Tyson Foods dispute, luring Amazon to Kansas City
The Tonganoxie-Tyson Foods dispute, and luring Amazon to the KC region: Two important stories, with host Dave Helling and Kansas City Star reporters discussing the details. Learn more about your ad ch...
20 Sep 201728min
KCI reaches a critical decision point. What happened? What's next?
The Kansas City Star's Steve Vockrodt and Dave Helling of the Editorial Board discuss the recommendation of Edgemoor Infrastructure to design and build a new airport terminal. A look back, and a look ...
7 Sep 201729min
The September crisis
Lindsay Wise of the McClatchy DC Bureau, Brian Lowry of the Kansas City Star, and Dave Helling of the Star's editorial board discuss the many issues Congress must confront in September — with little t...
30 Aug 201738min
Computer smarts from a smart computer guy
Those g0#d@*! passwords, the ones with so many special characters that the IT guys make you change every six weeks. The guy who came up with them now says we need not bother. Another expert, Rice Univ...
16 Aug 201723min
The Kansas City streetcar, minimum wage — and the airport
Kansas City Star reporters Lynn Horsley and Steve Vockrodt join the Star's Dave Helling of the editorial board to discuss the results of Tuesday's election, and what they mean for the city — and its p...
9 Aug 201732min
The Sam Brownback legacy
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback steps onto a previously obscure part of the international stage, leaving a notable legacy of political wins and losses in his state. In the latest “Deep Background” podcast, ...
2 Aug 201736min
Kansas City is picking a new chief of police
Kansas City now has two finalists for chief of police — Maj. Rick Smith, and Chief Keith Humphrey of Norman, Okla. The Star's Glenn Rice and Dave Helling of the editorial board discuss the two candid...
26 Jul 201725min
Living in the Bottoms and two lost KC titans
Commercial renewal driven partly by a new breed of center city-ish residents could remake Kansas City’s West Bottoms area. Reporter Diane Stafford joined the latest episode of The Star’s “Deep Backgro...
19 Jul 201730min
