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Segment 1: Chiefs talk, the Kansas City Marathon, UMKC women's soccer and more. On Saturday, more than a thousand runners will take to the streets in the annual Kansas City Marathon . It's not the only race happening this weekend, as Kansas Speedway hosts the Hollywood Casino 400 . We discussed both races, the state of women's soccer, the Chiefs close loss on Sunday, and we heard breaking news about the Sprint Center as the site for the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championship . Dave Borchardt , Kansas

Segment 1: Are lobbyists the secret to keeping local companies competitive? Ask a typical voter how they regard lobbyists, and you might get a wrinkled nose and a response suggesting lobbyists represent everything wrong with American politics. But can a case be made that lobbyists actually add value to a political system overrun with people trying to influence elected officials one way or another? As we continue our visit to NPR Headquarters in Washington, we met a pair of lobbyists who troll

Segment 1: Instead of a divided country, Sen. Blunt sees "great capacity to come together." In a live broadcast from NPR studios in Washington, Missouri's junior U.S. senator weighs in on upcoming midterm elections and the fate of the state's senior senator, who's engaged in one of the hottest midterm races in the country. He also discusses his efforts on the behalf of Missourians in pushing legislation to help ease the opioid epidemic, and on a bill that would make air travel more traveler

Segment 1: New UMKC Chancellor C. Mauli Agrawal is focusing on building community and investing in research. Although the chancellor has only been at UMKC for a few months, his impact is already felt around campus. Today, he talked about one of his main initiatives, raising school spirit, which can be hard to do at a commuter school. Chancellor Agrawal also discussed possible solutions to issues the university currently faces, including housing, student safety and building a new music

She's well known for her stints as assistant Erin on the television show "The Office," the naive friend in the movie "Bridesmaids" and the lead role on Netflix comedy "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt." Now Missouri-native Ellie Kemper is branching out from the screen to the page with a newly-released collection of personal essays. We talked about why her the book devotes a chapter to squirrels and what it was like to make the jump from from the Midwest to Hollywood. She also told us what it was like

Segment 1: CBS News veteran on Trump's impact: "Washington is still, on a day-to-day basis, knocked off balance." Few journalists have the depth of experience in covering presidents and presidential campaigns as Major Garrett , but even he admits covering President Donald J. Trump is whole new playing field. Today, Garrett recalled some of the confrontations he's had with the chief executive who "just loves to be the one who is churning the waters." Major Garrett , White House correspondent for

Seg. 1: Missourians have the choice this November to gradually raise the minimum wage from $7.85 to $12 an hour by 2023. Can Kansas Citians live comfortably on Missouri's current minimum wage? What would happen to our economy if it were higher? Can small businesses afford to pay more without laying off workers? Today, we discussed the pros and cons for Propositon B , a statewide minimum wage ballot measure. Richard von Glahn , Missouri Jobs With Justice policy director Patrick Ishmael, Show-Me

Seg. 1: A Kansas City state representative spotlights poor conditions at a Northwest Missouri correctional facility. Crossroads Correctional facility in Cameron, Missouri, is still recovering from a violent riot on May 12 . In the wake of that uprising, which involved more than 200 inmates, the facility was placed on lockdown. The inmates were denied hot meals and family visits for 4 months. Today, we discussed the conditions inmates are still dealing with. Missouri state Rep. Brandon Ellington

Segment 1: The state of KanCare. Since it's creation in 2013, KanCare has recieved heavy criticism. The privatized Medicaid dispursement program started by former Gov. Sam Brownback has struggled with long processing wait times, bad data collection and lawsuits. Today, administrators of the program discuss the myriad issues they've dealt with already and the ones that remain to be solved. Jeff Carlson , Kansas Department of Health and Environment secretary Jon Hamdorf , KDHE Medicaid director

Segment 1: Jason Kander's withdrawal from the Kansas City mayor's race illustrates the long-term effects of PTSD. As political watchers in Kansas City deal with the fact that the leading candidate in next year's race to replace Sly James is out, we sat down with a veteran and a counselor to discuss the challenges of living with and managing post-traumatic stress disorder. Daniel Brazzell, Team Fidelis executive director Dan Trout, Research Psychiatric Center licensed counselor Segment 2,