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Cities across the nation are dealing with the effects of Airbnb , and Kansas City is one of them. Is the in-home hospitality service changing your neighborhood? Plus, the Coterie Theater is putting on a production called 'We Shall Not Be Moved. ' Whether it's a department store in 1960, or a football field in 2017 . . . how civil rights protest has and hasn't changed. Guests: David Hudnall , staff writer, The Pitch Chelsea Boren , Airbnb host in Westport Laura Spanjian , policy director, Airbnb

Vanessa Thomas is a singer who is living her dream life in Lawrence. She's a vocal coach, a church music director and a mom of four. Oh, and she also tours the country to perform with the legendary Doc Severinsen. Hear her story: how she overcame the trauma of abuse through music, and how her hometown of Clay Center, Kansas, played a big part in connecting her to the world. Guest: Vanessa Thomas

Initially, blogs were personal online journals; by the mid-2000s, they went mainstream. What has happened to blogging since then? Especially now that all those other feeds started filling our spare moments and our minds? Then: how climate change may be affecting the nutrition content of our food. Guests: Bev Weidner, blogger, Bev Cooks Dan Gillmor, Professor of Practice, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication , Arizona State University Helena Bottemiller Evich, Senior Food

What does the college campus of the future look like? An architect from a local firm sees some radically different changes. Then: a recent article in The Kansas City Star says that the social scene here isn't inclusive of people of color. We'll hear how some young African-Americans don't feel like there's a place for them in the metro ... and how it's driving them to move elsewhere. Guests: Jeff Funovits, principal and campus planning director, Populous Aaron Randle, The Kansas City Star ;

When one local woman found out she was pregnant, her doctor said, "Are you going to call your husband, or are you going to start calling child care centers?" It's a funny story we heard from a local daycare worker, but it's a prevalent issue. Local parents share their struggles. Plus, NPR's Jessica Deahl shares the personal story that informed her reporting on working parents and child care . Guests: Jessica Deahl , NPR reporter Seth Tomassi ​, father Shannon Carpenter , father, organizer of KC

With Nazi rallies and swastikas showing up close to home in today's headlines, how one high school teacher is answering students' questions about World War II. Plus, why KU professor Kevin Willmott is wearing a bulletproof vest to class . Guests: Matt Beat , history teacher, Tonganoxie High School Dr. Shelly Cline , public historian, Midwest Center for Holocaust Education Kevin Willmott , KU film professor, director, The Confederate States of America

Our reporter re-visits Foo's Fabulous Frozen Custard, where she worked during high school, then the Food Critics search out the best guilty pleasures on local menus. Guests: Betty Bremser, owner, Foo's Fabulous Frozen Custard in Brookside Charles Ferruzza, 435 Magazine Mary Bloch, Around the Block Jenny Vergara, Feast Magazine

Last week, Amazon announced that it's looking for a new city for its second headquarters. Could KC be that city? And do we want to be the kind of city that Amazon would make us? Then: wildfires out west, tropical storms and floods. We hear from people who have personal connections to climate devastation in Florida and Texas. Guests: Boyce Richardson, KC enthusiast Jason Brody, Kansas City Design Center Heidi Groover, political reporter, The Stranger CJ Riehl, former Kansas Citian, currently

He's been called the " fastest-rising public-radio star in memory ." Our conversation with Snap Judgment host Glynn Washington, from his upbringing in a religious cult to how he's innovating storytelling. Guest: Glynn Washington, host, Snap Judgment

This week, the University of Kansas is hosting the Black Love Symposium. We meet keynote speaker, NYU professor Pamela Newkirk, here to talk about her anthology, " A Love No Less: More Than Two Centuries of African American Love Letters ." Plus, the " first Beverly Hillbilly " got his start here in Missouri. Guests: Pamela Newkirk , author and professor, New York University Steve Noll , Jackson County Historical Society Linda Henning , daughter of Paul Henning