Hot Times in the Heartland is a two-hour documentary that features leading regional voices in the realm of climate change adaptation. This program has  been produced by Dave Kendall, former host of “Sunflower Journeys,” along with Rex Buchanan, director emeritus of the Kansas Geological Survey, and Laura Mead, a local multimedia artist. 

Featuring interviews with:

Leigh Stearns - Glaciologist, Professor of Geology, KU
Nancy Jackson - Founder, Climate + Energy Project
Dan Wildcat (Yuchi, Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma) - Author, Dean and Professor Haskell Indian Nations University
Steve Lerner - Psychologist, filmmaker and Founder, Step By Step Kansas
Sarah Hill-Nelson - CEO, Bowersock Hydropower
Ward Lyles - Associate Professor of Urban Planning , KU
Dani Lotton-Barker - Teacher, Southwest Middle School
Cameron Williams & Carter Fite (students)

Reserve free tickets: https://www.universe.com/HotTimesintheHeartland

Support for this film comes from R.M. Jory Donor Advised Fund, Dianne Shumaker, Footprints, The Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation, Porter Cattle Company, and The Nature Conservancy in Kansas. Additional support for the screening provided by Free State Brewery and The Commons at the University of Kansas, the KU School of Public Affairs and Administration, the Department of Indigenous Studies, and the IPSR Center for Compassionate and Sustainable Communities.