Segment 1: Weird Weather Words.
Bomb Cyclone. Polar Vortex. Snowmageddon. If you've listened to weather forecasts as of late, there have been some really strange words. Why is that, and what do they mean?
- Al Pietrycha, science and operations officer, National Weather Service
Segment 2, beginning at 15:23: KC's Culinary DNA
Google asked the question: where has Kansas City's food scene been and where is it headed? In this conversation, we find out how a local food critic answered.
- Jenny Vergara, author, Kansas City's Culinary DNA: From Barbecue to Midwest Manners
Segment 3, beginning at 33:11: Otto P. Higgins.
While World War I was "over there" for many Kansas Citians, Star reporter Otto P. Higgins brought the chaos, gunfire and long waits in the ditch back home through his reporting on the frontlines. Hear his story.
- James Heiman, author, Front Lines to Headlines: The World War I Overseas Dispatches of Otto P. Higgins
James J. Heiman will discuss his book Frontlines to Headlines at the Midwest Genealogy Center in Independence at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 26. For more information, visit MyMCPL.org.
