KCUR Documentaries and Specials
KCUR
Episodes
Kansas City Dialect, Labeling Sustainable Foods, Quindaro Quilts
1/16/2014
What Does The Kansas City Dialect Sound Like? There is a general myth that Midwesterners, or even Kansas Citians specifically, speak without an accent....
Duration:00:55:11
Looking Back At Some Significant Kansas City Stories Of 2013
12/26/2013
Steve Bell’s Kansas City Year In Review KCUR’s afternoon newsman Steve Bell gives us a preview of his 2013 Year in Review, in which he goes over the...
Duration:00:55:59
As Greeting Card Sales Decline, What Is The Future Of Hallmark?
12/19/2013
For a number of years the greeting card industry has seen a drop in revenue. Hallmark, including its subsidiaries, had sales of $4.4 billion in 2007,...
Duration:00:32:11
Should Entertainment Venues Encourage Cell Phone Use?
11/13/2013
Should entertainment venues, like theaters, sports arenas and music halls allow smartphone use? More than 56 percent of Americans own smartphones and...
Duration:00:32:53
Slaughterhouse Shadows, Missouri Lobbying, Post Office Veterans' Display
11/8/2013
Chasing The American Dream In Rural Kansas And Missouri For many generations, meatpacking plants in Kansas City were a place where immigrants found a...
Duration:00:52:39
West Bottoms Future, Zombie Queen, Haunted Creepys
10/31/2013
How Haunted Houses Helped Develop The West Bottoms In the weeks leading up to Halloween, thousands of people flocked to the historic West Bottoms
Duration:00:52:15
Youth Mental Health, Chiefs Windfall, Meet The Penguins
10/28/2013
Bistate Conversation About Youth Mental Health Earlier this year, President Barack Obama called for a national conversation on mental health. Kansas City
Duration:00:52:52
Raising Bilingual Kids, Maryville Rape Case, Mike Stover
10/17/2013
The Difficult Task Of Raising Kids To Be Bilingual More and more research is coming out telling us that being bilingual is good for your brain. It makes
Duration:00:54:42
What's The Best Way To Raise Bilingual Children?
10/17/2013
For many generations, immigrants to the United States wanted their kids to learn English, as that was one of the most important parts of assimilation into
Duration:00:27:37
KCPS Accreditation, Medical Apps, Lupe Gonzalez
10/10/2013
How One Kansas City Public School Is Improving Scores And Making Change Visit James Elementary School, in Kansas Citys historic Northeast neighborhood,
Duration:00:52:25
Kansas Voter Registration, Health Marketplaces, Radkey
9/27/2013
21,000 Voter Registrations Stalled In Kansas More than 20,000 people in Kansas have their voter registrations on hold, which means their vote wont count
Duration:00:54:27
Controversial Nude Statue, Paul Anthony Smith, Chiefs Bar In Philly
9/20/2013
Controversial Statue In OP Raises Questions About Nudity In Art This morning, a Kansas group is launching a petition drive to remove a statue from the
Duration:00:54:59
Uzazi Village, Self-Realization Fellowship, Medicine Museum
9/4/2013
KC Group Fights Breast-Feeding Disparities With Education, Support It’s widely accepted that breast-feeding is the best way to feed an infant. But in some
Duration:00:52:59
Kansas City Museum, Oz Memorabilia, KC Creative Couples
8/13/2013
Union Station Issues Statement On Museum Agreement With City It came as a shock to a lot of people when Kansas City Museum director Christopher Leitch was
Duration:00:50:59
Diocese Monitors Abuse, Tech-y Genealogy, KC Creative Couples
8/5/2013
Can An Ombudsman Save The KC-St. Joe Diocese? The local Roman Catholic diocese has attracted worldwide attention for its problems with child abuse,
Duration:00:51:59
Women In Soccer, Paseo YMCA, KC Creative Couples
7/31/2013
President Obama Visits UCM, Lauds Missouri College Cost Cut Program A western Missouri-based educational program was the lure to bring President Obama to
Duration:00:51:28
1993 Floods, Atheist & Agnostic Camp, Extraordinary Black Missourians
7/22/2013
Twenty Years Later: A Look Back At The Floods Of 1993 Twenty years ago this summer, monsoon-like rains combined with unseasonably heavy snowfall and odd
Duration:00:51:57
Paddlefish Caviar, Frida & Diego, Rural Librarian
7/15/2013
KC Regional Health Assessment Finds Rising Rates of Obesity, Poverty Since 2000, poverty in the metro area has increased by 75 percent. A quarter of the
Duration:00:51:59
Treece, Kan., Fast Pitch Softball, Grand Marquis
7/8/2013
Kansas City International Airport Weighs Proposed Changes Kansas City International Airport is looking at a potentially major change: tearing down the
Duration:00:50:58
Abortion Lawsuit, Sprint Deal, Gordon Parks School
7/1/2013
Planned Parenthood Sues Kan. Over Free Speech Violation This month, two different lawsuits were filed in Kansas over a new state abortion law. But the
Duration:00:53:29