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Kansas 1972: Voices of Vietnam Veterans
This episode features stories from Kansans who served in the Vietnam War during the early 1970s and how their services affects their lives today.
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Kansas 1972: Rattlebone Hollow
Founded by Exodusters in the late 1800s, Rattlebone Hollow was a thriving African-American community in Kansas City, Kansas. In 1972, the federal government built a landfill in the neighborhood.
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Kansas 1972: Uprooted
Urban renewal comes to Kansas in 1972 and irrevocably alters historic communities. One woman leads a movement to save a historic Wichita church.
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Hotline: The Legend of the Blue Light Lady
Generations of Hays residents have stories about seeing or seeking the ghostly "Blue Light Lady." Jim Hoy tells the story of Elizabeth Polly and how she became the "Blue Light Lady" of Hays.
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Hotline: Ghosts in Literature
Kim Stanley of McPherson College discusses the role of ghosts in Western literature, from The Odyssey to Hamlet to The Haunting of Hill House.
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Kansas 1972: Women on the Move
Kansas was the seventh state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment on March 28, 1972. Hear how the ERA was ratified in Kansas and the challenges it faced after ratification.
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Kansas 1972: Ramp It Up!
Kansas was the seventh state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment on March 28, 1972. Hear how the ERA was ratified in Kansas and the challenges it faced after ratification.
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Kansas 1972: Get Up, Stand Up!
Kansas was the seventh state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment on March 28, 1972. Hear how the ERA was ratified in Kansas and the challenges it faced after ratification.
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Welcome to Kansas 1972!
Kansas was the seventh state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment on March 28, 1972. Hear how the ERA was ratified in Kansas and the challenges it faced after ratification.
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Kansas 1972: From a Seed Ideas Grow
Kansas was the seventh state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment on March 28, 1972. Hear how the ERA was ratified in Kansas and the challenges it faced after ratification.
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Hotline: Holidays at the All-Electric House
Kansas was the seventh state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment on March 28, 1972. Hear how the ERA was ratified in Kansas and the challenges it faced after ratification.
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Hotline: Winter Reading Recommendations
Kansas was the seventh state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment on March 28, 1972. Hear how the ERA was ratified in Kansas and the challenges it faced after ratification.
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Hotline: Lecompton's Christmas Trees
President of the Historic Lecompton Museum, Paul Bahnmaier, tells the story behind the museum's Christmas Tree exhibit.
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Hotline: Winter Soundtrack
Cash Hollistah shares a playlist of songs to get you in the winter spirit.
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Nature
Hotline: "a letter to the wetlands"
Ignacio Carvajal, Ph.D. recites his poem “a letter to the wetlands.”
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Hotline: Charles Curtis
Erin Pouppirt, Master of Counseling Psychology from KU and Member of the Kaw Nation, shares a brief history of her own fourth cousin and the 31st Vice President of the United States, Charles Curtis.
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Hotline: Reflections on Kansas Buffalo
Teacher and artist José Faus reflects on buffalo through story and his own poetry.
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