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Joy And Pain With Rouse, Tchaikovsky And Strauss
This week we feature three performances by The Kansas City Symphony revealing the rich emotional depth of these pieces. We'll also hear what Michael Stern learned from an early mentor of his, Christoph von Dohnányi, a guest conductor on this week's program.
Sex Trafficking Affects Victims, Families And Law Enforcement
Sex trafficking occurs in all fifty of the United States and too often the victims are our children. Steve Kraske examines sex trafficking with a Kansas…
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Modern Urban Design Balances Infrastructural Needs With Public Opinion
Designing and planning an urban landscape is about more than just figuring out which building goes where, and John Ruble should know. His architectural…
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Small-Town Midwestern Boys With Big Legacies
Walt Disney, Johnny Carson, Carl Sandburg, Ronald Reagan, Henry Ford . . . small Midwestern towns aren't typically the stuff of sensational headlines -…
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Johnson County Native Sonia Nazario Retraces Honduran Teen's Perilous Journey
Johnson County native Sonia Nazario won a Pulitzer Prize for her series in the LA Times chronicling one Honduran teen's journey to the United States to…
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In 'Bill Clinton Hercules,' The 42nd President Lets Loose In Fantasy TED talk
What if Bill Clinton had 90 minutes to give a no-holds-barred TED talk? That's the scene in "Bill Clinton Hercules," a one-man show starring Kansas City…
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Sculptor's Work Reveals The Junk Used In Its Creation
Dumpster-diving for materials was done out of necessity when sculptor Tom Sachs first started, but now he does it by choice. It's just one way the…
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What It's Like To Be A Religious Minority In America
Many politicians declare the United States to be a Christian nation-- but it’s not, even though the majority of the population is part of some stream of…
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Local Production Explores Mysteries Of Deadly 1988 Explosion
Many Kansas Citians still remember the morning of Nov. 29, 1988. That was the day a blast miles distant woke tens of thousands in the metro in a tragedy…
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It's Not You, It's Not Me, It's Our Psychobiology!
Why is it the person we were head over heels for just a few months ago now seems a bit ... boring? Clinician and researcher Stan Tatkin says our brains…
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