Program Episodes

Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas With New Friends

Leonard Cohen is well known for the careful attention he gives to his songwriting. Every word is the result of a lot of thinking and hard work. That’s one of the many reasons for the deep respect given to him by musicians of all stripes. In this one hour...

Wednesday MidDay Medley’s Favorite Singles of 2016 + Michelle Bacon’s Favorite Releases of 2016

Wednesday MidDay Medley Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning Wednesday, November 23, 2016 Wednesday MidDay Medley’s Top Singles of 2016 + Michelle Bacon’s Favorite Releases of 2016 We’ll play MidCoastal Releases from: Heidi Lynne Gluck, Katy Guillen & the Girls, The Conquerors, Erik Voeks, Not A Planet, Rachel Mallin and the Wild Type,...

Song of America

Former Attorney General Janet Reno passed away on November 7, 2016 at the age of 78. She was the first female to serve as Attorney General. We had the pleasure of interviewing Ms. Reno along with her nephew, Ed Pettersen, in 2008. We discussed the release of a project that...

Up a Creek

By Craig Havighurst, Music City Roots Producer It’s my last intent in the world to make this column “all political” but it wouldn’t be an honest review of 11.9.16 without noting that as our team/family got together for show day, we were all reacting to the result of the presidential election,...

David Lynch, Diving Deep with Transcendental Meditation

David Lynch: Meditation and 'Catching the Big Fish' Director David Lynch is famously elusive about what his movies mean, or where his ideas come from. In films like Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks and The Elephant Man, he submerges us in the dark and foreboding currents of the subconscious. So how does he come up with...

“The Three Wise Cats” & “The Happy Elf”

On this week's edition of Arts Magazine, Michael welcomes guests from Theatre For Young America to the studio for a chat about their Christmas musical The Three Wise Cats; later, folks from the Blue Springs City Theatre will tell us about their Harry Connick Jr. musical, The Happy Elf.

“City Performance–By the Measures” with Kate Bender

CSTAT is a data driven, public-facing initiative focused on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of city services, monitoring progress toward the City Council's Strategic Priorities elaborated in the Five-Year Citywide Business Plan since 2014.  Kate Bender will describe how results are assembled and reviewed by top City Officials.