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Segment 1: Health insurance can be hard to get in Kansas City, especially if you're Latino or an immigrant. A recent study found that immigrants and U.S. born Latinos account for more than a third of uninsured people in Kansas City , based on the three largest counties in the metro. Randy Capps , director of research for U.S. programs, Migration Policy Institute Segment 2, beginning at 29:30: Why don't sopranos ever play normal, boring characters? One soprano wanted to know, so she researched it

Segment 1: What are the big housing and development stories in Kansas City right now? The guiding question for KCUR's reporters headed into 2020 is: Where will we see cranes? This discussion provides context for an installment of our newsroom's State of Kansas City 2020 series . Lisa Rodriguez , reporter and newscaster, KCUR Daniel Serda , LISC Kansas City Segment 2: Kansas Citians of Iranian descent on the tense political moment. Adib Khorram has never been to Iran. Roxana Shaffe hasn't visited

Segment 1: The cure to January might be going to a coffee shop inside of a greenhouse. We're starting off the first food show of the year at Cafe Equinox at Family Tree Nursery . It's a place where Kansas Citians can experience lush greenery and beautiful sunshine—even if it's 20 degrees outside. Segment 2, beginning at 2:33: What's going on in the restaurant scene in Kansas City right now? After a season of high-profile restaurant bankruptcies, closures and openings , one of the topics KCUR

Segment 1: What's the deal with this Bike Plan that advocates are trying to push through? There is a plan for increasing bicycle safety in Kansas City that's been languishing in City Hall for almost a year. The death of a cyclist has ignited a groundswell of urgency for the city to take some kind of action. Michael Kelley , policy manager, BikeWalkKC Alex Smith , health reporter, KCUR Segment 2: Meet the Kansas Citian who runs a record store and a book store in the age of Spotify and Kindle.

Segment 1: Will young voters hold their momentum in 2020? The youth vote made a difference in the 2018 midterms in Kansas , as well as nationwide. Turnout was way up from 2014. As 2020 elections get closer, what are experts predicting now? Celia Llopis-Jepsen , reporter, Kansas News Service Carolyn DeWitt , president, Rock the Vote Anita Austin , program director, Loud Light Segment 2, beginning at 27:22: A KU professor is working on developing recommendations for our social health. We need time

Segment 1: A new book from an MU professor says hidden fees are chipping away at the middle class. A professor of History, Black Studies, and Public Affairs at Mizzou says banking fees, mortgage fees, student loan fees, and payday loan fees disproportionately affect people, with the wealthy being able to largely avoid them. Devin Fergus , author, Land of the Fee: Hidden Costs and the Decline of the American Middle Class Segment 2, beginning at 36:42: The Haitian/Caribbean restaurant took over

Segment 1: An exhibit at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art explores the theme of British colonialism. The artist behind the exhibit grew up in Guyana and experienced reverberations of British colonialism in his life firsthand. Today he lives in London and wrestles with Britain's history and the version of itself that it exports through his art. Hew Locke , artist Segment 2, beginning at 14:24: An art exhibit at Haw Contemporary was designed around a simple question. The gallery had to put

They're both from Kansas City's East Side, but the couple met at a conference in Cincinnati. Ever since they've been dreaming of making things happen for their community. Their plans for a new neighborhood on a vacant lot are so ambitious that just getting a shovel in the ground to start building would be an achievement of national significance. Ebony Edwards , CEO, Movement KC Daniel Edwards , architect, Movement KC

Segment 1: A Kansas City musician rocks the violin in her new EP. Tina Bilberry, known to fans as K'Tina, is a KCK-native who fuses international sounds in Crossed Conversations . Here's her story. K'Tina , composer, violinist, vocalist, producer, Crossed Conversations EP Segment 2, beginning at 21:24: Queer Eye's Antoni Porowski is in town with a cookbook. The food expert from Netflix's Queer Eye wrote his new cookbook while filming seasons 3 and 4 of the show in Kansas City. Hear the story of

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