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The state of Kansas is luring the Kansas City Chiefs across the state line with funding from STAR Bonds, a unique kind of tax incentive. The team plans to build a $3 billion stadium in Wyandotte County and a practice facility worth hundreds of millions of dollars in Olathe.

As we embark on our third year of Up From Dust, we discuss why we started an environmental podcast in the Midwest — and what we’ve learned along the way. In 2026, stay tuned for stories about farmers, astronomers, turtles, bats and more. We’ll overcome fears and rethink how we grow food and build our cities. And we’ll meet the people in the Heartland who tackle the challenge of climate change with determination and resolve. Thanks for coming along with us.

Kansas City first announced Gavin Wilkinson as sporting director earlier this month, leading to a quick outcry from fans. Wilkinson was fired from a previous job as a women's soccer team president after multiple misconduct investigations, including his handling of sexual harassment allegations.

The Kansas City Royals missed a big deadline to tell Kansas their proposal for STAR bond funding, and top lawmakers say they're no longer interested in talks with the team. The doors may also be closing in Clay County, while Missouri's public financing offer is under threat.

Kansas Citians are taking to the streets to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. After the killing of Renee Good, a former Kansas City resident, a demonstration marched through the Country Club Plaza. Meanwhile, local groups are warning each other about potential ICE activity.

In the first of two episodes featuring works that had their premieres in Paris, we'll hear music by César Franck, Édouard Lalo and Claude Debussy. Plus, co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies get all wound up discussing Maurice Ravel's show-stopping musical experiment "Boléro."

Go behind the scenes and on stage with special guest Raymond Santos, the Kansas City Symphony's principal clarinetist. He joins hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies as guides for a kinetic program of music by Felix Mendelssohn, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Ottorino Respighi and Béla Bartók.

This week we continue a series of programs highlighting firsts by great composers. Co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies talk about Frédéric Chopin, Ludwig van Beethoven and Robert Schumann and their maiden concerto and symphony compositions.

This week we'll hear virtuosic playing by three soloists performing five different works spanning four centuries. Augustin Hadelich, Garrick Ohlsson and Behzod Abduraimov tackle music by Haydn, Saint-Saëns, Copland, Gershwin and Thomas Adés.

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.