Prairie Hollow Productions

06/26/2025

Sarah Hill-Nelson, who’s featured in current news articles about the potential loss of tax credits for renewable energy, describes the hydropower generated by the Kansas River at Bowersock Dam in Lawrence.

The president of Bowersock Power, which maintains a low-head dam on the Kansas River to generate hydropower, describes the advantages of this form of renewab...

06/11/2025

"AT ITS HEART AN ADVENTURE" -- As SYMPHONY IN THE FLINT HILLS heads toward its final big event out on the prairie in Chase County this weekend, here's a look back at the very first gathering, which also was in Chase County ... on the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. I followed event organizer Emily Hunter Connell around as she helped orchestrate the inaugural event. This aired as a Plains People segment within KTWU's Sunflower Journeys.

A "Plains People" segment that follows the organizer of Symphony in the Flint Hills (Emily Hunter) around during the inaugural event at the Tallgrass Prairie...

06/11/2025

A "Plains People" segment that follows the organizer of Symphony in the Flint Hills (Emily Hunter) around during the inaugural event at the Tallgrass Prairie...

06/08/2025

Prairie Hollow in the news…

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On a quiet Kansas prairie, Laura Mead and Dave Kendall’s art installations invite visitors to reconnect with themselves, while their political work invites people to connect with others

05/24/2025

SINCE 1952. In the small town of Hamilton, south of Emporia on K-99, a local ranching family operates an establishment called Holmes Sundry, serving breakfast and lunch Tuesday thru Saturday. Hats off to Rachel & Glen Collinge for investing in their community this way!

05/14/2025

If you believe that journalists like those associated with public broadcasting are "monsters" or "enemies of the people," you may want to check your sources and see who's in charge.

In May 1993, Kansas Sen. Bob Dole addressed the annual public radio conference at an early morning session, introduced as “one of the toughest critics of public broadcasting.” Saying he shouldn’t be thought of as an enemy, Dole then gave the crowd a dose of the sardonic wit for which he was we...

05/03/2025

Intending to get shots of cattle grazing the fresh grass after the spring burn, these guys were more intent on checking ME out!

04/17/2025

The Trump administration wants to cut the federal funds that support public media. It would impact NPR, PBS and the roughly 1,500 local public media stations...

04/17/2025

They have no interest in supporting entities that keep us informed and connected.

The Trump administration wants to cut the federal funds that support public media. It would impact NPR, PBS and the roughly 1,500 local public media stations...