As Kansas City starts a tentative reopening, do masks come in red and blue?
On today's Deep Background podcast, Kansas City Star reporters Sarah Ritter and Eric Adler join Dave Helling and Derek Donovan to talk about the road back from the coronavirus shutdowns. Are people ta...
13 Maj 202029min
Is Kansas City ready to end the lockdown and get back to business?
The Deep Background podcast returns as Dave Helling hosts Star reporters Steve Vockrodt and Kevin Hardy to discuss how Kansas City and the surrounding area is coping with the coronvirus pandemic. What...
6 Maj 202036min
Kansas City declares a COVID-19 coronavirus emergency. What's next?
Star reporters Katie Bernard and Eric Adler have been covering the coronavirus outbreak and what it means to the Kansas City area. University classes in person are canceled; NCAA basketball will be pl...
12 Mars 202029min
Joe Biden makes up lost ground. What lies ahead for Bernie Sanders?
On today's Deep Background podcast, Colleen McCain Nelson and Melinda Henneberger join their Star Editorial Board colleagues Dave Helling and Derek Donovan to discuss the wild ride of this year's Demo...
5 Mars 202032min
Being a Kansas City police officer is a tough job. Body cameras might just help
There's always much discussion of the Kansas City Police Department's budget. The topic of body cameras is on the agenda yet again. But several mitigating factors - especially the fact that the city d...
26 Feb 202032min
Quinton Lucas’ first KC budget and Cerner’s unhappy neighbors
Did Kansas Citians get any big surprises from Quinton Lucas’ first budget as mayor? The Star’s City Hall reporter Allison Kite joins Dave Helling and Derek Donovan of the editorial board to talk about...
19 Feb 202030min
Chiefs parade, Shawnee Mission teachers and Overland Park incentives
On the Deep Background podcast, Johnson County reporter Sarah Ritter joins Dave Helling and Derek Donovan of the editorial board to talk about the Shawnee Mission School District’s recent decision to ...
6 Feb 202035min
Kansas Republicans head to their state convention. What's the state of their candidates?
With Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts retiring, there are three candidates with name recognition vying for his seat: U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall, state Senate President Susan Wagle, and Kris Kobach, who lost the ...
29 Jan 202036min
