
A People's History of Kansas City
Hosted by Suzanne Hogan · KCUR Studios
4.8from 272 ratings
- 76
- Episodes
- 29
- Transcribed
- 272
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About A People's History of Kansas City
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.
- Publisher
- KCUR Studios
- Category
- education · history · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 Jan 2020
- Latest episode
- 30 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
29 of 76 episodes have a transcript.

30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Black farmers vs. the USDA

25 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Kansas City’s Flood of 1951

17 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
The marvelous Maud Wagner, the tattooed lady of Kansas
Inside a recent episode

Black farmers vs. the USDA
Published 30 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I have a sister and three brothers, and we did not get the opportunity to inherit and cultivate the land that my family owned because it was stolen from us. Carla goes on to say that her father and grandparents purchased their homestead in Nicodemus in the late 1960s. land that was once owned by her great-grandmother. At his peak, Mr. Bates was farming on about 2,000 acres, 950 of which he owned. The rest he rented. And so we also had livestock. He had cattle, pigs, chickens. So my dad was a full-fledged farmer. And then in the 70s, what happened is that due to weather and man has no control over that, our crops were destroyed. […]
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- Shirlette Ammons
- Frank Morris
- Mackenzie Martin
- Olivia Hewitt
- Celisa Calacal
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 221 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 51 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 38 / 100
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- Quality
- 39
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 95
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