Bismarck Grove

...featuring women’s historian Dr. Sarah Bell. Time Capsule with KLWN’s Joel Becker and the Watkins Museum’s Natalie Vondrak explores the history of Lawrence or Douglas County and shares the stories... Read More

Prairie Divination

...and Lesley will discuss the origins and significance of this unique oracle deck and guidebook about the tallgrass prairie ecosystem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC10NjcPFcs This conversation was streamed live on Apr 8, 2022... Read More

The Battle of Black Jack

...the history of Lawrence or Douglas County and shares the stories of the people and events that have helped shape our community. The show airs the first Tuesday of the... Read More

The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

...the stories of the people and events that have helped shape our community. The show airs the first Tuesday of the month during Radio for Grownups around 10:10 AM on... Read More

A German Feminist and the US Civil War

...History. Dr. Efford provides new perspectives on the transnational dimensions of the Civil War, gender and sexuality. Drawing on letters of radical German feminist and revolutionary Mathilde Anneke, she illuminates... Read More

Old Sacramento: The Scientific Testing of a Famous Cannon

...of the University of Kansas team that investigated the cannon’s origins, and detail what they discovered about this famous gun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0HYmkzkBlU This conversation was streamed live on Jan 28, 2022... Read More

The Day After

...and the Watkins Museum’s Natalie Vondrak explores the history of Lawrence or Douglas County and shares the stories of the people and events that have helped shape our community. The... Read More

Varmints & Victims: Predator Control in the American West

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z653QXjtYG8&t=5s We spoke with historian Frank Van Nuys about his fascinating book, Varmints and Victims: Predator Control in the American West. Varmints and Victims puts the debate over predator control... Read More

Native Americans After World War I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk0hiQLKU9w&t=937s We spoke with Thomas Grillot, author of the book First Americans: US Patriotism in Indian Country After World War I, about life for Native American veterans in the wake... Read More

The Forgotten Senator: Preston B. Plumb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4rrhCMZwTo Senator Preston B. Plumb is little known today, but in his lifetime he smuggled guns for the Free State movement, pursued Quantrill’s raiders, and served Kansas in the U.S.... Read More

The Life & Legacy of Glenn Kappelman

...of Lawrence or Douglas County and shares the stories of the people and events that have helped shape our community. The show airs the first Tuesday of the month during... Read More

Author Talk with Tom Clavin: "The Last Outlaws"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRw2p7YyxT8&t=1792s We hosted bestselling author Tom Clavin for a discussion of his latest book, The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang.... Read More