Within The Realm

With the closure of anything that would draw a crowd, local music and comedy venues fell silent as the pandemic spread. Even after the worst is over, it might be months before the big acts can get their tours together and head out across the country. Ben Wendt of Kansas City's Ope! Radio podcast sees this as a golden opportunity for local acts to fill the void. We talk to Ben about his optimistic view of the future of local entertainment!

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Late in 2020, Major League Baseball recognized several of the Negro Leagues that thrived from 1920 until the sport was integrated as their own. Now these overlooked athletes' stats will be included in the records of MLB, a place some have thought they should have been long ago.

But what is the story of the Negro Leagues? Our conversation with Raymond Doswell, Vice-president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, answers that question and more. The story of the Negro Leagues is about world-class players in a segregated society, but there is so much more to it. The Leagues represent the struggle for equality in a time not that different from our own!

Introduction

2:45 The Negro Leagues

9:17 Reaction to MLB announcement

14:07 New recognition for Black Teams

17:24 Baseball as a Safe On-Ramp

21:09 More informed, together

21:57 Return of the Kansas City Monarchs

22:27 Credits

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"It seemed like a mountain we could climb" said Aaron Eubanks of the idea to build custom guitars that emerged during a game of cards. And climb they did. Eubanks, with co-conspirators Jason Crittenden and Billy Wigert, founded Mad N8V Guitars this past year. It's a story about three guys, all members of the Cherokee Nation, with a crazy idea. It's a story about the craftsmanship of making custom guitars and the learning that comes with it, but mostly it's a story about believing in yourself and following your dreams.

Contact Mad N8V Guitars at [email protected]. Find them on Facebook: @madn8vguitars

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Hear the tale of my brief but tumultuous days as a Santa-ophile. Published in hopes to explain why I'm more of a Scrooge than a Bob Cratchit. My Christmas Carol has only one ghost.

"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" performed by Bob and Stephanie Martin. https://soundcloud.com/user-348524468-584122943?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=1

Written and produced by Steve Garrett

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Maintaining a emotional balance has proven to be extra difficult in recent months. Mental health counselor Josh Cress joins us to discuss emotional distress tolerance and the Healthy Mind Platter.

Josh Cress: A Healthy Mind

0:00 Introduction

0:51 Episode set up

2:01 Emotional Distress Tolerance

6;52 The Healthy Mind Platter

12:18 We're all in the Same Storm

14:37 Steve's Conclusion

15:49 Credits and Calls to Action

More about Josh Cress:

https://acg-kc.com/

Books Discussed:

https://drdansiegel.com/book/the-whole-brain-child/

https://drdansiegel.com/book/brainstorm/

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A couple of years ago I did an episode about my hometown's oldest business, Fletcher Hardware. Today the store is gone, but in it's place is Fletcher Park. The park became a community vision on ground donated by the Fletcher family, a family that's been dedicated to that community since it's start.

In honor of the dedication of Fletcher Park, I revisiting the interview from that previous episode. Although the store may be gone, the dedication to things that made it a landmark still ring true.

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On this 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, I bring you the story of my Great-grandmother, Mona Perkins and her first experience with the ballot box. She was a young upstart, her independence scandalized the small Oklahoma town in which she lived. But her intention to vote in the 1920 election was too much for some of the menfolk...

In the election of 1972, 18 year-olds were allowed the vote for the first time. We speak to a friend, Randy Pease, then an Indiana college student and one of those 18 year-olds casting their first ballot. He tells us of a tumultuous time in our history and in his life that reverberates to this day.

Hear Randy's music on Amazon Music, Apple Music and ReverbNation.

Kate Barnard was elected to statewide office in Oklahoma before she could vote for herself. She was a young, progressive reformer applying her vision of society to the new state government...and making it stick. She became known as St. Kate to those that benefitted from her policies, but she was thorn in the side to those who sought to use their positions to enrich themselves. Hear the story Oklahoma's pioneering reformer.

Erskine Wood and Sara Bard Field were introduced by none other than Clarence Darrow as progressives that should know each other. They both individually were activists for worker's right and women's suffrage, but together they advocated for Free Love. Their story spans many years and thousands of letters that reveal much about them and their struggles and the times in which they lived.

"Bohemians West: Free Love, Family and Radicals in Twentieth Century America" by Sherry Smith covers the story. The author spoke to us about the central characters, their correspondence and the writing of the book.