Segment 1, beginning at 4:33: Yinka Faleti says he knows "what it will take to lift up the entire state, not just the special interest, not just the powerful and rich."
Some might consider Faleti's story a classic immigrant’s American dream. He knew poverty in his family’s early years in the country, but made his way to West Point and law school, became a prosecutor, entered the nonprofit sector, and is now running as the Democratic candidate for Missouri Secretary of State.
- Yinka Faleti, Democratic candidate for Missouri secretary of state
Segment 2, beginning at 22:14: What's behind the video game industry's record-breaking year.
The coronavirus lockdowns and social distancing restrictions may well be behind the gaming industry's $10 billion in first quarter sales. Today, players explain what having other worlds to experience means in the midst of the pandemic.
- Alex Criss, a clinical psychologist and author of “The Gaming Mind: A New Psychology of Videogames and the Power of Play"
- Cody Newill, gamer and audience development specialist for KCUR
Segment 3, beginning at 42:44: The Coterie is taking the works of Edgar Allen Poe to Union Cemetery for a twilight experience.
The latest offering from The Coterie has actor R. H. Wilhhoit performing nightly , with music by Kansas City's Rex Hobart. Attendees get a plot for four guests to enjoy Poe's "The Premature Burial" and "The Masque of the Red Death" among gravestones in Kansas City's oldest public cemetery.
- Jeff Church, producing artistic director for The Coterie
Performances of "Electric Poe" begin at sunset each evening through Oct. 31 at Union Cemetery, 227 E. 28th Terrace, Kansas City, Missouri 64108. Details and ticketing information are available at TheCoterie.org.
