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The former Army captain and Missouri secretary of state shares updates about his mental health, political career and more.

Whether separated from a loved one or hosting a virtual dance party, music is filling a void for many of us.

Kansas lawmaker Anthony Hensley on his decades in the state legislature, and the ethics of distributing vaccines and whether we should be donating more and shopping less this holiday season.

State Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove is the new chairwoman of the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus, and the latest news in Kansas City sports, Chiefs and otherwise.

Since lockdown in March, Kansas City has seen an uptick in domestic violence calls, the latest polling numbers in Kansas and Missouri, and a Lawrence-based artist uses cropland to show political support.

Has record turnout for early balloting affected in-person voting, and Kansas and Missouri are involved in election lawsuits.

Those who know the effects of violent crime in Kansas City, Missouri reveal their loss and pain, and what goes best between two slices of bread in this town.

In the third and final installment of our June celebration, co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies commemorate Igor Stravinsky's birthday by featuring performances of his Symphony of Psalms and Firebird Suite. We'll also hear June performances by the Kansas City Symphony of John Corigliano's Snapshot: Circa 1909 and Dimitri Shostakovich's powerful and defiant Symphony No. 5.

Composer and genre-transcending singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane joins Michael Stern and Dan Margolies for a conversation about his piano concerto, "Heirloom," which features his father, Jeffrey Kahane, as soloist. We'll also explore the musical story-telling of Beethoven, Debussy and Jonathan Leshnoff's Third Symphony.

Classical KC presents a grab bag of amazing Kansas City Symphony performances, including concertos featuring violinist Maria Ioudenitch, trumpeter Julian Kaplan and guitarist Jiji Kim, as well as evocative tone poems by Anatoli Liadov and Richard Strauss.