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Seg. 1: Crossword Prodigy | Seg. 2: Foundling Exhibit

KCUR | By Gina Kaufmann,
Noah Taborda, Aviva Okeson-Haberman, Aviva Okeson-Haberman
Published October 15, 2019 at 12:30 PM CDT

Segment 1: A famous crossword puzzle creator makes Kansas City his home.

David Steinberg has been making crossword puzzles since he was 12, and getting them published in the New York Times since he was 14. He's just moved to Kansas City. In this conversation, he talks about sleeping on Will Shortz's couch, and other career milestones.


Segment 2: An artist shares the stories of international adoptees.

Megan Rye was adopted by a family in Minnesota at 7 months old, in 1975. But it wasn't until having children of her own that she wondered about what her life was like for those first seven months in South Korea. The referral photographs given to her American parents by an adoption agency inspired her to paint 100 portraits based on other people's referral photographs. 

  • Megan Rye, artist, Foundling, Spencer Museum of Art (through December 22, 2019)

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Gina Kaufmann
Gina’s background combines print and broadcast journalism, live event hosting and production, creative nonfiction writing and involvement in the arts. Early in her career, she followed a cultural beat for The Pitch, where she served as an editor and art writer in the early 2000s.
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Noah Taborda
Noah Taborda is a Sports Broadcasting Journalism major who hopped on the short flight from Chicago to hone his trade at the University of Missouri. He hopes to cover a meaningful moment or two in his future career.
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Aviva Okeson-Haberman
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Aviva Okeson-Haberman
When Aviva first got into radio reporting, she didn’t expect to ride on the back of a Harley. But she’ll do just about anything to get good nat sounds. Aviva has profiled a biker who is still riding after losing his right arm and leg in a crash more than a decade ago, talked to prisoners about delivering end-of-life care in the prison’s hospice care unit and crisscrossed Mid-Missouri interviewing caregivers about life caring for someone with autism. Her investigation into Missouri’s elder abuse hotline led to an investigation by the state’s attorney general. As KCUR’s Missouri government and state politics reporter, Aviva focuses on turning complicated policy and political jargon into driveway moments.