Alex Smith

The show for May 20, 2012. Click "Listen" to hear the entire show; see below for individual stories:

 For the last two and a half years, the Black House Improviser’s Collective has made its home in an unoccupied floor of a downtown office building provided by the Charlotte Street Foundation.

The show for May 13, 2012. Click "Listen" to hear the entire show; see below for individual stories:

Foreclosures have been down by about 25% in both Missouri and Kansas during the first quarter of 2012, but it’s still common for banks to take more than a year to even begin the foreclosure process.

Back in Kansas City’s classic jazz era of the ‘30s and early ‘40s, it was not uncommon to hear a full stage of horn players making music together.

The show for April 29, 2012. Click "Listen" to hear the entire show; see below for individual stories.

The show for April 22, 2012 was a special membership drive edition of the show; we brought you some of our favorite stories from the past six months. Click "Listen" to hear the entire show; see below for individual stories.

The show for April 15, 2012. Click "Listen" to hear the entire show; see below for individual stories.

These days, you can use the internet to do some pretty amazing stuff. You can watch from a huge selection of movies or read one of millions of books. You can video-chat with someone on the other side of the world.

The show for April 8, 2012. Click "Listen" to hear the entire show; see below for individual stories.

The show for March 25, 2012. Click "Listen" to hear the entire show; see below for individual stories.

Report Card Rate States’ Integrity

No state earned an “A” in new study of government transparency and corruption risk. The Public Radio International report put Kansas and Missouri in the middle of the pack, and there’s lots of room for improvement.

Today, at age 27, Brody Buster is a music veteran with 20 years of live music performance under his belt.

The show for March 18, 2012.  Click "Listen" to hear the entire show; see below for individual stories.

KCMO Residents Sound Off On State Of The City
Kansas City Mayor Sly James gives his assessment of the State of the City in an address at Bartle Hall on Monday. But how are residents rating KC life?

Coming up on KC Currents, Sunday, March 11 at 5pm, with a repeat Monday at 8pm: