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Sunflower Journeys 2200 Outline

The following air dates are the premiere dates posted for programs airing on KTWU. For information on other stations broadcasting the show, please check local listings. Show topics and air dates are subject to change.

#2201 (Sept. 24 - 7PM) -- Storytelling & Filmmaking MORE...
I, Too, am America: Middle-school students visit National Park sites in Kansas
Digital Ethnography: Exploring the impact of new media on social networking
Plains People: Team 12:22 - Competing in the Wild West Film Festival, Lawrence

#2202 (Oct. 8 - 7PM) -- Images of Kansas MORE...
F. M. Steele: The story of an itinerant photographer on the Great Plains
The Nature of Kansas Lands: A new book benefits The Kansas Land Trust
Plains People: Stan Herd, landscape artist at work

#2203 (Oct. 15 - 7PM) -- Sports & Society MORE...
The Birth of Basketball: The life & legacy of Dr. James Naismith
Sunflower State Games: An annual competition for Kansas' amateur athletes
Plains People: Shaylee & Michael Oldham - Quarter Midget youth auto racing

#2204 (Oct. 22 - 7PM) -- Home-made/Hand-Made MORE...
The McCall Pattern Company: Big Apple HQ/Little Apple Production
Handspun Yarns: Younger generations get in to spinning, knitting & felting
Plains People: Barry Jepson - Pottery Artist, Harveyville

#2205 (Oct. 29 - 7PM) -- Criminals & Crimebusters MORE...
The Bloody Benders: A family of serial killers in Labette County in the 1870s
The KBI: The history & present role of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Plains People: Forrest Nicholson - Cadet in training at the Topeka Police Department

#2206 (Nov. 12 - 7PM) -- Eating Locally MORE...
Urban Gardens: Supporting local food production in Kansas City
Cross-cultural Cultivation: An organic exchange program between Kansas and Japan
Plains People: Jeff Taylor and PT's Coffee, Topeka

#2207 (Nov. 19 - 7PM) -- Lessons Learned MORE...
Prairie Moon School: Alternative education at a Waldorf School in Lawrence
Intergenerational Learning: Kindergarten in a nursing home, Coffeyville
Plains People: Joe White - A young man recovering an auto accident

#2208 (Nov. 26 - 7PM) -- National Spotlight MORE...
Fort Riley & the Flu: The local origins of the 1918 global influenza epidemic
Obama's Kansas Heritage: The President's family ties to Butler County
Plains People: Jim Lehrer - Broadcast journalist at The NewsHour

#2209 (Dec. 3 - 7PM) -- Musical Roots MORE...
Eva Jessye: Poet & singer of African-American spirituals, Pittsburg
Barbershop Music: Maintaining a tradition nurtured in Kansas City
Plains People: Suki Willison - promoting The Blues in Topeka

#2210 (Dec. 10 - 7PM) -- Skitterish Critters MORE...
Running of the Lizards: Herpetologists tracking the elusive Italian Wall Lizard
Black-Footed Ferrets: Reintroduction efforts in western Kansas
Plains People: Melody Weller - Wildlife Rehabilitator

#2211 (Dec. 17 - 7PM) -- The Greening of Kansas
Sustainability: Long-term environmental initiatives for K-State & Manhattan
Simran Sethi: An environmental journalist moves to Kansas from New York
Plains People: Bill Smalley - Wind Energy
#2212 (Dec. 24 - 7PM) -- Plainspoken Folks
Populist Personalities: Mary Lease, Annie Diggs, William Pfeffer and Jerry Simpson
Countryman's Kansas: A radio show in Wichita celebrates its 20th anniversary
Plains People: James Harkness - Clown School in Sedan, KS

#2213 (Dec. 31 - 7PM) -- Governor's Hill
Cedar Crest: The history of the Kansas governor's mansion & its occupants
Kaw River State Park: A new state park take shape along the Kansas River in Topeka
Plains People: Bob Homan - Topeka Kite Fliers Association