Up To Date

What Kansas City cares about. Up To Date brings people together for daily conversations about what’s happening in our region and how it affects our lives. Featuring interviews with artists, lawmakers, experts and everyday residents, plus original reporting from the KCUR newsroom, Up To Date keeps our city connected.

Up To Date is a news podcast hosted by KCUR Studios, with 1,000 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

KCUR Studios hosts Up To Date, a news show with 1,000 episodes published.

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  Candidates traded political jabs in front of a raucous audience during debates at the Kansas State Fair

  Sep 15, 202618 min

  During the debate between incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall and political newcomer Pastor Adam Hamilton, audience members at the Kansas State Fair jeered the candidates over policy and dodging questions. During the gubernatorial debate, Sens. Ty Masterson and Cindy Holscher attacked each other's voting records to gain the upper hand at becoming the next governor. In the end, some voters left the fairgrounds undecided.

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  Missouri’s redistricting legal battle has been chaotic. Here’s what 5th district candidates think

  Sep 15, 202626 min

  The legal back and forth over Missouri's congressional maps this election cycle is unprecedented in American politics. 5th District Congressman Emanuel Cleaver and his Republican general election opponent state Sen. Rick Brattin joined KCUR's Up To Date to share their thoughts on what has transpired.

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  America’s social contract is fraying. A Kansas professor says civic debate could help repair it

  Sep 14, 202614 min

  University of Kansas professor Chris Koliba argues that the American social contract is fraying. He joined KCUR’s Up To Date to discuss how we got to this point and what the country can do about it.

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  Overland Park runner will attempt to run seven marathons on seven continents in just one week

  Sep 11, 202618 min

  Early next year, Jeff Maher of Overland Park will run seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. He joined KCUR’s Up To Date to discuss how he is preparing for the races and why he decided to take on this challenge.

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  A mental health crisis in a Kansas jail shouldn’t have ended Charles Adair’s life

  Sep 10, 202617 min

  Charles Adair was in the midst of a mental health emergency when he turned himself into law enforcement for old traffic warrants. If sheriff’s deputies at the Wyandotte County, Kansas, jail had followed protocol for a mental health crisis, it might have prevented Adair’s death – which was ruled a homicide due to being restrained with a knee on his back.

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