By Natalie Vondrak |

The Day After

In this episode, Natalie discusses the museum’s latest event, a special screening of the documentary Television Event followed by a 40th anniversary reunion Q&A featuring The Day After’s cast and crew at Liberty Hall. Forty years ago, Lawrence, Kansas was at the center of a global discussion on nuclear war when over 2000 of its residents participated in a made-for-TV movie that shook-up the nation, rattled President Reagan and helped avert nuclear war. Learn more about the class by listening to the podcast below!

Time Capsule with KLWN’s Joel Becker and the Watkins Museum’s Natalie Vondrak explores the history of Lawrence or Douglas County and shares the stories of the people and events that have helped shape our community. The show airs the first Tuesday of the month during Radio for Grownups around 10:10 AM on FM 101.7 or AM 1320 KLWN.