Quilters Podcasts

Redistricting will redefine the Kansas City Missouri school board hear about two possibilities from board member Airick Leonard West and UMKC economics professor Linwood Tauheed. Visit some businesses and organizations that provide employment opportunities to ex-offenders. Plus, a man finds Buddhism in prison.

From the pools of Overland Park to Tel Aviv, a Kansas City man prepares to swim for Israel in the Summer Olympics. Students from China reflect on last months devastating earthquake. Plus, a look at the viability of community development corporations.

Missouri mayors discuss a regional light rail plan. Local Chinese students react to the earthquake in China. Plus, painter Kerry James Marshall discusses his work, and a taste of the Slavic Festival in Sugar Creek.

Memories of a Topeka woman who took on segregation in the historic Brown vs. Board of Education case. Sumner Academy students conduct oral histories in the surrounding Douglas and Sumner neighborhood. Plus, Shona sculptures at Powell Gardens, and jazz trombonist Kevin Serovich.

Description: BBQ magnate Ollie Gates and Mayor Mark Funkhouser present plans for a sales tax exemption for the region surrounding 18th and Vine. Hear about that idea, and a discussion of new and old tools to stimulate economic development throughout Kansas City. Plus, a cultural approach to end-of-life issues. And, Zulfiqar Malik talks about the cove