As Christmas break approaches, what's working and what isn't with schools and COVID?
Kansas City-area schools are learning along with the rest of the world how to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Will coronavirus mean a lost year or more for schoolchildren? And what are we learning to...
9 Dec 202034min
Teenagers abused at Missouri religious reform schools?
Star reporters Judy L. Thomas and Laura Bauer have published an ongoing investigation into allegations of abuse at Christian military-style boarding schools in Missouri. What role can the state play i...
12 Nov 202034min
Republicans had a good election night in Kansas and Missouri
The realignment that Democrats had high hopes for didn't materialize this election year. President Donald Trump lost some support, but Missouri still elected Mike Parson as governor by a strong margin...
5 Nov 202033min
How can voters fight their way out of the disinformation fog?
The world of disinformation — false allegations and made-up facts intended to confuse voters — hasn’t gotten any better since the social media wars of the 2016 election. On today’s podcast, we talk wi...
28 Okt 202034min
How are Mike Parson, Barbara Bollier, others positioned? Listen to Deep Background
On today’s Deep Background podcast, reporters Jonathan Shorman and Bryan Lowry join host Dave Helling to talk about the hotly-contested races voters will decide on Nov. 3. Will a blue wave carry Barba...
21 Okt 202027min
Possible good news for KC's COVID recovery and strong JoCo homes for sale
On today's Deep Background podcast, Kansas City Star reporter Kevin Hardy joins Dave Helling and Derek Donovan to talk about how Kansas City is faring as residents and businesses work through the coro...
13 Okt 202029min
WyCo Democrats’ Aaron Coleman problem and TIFs in KC
Aaron Coleman, a 20-year-old Wyandotte County candidate who won the primary for the Kansas House, is sticking in the race, despite calls for him to drop out after revenge porn and other abuses in his ...
6 Okt 202027min
Marshall versus Bollier, and RBG’s effect on the election: Listen to Deep Background
There are many pressing political questions as Election Day draws near. In just six weeks, Kansans will send strongly conservative Republican Roger Marshall or moderate former Republican Barbara Bolli...
22 Sep 202037min
