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Season one of Wide Open explores one big question: How should cities be governed? In this four-part series, we dive into the two dominant models of local government—the Council–Manager system, which relies on professional administrators, and the Strong Mayor system, which concentrates executive power in a single elected leader. This podcast examines this question through expert interviews, historical reference, and real-world examples from Kansas cities and beyond. What do these structures mean for leadership, accountability, and community identity? Is it time to innovate, or should we ...

Relive the glory days of the North American Soccer League. David McKenzie alongside NASL legend Bob Iarusci discuss the legendary players and teams that made Soccer explode in America and Canada in the 1970's & 1980's. The NASL featured a number of the world's best players —Pelé, Franz Beckenbauer, Carlos Alberto, Giorgio Chinaglia, Johan Cruyff, Johan Neeskens, Eusebio, Gerd Müller, and George Best to name only a few. Join us as we discuss the ground breaking league that changed Soccer/Football as we know it.

The legacy of General Nathan Bedford Forrest is deeply divisive. Best known for being accused of war crimes at the Battle of Fort Pillow and for his role as first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan - an organization he later denounced - Forrest has often been studied as a military figure, but never before studied as a fascinating individual who wrestled with the complex issues of his violent times. Bust Hell Wide Open is a comprehensive portrait of Nathan Bedford Forrest as a man: his achievements, failings, reflections, and regrets.

All over the world, strange yet TRUE cannibal attacks have been occurring all whilst Zombies, Werewolves and Vampires are more popular than ever. The "End Times" are truly here according to experts. What if you found out these cannibal attacks and prophecy panics happened before? And you were somehow connected to them? That's what happened to Nathan Carlson, an Ethno Historian who did an interview in a newspaper about the historical legend of "Wendigo," a Native Canadian belief about a monster that can possess people and turn them into murderous cannibals.