Zach Wilson
Senior Producer, Up To DateAs Up To Date’s senior producer, I construct daily conversations that give our listeners context to the issues of our time. I strive to provide a platform that holds those in power accountable, while also spotlighting the voices of Kansas City’s creatives and visionaries that may otherwise go unheard.
I have been a producer with KCUR's Up To Date since February of 2021 and have served as the show's senior producer since January of 2023. Previously, I spent one year at WBEZ, Chicago's NPR station, interning for their daily talk show "Reset." Prior to that, I worked as a reporter and All Things Considered host for WVIK, Quad Cities NPR on the Illinois-Iowa border.
In 2019, I graduated from Illinois State University, where I worked as a Morning Edition Producer for the local NPR station, WGLT, and served as the News Director at my college radio station, WZND. In my free time, I enjoy playing guitar and watching Chicago Cubs baseball. You can follow me on Twitter @wachzilson25 and email me at zach@kcur.org.
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Kansas City is draining Brush Creek in order to clean the famously dirty waterway that runs through a large portion of the city. Cars and shopping carts are among the items that workers have found. -
A new report from the Missouri Independent shows that Lucas received tens of thousands of dollars to pay for travel, Super Bowl tickets and more from the nonprofit Mayors Corps of Progress for a Greater Kansas City Inc. -
Former Kansas City, Kansas police detective Roger Golubski died of an apparent suicide on Monday, the same day his federal trial was set to begin. KCUR's Up To Date spoke with community members and people impacted by Golubski to hear their reactions to the news. -
Frank Byrne, the former executive director of the Kansas City Symphony, is the host of "From the Archives" on KCUR's sister station Classical KC. He joined Up To Date to discuss classical holiday music and his career in the industry. -
The University of Missouri-Kansas City Roos are one of the 16 remaining teams in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. They'll face off against the Pittsburgh Panthers this Sunday, Dec. 1. -
Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and New York Times columnist Bret Stephens will be in Kansas City for an American Public Square event on Dec. 9. They joined KCUR's Up To Date to discuss civility in politics, where Democrats went wrong in the 2024 election cycle, and other topics. -
Bob Kendrick is the president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Today, he caught up with host Steve Kraske as a part of Up To Date's new "5 Questions" segment. -
The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium announced this week that it plans to construct a giraffe complex with indoor and outdoor viewing areas — and the chance to feed the giraffes — set to open in 2026. -
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and public radio host Maria Hinojosa will be in Kansas City on Thursday for a conversation about her memoir "Once I Was You." -
A collection of rare recordings from jazz legend Charlie Parker are featured on the new album "Charlie Parker: Bird in Kansas City." The tracks were all recorded in Kansas City in the 1940s and 1950s.
