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On this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, the Harmonie Ensemble performs music from TV's Peter Gunn. Also, exotica by Martin Denny, Johnny Coco and Ixtahuele. And we'll take a Jungle Elephant Ride with the Schnauzer Radio Orchestra!
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It's Afro-Cuban jazz on this week's Live at Green Lady Lounge, performed by Stanley Sheldon's Rhythm Republic. The band is led by bassist Stanley Sheldon, joined by trumpeter Stan Kessler, pianist Brian Ward, drummer John Kizilarmut and Gary Cardile at the congas.
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What's happening at the Dole Institute of Politics? DIOP Director Audrey Coleman stops by to preview this spring's offerings, including an upcoming "America 250" exhibit, marking 250 years since the Declaration of Independence.
Full Circle Sustainability is on a mission to make low-waste living easier. Many Kansans want to live environmentally friendly lifestyles, but society is set up in ways that make consumption, disposal, and pollution the default. Without better systems, it’s hard to choose a different path.
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The Democratic Kansas governor and Republican attorney general don’t always agree about suing or joining existing lawsuits. Now the Kansas Supreme Court could decide.
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With harp music and even a short bit of poetry by Rita Costanzi. A glorious end with the Ravel Introduction and Allegro.
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On Thursday morning, officials from the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement toured a warehouse in south Kansas City with aims to hold detainees there. By the afternoon, city lawmakers put in place a measure to stop such detention centers from being approved.
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Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is asking for civility and compromise in the face of national political divides. She starts her final session in office with a Republican supermajority that can override her if it holds together.
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Is a tomato a fruit or vegetable? Award-winning author Lindsay Metcalf explores the legal food fight in her children's book, Tomatoes on Trial: The Fruit v. Vegetable Showdown. Also, two penpals learn about two very different ways to grow food in her picture book, Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm.
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The move comes after President Trump again threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to control ongoing protests over the immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis.
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A doctor from Nigeria tells what Martin Luther King Jr. taught him about health, Justice and inequality.
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Ilyse Levine-Kanji of Westborough, Massachusetts plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and host Ayesha Rascoe.
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The ousting of Venezuela's president raised hopes of change — but the politician now controlling the streets shows how little has really shifted.
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The Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire told priests protesting ICE to get their wills and affairs in order. Some praise the bishop, while other priests say they never signed up to be martyrs.
On this edition of Conversations, Abby Hanlon talks with host Dan Skinner about "Dory Fantasmagory: Center of the Universe."