Local environmental activist, and former EcoRadio KC host, John Kurmann, spoke at the April Greens' Forum last Monday. We'll air his presentation on this evening's program. Also, Natural E tells of her experience in Vandana Shiva's recent workshop.
Pregnant women in America's prisons are being shackled to their beds, others are being sterilized, some say, against their will. Correctional institutions claim the policies are for safety's sake, and that consent is always obtained. But others see a larger pattern at work. On this edition of Making Contact, from...
This week on Sprouts, we feature an interview with Dr. Tyrone Hayes. He is an an American biologist, and professor of Integrated Biology at the University of California near Berekley and is known for his research findings that the herbicide Atrazine is an endocrine disruptor that emasculates and feminizes male...
Katie Boody will speak of her experience as a fourth generation Kansas Citian, a charter corps member for Teach for America in Kansas City, a founding teacher of Alta Vista Charter Middle School, and a founder of an Education Startup based in KCMO.
This week on Interfaith Voices: The Short Road to Sainthood for Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII Sainthood is like the Good Housekeeping seal of approval for the Catholic Church; it means a person has led a holy life and is now worthy of devotion by the faithful. The vetting process...
If you’d ask most people, they’d rather stay at home and watch a Seinfeld rerun than go to a poetry reading. Yet almost imperceptibly, poetry enriches our lives and generates cultural growth and change. Think about it. Add up all the myriad poetry-related activities: readings, workshops, symposia, retreats, undergraduate and...
We have a special schedule preemption this week, as Art of the Song pays tribute to American musician and songwriter Jesse Winchester, who died April 11, 2014. James Ridout "Jesse" Winchester (May 17, 1944 – April 11, 2014) was an American musician and songwriter who was born and raised in the southern...
We're off to a rollicking start this weekend on Music City Roots, when Nikki Talley, Dan The Torpedoes!, Sarah Potenza, and Driftwood perform some incredible sets! Jim Lauderdale hosts. About the artists: Nikki Talley is a hardworking, energetic, mountain girl with a big voice. She is one half of a FULL TIME...
