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Mid-Winter in Kansas

January 29th, 2016 at 5:53 pm

To celebrate Kansas Day, I was on Kansas Public Radio today with this piece: Finding Hope in The Bleak Mid-Winter of Kansas.

history, Kansans, on the radio

Man Meets Planet

January 28th, 2015 at 8:18 am

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * My radio piece about Pluto aired this morning on Kansas Public Radio. Here it is: Man Meets Planet. * * * * * * * * * * […]

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Looking for Joy (Radio version)

December 24th, 2013 at 5:09 pm

“Looking for Joy” – Here’s my radio piece that aired this morning on Kansas Public Radio. There are 2 “listen” buttons. The 2nd button includes the intro and outro – with fabulous music. Listen here.  *** ** *

columns, life on the ground, on the radio, seasons

Flint Hills on KPR

December 17th, 2013 at 5:04 pm

Here’s a link to the audio version of my ‘At Home in the Flint Hills’ piece: LISTEN HERE. It aired on Kansas Public Radio on Dec. 4. *** *

columns, Flint Hills, on the radio

Royals Rebound

August 20th, 2013 at 11:57 am

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: ROYALS REBOUND The Kansas City Royals are having a good season. I don’t watch baseball, but the team has been playing well enough that even I have paid attention. During the past two decades, I’ve observed a pattern. Each April as a new season begins, […]

columns, history, nostalgia, on the radio, small towns

Church piece on the radio

July 10th, 2013 at 10:34 am

Hey, I forgot to post a link to the latest radio piece I did for Kansas Public Radio. It aired on June 25 and I told about the closing of the church that I attended as a youngster in Pawnee Rock. Here’s the link: Death of a Church. By the way, you can follow Flyover […]

churches, nostalgia, on the radio, small towns

A Part of Kansas – Radio Version

January 29th, 2013 at 6:57 pm

Yo, I was on the radio this morning, celebrating Kansas Day. Here’s a link: A Part of Kansas. **** ***

columns, life on the ground, on the radio

Love’s Pure Light

December 14th, 2012 at 7:54 pm

Here’s a link to my commentary this morning on Kansas Public Radio. I tell about my first onstage appearance, age 5, at a Christmas Eve Program at the Bergthal Mennonite Church in Pawnee Rock. KPR : Love’s Pure Light.   ***

columns, on the radio

On the air Friday AM

December 13th, 2012 at 8:07 pm

Yo, peeps…. I will be on Kansas Public Radio Friday morning with a commentary about my first terrifying experience onstage – when I was 5 – at a Christmas Eve program at Pawnee Rock Bergthal Mennonite Church. The piece will air sometime between 6:30 – 7:00 a.m. (MOST LIKELY AT 6:33 a.m.) and again between […]

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On the air – A Return to Mayberry

August 30th, 2012 at 8:54 am

I was on Kansas Public Radio this morning with my piece about the simpler life, “A Return to Mayberry.” You can listen here if you’d like. ***

columns, life on the ground, on the radio

On the air

May 9th, 2012 at 8:15 am

Hey, I was on Kansas Public Radio this morning – talking about my old alley in Pawnee Rock. You can listen here. ***

columns, on the radio