Segment 1: How people in the Midwest cope when they have a fear of storms.
Spring in the Midwest means blooming flowers and warmer weather ... and also tornado siren tests and scary storms. What is it like for someone with a phobia of severe weather?
Meet a Leawood fifth grader who is one of five finalists in a nationwide contest for her invention, The Storm Sleeper. However, kids aren't the only ones afraid of storms; we hear about astraphobia and the adults who suffer from it.
- Julia Luetje, inventor
- Margo C. Watt, Professor, Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University and author of Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wind? Origins of Severe Weather Phobia
- Christina Bradley, lives with astraphobia in Koshkonong, Missouri
Segment 2, beginning at 24:47: Moving forward at the American Jazz Museum.
A recent report about the American Jazz Museum suggested that the best way forward for the troubled institution would be to close temporarily — and to start all over on everything, from exhibitions to staffing and financial structuring. We catch up on what's been going on there and hear suggestions on how we should honor our local jazz legacy.
- Laura Spencer, KCUR Arts Reporter
- Quinton Lucas, City Council Member, 3rd District At Large
- Logan Richardson, jazz musician, KC native
- Hermon Mehari, jazz musician, UMKC alum
