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Composers sometimes create brilliant music for movies that just don't deserve it. This week, a deep dive into good music from bad movies, including Red Sonja, Timeline, The Core and The League of Extradorinary Gentlemen. -
Learn the terrifying truth about UFOs on Friday, Feb. 7, when Cinema a Go-Go presents Earth vs. The Flying Saucers (1956) and Radar Men From the Moon (1952)! -
ChubiasThese musicians have all been featured on the Kansas Public Radio airwaves many times in various groups over the last 20 years. -
Celia Hack/KMUWThe 29th and Grove site is a 2.9-mile long plume of contaminated groundwater located just south of K-96 Fishing Lake. -
Julie Denesha/KCUR 89.3Many of Kansas City's best-regarded culinary luminaries are represented in the nominations, including The Town Company and Chewology. But the list also includes some restaurants off the beaten path. -
Skyler Rossi/Harvest Public MediaBird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
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Kansans charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol include alleged members of the Proud Boys, a Topeka City Council candidate and others who've since expressed regret for their actions. All have now been pardoned by President Trump. -
A growing body of research shows that climbing high, running fast and conquering fears can improve children's physical and mental health and help them get along with peers. -
Here are the closures and cancellations that have been reported to KPR. -
Under a 40-year-old law, the U.S. Department of Agriculture can withhold subsidies, like crop insurance and disaster payments, from farmers who clear, drain or convert wetlands. A company that owns farmland in Iowa says it’s unconstitutional. -
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President Trump made good on a campaign promise to ask the Department of the Interior to recognize the Lumbee people of North Carolina — a tribe whose Native identity has long been called into question. -
Four female soldiers taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023 by Hamas were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza on Saturday morning, and then transferred to the Israeli military. -
People get a lot wrong when it comes to paying for vacation, say travel experts, and that can cost serious cash. Here's how to plan a trip that's safe, adventurous and under budget. -
Vice President J.D. Vance cast a tie-breaking vote as Hegseth overcame allegations of sexual assault, public drunkenness and questions of financial mismanagement to win Senate approval. -
The Mexico City Policy cuts off U.S. aid to health groups in other countries that offer abortion services or counseling. As in 2021, Trump has reinstated this policy, which was deactivated by Biden.
On this edition of Conversations, Gabriel Reilich and Lucia Knell talk with host Dan Skinner about the book they co-edited, "Good People - Stories from the Best of Humanity."
