Seg. 1: Foreign Service | Seg. 2: Slow Travel

By Gina Kaufmann,

Published November 25, 2019 at 12:22 PM CST

Segment 1: What aspiring Foreign Service Officers from Kansas City are taking away from the impeachment hearings.

Recent congressional hearings have put Foreign Service Officers in the spotlight. How do their jobs now look to those hoping to one day be like them?

Mia Richardson, volunteer, Peace Corps in North Macedonia
Jack Still, junior, William Jewell College

Segment 2, beginning at 34:48: When your bike is also your traveling companion.

A local biker, who documents her solo bike trips on Instagram, recently won a train trip from Amtrak to take her bike with her to West Virginia.

Kim Horgan, local biker and instagrammer, Kansas City

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Gina Kaufmann

People don't make cameos in news stories; the human story is the story, with characters affected by news events, not defined by them. As a columnist and podcaster, I want to acknowledge what it feels like to live through this time in Kansas City, one vantage point at a time. Together, these weekly vignettes form a collage of daily life in Kansas City as it changes in some ways, and stubbornly resists change in others. You can follow me on Twitter @GinaKCUR or email me at gina@kcur.org.

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Melody Rowell

Melody Rowell is the lead producer for KCUR’s Central Standard. You can find her on Twitter at @MelodyRowell, or by email at melody@kcur.org.

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