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Up To Date

Weekdays at 11am
Steve Kraske

Up to Date focuses on pressing issues, both local and national, including politics, economics, planning and design, history and entertainment - topics that have an impact on the lives of the Greater Kansas City region.

  • Monday: Party Bus Turns into Tragedy / Rick Atkinson on "The Guns at Last Night"
  • Tuesday: Comedian Jim Gaffigan on "Dad is Fat"
  • Wednesday: Dermatologists on Summer Skin Care
  • Thursday: The Ethics Professors / Weekend To-Do List
  • Friday: Body Building / David Sedaris on "Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls" / A Fan's Notes

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Tue April 30, 2013

Managing An Online Business Reputation

Yelp and TripAdvisor logos
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Do all those reviews on sites like Yelp or TripAdvisor really matter for small businesses? 

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Tue April 30, 2013

A Window Into The World Of Tourette's

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James Fussell, author of Ticked
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James Fussell and Jeff Matovic speak with Steve Kraske about Tourette's syndrome.
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People with Tourette's syndrome are often portrayed as spouting curse words uncontrollably, but there's more to the condition than that.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Mon April 29, 2013

America's Shifting Foreign Policy

Vali Nasr
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Over the past few years, the United States has started to withdraw its aid and influence from regions like the Middle East, and that is creating space for other countries to assume more powerful positions.

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Up to Date
12:00 pm
Sun April 28, 2013

Cooking With Fire, Water, Wind & Earth

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Cooked by Michael Pollan
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Want to learn the secrets of a barbecue master or how the “fermentos” do their thing with cheese, beer and pickles? 

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Up to Date
1:58 pm
Fri April 26, 2013

Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Doc Critics' 'Three To See,' April 26-28, 2013

"The Gatekeepers" remains on critic Cynthia Haines "Three to See" list.
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Looking for a great film to see the weekend of April 26-28, 2013?

Up to Date's indie, documentary and foreign film critics share their three favorites showing on area screens.

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Up to Date
11:45 am
Fri April 26, 2013

The Weekend To-Do List: April 26-28, 2013

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The Black Keys
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The Mikado
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Bill Burr
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Kansas City Burlesque Festival
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Chalk Walk
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Looking for ways to embrace the sunshine for the weekend of April 26-28, 2013? Brian McTavish has some choices for you on the Weekend To-Do List.

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Up to Date
10:27 am
Fri April 26, 2013

College Decisions Close To Home

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Tom Medlock talks with Nick and Steve Kraske on Up to Date.
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A student shows off his college acceptance letter.
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National Decision Day is edging closer for high school seniors who have yet to choose a college.

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Up to Date
10:09 am
Fri April 26, 2013

Pushing For Advance Voting In Missouri

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Elisabeth MacNamara
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League of Women voter President Elisabeth MacNamara talks with Steve Kraske on Up to Date.
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League of Women voter President Elisabeth MacNamara
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The League of Women Voters  has a few goals it's pursuing-- more advance voting and online voter registration.

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Film
8:05 am
Fri April 26, 2013

Tip A Tumbler Of Fine Scotch To 'The Angels' Share'

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The cast of 'The Angels' Share'
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It takes great skill to make a movie that balances potentially incongruous tones of brutality, comedy and hope. With the marvelous new movie The Angels’ Share, director Ken Loach demonstrates that he is gifted enough to do that.

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Film
5:48 am
Fri April 26, 2013

From A Mucked Up Life, 'Mud' Barrels Through

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Matthew McConaughey and Tye Sheridan make unlikely comrades in 'Mud'
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A 14-year-old Arkansas kid gets mixed up with a murderer while pondering romantic notions about the meaning of love in Jeff Nichols’ assured and beautifully written Southern melodrama Mud.

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Up to Date
11:47 am
Thu April 25, 2013

The Ethics Professors: College Sports, Parental Responsibility & Citizen Well-being

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College basketball
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How much power is too much when it comes to the hallowed fields of college sports?

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90-Mile View
12:41 pm
Wed April 24, 2013

90-Mile View: Nicole Wright

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Nicole Wright in studio with Steve Kraske
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Officer Nicole Wright
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KCUR's Kim Noble (l) and Nicole Wright
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Recent events in the Boston area put the spotlight on law enforcement as the nation followed the investigation and manhunt following the explosions at the city's marathon.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Tue April 23, 2013

History & Tourism Around The State Line

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Former KC Star TV critic Aaron Barnhart talks about Quantrill's raiders in an interview with Steve Kraske. He and his wife Diane Eickhoff, co-authors of The Big Divide, visited Up to Date April 24, 2013.
The Big Divide by Aaron Barnhart and Diane Eickhoff
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Go to enough Kansas and Missouri historical spots, and you'll find many of them are steeped in the history of the Civil War.

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Up To Date
3:21 pm
Tue April 23, 2013

The Kansas Sales Tax: To Extend Or Not To Extend

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Three years ago the Kansas legislature passed a one-cent sales tax with the intention of removing it at a later date.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Mon April 22, 2013

Found In The 'Wild'

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Wild by Cheryl Strayed
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Cheryl Strayed joined Steve Kraske in the studio for Up to Date.
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Cheryl Strayed joined Steve Kraske in the studio for Up to Date.
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If your life was falling apart, would you think the world was telling you to take a hike—a 1,000-mile hike?

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