For many sports fans, this month means basketball, the Big 12 Tournament, and March Madness! Chelan David shares stories of his lifelong love affair with the Jayhawks in "Stories from the Phog: Forty Years of Kansas Basketball."

Based on a true story, Jillian Forsberg takes us back to 18th century Europe and the rhinoceros that delighted nobility and common folks alike in "The Rhino Keeper."  This conversation is part of Prairie Journal's Kansas Notable Books series, highlighting books honored by the State Library of Kansas.

We celebrate Women's History Month with a sports trailblazer: Marian Washington. Washington was the first African-American woman to coach basketball at a predominantly white institution, the first women's track and field coach at the University of Kansas, the first director of women's athletics at KU, and many other firsts. She's the author of "Fierce: My Fight for Nothing Less."

Our Kansas 250 Bookshelf series continues with the second of two episodes on this month's theme: Love Your Community! This episode features conversations with artist Dave Loewenstein about Kansas murals, Prisca Barnes about the sit-in at the 1958 Dockum Drug Store, and Patrick O'Connor about the role of blues music in Wichita's African-American community.  

Our Kansas 250 Bookshelf series continues with the first of two episodes on this month's theme: Love Your Community! This episode features conversations about the Walnut Valley Festival, a family's journey from Mexico to Kansas, and the resilience of two Kansas towns' in the face of declining population. 

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, we learn about "In Pursuit," a new series of essays reflecting on each of the U.S. presidents and first ladies.  Dr. Colleen Shogan is the CEO of In Pursuit and former U.S. archivist.

Werewolves and vampires in Kansas?  Britney Lewis is the award-winning author of Blood Moon, recently named a New York Times bestseller.

It's a visit to Topeka's Free State Capitol, home to the 1855 Topeka Constitutional Convention and the Free State legislature, almost demolished in the 1990s, now renovated and restored to its original glory.

What does it mean to be Kansan?  Tom Averill and Leslie VonHolten gather the writings of 35 Kansas authors in their new anthology, Kansas Matters: 21st Century Writers on the Sunflower State.

In connection with the Kansas 250 Commission, Ray Walling and Valarie Lamoreaux of the State Library of Kansas join us to talk about the "Kansas 250 Bookshelf," celebrating America 250 with a selection of Kansas Notable books.