Beth Golay
Director of Marketing and Digital Content | Marginalia Podcast Host | Books & Whatnot Podcast Co-hostBeth 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 Ron Currie about "The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne" and what we can expect to see from him in the future. -
Russell Ferrante of the legendary jazz fusion band Yellowjackets says that more than 40 years after the band released its first album, the members are still trying to break new ground. Jedd Beaudoin talks with Ferrante, plus we have news from Wichita and around the state. -
This is a month when readers of all ages celebrate the joy and magic of children’s literature, and especially books written for that 8- to 12-year age group. We talking about the appeal of middle-grade books and share some recommendations. Plus we talk about our current reads. -
Beth Golay recently spoke with Evie Wyld about her novel, 'The Echoes,' which touches on the indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history in Australia. -
Beth Golay recently spoke with Karen Russell about where her novel "The Antidote" began for her. -
Pulitzer Prize–finalist Karen Russell’s highly anticipated second novel, The Antidote, is an American epic set in the fictional town of Uz, Nebraska, in the 1930s, immediately following the Black Sunday dust storm. And while it shares many elements with L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz," Russell says her inspiration was more biblical. KMUW's Beth Golay visits with Karen Russell. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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Coming up, an artist who loves the process of creating art … and selling it. And news from Wichita and around the state.
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Beth Golay recently poke with Nathaniel Ian Miller about the relationship dynamics in "Red Dog Farm," and how he accidentally wrote a second book set in a cold and remote environment. -
The city of Wichita created a land bank in 2021 to ease affordable housing development in the center of the city. But four years later, city staff have suggested dissolving it, saying it faces too many obstacles. KMUW's Celia Hack shares the challenges the land bank has to overcome to succeed. And we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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How a kid from Udall spent a lifetime in Africa. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
