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Beth Golay

Director of Marketing and Digital Content

Beth Golay serves as KMUW's Director of Marketing and Digital Content. She is the host of the KMUW podcast Marginalia, co-host with Suzanne Perez of the Books & Whatnot podcast, creator of the podcast You're Saying It Wrong, and NPR StoryLab Workshop team member on the award-winning podcast My Fellow Kansans. Beth also produces several KMUW commentaries, for which she received honorable mention from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters in 2018 for Cooking With Fire and again in 2019 for An Artist’s Perspective. Beth has been honored with a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in social media, and recognized for her work on the station's website, KMUW.org.

Since Marginalia was launched in 2016, Beth has interviewed hundreds of authors, and dozens of those interviews have been featured in the NPR "Books We Love" app. Beth says she accomplishes most of her reading on the bus—she’s a Route 21 gal—and it was her experience as a bus commuter that inspired Beth to produce the En Route segment for KMUW’s weekly news program The Range. In 2020, Beth was honored with first place in the Editorial/Commentary category from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters for her interview with Sylvia and Sam on Route 21.

Beth can be reached by email at golay@kmuw.org.

  • It's been just over a month since the mass shooting at the Super Bowl rally in Kansas City. And many people who witnessed it are still dealing with the echoes of that day. K-C-U-R and K-F-F Health News have started a series hearing from the many people who were injured last month during the Super Bowl rally.
  • A woman who loves fish. We take a deep dive into aquascaping. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
  • It’s illegal to fight roosters in the US, yet raising gamefowl is a big business. There have been recent efforts in Oklahoma to lower the penalties for cockfighting. Animal rights activists call fowl, while breeders say they’re simply protecting their right to raise chickens. More on that, plus news from Wichita and around the state.
  • Teachers are still struggling with post-pandemic behavior problems and absenteeism in classrooms. One Kansas elementary school is trying to combat negative behavior by pairing kids with mentors and putting them to work. We’ll hear about a program known as Meaningful Work. Plus, news from Wichita and around the state.
  • Beth Golay recently spoke with Gina Chung about the themes in "Green Frog," her writing style, and how her characters continue to live on beyond the story.
  • Farms across the Midwest use biosolids—a type of byproduct from wastewater treatment plants—to fertilize their land. But toxic forever chemicals called PFAS could be contaminating that fertilizer… along with millions of acres of farmland. How a few Midwestern states are testing for PFAS… while many are not. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
  • KMUW film savants Fletcher Powell and Hugo Phan discuss what to expect at Sunday’s Academy Awards. Plus, composer Tim Hinck's Symphony No. 1 will receive its world premiere this Saturday with a performance from the Wichita Symphony Orchestra. We'll have both of those features and news from Wichita and around the state.
  • Power outages in Kansas caused by severe storms are frustrating some homeowners. Overhead power lines appear to be the vulnerability leading to the blackouts. Some Kansas homeowners want power company Evergy to bury the lines to provide more reliable service. We’ll hear why burying established power lines is not that easy, and would immediately raise the price on everyone’s electricity bills. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
  • Beth Golay visits with musician and author, Scott Guild, about his debut novel.
  • Scott Guild's debut novel, Plastic, is set in an alternate world about 50 years in the future. But with climate change, gun violence, and nuclear fallout, this dystopian comedy looks eerily similar to *our* world. Beth Golay speaks with Guild about his novel. Plus we have news from Wichita and around the state.