Courageous Conversations from UniteKC

About Courageous Conversations from UniteKC

Courageous Conversations is a Unite KC podcast hosted by Ray Jarrett and Gary Kendall. The show creates space for honest dialogue about race, faith, and unity in Kansas City. Each episode features meaningful conversations with local leaders and community voices—conversations that are often left unheard but desperately needed. Through stories, humor, and trusted guests, Ray and Gary demonstrate how to build bridges, ask hard questions, and take the lid off topics that too often divide us.

Publisher

UniteKC

Category

religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Oct 2025

Latest episode

26 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Aug 2026

   Ray & Gary Ask Each Other Anything

   What happens when two friends — one Black, one white — ask each other the questions most people avoid? In this episode of Courageous Conversations, co-hosts Ray Kindle and Gary Kendall play a game: trade unscripted questions, answer honestly, and find the kinship underneath our differences.

2. 

   12 Aug 2026

   Ending Child Illiteracy in Kansas City

   40% of American kids can't read at grade level by third grade — the single biggest predictor of both graduation and incarceration. In this episode of Courageous Conversations, pastor and author Randy Frazee shares how the church can help end childhood illiteracy in Kansas City, one hour a week.

3. 

   22 Jul 2026

   Everyone's Flourishing Is Everyone's Business A Courageous Conversation with Lee Roland

   Lee took on a failing school by anyway you would measure and in a decade of work turned it into a superior example of thriving. His commitment was to fully understand the needs and then through love, commitment to the task and accountability turn it into a place everyone could be proud of. What he learned there applies to our culture if we would do the same.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

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