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Darrell BrogdonThis week's Retro Cocktail Hour features the new exotic sounds of the Enchanted Tiki Cats, Ixtahuele and the Bahama Soul Club, plus David Seville's classic "Witch Doctor" and Big Kahuna's Copa Cat Pack. -
Brian TurnerThe music of Count Basie, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis comes alive in this performance by Alex Abramovitz and his Swingin' Kansas City Jazz Band. -
Special guest host Max Paley brings you a 105 Live preview of the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships and the Walnut Valley Festival. -
This week Film Music Friday takes a deep dive into the music of science fiction films. We'll hear music from classics like Things to Come, Destination Moon and The Day the Earth Stood Still, plus lesser-known films, including World Without End and The Colossus of New York. -
Courtesy of Beats Per Minute FarmsFarmers who were promised funding through the federal Regional Food Business Centers have been left in limbo after the Trump administration shut down the program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will honor grants the program already approved, but it’s unclear when. -
Carlos Moreno/KCUR 89.3Team Roc, the rapper’s philanthropic effort, along with nine civil rights groups, filed a “friend of the court” brief, supporting a lawsuit filed by five Black women who say they were threatened and stalked by former KCKPD Detective Roger Golubski for years.
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Students sue the Lawrence school district over AI software ... a Kansas police chief is abruptly fired ... and the state is one step closer to getting its first dental school. These stories and more can be found inside this commercial-free summary of KPR news headlines. Thanks for supporting our efforts to bring news to the people of Kansas.
KRC believes that multifaceted farming systems hold the key to preserving, developing and maintaining a food and farming future that provides healthy food, a healthy environment and social structure, and meaningful livelihoods.
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Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly tapped a Leawood attorney to fill a vacancy, at a time when conservatives want supreme court justices to be elected in the future. -
Researchers and grocery stores say the Republican-backed law, which will reduce federal food benefits, only makes it harder for markets to survive because the profit margins are already so low. -
Southwest Kansas residents are making an effort to remember a river that helped shape communities in the area. The Arkansas River today has run dry in the region, but has left a significant impact, leading locals looking for conservation and recharge efforts. -
A local weather phenomenon holds that the 6,100-person town of Tonganoxie, Kansas, can weaken and divide thunderstorms and tornadoes. Experts are mixed on its existence — and what causes it — but locals say otherwise. -
Years of drought conditions in the Midwest and Great Plains have opened the door for pests and diseases that are killing trees. Now people working in parks and forests are planting new species they hope can survive the changing conditions.
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NPR has learned that dozens of immigrants across the U.S. have received letters notifying them that their asylum cases have been dismissed because they have not yet received a screening interview. -
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reposted the video profiling Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson, who opposes same-sex marriage. -
Asher Watkins had been tracking a cape buffalo for the kill when the animal instead turned its attack on the hunter. -
It took the capsule 17 hours to make the trip home, experiencing re-entry temperatures of around 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit as it punched through the atmosphere following Friday's ISS undocking.
On this edition of Conversations, James Yang talks with host Dan Skinner about “A Universe Big and Small: A Story About Carl Sagan.”
