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The Challenge of Translating the Bible

Robert Alter

February 16, 2023

IDEAL Entrepreneurship

February 7, 2023

Hindsight, Insight: Four Former Mayors Appraise KC

Emanuel Cleaver, Kay Barnes, Mark Funkhouser, Sly James, Nick Haines

January 26, 2023

The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

Jeff Pearlman

January 24, 2023

Bread for My Enemies: Feeding Germany in the Wake of World War II

David W. Mills

January 10, 2023

The Education of Corporal John Musgrave: Vietnam and Its Aftermath

John Musgrave

December 1, 2022

Hollywood vs. History: 'Black Hawk Down'

Dirk Ringgenberg

November 14, 2022

Service Under Stress: Nursing in the Era of COVID-19

Patrick Robinson

November 9, 2022

Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

Maggie Haberman

November 2, 2022

Genesis of Command: The Leadership Origins of Ulysses S. Grant

Harry S. Laver

November 1, 2022

Segregation, Redlining, and Opportunity Hoarding: A Case for Reform

Sheryll Cashin

October 27, 2022

Data-Driven Growth: What KC Can Learn From Memphis

Doug McGowen

October 12, 2022

Hollywood vs. History: 'Judgment at Nuremberg'

Mark Hull

October 10, 2022

State of Poetry: The Poets Laureate of Missouri and Kansas

Maryfrances Wagner, Huascar Medina

October 4, 2022

Drawn to Greatness: The Art of Caldecott Medal-Winning Books

Chris Raschka, Crystal Faris

October 3, 2022

Can We Trust Mainstream Media?

Ari Fleischer, David Von Drehle

September 28, 2022

Ban These Books? Let’s Talk

Crystal Faris, Kaite Stover, Steven Woolfolk

September 22, 2022

Hollywood vs. History: 'Patton'

William S. Nance

September 12, 2022

Voting Access: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Headed

September 8, 2022

Taking a ‘Collective’ Approach to Equitable Development in KC

Tiffany Elder, Terrell “TJ” Jolly, Shawnna Murrell

September 7, 2022

River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

Candice Millard

August 30, 2022

They Fought the Fight: The 1965 Voting Rights Act

Emilye Crosby

August 25, 2022

The Art of Desiree Kelly: Storytelling Through Portraits

Desiree Kelly

August 24, 2022

You Don’t Have to Move Out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One

Majora Carter

August 11, 2022