Seg. 1: Will Platte County House Race Go Blue, Too? Seg. 2: Written Word Helps Heal Wartime Wounds.

Segment 1: Parkville candidates for Missouri House look to replace term-limited state Rep. Nick Marshall.

Lauren Arthur's big Senate win in Clay County has many Missouri Democrats hoping the same could happen in the neighboring state House race for District 13. We sat down with the two major-party candidates to discuss their proposed policies on a gas tax increase, marijuana legalization, violent crime and more.

• Vic Allred, restaurateur and Republican candidate for Missouri House District 13
• Mitch Weber, broadcast journalist and Democratic candidate for Missouri House District 13

Segment 2, beginning at 24:32: Using poetry to change veteran perspectives on wartime moral injuries.

Poet Brian Turner says humans live in three different time zones: the past, the present and the future. "But the past weighs so heavily — it’s the massive weight that pushes us into the present," he told KCUR on Wednesday. For some military personnel, past wartime deeds can be especially hard to overcome. Turner shared his insights on using poetry to help assuage the guilt associated with battle.

• Brian Turner, Iraq War veteran, Guggenheim Fellow and author of "My Life as a Foreign Country"

Brian Turner will take part in the first of five weekly sessions of the Veterans Writing Workshop, 10:15 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 15 at the Kansas City Public Library's Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St., Kansas City, Missouri 64112. For more information and to RSVP, visit KCLibrary.org.

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