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.
A Press conference on the US use of of drones for clandestine attacks, hosted by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.
Tonight on the All Souls Forum, we'll sit in on a panel discussion on our federal government spying on its own citizens.
Pete O’Neal, then leader of the KC Chapter of the Black Panthers, spoke at the All Souls Forum on 25 May 1969 on “Why Revolution?” A short time later, he was charged with transporting a weapon across state lines. Out on bond, O’Neal and his wife fled to Algeria and...
Cities across the nation are dealing with problems of solvency–how to attain and maintain it while sustaining economic growth. Troy Schulte was appointed Kansas City, Mo., City Manager on 31 May 2011, after serving as budget officer for over seven years. He will discuss tax incentives, deferred taxes and other...
KKFI board member Michele Foster will discuss challenges and opportunities facing urban schools, and the efforts to help them improve. Her focus is on approaches that acknowledge strengths and talents of the children and capitalize on students’ assets. Dr. Foster is Exec. Dir., Urban Education Research Center and UMKC.
Mattox, volunteer historian and scholar at the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Ctr. and State Museum in Kansas City, has penned numerous articles about civil rights, race relations in Missouri, and whites in black history–including President Harry Truman, one of the heroes of the civil rights movement.
Burdett Loomis, returning from his position as 2012 Fulbright Flinders University Distinguished Chair in Adelaide, South Australia, continues to serve the University of Kansas Political Science Department. His roles have ranged widely, including those as Asia lecturer (from Kurdistan to Kathmandu) for the U.S. State Department and his administrative role...
