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As a kid growing up on his family’s farm in Louisburg, Kansas, David Wayne Reed just wanted to perform.He wore his mom’s heels, a cinched-up shirt as a…

Segment 1: Did you know that lice prefer O+ bloodtypes and round hair follicles?There is a stigma around having lice, but keeping quiet about the issue…

Hundreds of steamboats are buried underground along the banks of the Missouri River. We just don’t know where they are. One of them, however, was recently…

Enough with the pity!For Kansas City Royals fans who live outside the region, it’s a brand new world.“The last lot of years, I have gotten a lot of pity…

Elizabeth The Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch, is a biography of one of the most public—and yet most private—people in the world.Vanity Fair…

Top schools often offer scholarships that not only include free tuition, but also free room and board for top students from poor families. Each year, however, colleges are confronted with a paradox: No matter how many incentives they provide, enrollment of highly talented, low-income student barely seems to budge.

NPR National Correspondent Debbie Elliott can be heard telling stories from her native South and occasionally guest-hosting NPR news programs. She covers the latest news and politics and is attuned to the region's rich culture and history.

Ben de la Cruz is an award-winning documentary video producer and multimedia journalist. He is currently a senior visuals editor. In addition to overseeing the multimedia coverage of NPR's global health and development, his responsibilities include working on news products for emerging platforms including Amazon's and Google's smart screens. He is also part of a team developing a new way of thinking about how NPR can collaborate and engage with our audience as well as photographers, filmmakers, illustrators, animators, and graphic designers to build new visual storytelling avenues on NPR's website, social media platforms, and through live events.

For Here & Now resident chef Kathy Gunst, the grill is a great way to add slow-cooked flavor to meat like brisket and pork ribs.

With frisbee golf courses in nearly every community in the metro and numerous disc-specializing retailers, Kansas City has established a reputation as a center for the sport.