A People's History of Kansas City

How a Kansas City 'shoot-out' created the modern GOP


Listen Later

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.)
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

A People's History of Kansas CityBy KCUR Studios

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

206 ratings


More shows like A People's History of Kansas City

View all
This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

91,069 Listeners

Radiolab by WNYC Studios

Radiolab

43,991 Listeners

Fresh Air by NPR

Fresh Air

38,506 Listeners

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! by NPR

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

38,681 Listeners

The Moth by The Moth

The Moth

27,241 Listeners

99% Invisible by Roman Mars

99% Invisible

26,211 Listeners

MASTERPIECE Studio by MASTERPIECE

MASTERPIECE Studio

1,187 Listeners

On Being with Krista Tippett by On Being Studios

On Being with Krista Tippett

10,187 Listeners

Up To Date by KCUR Studios

Up To Date

88 Listeners

Points North by Interlochen Public Radio

Points North

273 Listeners

Kansas City Today by KCUR Studios

Kansas City Today

90 Listeners

NPR's Book of the Day by NPR

NPR's Book of the Day

638 Listeners

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus by Lemonada Media

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

10,673 Listeners

There's More to That by Smithsonian Magazine

There's More to That

129 Listeners

Question Everything by Brian Reed

Question Everything

568 Listeners