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For more than 25 years, host Marcia Franklin has recorded "Conversations That Matter" with some of the world's most noted writers and thinkers — from historians to humorists, from politicians to pundits, from jurists to journalists — for her series "Dialogue" on Idaho Public Television.

May 28, 2023

Marcia Franklin talks with Ken and Betty Rodgers, residents of Eagle, ID, who have produced a documentary called "Bravo! Common Men, Uncommon Valor," about the 1968 siege of Khe Sanh in Vietnam.

Ken Rodgers is a former Marine Lance Corporal and a veteran of Khe Sanh. He and his wife Betty are joined by Steve...


May 21, 2023

Michael Kirk, senior producer of "Frontline," got his start at KUID-TV in Moscow. Since then, he has produced over 100 television programs, including "The Man Who Knew," "The Killer at Thurston High," and "Waco: The Inside Story." His programs have won many national awards, including the Peabody and the duPont...


May 16, 2023

Dialogue presents a discussion with the anchor for PBS's The Newshour With Jim Lehrer. Marcia Franklin sat down with Lehrer when he visited Boise as the featured speaker for the Idaho Humanities Council's 10th Annual Distinguished Humanities Lecture and Dinner.

In his conversation with Franklin, the NewsHour...


May 8, 2023

His sonorous voice has kept millions of National Public Radio listeners company for more than two decades. NPR senior correspondent Bob Edwards talks with Marcia Franklin about his career and his book "Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism."

Originally aired: 07/22/2004