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A People's History of Kansas City

A People's History of Kansas City

30 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. Hosted by Suzanne Hogan. Send story ideas to peopleshistorykc@kcur.org, follow us on Twitter @PHKCpod or join our Facebook ...more
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A People's History of Kansas City
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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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A radical enclave called Womontown
Fed up with harassment and housing discrimination, l... more
Mar 8 2022 30m
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Crock-Pots for the people, from Hungry For MO
No Midwestern cookout is complete without a deliciou... more
Feb 8 2022 33m
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9:29 The Minutes That Moved Kansas City
George Floyd’s murder sparked a long overdue reckoni... more
May 24 2021 34m
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The Battle Over Mickey Mouse
Walt Disney gets most of the credit for creating Mic... more
May 18 2021 39m
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Where Missouri Got Its Name
The history of the Missouria people and how a prolif... more
Apr 13 2021 31m
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Kansas City's Fierce Women's Rights Champion
In the early 1900s, Sarah Lloyd Green was notorious ... more
Mar 23 2021 33m
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The First Known Female Buffalo Soldier
The story of Cathay Williams, a pioneer in the fight... more
Feb 23 2021 35m
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Kansas City's Barbecue King
The story behind the Black entrepreneur in the 1900s... more
Feb 9 2021 29m
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A People’s History Of Possum Trot
People from Kansas City know that our city’s name ca... more
Jan 26 2021 34m
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Trailer: A People's History of Kansas City, Season 2
Season 2 of A People's History of Kansas City is fin... more
Jan 19 2021 3m
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Be A History Maker
An important message from the team behind A People's... more
May 22 2020 2m
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The Spanish Flu Of 1918 In Kansas City
A historian says Kansas City "blew it" in the 1918 f... more
Apr 30 2020 30m
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