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The Kansas Cosmosphere

Today we’re back in Hutchinson, KS and say hello to our listeners on KWBW. I can attest to what folks there already know…the space museum…

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The Inspiration for Radiator Springs

Sometimes movies do more than just bring in dollars at the box office.  They occasionally have an impact on the place where they were filmed….

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WCAZ Radio

Today’s program comes from the studios of WCAZ Radio in Carthage, Illinois. It’s a place with a long tradition in broadcasting…a place that’s been on…

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An Unusual Invitation

There are many towns in the western U.S. that had rough and tumble beginnings.  They are places where it was sometimes difficult to determine exactly…

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The Jewel of the Prairie

In the 1880s Junction City, Kansas built “The Jewel of the Prairie,” a grand opera house to serve the growing community.  They also built a…

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A Horse with A Gas Mask

There are a lot of important military artifacts in this museum and Dr. Robert Smith can tell you why each is very important to the development…

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The Hindenburg

It was transatlantic service at its finest.  An airship almost three football fields long cruising at the then blazing speed of 82 miles per hour….

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Fort Riley

Today we say hello to our listeners on KJCK in Junction City, KS.  Listeners there know the long-standing affiliation this community has had with the…

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The Spruce Goose Takes Flight

This plane made but one flight – a trip that lasted about one mile just a few yards off of the surface.  Yet, it remains…

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A Behemoth of a Plane

It was a behemoth of a plane…the H-4 Hercules…an aircraft with the largest wingspan of any every built.  But how and why was it every…

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