Audio-Reader Program Guide Spring 2024

Program Guide

Spring 2024

1-800-772-8898

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email: reader@ku.edu

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Audio-Reader Staff

Nick Carswell, Program Manager 785-864-2686

Trish Dowd Kelne, Coordinator of Volunteers 785-864-4604

Colin Halliburton, Operations Coordinator 784-864-4600

Meredith Johanning, Assistant Development Director 785-864-4634

Steve Kincaid, Director of Engineering 785-864-4691

Martha Kehr, Communications & Listener Services 785-864-2900

Feloniz Lovato-Winston, Director 785-864- 5968

Danny Mantyla, Web Developer 785-864-2238

Beth McKenzie, Development Director 785-864-5336

Vickie Roush, Administrative Associate 785-864-5336

Toll Free Number 1-800-772-8898

reader.ku.edu

The Lions Telephone Reader Service

1-800-335-1221

(use code 5887 for a six minute demo)

The Audio-Reader Network is a reading and information

service for blind, visually impaired and print disabled persons

in Kansas and Missouri. Services are offered free of charge to

anyone in our listening area who is unable to read standard

printed material.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Spring 2024

Spring Update …………………………………….. Page 4

New Audio-Reader Website………….……………Page 5

Book Feature: Bicycling with Butterflies …...…… Page 6

New Books on Telephone Reader………………. Page 7

Audio Description Events ………………….......... Page 8

Weekday Schedules ……………………………… Page 10-19

Weekend Schedules ……………………………… Page 20-23

Non-Fiction Book Hour Listings …………………. Page 24

Armchair Adventure Hour Listings………………. Page 25

Mystery Hour Books Listings…………………….. Page 26

THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING UNDERWRITERS:

ETHEL & RAYMOND RICE FOUNDATION

OVERLAND PARK HOST LIONS CLUB

LEAVENWORTH LIONS CLUB

THE KANSAS LIONS SIGHT FOUNDATION

SPRING UPDATE

Dear Audio-Reader listeners,

It’s hard to believe that spring is already here! The

weather may have not quite committed to the idea just

yet, but at Audio-Reader, we are ready to welcome the

new season with lots of audio description events, new

books, programs and activities over the coming months.

Among the new books we are offering this spring is a

special production of “Bicycling with Butterflies” by Sara

Dykman, which was produced in partnership with audio

services from across the country and features bonus

material, interviews and more. Look for that on the

broadcast and Telephone Reader in June.

For listeners in the Lawrence and Kansas City area, we

are excited to offer new audio description events and

fun ways to engage with us in person while enjoying

accessible theatre and live performances.

In mid-April, we recognize our volunteers for the

hundreds of hours they give each year. If you would like

to leave a voicemail to say thanks, you can call (785)

864-4758. They would love to hear from you!

Nick Carswell

Program Manager

NEW! SCREEN-READER FRIENDLY

AUDIO-READER PROGRAM WEBSITE

We are excited to announce that Audio-Reader has a

new text-based website designed especially for low-

vision users and computer screen readers.

Audioreader.net is your place to explore our

programming, listen to online streams and our web

archive, and learn more about our programming without

the additional website information, images, text or

design that exists on our main website.

The page is designed to be simple and clean, with

minimal information so that users of screen-reading

apps like JAWS can get to the info quickly and simply.

On AudioReader.net you can:

• Listen to the Live Stream

• Browse the Digital Archive

• Explore the complete Program Guide

• Go through the Daily Schedule

We hope this dedicated webpage will be a useful place

to access information and enjoy our programming

directly.

If you have questions or feedback about the new

webpage, contact Martha on (785) 864-2900 or

[email protected]du

JOIN US FOR AN ADVENTURE THIS JUNE

WITH “BICYCLING WITH BUTTERFLIES”

Sara Dykman made history when she became the first

person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their

storied annual migration—a round-trip adventure that

included three countries and more than 10,000 miles.

Equally remarkable, she did it solo, on a bike cobbled

together from used parts. Her book “Bicycling with

Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the

Monarch Migration” tells the fascinating story.

To celebrate Butterfly Awareness Month in June 2024,

we are airing a special reading of “Bicycling with

Butterflies.” This is a collaboration of audio information

services from across the country, with each chapter

presented by a partner reading service, from Texas to

Massachusetts, as we follow along with Sara’s journey

and the route of the butterfly migration.

Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile

Journey Following the Monarch Migration by

Sara Dykman is the Telephone Reader Book of

the Month for June 2024

Hear it in the Non-fiction Book Hour on Audio-

Reader’s broadcast starting Friday, June 14th at

7pm, or on-demand on our web archive,

Telephone Reader, and Amazon Alexa skill.

NEW BOOKS ON TELEPHONE READER!

Group 4 / Option #3: Quick Read Books

• Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann, read by

Michelle Suter

• Intentional Walk: More Devotions for Baseball Fans

by Hugh Poland, read by Luke Rounda

• It Happened on the Santa Fe Trail by Stephen

Glassman, read by Alan Black

• Hijinx and Hearsay: Scenester Stories from

Minnesota's Pop Life by Martin Keller, read by Jim

Tarbanks

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, read by

Sally Landoll

• The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable

American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man by David Von

Drehle, read by Michele Suter

Group 4 / Option #4: Book of the Month

• April: The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End

of Sight by Andrew Leland, read by Darcy Schild

• May: The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama, read

by Bev Wilson

• June: Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile

Journey Following the Monarch Migration by Sara

Dykman

AUDIO DESCRIPTION

OF LIVE THEATER

Audio-Reader provides description of select theater

performances at a variety of live theatres in the

Lawrence and Kansas City area. Other venues are

available by request. Contact the theater for

information.

Join Audio-Reader for a Special Audio Description

event:

Tetris at the Lied Center of Kansas

1600 Stewart Drive, Lawrence, KS 66045

Tickets: (785) 864-2787 lied.ku.edu

Friday April 5th, 2024

Reception starting at 6PM in the Seymour Gallery

Show starts at 7PM

Experience Arch8’s physically awe-inspiring

work, Tetris, featuring a gravity-defying combination of

acrobatics, extreme physicality and movement. Tetris,

inspired by the addictive puzzle game and the twists

and turns of a Rubik’s Cube, has performers fitting,

merging, stacking and combining in various feats. The

show is about fitting into a group, but also staying true

to yourself.

More information at reader.ku.edu/audio-description

AUDIO DESCRIPTION

OF LIVE THEATER

Theatre Lawrence 2023-24 Season

4660 Bauer Farm Dr, Lawrence, KS 66049

Tickets: (785) 843-7469 theatrelawrence.com

• I Hate Hamlet – 7:30pm Friday April 26, 2024

• Fiddler on the Roof – 7:30pm Friday June 14, 2024

Summer Broadway Series at Starlight Theatre

4600 Starlight Rd, Kansas City, MO 64132

Tickets: (816) 363-7827 kcstarlight.com

• The Cher Show – Saturday June 1st

• Stomp – Saturday Jun 16th

• Disney’s The Little Mermaid – Saturday July 13th

• Shrek The Musical – Saturday July 27th

• Come From Away – Saturday August 10th

• West Side Story – Saturday August 24th

• Peter Pan – Saturday September 21st

The Coterie – New Audio Description Partner!

2450 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64108

Tickets: (816) 474-6522 thecoterie.org

• Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed – Thursday May 9th, 12pm

and Friday May 10th, 7pm

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Thursday July 18th,

1pm and Friday July 19th, 7pm

MONDAY SCHEDULE

6:00AM NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE

7:00AM BUSINESS NEWS

8:00AM THE NEW YORK TIMES

(Sunday edition, produced by TIC Network)

9:00AM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES

(repeated at 9pm)

Live readings of the Kansas City Star and

Topeka Capital-Journal

10:30AM DISABILITY DIGEST

ACB REPORTS (2

Monday)

11:00AM THE LAWRENCE TIMES

12 Noon USA TODAY

1:00PM THE WICHITA EAGLE

2:00PM SUNFLOWER DAILIES

Readings from Emporia Gazette,

Hutchinson News, Salina Journal and

Manhattan Mercury

KC Metro: The Newsroom Hour

3:00PM REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS

Eastern Kansas Newspapers

Pittsburg: Regional Newspapers

KC Metro: KC Life: Opinion & Politics

4:00PM NEWSPAPERS OF SOUTHEAST

KANSAS

KC Metro: Kansas City Newspapers

5:00PM THE MISSOURI NEWS HOUR

6:00PM TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH

7:00PM THE NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR

8:00PM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR

9:00PM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES REPEAT

11:00PM MYSTERY HOUR

EARLY TUESDAY

12:00AM USA TODAY REPEAT

1:00AM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

2:00AM NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE REPEAT

3:00AM TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH REPEAT

4:00AM THE NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR

REPEAT

5:00AM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR

REPEAT

Missed a recent program?

Visit

audioreader.net

to catch up!

TUESDAY SCHEDULE

6:00AM NEW YORK TIMES ARTS & LEISURE

7:00AM CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

8:00AM THE NEW YORK TIMES

(Monday edition, produced by TIC Network)

9:00AM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES

(repeated at 9pm)

readings of the Kansas City Star and

Topeka Capital-Journal

10:30AM DISCOUNT STORE ADS

11:00AM LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD

12 NOON USA TODAY

1:00PM THE WICHITA EAGLE

2:00PM SUNFLOWER DAILIES

Readings from Emporia Gazette,

Hutchinson News, Salina Journal and

Manhattan Mercury

KC Metro: The Newsroom Hour

3:00PM REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS

Central Kansas Newspapers

Pittsburg: Regional Newspapers

KC Metro: KC Life: Community

4:00PM NEWSPAPERS OF SOUTHEAST

KANSAS

KC Metro: Kansas City Newspapers

5:00PM THE MISSOURI NEWS HOUR

6:00PM PEOPLE MAGAZINE

7:00PM NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR

8:00PM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR

9:00PM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES REPEAT

11:00PM MYSTERY HOUR

EARLY WEDNESDAY

12:00AM USA TODAY REPEAT

1:00AM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

2:00AM NEW YORK TIMES ARTS AND LEISURE

REPEAT

3:00AM PEOPLE MAGAZINE REPEAT

4:00AM THE NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR

REPEAT

5:00AM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR

REPEAT

Do you use Amazon Alexa?

Tell Alexa to “Enable the Audio-Reader Skill”

and follow prompts to listen to Audio-Reader with

your smartspeaker, on demand, 24/7

Don’t have a smartspeaker?

Try the Alexa mobile app!

WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE

6:00AM NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

7:00AM FARMING AND RANCHING NEWS

8:00AM THE NEW YORK TIMES

(Tuesday edition, by TIC Network)

9:00AM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES

(repeated at 9pm)

readings of the Kansas City Star and

Topeka Capital-Journal

10:30AM MAIL ORDER CATALOGS

11:00AM LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD

12 NOON USA TODAY

1:00PM THE WICHITA EAGLE

2:00PM SUNFLOWER DAILIES

Readings from Emporia Gazette,

Hutchinson News, Salina Journal and

Manhattan Mercury

KC Metro: The Newsroom Hour

3:00PM REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS

Eastern Kansas Newspapers

Pittsburg: Regional Newspapers

KC Metro: KC Life: Business

4:00PM NEWSPAPERS OF SOUTHEAST

KANSAS

KC Metro: Kansas City Newspapers

5:00PM THE MISSOURI NEWS HOUR

6:00PM NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS

7:00PM NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR

8:00PM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR

9:00PM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES REPEAT

11:00PM MYSTERY HOUR

EARLY THURSDAY

12:00AM USA TODAY REPEAT

1:00AM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

2:00AM NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

REPEAT

3:00AM NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS

REPEAT

4:00AM THE NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR

REPEAT

5:00AM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR

REPEAT

Have you tried the Lions Telephone Reader service?

Call 1-800-335-1221

and use code 5887

for a six minute demo.

THURSDAY SCHEDULE

6:00AM NEW YORK TIMES TRAVEL

7:00AM ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS

8:00AM THE NEW YORK TIMES

(Wednesday edition, by TIC Network)

9:00AM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES

(repeated at 9pm)

readings of the Kansas City Star and

Topeka Capital-Journal

10:30AM SHOPPER’S SHOWCASE

11:00AM LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD

12 NOON USA TODAY

1:00PM THE WICHITA EAGLE

2:00PM SUNFLOWER DAILIES

Readings from Emporia Gazette,

Hutchinson News, Salina Journal and

Manhattan Mercury

KC Metro: The Newsroom Hour

3:00PM REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS

Western Kansas Newspapers

Pittsburg: Regional Newspapers

KC Metro: KC Life: Arts & Culture

4:00PM NEWSPAPERS OF SOUTHEAST

KANSAS

KC Metro: Kansas City Newspapers

5:00PM THE MISSOURI NEWS HOUR

6:00PM ON-LINE (COMPUTER SHOW)

7:00PM NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR

8:00PM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR

9:00PM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES REPEAT

11:00PM MYSTERY HOUR

EARLY FRIDAY

12:00AM USA TODAY REPEAT

1:00AM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

2:00AM NEW YORK TIMES TRAVEL REPEAT

3:00AM ON-LINE COMPUTER SHOW REPEAT

4:00AM THE NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR

REPEAT

5:00AM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR

REPEAT

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UPDATE US BY CALLING 1-800-772-8898

OR EMAILING US AT READER@KU.EDU

FRIDAY SCHEDULE

6:00AM NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS

7:00AM CONSUMER REPORTS

8:00AM THE NEW YORK TIMES

(Thursday edition, by TIC Network)

9:00AM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES

(repeated at 9pm)

readings of the Kansas City Star and

Topeka Capital-Journal

10:30AM TV GUIDE

11:00AM LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD

12 NOON USA TODAY

1:00PM THE WICHITA EAGLE

2:00PM SUNFLOWER DAILIES

Readings from Emporia Gazette,

Hutchinson News, Salina Journal and

Manhattan Mercury

KC Metro: The Newsroom Hour

3:00PM REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS

Kansas City Regional newspapers

Pittsburg: Regional Newspapers

KC Metro: KC Life: Sports

4:00PM NEWSPAPERS OF SOUTHEAST

KANSAS

KC Metro: Kansas City Newspapers

5:00PM THE MISSOURI NEWS HOUR

6:00PM TWO ON THE AISLE

(News of Theatre and the Arts)

7:00PM NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR

8:00PM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR

9:00PM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES REPEAT

11:00PM MYSTERY HOUR

EARLY SATURDAY

12:00AM USA TODAY REPEAT

1:00AM WALL STREET JOURNAL

2:00AM NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS REPEAT

3:00AM TWO ON THE AISLE REPEAT

4:00AM THE NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR

REPEAT

5:00AM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR

REPEAT

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programs like VFM Magazine and more!

soundcloud.com/audio-reader

SATURDAY SCHEDULE

6:00AM SCIENCE MAGAZINES

7:00AM READER’S DIGEST / SATURDAY

EVENING POST

8:00AM THE NEW YORK TIMES

(Friday edition, produced by TIC Network)

9:00AM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES

readings of the Kansas City Star and

Topeka Capital-Journal

10:30AM THE WEEK

11:00AM LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD

12 NOON HOME AND FAMILY MAGAZINES

1:00PM THE CHILDREN’S HOUR

2:00PM OUTDOORS

3:00PM NATIONAL ENQUIRER

4:00PM ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

5:00PM A LOOK BACK

6:00PM THE MAN CAVE

7:00PM NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR

8:00PM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR

9:00PM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES REPEAT

11:00PM MYSTERY HOUR

EARLY SUNDAY

12:00AM ADULT MAGAZINES

1:00AM NATIONAL ENQUIRER REPEAT

2:00AM HOME AND FAMILY MAGAZINES

REPEAT

3:00AM OUTDOORS REPEAT

4:00AM THE NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR

REPEAT

5:00AM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR

REPEAT

SUNDAY SCHEDULE

6:00AM GUIDEPOSTS

7:00AM INSPIRATION AND RELIGION

8:00AM THE NEW YORK TIMES

(Saturday edition, by TIC Network)

9:00AM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES

(repeated at 9pm)

readings of the Kansas City Star and

Topeka Capital-Journal

11:00AM THE LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD

12:00PM MIDWEST HIGHLIGHTS

12:30PM PLAYING WITH WORDS (POETRY)

1:00PM SENIOR CONCERNS

1:30PM AT HOME ON THE RANGE

2:00PM AFRICAN AMERICAN HOUR

3:00PM SUNDAY DRIVE

4:00PM SHORT STORIES

5:00PM SPORTS SHOW

6:00PM ECHO VALLEY

(last Sunday of the month is HEAR WE

GROW Gardening Show)

7:00PM NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR

8:00PM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR

9:00PM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES REPEAT

11:00PM MYSTERY HOUR

EARLY MONDAY

12:00AM SPORTS REPEAT

1:00AM OUTDOORS REPEAT

2:00AM A LOOK BACK REPEAT

3:00AM BUBBLEGUM BOOKS / GARDENING

REPEAT

4:00AM THE NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR

REPEAT

5:00AM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR

REPEAT

AUDIO READER BOOKS

NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR

7:00PM Daily (repeated the next day at 4:00am)

Monday March 11th: The Sixties: Diaries 1960-1969

by Christopher Isherwood, read by Pam Blome

Tuesday April 9th: The Book of Charlie: Wisdom

from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-

Old Man by David Von Drehle, read by Pam Michelle

Suter

Sunday April 14th: The Country of the Blind: A

Memoir at the End of Sight by Andre Leland, read by

Darcy Schild

Saturday April 27th: Dear Prudence: The Story

Behind the Song by Prudence Farrow Bruns, read by

Camille Olcese

Monday May 6th: Enough by Cassidy Hutchinson,

read by Bev Wilson

Monday May 20th: How to Know a Person: The Art

of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by

David Brooks, read by Marilyn Bradt

Friday May 31st: Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a

Warning by Liz Cheney, read by Bev Wilson

NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR (continued)

Friday June 14th: Bicycling with Butterflies: My

10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch

Migration by Sara Dykman, read by various readers

Wednesday June 26th: Sitting Pretty: The View from

My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah

Taussig, read by Marilyn Bradt

ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR

8:00PM Daily (repeated the next day at 5:00am)

Friday March 15th: Ready Player One by Ernest

Cline, read by Barbara Paris

Thursday April 4th: Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart

by Claire Harman, read by Sarah Peters

Tuesday April 23rd: Secret Kansas: A Guide to the

Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by Roxie Yonkey,

read by Carol Munchoff

Monday April 29th: The Keeper of Lost Things by

Ruth Hogan, read by Maureen Guth

Wednesday May 8th: Killers of the Flower Moon by

David Grann, read by Michelle Suter

Wednesday May 15th: The Warrior Within: Own

Your Power to Serve, Fight, Protect, and Heal by

D.J. Vanas, read by Terry Betzen

ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR (continued)

Friday May 24th: When the News Broke: Chicago

1968 and the Polarizing of America by Heather

Hendershot, read by Paul Blome

Friday June 7th: The Warmth of Other Suns: The

Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel

Wilkerson, read by Susan Elkins

THE MYSTERY HOUR

11:00PM each night

Monday, March 25th: Exiles by Jane Harper, read by

Darcy Schild

Monday, April 8th: Fairy Tale by Stephen King, read

by Linda Manley

Monday May 4th: Up on the Woof Top (A Chet &

Bernie Mystery) by Spencer Quinn, read by Darcy

Schild

Wednesday May 15th: The Book of Candlelight (A

Secret, Book and Scone Society Novel) by Ellery

Adams, read by Elaine Roberts

Sunday May 26th: Troubled Blood by Robert

Galbraith, read by Darcy Schild

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ETHEL & RAYMOND RICE FOUNDATION

OVERLAND PARK HOST LIONS CLUB

LEAVENWORTH LIONS CLUB

THE KANSAS LIONS SIGHT FOUNDATION

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