language

The history of the Missouria people and how a prolific Otoe-Missouria storyteller helped preserve a fading language.

How Kansas is navigating the impending reopening of its public schools, when and why face masks protect us from coronavirus infection, and how language might evolve during interstellar space travel.

Segment 1: A Lawrence poet is coming out with the first book of fast food poetry.Danny Caine's new book reviews chain restaurants with poetry, touching on…

For more stories like this one, subscribe to A People's History of Kansas City on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher.Gene Beckman grew up as an only…

Many early, unique dialects of German are preserved in communities in small towns in Missouri and Kansas. But they're endangered. Meet a handful of…

Segment 1: Why do some people say Missou-ree and some say Missou-rah? And what are the political ramifications of saying one or the other?It turns out…

Segment 1: Missouri does not enforce a 2008 federal law on mental health parity.When President George W. Bush signed the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici…

Segment 1: National perspective on affordable housing in Kansas City.As new households form, additional housing stock isn't keeping pace, studies show.…

Segment 1: Sydney PurselA Kansas City-born artist uses all kinds of projects to reconnect with her indigenous roots, and to educate others both in and…

Segment 1: If laughter is the best medicine, can a doctor write a prescription for a joke? In this conversation, we break down what makes a successful…

Segment 1: An expert panel on slang today."Extra." "Mood." "We live in a society." "Fell off." Or, per one recent high-profile Twitter feud, "dog-walk"…

Segment 1: Comedy is comedy for kids and adults.Mo Willems has written for Sesame Street and has authored many children's books with iconic characters…