Episodios

  • A Kansas City artist crafts fashion, and guns, out of ceramic

    A Kansas City artist crafts fashion, and guns, out of ceramic
    Jan 6 2026
    A new exhibit at the Nerman Museum in Overland Park packs a punch with ceramic lipsticks, guns, and colorful pastel flowers. Over her five-decade career, Kansas City clay artist Linda Lighton created sculptures that speak to some of the thorniest issues of our time.
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    11 m
  • A Kansas City legislator worries about Missouri's budget this year

    A Kansas City legislator worries about Missouri's budget this year
    Jan 5 2026
    Missouri lawmakers have passed historically expensive budgets in recent years, but next year will likely be different, according to Missouri state Sen. Maggie Nurrenbern, a Democrat from Kansas City. The state's revenue has flatlined when adjusted for inflation, and there is no more surplus of federal money. Nurrenbern said that math means Missouri won't be able to fund all the services it has in prior years.
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    14 m
  • How Kansas is trying to save its vanishing river life

    How Kansas is trying to save its vanishing river life
    Jan 2 2026
    Native freshwater mussels do important work filtering the water in Midwest rivers. These animals are in trouble, but Kansas has a plan to help them. Plus: We'll hear from farmers around the central U.S. about what made this such a tough year, and what may come in 2026.
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    12 m
  • The year that was in Kansas

    The year that was in Kansas
    Dec 31 2025
    The Kansas City Chiefs' planned move across the state line marked an unusually bipartisan success for Kansas elected leaders. In most other ways, state politics in 2025 were marked by Republican wins and Democratic frustrations.
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    14 m
  • The year that was in Missouri

    The year that was in Missouri
    Dec 30 2025
    The year 2025 marked the start of a new governor's term in Missouri, and the deepening of Republican control of the General Assembly. As the year ended, the blame and sorrow over the state losing the Kansas City Chiefs were just beginning.
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    13 m
  • 2025 was a tough year for Kansas City's federal workers

    2025 was a tough year for Kansas City's federal workers
    Dec 29 2025
    As 2025 nears its end, we’re catching up on the biggest stories we reported this year. It was a hard year for federal workers in Kansas City, who weathered mass layoffs and the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Hear how that impacted workers' jobs and mental health.
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    12 m
  • The year that was in Kansas City and Jackson County

    The year that was in Kansas City and Jackson County
    Dec 26 2025
    2025 brought a lot of grief for governments in Kansas City, Missouri, and Jackson County: the expensive departure of the city's highest-paid official, a property tax scandal that left the county's top lawmaker rebuked, and the Chiefs' planned move to Kansas. But there's something to look forward to, too: the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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    14 m
  • A Kansas City cook wants you to make the perfect pie

    A Kansas City cook wants you to make the perfect pie
    Dec 24 2025
    A Kansas City cookbook author gives us a glimpse of her warm kitchen this winter season. Plus, while many people go online or to the mall to shop for presents, some rural towns go all out to try and attract holiday shoppers.
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    14 m