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  • Kansas City Manager Mario Vasquez will celebrate one year in office on May 8th.
    Kansas City Manager Mario Vasquez feels ‘pretty good’ about World Cup readiness
    Kansas City Manager Mario Vasquez will celebrate one year in office this week as city hall makes its final preparations for the 2026 World Cup. He joined KCUR’s Up To Date to discuss next month’s tournament and tourism concerns, along with his perspective on the Royals’ plans to build a Crown Center ballpark.
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    Caleb Hearon and Waxahatchee are having banner years. Now they're headlining for KC Tenants
    The musician Waxahatchee and comedian Caleb Hearon, who are friends and Kansas City residents, call affordable housing the issue of our time. This week, they’re headlining a benefit show for KC Tenants at the Uptown Theater, and they joined KCUR’s Up To Date to discuss their careers on stage and their activism in the community.
  • David Hogg (center) speak at a March For Our Lives rally in 2022.
    Former DNC Vice Chair David Hogg says Democrats need younger candidates in Missouri and Kansas
    Former Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg is visiting Kansas City to speak at an American Public Square event. He spoke with KCUR’s Up To Date about the issues he sees in the modern Democratic party — and why he believes younger leadership and a focus on grassroots organizing can help the party in future elections.
  • Motorcycle Gangs In Kansas City
    Feuding motorcycle gangs have made national headlines after Sunday's deadly fight in Waco, Texas. On this edition of Up To Date, reporter Sam Zeff speaks…
  • De-stressing From Technology
    Being connected at all times can be great, or it can feel like electronic leash. One yoga master sees personal happiness taking a nosedive as our…
  • Kansas City's 'Cowtown' Heritage
    Kansas City used to be the place, "where the steak is born." Now it's known more for barbecue than steaks and stockyards.On the first half of Wednesday's…
  • Leonard Pitts, Jr., On Race, Politics
    In the newspapers, Pulitzer-winning columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr., writes about the very real world we live in, commenting on race relations and politics.…
  • KCK Mayoral Debate
    Join Up to Date at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 1, at the Kansas City, Kan., Main Library, 625 Minnesota Ave., for the final debate of the Kansas City, Kan.,…
  • Ai Weiwei Director Alison Klayman
    The documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry tells the story of China's greatest contemporary artist who is also one of his country's most passionate…
  • 'Abandoned America'
    He's documented the ruins of a great civilization- our own. On this edition of Up to Date, Steve Kraske talks to a photographer who has traveled across…
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