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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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Mary Roach
Apr 2200:29:00Tap 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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Before the Curtain Falls: Eisenhower's Farewell Address
Apr 100:32:26Tap to summarizeIn his farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned against the rising power of the "military-industrial complex," one of the most quoted phrases of his presidency. We look at Eisenhower's address in the context of the Cold War and how his warning has often been misinterpreted and misunderstood.
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Prairie Journal: Kansas 250 Bookshelf
Mar 3000:41:13Tap to summarizeOur Kansas 250 Bookshelf series continues with the second of two programs featuring Kansas poets. This week we hear from HC Palmer, Al Ortolani, and Catherine Strayhall, all Kansas Notable Book Award winners recognized by the State Library of Kansas.
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Prairie Journal: Kansas 250 Bookshelf
Mar 2300:58:02Tap to summarizeOur Kansas 250 Bookshelf continues with the first of two programs featuring Kansas poets. We hear from Kansas Poet Laureate Traci Brimhall, former Kansas Poets Laureate Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg and Huascar Medina, and from children's author Carol Murray.
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Prairie Journal: Stories from the Phog
Mar 1200:29:05Tap to summarizeFor many sports fans, this month means basketball, the Big 12 Tournament, and March Madness! Chelan David shares stories of his lifelong love affair with the Jayhawks in "Stories from the Phog: Forty Years of Kansas Basketball."
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Prairie Journal: The Rhino Keeper
Mar 900:29:00Tap to summarizeBased on a true story, Jillian Forsberg takes us back to 18th century Europe and the rhinoceros that delighted nobility and common folks alike in "The Rhino Keeper." This conversation is part of Prairie Journal's Kansas Notable Books series, highlighting books honored by the State Library of Kansas.
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Prairie Journal: KU Coaching Legend Marian Washington
Mar 700:47:12Tap to summarizeWe celebrate Women's History Month with a sports trailblazer: Marian Washington. Washington was the first African-American woman to coach basketball at a predominantly white institution, the first women's track and field coach at the University of Kansas, the first director of women's athletics at KU, and many other firsts. She's the author of "Fierce: My Fight for Nothing Less."
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