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A People's History of Kansas City

A People's History of Kansas City

46 Episodes • By KCUR Studios • www.kcur.org
The podcast about the everyday heroes, renegades and visionaries who shaped Kansas City and the region. If these stories aren't told, they're in danger of fading into the past. Made by Suzanne Hogan and Mackenzie Martin.
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Where cassette tapes never died
Cassette tapes could have remained a relic of the 19... more
Apr 10 2024 28m
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Hydrox, the original Oreo
Oreo is the best-selling cookie in the world today. ... more
Mar 6 2024 38m
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PHKC live! A podcast party for America's original sandwich cookie
Did you know that a certain cream-filled black and w... more
Feb 21 2024 1m
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The occupation that saved a Wyandot cemetery, revisited
In the early 1900s, the three Conley sisters barrica... more
Feb 7 2024 1h 30m
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Mariachi Estrella will always be stars
In the late 1970s, a group of musicians in Topeka, K... more
Jan 8 2024 25m
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50 years of Kansas City hip-hop
When hip-hop first hit Kansas City streets, the effe... more
Dec 19 2023 42m
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The salad days of Wish-Bone dressing
In 1948, Phillip Sollomi debuted an Italian vinaigre... more
Nov 22 2023 33m
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The strange case of Mr. Swope and Dr. Hyde
For more than a century, Kansas City has been haunte... more
Oct 25 2023 51m
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Alvin Brooks, Kansas City’s ultimate civil servant
Alvin Brooks is a public figure who has served as a ... more
Sep 27 2023 37m
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Annie Fisher’s beaten biscuit empire
At the turn of the 20th century, a self-taught cater... more
Aug 30 2023 24m
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Making the Lake of the Ozarks
With more shoreline than the coast of California, th... more
Jul 27 2023 33m
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Kansas City’s first Pride parade
Kansas City’s first Pride parade in 1977 was spearhe... more
Jun 8 2023 36m
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When Independence destroyed a Black neighborhood
In the 1900s, the Neck neighborhood was the center o... more
May 25 2023 12m
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The Golden Arches in Black Kansas City
A 1975 protest at a McDonald’s restaurant in Kansas ... more
Apr 27 2023 41m
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How White Castle started America’s burger wars
The White Castle chain began in 1921 in Wichita, Kan... more
Mar 22 2023 37m
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Overlooked: Niko Quinn’s truth
KCUR Studios has a new investigative podcast. Overlo... more
Oct 13 2022 41m
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From slavery to fortune in Independence
Independence, Missouri, was the door to America’s we... more
Aug 31 2022 29m
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PHKC live! Go behind the scenes with Suzanne Hogan and Mackenzie Martin
Join the KCUR podcast team that makes "A People's Hi... more
Aug 26 2022 1m
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An American Dream at Parade Park
As Kansas City’s first Black-owned housing co-op, Pa... more
Aug 10 2022 37m
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Unraveling the legend of Doc Annie
This isn't the first time Missouri has banned aborti... more
Jul 27 2022 26m
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A toast to the birthplace of sliced bread
Chillicothe, Missouri, has an unusual claim to fame:... more
Jul 6 2022 28m
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Kansas City's raunchy blues queen
For three decades, Julia Lee reigned over Kansas Cit... more
Jun 14 2022 33m
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How Kansas City blazed a path for gay liberation
Years before the Stonewall uprising, Drew Shafer sta... more
May 30 2022 33m
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Hot 103 Jamz & the birth of Black radio
Black-owned broadcasters have faced a difficult path... more
May 17 2022 38m
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100 years of the Plaza
Over the last century, the Country Club Plaza has su... more
Apr 26 2022 39m
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