Karen Campbell

3 days ago | kcur.org | Karen Campbell

President Trump on Tuesday afternoon formally requested Congress to claw back the $1.1 billion in federal subsidies for public broadcasting that lawmakers had already approved earlier this year. Although we’ve known this was a possibility, this direct action reflects a heightened threat to KCUR's and Classical KC's existing and future federal funding.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Karen Campbell

Grilling season is here, and if you’re looking to add pep to your meats, seafoods, and veggies, the Stella Foods Grilling Collection can make it not only easy, but tasty, really elevating your game. The carefully crafted and curated gift set features four small-batch, low-allergen spice blends enlivened by unique flavor combinations, from citrus flavors to fiery chilis.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Karen Campbell

In November 2022, MacArthur Fellow Shamel Pitts and his arts collective TRIBE were in the middle of a Jacob‘s Pillow residency at the Doris Duke Theatre when the building was destroyed by a pre-dawn fire. The theater’s history of creativity and innovation by artists in the United States and other countries made its sudden loss shocking for the dance world. “It was a devastating and traumatic experience,” Pitts says.

1 month ago | kcur.org | Karen Campbell

The KCUR Studios podcast A People's History of Kansas City is once again a James Beard Award finalist. In the 2025 James Beard Foundation Broadcast Media Awards, the episode "Hydrox, the original Oreo" was announced as a nominee for best Audio Reporting, which "recognizes excellence in reporting and narratives about food and/or food issues in radio or podcasts."The episode was reported, produced and mixed by Mackenzie Martin, with editing by Suzanne Hogan and Gabe Rosenberg.

1 month ago | kcur.org | Karen Campbell

Late on Thursday night (the first day of Public Media Giving Days), President Trump signed an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board of directors to "cease federal funding for NPR and PBS." The order also orders the CPB Board to cease "indirect funding to NPR and PBS, including by ensuring that licensees and permittees of public radio and television stations, as well as any other recipients of CPB funds, do not use Federal funds for NPR and PBS." Federal...