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Seg. 1: Hawley's Political Moves | Seg. 2: Bobby Watson's Next Chapter

KCUR | By Brian Ellison,
Danie Alexander
Published October 15, 2019 at 3:18 PM CDT

Segment 1: What the junior senator from Missouri can gain from the issues he chooses to tackle.

Freshman Sen. Josh Hawley has been vociferous in his opposition to Facebook's influence, has ripped Democrats for their impeachment inquiry and, after visiting the Hong Kong protests, suggested in a tweet the city's chief executive should resign. Hear analysis of Hawley's political moves and how much they matter to Missouri voters.

  • Robynn Kuhlmann associate professor of American politics and research methods, University of Cental Missouri
  • Aviva Okeson-Haberman, Missouri politics and government reporter, KCUR 


Segment 2, beginning at 23:47: A jazz great is wrapping up his time in academia and looking forward to his next chapter.

At the end of the current academic year, Bobby Watson will hang up his hat as director of jazz studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and return to touring and playing music full time. The Kansas City jazz legend reflects on his time, and his students at UMKC. "This has been a great 20-year chapter," he says. "I'm ready to fly again."

  • Bobby Watson, William D. and Mary Grant/Missouri Professor of Jazz Studies, and UMKC's director of Jazz Studies

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Brian Ellison
Brian Ellison is substitute host of Central Standard and Up To Date and has served in a variety of roles at KCUR since 2008. He has been acting producer and associate producer of Up To Date and was acting producer of The Walt Bodine Show. A member of the Religion Newswriters Association, he also contributes occasionally to KCUR news coverage. Even before joining the KCUR staff, he was a producer and frequent guest on Up To Date's "Religion Roundtable," as well as a committed listener and volunteer.
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Danie Alexander
Danette (Danie) Alexander first came to KCUR in 2007 as an intern for Up to Date after completing her B.A. in Communications at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. After her KCUR internship was completed, Danie continued to spend her mornings assisting senior producer Stephen Steigman as a volunteer with the show. Her radio experience also includes stints with public radio's New Letters on the Air as a broadcast engineer and on local public radio as host of a weekly overnight call-in show.
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