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What’s Up With WordGirl Week 29 Jul 2013 | 07:22 pm
What’s Up With WordGirl Week, August 5 – 9, 2013 at 3:30pm A special week of amazing new shows is coming to PBS KIDS starting Monday, August 5, 2013 during What’s Up With WordGirl Week! Watch WordGir...
Revealing the Leopard 26 Jul 2013 | 09:25 pm
Nature: Revealing the Leopard, Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 7pm Leopards are the ultimate cat. They are the most feline, the most intelligent, the most dangerous and, until recently, one of the least ...
Startups: Made in KC Episode 11 26 Jul 2013 | 07:09 pm
Aired Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 8pm. Stackify Matt Watson is what people would call a serial entrepreneur. After creating and selling his first company, VinSolutions, Matt then founded Stackify. It...
Ruckus July 25, 2013 25 Jul 2013 | 06:55 pm
Ruckus, Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 7:30pm SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE The “insufficiency” of state funding for Kansas schools has been an issue addressed by Steve Rose in numerous columns. His most rec...
The Local Show: July 25, 2013 25 Jul 2013 | 12:46 am
KCPT Special Correspondent Sam Zeff examines the disturbing trends in suicide in Kansas and Missouri. KCPT’s Education Reporter Lindsey Foat checks in on the Mayor’s initiative to combat summer readin...
Staggering Stats: Suicide Rates On The Rise In Kansas and Missouri 25 Jul 2013 | 12:45 am
A startling report from the CDC shows a 40 percent increase in suicides among baby boomers, especially men. The start of the recession resulted in a spike in the number of suicides and the rate is cli...
Slowing the Slump: Summer Literacy Programs 25 Jul 2013 | 12:45 am
Around 80 percent of Kansas City kids are lagging in reading skills and the summertime break often results in a significant drop off when the kids return to school. Mayor Sly James made combating summ...
Bach Is Back: Radio Bach’s Patrick Neas & Emily Behrmann 25 Jul 2013 | 12:43 am
Randy Mason is joined by Patrick Neas and Emily Behrmann to discuss the recent launch of Radio Bach. Neas, classical music’s morning voice in Kansas City for many years with KXTR, and Behrmann, genera...
Real World Rescue: Todd Ackerson 25 Jul 2013 | 12:42 am
Todd Ackerson, Rescue Division Chief for the Kansas City Fire Department, was honored last month at the MARC Regional Leadership Awards. Ackerson trains regional rescue teams how to handle special, te...
Life and Death in Assisted Living 24 Jul 2013 | 07:50 pm
FRONTLINE: Life and Death in Assisted Living, Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at 9pm More and more elderly Americans are choosing to spend their later years in assisted living facilities, which have sprung up...
