalton Gang
2w ago00:58:05Tap to summarizeHistorian Ian Shaw takes us back to Coffeyville in 1892, the double bank robbery that brought the Dalton Gang to an end, and the surprising story of the gang's lone survivor.
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2026 Kansas Legislative Recap
3w ago00:38:40Tap to summarizeKansas lawmakers wrapped up their 2026 session earlier this month. KPR's Statehouse Bureau Chief Zach Boblitt and Emporia State University's Michael Smith review what legislators did -- and didn't -- get done.
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Kansas 250 Bookshelf -- Nature and Outdoors, Part Two
4w ago00:58:04Tap to summarizeWe head outside and celebrate Kansas nature with a little help from the Kansas 250 Bookshelf. This month's featured books include Kansas Wildflowers and Weeds, Elevations: A Personal Exploration of the Arkansas River, A Kansas Bestiary, and others.
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Mary Roach
4w ago00:29:00Tap to summarizeFrom false teeth to organ transplants, Mary Roach explores how medicine and science are working together to create new body parts in her latest book, Replaceable You.
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Kansas 250 Bookshelf -- Nature and Outdoors
Apr 1600:29:03Tap to summarizeWe head outside and celebrate Kansas nature with a little help from the Kansas 250 Bookshelf. This month's featured books include The Last Wild Places of Kansas by George Frazier, Kansas Trail Guide by Jonathan and Kristin Conard, and Ava: A Year of Adventure in the Life of an American Avocet by Mandy Kern.
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The People's House
Apr 1100:32:02Tap to summarizeA partisan standoff, competing legislatures meeting under the same roof, armed guards at the Kansas Capitol -- how a disputed election led to the Populist War of 1893. "The People's House" is the second episode in Per Aspera, a new Kansas history series from the Kansas 250 Commission, produced by Kara Heitz.
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Petroglyphs of Kansas
Apr 700:54:37Tap to summarizeWe explore the mysterious rock carvings of the Kansas Smoky Hills with Rex Buchanan, director emeritus of the Kansas Geological Survey. It's part of our continuing Kansas 250 Bookshelf series, this month exploring outdoors and nature in Kansas. Rex Buchanan is one of three co-authors of "Petroglyphs of the Kansas Smoky Hills," along with Burke Griggs and Joshua Svaty.
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