Up To Date
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What Kansas City cares about. Up To Date brings people together for daily conversations about what’s happening in our region and how it affects our lives. Featuring interviews with artists, lawmakers, experts and everyday residents, plus original reporting from the KCUR newsroom, Up To Date keeps our city connected.
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Kansas City, MO
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What Kansas City cares about. Up To Date brings people together for daily conversations about what’s happening in our region and how it affects our lives. Featuring interviews with artists, lawmakers, experts and everyday residents, plus original reporting from the KCUR newsroom, Up To Date keeps our city connected.
Twitter:
@KCURUpToDate
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English
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4825 Troost Ave, Ste 202 Kansas City, MO 64110 816-235-2888
Email:
uptodate@kcur.org
Episodes
Exhibit at Missouri's Truman Library highlights one of America's biggest political upsets
5/31/2024
After a short bump in popularity after the end of World War II, incumbent President Harry Truman quickly became a lightning rod for criticism. A temporary exhibit in Independence focuses on the ensuing 1948 election, and displays more than 100 artifacts connected to the historic campaign.
Duration:00:16:40
Former U.S. Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat on 'The Art of Diplomacy' in Gaza and Ukraine
5/31/2024
Stuart Eizenstat is a diplomat, White House aide and author of the new book "The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World." He discusses his concerns of U.S. isolationism, and what history might tell us about Ukraine and Gaza.
Duration:00:22:35
Negro Leagues historian celebrates new MLB records as end of 'a long battle'
5/30/2024
Kansas City author Phil Dixon has spent decades arguing that Major League Baseball should incorporate Negro Leagues statistics into its record books. That finally happened on Wednesday.
Duration:00:20:52
John Rizzo to focus on 'rebuilding relationships' in new job running Jackson County Sports Authority
5/29/2024
John Rizzo, who has served as the Missouri Senate Minority Leader since 2021, will pivot to a new role overseeing the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals stadiums complex.
Duration:00:26:57
In her new book, Alice Randall declares that 'all country is Black Country' music
5/29/2024
In "My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future," author Alice Randall pairs her deep knowledge of the genre with her personal experience in the industry to document the often-untold stories of country's Black founders.
Duration:00:24:59
A $2.8 billion NCAA settlement over student athletes will change college sports forever
5/28/2024
A $2.8 billion settlement involving the NCAA sent shockwaves throughout the college sports world last week, paving the way for colleges around the country to pay student-athletes directly for the first time.
Duration:00:22:20
KC Soundcheck: Khrystal.
5/27/2024
The multi-talented musician and artist from Kansas City, Kansas, chats about her creative process, going back to school and showing up as her full authentic self.
Duration:00:21:20
Lawrence woman who killed her abuser seeks clemency from Kansas governor
5/25/2024
Sarah Gonzales-McLinn was 19 when she murdered 52-year-old Harold Sasko in January 2014. He had allegedly raped her, controlled her financially, coerced her into getting plastic surgery, and held her captive in his Lawrence home for months. She is now seeking clemency on her sentence from Gov. Laura Kelly.
Duration:00:23:21
'Undue Burden' tells the stories of people seeking abortions in post-Roe America
5/24/2024
Shefali Luthra's new book "Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America" tells real stories of Americans seeking abortion care in an era when the legality of the procedure differs state to state.
Duration:00:26:34
New Kansas City exhibit is an intimate look at chaplains and faith on the WWI battlefield
5/23/2024
Compelled by their faith, military chaplains served unarmed in the trenches of battle during World War I. As Memorial Day approaches, a new exhibit at the National World War I Museum and Memorial provides an intimate look at the role of chaplains during the Great War.
Duration:00:20:51
After years of disrepair, Sauer Castle in Kansas City, Kansas will soon be restored
5/23/2024
Sauer Castle's iconic tower was on the brink of collapse when Mike Heitmann bought it last year. Now, the building is stabilized and waterproof, and restorations are expected to be complete in about two years.
Duration:00:16:52
Kansas reported more tornadoes so far in 2024 than all last year — or the year before. Why?
5/23/2024
Five months in, this year is already the most active for tornadoes in Kansas since 2019. Two EF-1 tornadoes touched down in Johnson County last week.
Duration:00:15:36
Late Kansas City civil rights icon Alvin Sykes tells his life story in a new book
5/22/2024
The new autobiography "Show Me Justice: The Happy Life Journey of Alvin Lee Sykes" documents the extraordinary story of the self-taught legal scholar from Kansas City. Sykes fought tirelessly to re-open several unsolved civil rights cold cases, including the murder of Emmett Till.
Duration:00:22:43
Being diagnosed with autism later in life makes it hard to find resources, KU researcher says
5/22/2024
More adults are being diagnosed with autism after being misdiagnosed or simply not evaluated as kids. Even then, it's not always easy to find health providers who can offer proper support. For these two women, though, the diagnosis was actually "freeing."
Duration:00:27:56
Kansas City native and Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine to Israel: 'Don't make the same mistakes we made'
5/21/2024
Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, a Kansas City native and 2016 Democratic vice presidential nominee, is coming to town this weekend to talk about his new book. As a member of both the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee, he also shared his insights on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
Duration:00:21:59
70 years after Brown v. Board, former students remember Topeka's all-Black schools
5/21/2024
May 17, 2024, marked the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Black students in Topeka who attended segregated elementary schools gathered over the weekend to reflect on their experiences there.
Duration:00:13:46
To stop illegal dumping, Kansas City Council considers increasing surveillance and penalties
5/20/2024
Kansas City Council member Crispin Rea is sponsoring an ordinance to increase penalties for illegal dumping, which regularly affects vacant lots and the city's Land Bank properties.
Duration:00:13:41
Students of former all-Black Topeka grade schools will honor Brown v. Board anniversary
5/17/2024
The Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park is the site of the former Monroe Elementary School, one of four all-Black schools in Topeka before the Brown v. Board decision. Former students will gather Saturday to commemorate the ruling's 70th anniversary.
Duration:00:15:13
KC Soundcheck: Deborah Brown and Bobby Watson
5/16/2024
In their decades-long careers, vocalist Deborah Brown and saxophonist Bobby Watson have lived and performed around the world, but have settled down in Kansas City. They'll perform this weekend with the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra.
Duration:00:25:18
New book chronicles the lives of jazz legends Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie
5/16/2024
Biographer Larry Tye's new book "The Jazzmen" highlights the lives of three of the most influential jazz musicians in history — and their collective impact on American culture.
Duration:00:24:29