Zach Wilson
Senior Producer, Up To DateAs Up To Date’s senior producer, I want to pique the curiosity of Kansas Citians and help them understand the world around them. Each day, I construct conversations with our city’s most innovative visionaries and creatives, while striving to hold elected officials accountable and amplifying the voices of everyday Kansas Citians.
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 reading, playing guitar and watching Chicago Cubs baseball. You can email me at zach@kcur.org.
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As the Kansas City Current prepares for a match against Racing Louisville on Friday, the team currently sits miles ahead of the rest of the league in the NWSL standings. How has this team been so successful? -
Chiefs training camp is well underway up in St. Joseph, Missouri. The Kansas City Star's Blair Kerkhoff discusses the atmosphere among players, the team's major on-the-field storylines and the latest on stadium talks. -
Six candidates are hoping to replace Tyrone Garner as the next mayor of Kansas City, Kansas. KCUR's Up To Date spoke with Gwendolyn Thomas ahead of the August 5 primary — and we interviewed three other candidates in an episode last week. -
The primary election for the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas mayoral race is August 5. Up To Date spoke with three of the candidates. -
Public media organizations in small towns and rural areas relied more heavily on funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting than their urban counterparts. Now that funding is rescinded, here's how two in Kansas and Missouri are planning for the future. -
The agriculture industry has been among the hardest hit by President Trump's tariff agenda. Still, Rep. Sam Graves, a farmer and the U.S. Representative for Missouri's 6th Congressional District said he thinks farmers support the president's actions. -
SomeraRoad, a real estate and development firm, is undertaking a massive redevelopment project that will transform the West Bottoms over the next several years. The firm hopes to make the Kansas City neighborhood into a must-see "destination." -
At the All-Star break, the Kansas City Royals find themselves with a record of 47-50, behind several other teams in the American League vying for a spot in the playoffs. How will general manager J.J. Picollo address the team's needs in the coming weeks? -
On Monday, lawmakers in Kansas opted to extend the deadline for state incentives, so that the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals have more time to negotiate building new stadiums across state lines. Kansas House Minority Leader Brandon Woodard joined KCUR's Up To Date to explain where things stand. -
In bestselling author Michael Grunwald's new book "We Are Eating The Earth," he highlights how agriculture is dramatically contributing to climate change. He's speaking next week at the Kansas City Public Library.
