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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.

“Progress Toward a Sustainable, Resilient K.C.” with Gerald Shechter

Kansas City, MO is acting to move steadily toward social, economic and environmental resilience. Jerry Shechter, Sustainability Coordinator in K.C.’s Office of Environmental Quality, will discuss strategies and best practices that are moving us to sustainable objectives that will create a more resilient Kansas City.

02/27/2016

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“Medical Technology: The Driver of Health Care Costs?” with David E. Kingsley, Ph.D.

Advanced medical technologies can be exorbitantly costly. However, it is not human inventiveness and inventions in medical science that are responsible for the U.S. per capita health care expenditures that are double and triple those of other advanced nations. It is the “free market myth” and the politically...

02/27/2016

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“Making Medical Decisions Near the End of Life” with Ann Allegre, M.D.

Families of the dying are often caught between the hope of not “giving up too soon” and the hope of not prolonging the suffering. Dr. Allegre will offer her experience in hospice and palliative care to help us understand how we can make more appropriate decisions in these difficult circumstances.

02/15/2016

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Forum: “Where is Public Transportation Headed in Greater Kansas City?” with Ron Achelpohl

MARC, KCATA and other partners are updating the Smart Moves plan. RideKC will provide better transit access to jobs, support development in activity centers and corridors, and provide intra-city mobility—suburbs and core—throughout the region. Ron Achelpohl, MARC’s director of transportation and environment, will discuss the RideKC plan to redefine transit...

02/08/2016

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“The Origins of Industrial Agriculture in the US” with Craig Volland

Craig Volland is Agriculture Chair of the Kansas Sierra Club. He will discuss how the Post WWII "Feed the World" political and economic paradigm transformed America’s food system from diversified & high quality to high tech & low quality.

02/01/2016

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“State of the City—Kansas City, Missouri” with Mayor Sly James

Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Sly James will speak on The State of the City at the U.U. Forum at All Souls. This continues a long-standing tradition of a Forum presentation by the Kansas City mayor each January.

01/25/2016

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“What Happened at the Paris Climate Conference?” with John Kurmann

John Kurmann is lead coordinator for 350KC, part of at the 350.org global climate action movement. He will report the good, bad, and ugly results of the recent meeting of 194 nations in Paris addressing the climate crisis—and what we need to do next.

01/18/2016

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“Divisions” with Airick Leonard West

America is as divided today as it was throughout much of the civil rights movement. Kansas City’s racially and economically segregated neighborhoods today epitomize that reality. But this shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone: we’ve intentionally chosen the American Dream over King’s dream of a more equitable America.

01/11/2016

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