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Organized crime formed part of the political, economic, and social fabric of Kansas City for much of the 20th century; and the mob’s power was never g...

Mark Gerges of the Military History Department at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth discusses the influenc...

International relations scholar John Mearsheimer from the University of Chicago discusses his new book, Why Leaders Lie, a compreh...

On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces attacked Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, ending an excruciating period of uncert...

Julian Zugazagoitia, director of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, interprets the life and art of...

Author and architectural historian Cydney Millstein discusses the exhibit Century of Legendary Places: The Legacy of Kansa...

Acclaimed Purdue University historian and biographer Randy Roberts discusses the life and career of boxing icon Joe Louis...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges discusses his latest book, Death of the Liberal Class. A lucid and d...

Jasper Fforde helps celebrate the 2011 Winter Reading season with a discussion of One o...

Eric Rauchway, professor of history at the University of California - Davis, presents How Well Did the New Deal Work?...