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As Labor Day approaches, the food critics recommend great hot dogs in Kansas City, and an expert offers advice on how to grill unexpected foods, such as pound cakes and apricots. Mike McGonigle , McGonigles Market Jenny Vergara , contributing editor, Feast Magazine Carlton Logan , KCFoodGuys.com and the Kansas City Eats Facebook group Liz Cook , food critic, The Pitch

Segment 1: What's up in northeast Johnson County? As part of our continuing conversations with community newspaper editors, here's some inside perspective on the news in the Shawnee Mission Post. This episode's focus: contested municipal elections in Overland Park and Shawnee, and non-discrimination ordinances in several cities countywide. Jay Senter , editor, Shawnee Mission Post Segment 2: The story of a new play inspired by the 30 Americans exhibit. A new play, Coloring Within The Lines, gets

Segment 1: Why the cost of bras that fit is an issue for teens. Talking to grownups about wearing a bra is hard for pre-teens and teens in any income bracket, but getting bras that fit is that much harder when the social barrier is compounded by a financial one. How a lack of access to bras affects girls in school, and what one local activist is doing about it. Tiffany Price , founder, Hold 'Em Up 4 Care Libby Price , her cousin and young volunteer Segment 2: The legacy of Toni Morrison, as felt

Segment 1: On taking a bandname all the way to the Supreme Court. Is it possible to be offensive to oneself? That's a question Simon Tam, frontman for a band called The Slants, brought before the U.S. justice system. He's using his story to encourage Asian American professionals in leadership positions to "lean into" their values. Simon Tam , author, Slanted: How An Asian American Troublemaker Took On The Supreme Court , keynote speaker, National Association of Asian American Professionals

Segment 1: A KU research team got a grant to bring technology training to women's prisons. The population of women in U.S. prisons has risen 834 percent over the past 40 years. More than half of the women now in prison are mothers of children under 18. After interruptions in their educations and resumes, technology training could help them begin planning for re-entry. Hyunjin Seo , associate professor, digital/emerging media, University of Kansas Segment 2: Reports of UFO sightings are being

Transit isn't about vehicles; it's about people. When Robbie Makinen lost his vision in 2013 and suddenly had to get around town without his sight, he came to understand that more clearly than ever. Here's his story. Robbie Makinen , CEO, Kansas City Area Transportation Authority

Segment 1: A new book on aging proposes a third stage in life. First comes childhood, then adulthood and finally, elderhood, which begins roughly in your 70s and can last for decades. It comes with a unique set of challenges, joys and needs, and our cultural reluctance to acknowledge that comes at a cost. Louise Aronson , geriatrician and professor of medicine, University of California San Francisco; author, Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life Segment 2: How 816

Segment 1: A thirteen year old with limb difference writes a book with her mom. Jordan Reeves was born without the bottom half of one arm, and she's spent the thirteen years since then proving that she can do anything, "except monkey bars." She invented a prosthetic limb that shoots glitter and looks like a unicorn's horn and she's founded a nonprofit. Now she and her mom are out with a new book. Jordan Reeves and Jen Reeves , authors, Born Just Right Segment 2: A Harry Potter-themed band takes

Segment 1: New distilleries revive the past, with a twist. Why was 9th street, in the West Bottoms, once known as the "wettest block"? Why did a spirits industry thrive here in the 19th century and then fade even before Prohibition? And what's it like to ride the slide at the new East Bottoms facility for J. Rieger & Co.? Pete Dulin , author, Expedition of Thirst Karla Deel , author, forthcoming Storied and Scandalous Kansas City (due out November 1, 2019) Segment 2: The food critics find

Segment 1: Could opportunity zones change the landscape of investment in Kansas City? As part of the bipartisan 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, opportunity zones encouraging private investment in distressed areas have been identified in every state. We get an explainer on how it works, along with on-the-ground insights into how the five opportunity zones in Kansas City, Missouri might stand to benefit. Bruce Katz , director, Nowak Metro Finance Lab, Drexel University Emmet Pierson , president,