podcasts

A new true-crime podcast, "Night Shift," tackles a string of deaths in a Columbia, Missouri, veterans hospital.

The host of A People’s History of Kansas City received the 2023 Horace Mann Friend of Education award for her contributions in the field of radio journalism.

A city council ordinance currently in committee would establish a commission to look into slavery reparations for Black Kansas Citians.

Kansas City radio pioneer Andrew Skip Carter started the nation’s first Black-owned and operated station west of the Mississippi River, KPRS AM. Now the company he founded, Carter Broadcast Group, is looking back at 72 years of growth and contemplating a robust future.

Even at the height of his professional success as an actor, playwright and venue owner, Vi Tran struggled to pause long enough to enjoy his achievements. Since the pandemic hit, he's grown clearer about what it takes to live well as an artist — and he's started to demand it.

Russell, Kansas, prepares to bid farewell to its native son whose life of public service had its root in the small town.

Starting May 27, visitors to the National WWI Museum and Memorial can explore the Western Front in "War Remains," an immersive reality experience.

The prizewinning author of such novels as "Looking for Alaska" and "The Fault in Our Stars" has come out with his first non-fiction book.

How the Topeka Police Department is addressing mental health crisis calls, and author John Green on his latest book 'The Anthropocene Reviewed.'

In spite of the pandemic, a lot of great music came out of Kansas City this year. Here are the songs music critic Bill Brownlee was especially impressed with.

The coronavirus pandemic is increasing food insecurity among young people, and a new podcast now out on NPR explores a family operation generating millions of likes, follows and dollars in the name of gun rights.

Alvin Edgell died of COVID-19 last month at the age of 96. His daughter, Holly, remembers traveling with her father, and how he enjoyed talking about politics and current events.