Seg. 1: Remembering WWI. Seg. 2: Sabermetrician Bill James.

By Gina Kaufmann,

Published November 8, 2018 at 1:59 PM CST

Segment 1: How to remember war.

How World War 1 was a pivotal moment in how we memorialize wars, with Kansas City's Liberty Memorial playing a key role.

Scott Manning, historian, Rethinking War Monuments, Ancient and Modern
Mark Levitch, president and founder, WWI Memorial Inventory Project

Segment 2, beginning at 31:06: What is baseball without stats?

A Lawrence resident redefined the sport of baseball, calculating efficiency and success through detailed statistics. We talk with Bill James about advising the Red Sox to their World Series win and about critics who say he took the fun out of baseball.

Bill James, sabermetrician, senior adviser for the Boston Red Sox

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Gina Kaufmann

People don't make cameos in news stories; the human story is the story, with characters affected by news events, not defined by them. As a columnist and podcaster, I want to acknowledge what it feels like to live through this time in Kansas City, one vantage point at a time. Together, these weekly vignettes form a collage of daily life in Kansas City as it changes in some ways, and stubbornly resists change in others. You can follow me on Twitter @GinaKCUR or email me at gina@kcur.org.

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Suzanne Hogan

Every part of the present has been shaped by actions that took place in the past, but too often that context is left out. As a podcast producer for KCUR Studios and host of the podcast A People’s History of Kansas City, I aim to provide context, clarity, empathy and deeper, nuanced perspectives on how the events and people in the past have shaped our community today. In that role, and as an occasional announcer and reporter, I want to entertain, inform, make you think, expose something new and cultivate a deeper shared human connection about how the passage of time affects us all. Reach me at hogansm@kcur.org.

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