Segment 1, beginning at 4:09: How back-to-school is going in Independence, Missouri.
Independence was one of the first local school districts to have kids fully back in the classroom. Three weeks in, all seems to be going according to plan. Middle- and high-school students are using a hybrid model. Elementary students are going to school in-person five days a week.
- Dale Herl, superintendent of the Independence School District
Segment 2, beginning at 26:06: How images shape our memories of important events.
It's been 19 years since planes struck the World Trade Center in New York City, more than three months since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and about six months since the first case of the novel coronavirus was confirmed in the Kansas City area. For many people, it's images from these events that will stick with us, not the facts.
- Roxane Cohen Silver, professor of psychological science, medicine and public health at the University of California, Irvine
- Carlos Moreno, visual and multimedia journalist at KCUR
Segment 3, beginning at 44:03: A new book delves into 83 weird places and stories in Kansas City.
Did you know that Kansas City is home to the world’s longest snake living in captivity? Or that Bonnie and Clyde had one of their most famous battles here? A new book highlights these and other interesting tales from the city we call home.
- Anne Kniggendorf, freelance writer and author of "Secret Kansas City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure"
