Podcast - All Souls Forum Archives • KKFI

This podcast tracks the audio archives for the “All Souls Forum” radio show. The All Souls Unitarian Universalist Forum, Kansas City’s longest ongoing conversation, has offered a platform for the discussion of significant issues since 1943.

People Power Hour: We Will Discuss The Post 3/8cent Sales Tax Vote and The Slumlord Playbook

We will discuss the Post Jackson County 3/8 cent sales tax vote with Daj Moreland, who spearheaded the KC Tenants No Vote effort. Also, we will discuss Slumlord tactics with KC Tenant organizers Justin Stein and Brandon Henderson.

04/15/2024

By Ronald SwopesComments Off

State of the City with Mayor Quinton Lucas

Continuing an annual tradition, the Forum welcomes Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas to share an address on the state of the city, in All Souls' Bragg Auditorium.

04/09/2024

By Bill PearceComments Off

The Role of Media in Conflict

Mark Hull discusses "The Role of Media in Conflict". Hull is a Professor of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He holds a PhD from National University of Ireland / University College Cork and is the author of two books on Irish...

03/29/2024

By Spencer GravesComments Off

How China derailed its peaceful rise to power

For decades, China's rise to power came with the reassurance that this rise would be peaceful. Tragically, this direction has changed under the leadership of Xi Jinping, the current head of state of the People's Republic of China (PRC), according to the 2022 book on Overreach: How China Derailed its...

03/21/2024

By Spencer GravesComments Off

The Critical Need for Connecting Access to Health and Education

Emily Penrose-McLaughlin serves as Executive Director of HealthEd Connect, a KC-based nonprofit, empowering women and children through evidence-based health, education, and advocacy. Penrose-McLaughlin will share about the organization’s partnership with volunteer community health advocates in four countries to connect vulnerable populations with essential health and education to promote thriving communities.

03/16/2024

By Bill PearceComments Off

Deterrence, its failures, and relations between the US and China

Richard Ned Lebow speaks on deterrence, its failures, and relations between the US and China. Lebow is Professor Emeritus of International Political Theory in the Department of War Studies, King's College London and James O. Freedman Presidential Professor Emeritus at Dartmouth College, author of dozens of books, including three currently under...

03/16/2024

By Spencer GravesComments Off

The Non-threat of China-US Competition

Richard Ned Lebow, co-author of the book "Justice and International Order, East and West" examines the danger of competition between China and the U.S. Lebow insists we can benefit from collaboration, which is currently being threatened. Lebow is Professor Emeritus of International Political Theory in the Department of War Studies, King’s...

03/13/2024

By Spencer GravesComments Off

The Road to Hope for Jackson County Children

Due to issue encountered during recording of this podcast, the presentation described below will not be available. The description is left in place to preserve the links to resources referenced in the presentation. In its stead, we offer a re-broadcast of a presentation from January, 2023. Jackson County Children’s Services Fund...

02/26/2024

By Spencer GravesComments Off