Let's really get into the weedsy, important stuff. University licensees! State funding and de-funding! Staffing. How and why certain stories make it to the national airwaves. Local trust or mistrust.

Every word of that op-ed revealed a person who doesn't actually want *journalism.* The entire process to get that op-ed published showed a lack of ethics, reporting skills and basic curiosity.

Meanwhile, every response from within NPR has shown what actual integrity is.

Code Switch has an excellent essay on the opinion piece about NPR making the rounds, noting it acts as if the existence of systemic racism is an open question, though NPR has reported on the extensive evidence which proves it absolutely exists. READ: loom.ly/SdKRJGc

We are so excited to announce a new environmental podcast. Meet ranchers, firefighters, farmers, homeowners, etc., who see how the Midwest & Great Plains are changing & respond by rolling up their sleeves for a more sustainable future. Here's the trailer: kcur.org/podcast/up-fro…

I truly love that there's a growing subset of alternative/indie music that's just come back around to making Sheryl Crow albums again

Just biding my time until we finally reclaim Goo Goo Dolls as a pivotal influence

if you woke up this morning and thought 'i want to read 3000 words about how spotify is doing the same thing to audio that facebook did to digital media,' well, you're in luck: defector.com/if-you-love-po…

This sucks to see.

NEWS: a group of former WAMU/DCist staffers are launching a 'worker-led, community-based, local outlet.' They want help naming it. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

New: Missouri Senate passes bill to end child marriage in the state.

Republican Sen. Mike Moon was the lone “no” vote. Today’s vote came exactly one year after Moon made comments in a hearing defending children as young as 12 getting married.

Story tk #moleg

Troost Avenue in Kansas City is named after an enslaver.

For years, business owners on the street have campaigned to change the name to “Truth Avenue.” But the proposal has gotten lost in legislative limbo after a last-minute change by Mayor Q. kcur.org/politics-elect…

Important business going on today at the KCUR offices, where we are doing a taste text between Hydrox (which was invented in Kansas City!) and its pale imitator: Oreo

Oh and we made a podcast about it: kcur.org/history/2024-0…

I love this new episode of A People's History of Kansas City, which heads to Springfield to find the company that's been keeping cassette tapes alive even through the eras of CDs and streaming.

And now it's seeing a revival among young music lovers. kcur.org/arts-life/2024…

Good thing people have short attention spans so lazy opEds written by people who have been in positions of editorial power for a quarter of a century blame people who haven’t had that kind of editorial power for what’s wrong (while pretending they’re pointing the finger at…

Good afternoon from St. Genevieve.

People gather in Ste. Genevieve ahead of the solar eclipse. See more coverage over at St. Louis Public Radio later today!

Cloudy for the eclipse? Couldn’t be Kansas City.

I really loved this Radiolab episode as a tribute to the moon - today may be the 'total solar eclipse' but it's really the moon's show.

A weekend for making yeasted waffles