15 Best KCUR Podcasts
KCUR Podcasts
Here are 15 Best KCUR Podcasts worth listening to in 2026.
Export Contact List1. A People's History of Kansas City
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The podcast about the everyday heroes, renegades and visionaries who shaped Kansas City and the region. If these stories aren't told, they're in danger of fading into the past. Made by Suzanne Hogan, Mackenzie Martin and KCUR Studios.MORE Hosts Suzanne Hogan, Mackenzie Martin
Producer/Network KCUR Studios
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 200Facebook 41.2KTwitter 27.8KInstagram 31.8K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google
2. Up To Date
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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.MORE Host Steve Kraske
Producer/Network KCUR Studios
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 82Facebook 41.2KTwitter 27.8KInstagram 31.8K Avg Length 20 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
3. Kansas City Today
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Kansas City Today is a daily news podcast from KCUR Studios bringing you all things Kansas City, wrapped up in 15 minutes or less. Whether you're an early bird or a night owl, it'll be waiting in your feed every weekday. Hosted by Nomin Ujiyediin.MORE Host Nomin Ujiyediin
Producer/Network KCUR Studios
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 86Facebook 41.2KTwitter 27.8KInstagram 31.8K Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
4. Up From Dust
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Humans broke the environment — but we can heal it, too. Up From Dust is a podcast about the price of trying to shape the world around our needs, as seen from the Great Plains and the Midwest. Host Celia Llopis-Jepsen wanders across prairies, farm fields and suburbia to find the folks who are fixing our generational mistakes. From the NPR Network, KCUR Studios, and the Kansas News Service.MORE Host Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Producer/Network KCUR Studios
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 179 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
5. Central Standard
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Central Standard is an arts and ideas show. We tell the stories of people who matter in the Kansas City region.
Producer/Network KCUR Studios
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 35Facebook 41.2KTwitter 27.8KInstagram 31.8K Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
6. My Fellow Kansans
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In the first season of My Fellow Kansans, we examined the forces and consequences of Kansas politics, the history behind it and the likelihood of another course-changing election in 2018. In season two, we explored the past, present and future of rural Kansas, because it too has a storied past. But as once-thriving towns continue to shrink, does it have a future? That, fellow Kansans, depends on whom you ask. Subscribe to My Fellow Kansans wherever you listen to podcasts.MORE Producer/Network KCUR Studios
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 140Facebook 41.2KTwitter 27.8KInstagram 31.8K Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
7. Hungry For MO
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Hungry For MO is a podcast from KCUR Studios where hosts Natasha Bailey and Jenny Vergara celebrate the stories behind Missouri's iconic foods, from barbecue to pizza and beyond. Supported by the Missouri Humanities Council.MORE Producer/Network KCUR Studios
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 37Facebook 41.2KTwitter 27.8KInstagram 31.8K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
8. Statehouse Blend Missouri
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Statehouse Blend Missouri is an insider look at Missouri politics and government. Each week, host Brian Ellison welcomes Missouri legislators, advocates, experts and analysts to the podcast to talk policy and politics and to offer a glimpse into the workings of the General Assembly. We also round up the latest news from Jefferson City.MORE Host Brian Ellison
Producer/Network KCUR Studios
Email ****@kcur.org
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 18Facebook 41.2KTwitter 27.8KInstagram 31.8K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
9. Real Humans By Gina Kaufmann
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KCUR's Gina Kaufmann brings you personal essays about how we're all adapting to a very different world.
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Producer/Network KCUR Studios
Email ****@kcur.org
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 36Facebook 41.2KTwitter 27.8KInstagram 31.8K Avg Length 12 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
10. Question Quest
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Have you driven past something — maybe a building, monument or sign — and thought, 'What's going on with that?' That's exactly what Question Quest wants to answer. Co-hosts Suzanne Hogan and Cody Newill scour the Midwest to find the stories and people behind oddities, curiosities and legends.Here now.MORE Hosts Suzanne Hogan, Cody Newill
Producer/Network KCUR Studios
Email ****@kcur.org
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 8Facebook 41.2KTwitter 27.8KInstagram 31.8K Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
11. Overlooked
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Former Kansas City, Kansas, detective Roger Golubski is accused of putting an innocent man in jail, exploiting vulnerable Black women, and terrorizing the community for decades. But just before his trial was set to begin, Golubski was found dead. How did he get away for so long, and what does justice look like for his victims now? From KCUR Studios and the NPR Midwest Newsroom, Overlooked is an investigative podcast about the systemic problems long left unaddressed throughout the Midwest.MORE Host Peggy Lowe
Producer/Network KCUR Studios
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 409 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
12. Seeking A Scientist
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The future is scary, but it doesn't have to be! Host Dr. Kate Biberdorf (aka Kate the Chemist) is seeking scientists to guide us into the great unknown. From fungus zombies to feeling young forever, we're puzzling out what our world could look like — and how we can get ready. A podcast from KCUR Studios and the NPR Podcast Network. Supported by The Stowers Institute For Medical Research.MORE Host Kate Biberdorf
Email ****@seekingascientist.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 324 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
KCUR shows hosts and producers
| Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Podcast Episodes | Gender | Twitter Handle | Location | |
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| Suzanne Hogan | Co Host | kcur.org/podcast/a-peoples-history-of-kansas-city | 131 | Kansas City, MO, United States | |||
| Mackenzie Martin | Co Host | kcur.org/podcast/a-peoples-history-of-kansas-city | 131 | @_macmartin | Kansas City, MO, United States | ||
| Steve Kraske | Host | kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date | 2295 | Male | @stevekraske | Kansas City, MO, United States | |
| Nomin Ujiyediin | Host | kcur.org/podcast/kansas-city-today | 1077 | Male | @nominuj | KS, United States | |
| Celia Llopis-Jepsen | Host | 21 | Female | @celia_lj | Lawrence, KS, United States | ||
| KCUR | Producer | kcur.org/podcast/central-standard | 28 | @kcur | Kansas City, MO, United States | ||
| KCUR | Producer | kcur.org/podcast/my-fellow-kansans | 91 | @kcur | Kansas City, MO, United States | ||
| Brian Ellison | Host | kcur.org/podcast/statehouse-blend-missouri | 64 | Male | @ptsbrian | Kansas City, MO, United States | |
| KCUR | Producer | kcur.org/podcast/statehouse-blend-missouri | 64 | @kcur | Kansas City, MO, United States | ||
| Gina Kaufmann | Host | kcur.org/real-humans-by-gina-kaufmann | 112 | Female | @ginakcmo | KS, United States | |
| KCUR | Producer | kcur.org/real-humans-by-gina-kaufmann | 112 | @kcur | Kansas City, MO, United States | ||
| Suzanne Hogan | Co Host | kcur.org/podcast/question-quest | 27 | Female | KS, United States | ||
| Cody Newill | Co Host | kcur.org/podcast/question-quest | 27 | Male | Kansas City, MO, United States | ||
| KCUR | Producer | kcur.org/podcast/question-quest | 27 | @kcur | Kansas City, MO, United States | ||
| Peggy Lowe | Host | 9 | Female | @peggyllowe | Kansas City, MO, United States | ||
| Kate Biberdorf | Host | 20 | Female | @k8thechemist | Austin, TX, United States |