Beth Golay
Director of Marketing and Digital Content | Marginalia Podcast Host | Books & Whatnot Podcast Co-host | Wichita's Early Edition Host & ProducerBeth Golay oversees KMUW's marketing strategies, website, online streaming, and app. She is also the host of the Marginalia podcast, co-host with Suzanne Perez of the Books & Whatnot podcast, creator of the podcast You're Saying It Wrong, and creator of KMUW's daily news podcast Wichita's Early Edition.
Beth is also the driving force behind You're Spelling It Wrong—KMUW's spelling bee for grown-ups that has proven to be quite popular.
Since Marginalia launched in 2016, Beth has interviewed hundreds of authors for Marginalia, including Pulitzer Prize–winners and Nobel Laureates. Dozens of those interviews have been featured in the NPR "Books We Love" app. Beth has been involved with KMUW's Literary Feast since its inception in August 2005. In her free time, she likes to read and play trivia with her team NPRmageddon. Beth is currently working toward a Master's Degree in English from Wichita State University.
She has been honored with a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in social media, recognized for her work on the station's website and as host and producer of Wichita's Early Edition, Sept. 21, 2023 from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters. She was also honored as a team member of the NPR StoryLab Workshop podcast My Fellow Kansans.
Beth can be reached by email at golay@kmuw.org.
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Beth Golay recently spoke with Megan Hunter about the challenge of capturing one day per decade, and how Ivy finds meaning in her life in "Days of Light." -
A nonprofit that offers dignity, hope … and clean clothes. We look at Laundry Love, plus news from Wichita and around the state. -
One day, a Kansas City gardener had a lightbulb moment. If she chose native plants, her yard would teem with wildlife. Now it’s home to birds, frogs and bees. And to so many butterflies. We hear her story and her tips for native plant newbies. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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Beth Golay recently spoke with Maria Reva about her characters and how she incorporates her own life into "Endling." -
Maria Reva’s new novel, "Endling," looks a little different than it did when she first started it. The book begins with her initial premise of three Ukrainian women on a quest to kidnap 13 bachelors who are in Ukraine to find a bride. But when Russia invaded Ukraine, both the book and her life took a decided turn. KMUW's Beth Golay speak with Reva about the novel and how she incorporated her own life into it. Plus we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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Beth Golay recently spoke with author Tash Aw about "The South," which follows a family one summer as they move to an inherited farm in southern Malaysia. -
KMUW's Torin Andersen visits with Korean born artist Shin-hee Chin. Plus we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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Beth Golay recently spoke with Mary Morris about her Italian travels that led to the book "The Red House," her own connections with the characters, and more. -
What you get when you cross a school with a nursing home. KMUW's Rose Conlon takes us to one such facility in Logan, Kansas. Plus we have news from Wichita and around the state.
