• A People's History of Kansas City

  • By: KCUR Studios
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A People's History of Kansas City

By: KCUR Studios
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  • Summary

  • The podcast about the everyday heroes, renegades and visionaries who shaped Kansas City and the region. If these stories aren't told, they're in danger of fading into the past. Made by Suzanne Hogan and Mackenzie Martin.
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Episodes
  • Searching for Nora Holt’s stolen music

    Searching for Nora Holt’s stolen music
    Dec 16 2024
    Nora Holt was the first Black person in the United States to earn a master’s degree in music. A prolific composer of more than 200 musical pieces and a club-hopping socialite, she once wrote a 42-page work for a 100-piece orchestra. But you’ve probably never heard any of it. Scholars have dreamt of finding her stolen manuscripts for nearly a century, according to Classical KC’s Sam Wisman.
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    33 mins
  • Want a hit song? Give Dana Suesse 12 minutes

    Want a hit song? Give Dana Suesse 12 minutes
    Nov 12 2024
    Kansas City composer Dana Suesse was behind some of the most popular American music of the 1930s. Nicknamed “the girl Gershwin,” Suesse’s songs like “You Oughta Be In Pictures” and “My Silent Love” were performed by stars like Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. As Classical KC’s Lilah Manning reports, Suesse blazed a path on Tin Pan Alley in a music scene otherwise dominated by men.
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    28 mins
  • How a Kansas City 'shoot-out' created the modern GOP

    How a Kansas City 'shoot-out' created the modern GOP
    Oct 29 2024
    In 1976, Kansas City, Missouri, was the unlikely host of a drama-filled Republican presidential convention that ended up defining the conservative agenda for decades to come. Incumbent President Gerald Ford found himself in a heated battle with then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan to win over delegates and obtain the party’s nomination. WFAE’s Ben Bradford tells the story of how this “shoot-out” shaped the modern GOP. (This episode comes to us from the podcast Landslide.)
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    40 mins

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