Steve Kraske

Host of Up to Date

Steve Kraske has been the political correspondent for The Kansas City Star since 1994. He covers national, state and local politics with a special focus on the Iowa presidential caucuses every four years. Kraske first came to The Star in 1986 and covered the Kansas City Police Department and state government in Jefferson City and Topeka. Before arriving in Kansas City, he worked at daily newspapers in Iowa and Illinois and at United Press International in Madison, Wis. Kraske is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received a bachelor's degree in journalism. His parents live in Stillwater, Minn. In 2001, he and a team of Star reporters won the Missouri Press Association's top government-reporting award for a series of stories on the death of Gov. Mel Carnahan. In 1991, he was awarded a John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Mon April 1, 2013

Poetry With Caroline Kennedy

Though she’s famous for her family name, Caroline Kennedy has made a name for herself in other ways, too.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Mon April 1, 2013

Looking Back At The Anti-Slavery Movement

American Antislavery Writings: Colonial Beginnings to Emancipation

Ask a school kid, and he or she will tell you that slavery in America ended in the mid-1860s. But when did the movement against slavery start?

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Up to Date
12:10 pm
Fri March 29, 2013

KCK Mayoral Debate

Join Up to Date at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 1, at the Kansas City, Kan., Main Library, 625 Minnesota Ave., for the final debate of the Kansas City, Kan., mayoral race. Candidates Mark Holland and Ann Murguia will discuss the hot issues of the campaign in a debate moderated by Steve Kraske.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Thu March 28, 2013

An Art & Theater Fusion

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte buy Georges Seurat

Take a stroll through an art gallery, and you just might find yourself humming a Sondheim tune.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Wed March 27, 2013

Living With Alzheimer's: Former Congressman Dennis Moore

Credit Laura Ziegler
Former U.S. Rep Dennis Moore served six terms representing Kansas. He went public with his early-onset Alzheimer's diagnosis last year.

Alzheimer’s affects so many people these days that many senior living facilities have dedicated wings for sufferers of the disease.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Tue March 26, 2013

Troubleshooting Your Travels

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Rudy Maxa in Florence, Italy.

Ever had one of those vacations where nothing seems to go right? Your luggage gets lost, the reservation’s for the wrong day, and you accidentally asked for a sub-compact car for your family of five?

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90-Mile View
6:00 pm
Tue March 26, 2013

90-Mile View: Rick Behrens

Visit Grandview Park Presbyterian Church on any regular Sunday and, unless you know him, you're unlikely to distinguish Rev. Rick Behrens from his congregation.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Mon March 25, 2013

Preventing A DIY Dust-Up

Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
Mayor James tears down a vacant house. Was the resulting dust a health hazard?

Everyone knows you should wear a hard hat during construction, but are your lungs in just as much danger as your head?

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Mon March 25, 2013

Jazzing It Up In KC

Joe Sample

Musician Joe Sample has made his life about all that jazz.

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Up to Date
10:49 am
Mon March 25, 2013

Remembering Walt Bodine

Credit Courtesy of the Walt Bodine Family
Walt Bodine (right)

Today, we're talking about memories of KCUR's Walt Bodine.

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Up to Date
10:06 am
Mon March 25, 2013

Two Women, One World & 80 Days

Credit Jessica Hills
Eighty Days by Matthew Goodman

In 1889, it wasn't a woman's world, but that didn't dampen the enthusiasm of reporters Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland when they embarked on a journey to beat Phileas Fogg's fictional travels.

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Up to Date
10:02 am
Mon March 18, 2013

Encore Broadcast: Former Hiroshima Mayor & Harry Truman's Grandson On Nuclear Disarmament

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

You’d have a hard time finding someone who feels more strongly about nuclear disarmament than the former mayor of Hiroshima, Japan.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Thu March 14, 2013

Parents, Teens & Break-ups

Credit Nevit Dilmen

Paul Simon might know 50 ways to leave your lover, but psychologist Wes Crenshaw has his own list.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Wed March 13, 2013

Accepting A Twin's Death

Her by Christa Parravani

After the untimely death of a loved one, people often find themselves with more questions than answers.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Tue March 12, 2013

What A Country For Yakov Smirnoff

When he came to America in 1977, Yakov Smirnoff was already a comedian, but it was his fresh off the boat Cold War comedy style that got him noticed by the entertainment industry.

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