Great Depression

In Depression-era Missouri, Jim the Wonder Dog earned his name from his ability to predict the future, and answer questions that should be otherwise unanswerable for a dog (or even a person in some cases): from allegedly predicting the winner of the Kentucky Derby and the World Series to knowing the gender of unborn babies.

A mural showing a stagecoach crossing a snowy, windblown Kansas landscape once graced the walls of the Olathe post office. Albert T. Reid's "The Mail Must…

Segment 1: 3.2 Beer.As of April 1, grocery and convenience stores in Kansas are permitted to sell full-alcohol beer. In this conversation, we find out why…

For many decades now, the only beer you could buy in Kansas grocery and convenience stores was limited to 3.2% alcohol. But on Monday, that 3.2 beer will…

For decades, every game of Monopoly came with the same origin story — a man named Charles Darrow, desperately struggling to support his family during the…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-893757.mp3Kansas City, Mo. – KCUR's Walt Bodine spent the Great Depression working at…