Central Standard
Summary: Central Standard is an hour-long, live, call-in program. Central Standard brings you stories that surprise, intrigue and engage, with a strong focus on how these stories impact Kansas City and the region.
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In a column that ran last week, the New York times coined the phrase 'The Mommy Problem' to suggest that when a woman becomes a parent, Mom becomes her...
So, you want to go into business for yourself. Live the dream. Become your own boss. What's the best attitude to have going into it, and what are the...
Back-breaking labor makes people colorless. That's how artist Hung Liu remembers it, anyway. At the age of 16, she was sent to the Chinese countryside...
Online dating doesn't seem any worse or fruitful than traditional dating, according to feedback we received this week from avid online daters in the...
When Henrietta Lacks died in 1951, she had no idea that her death would change the future of modern medicine forever. After her death, medical...
When Henrietta Lacks died in 1951, she had no idea that she would change the future of modern medicine forever. Medical researchers used cells...
An earnest woman in a peach blazer teaches you how to facercise, or exercise your face, in a truly bizarre VHS recording. Where did this video come from...
JJ's restaurant re-opened Wednesday night for dinner in its new location in the West Plaza district of Kansas City, Mo., inside the Polsinelli Building...
Online dating has opened up new ways to make first impressions. What happens after that depends as much as ever on the whims of chemistry and...
A year and a half after a natural gas explosion destroyed an iconic off-Plaza restaurant, the business is reopening. Its noteworthy wine collection...
This weekend, 'near space explorers' will be gathering in Hutchinson, Kan. for the annual Great Plains Super Launch. They are hobbyists who launch...
The front porch is an American institution. It's an ideal place to wind down with a cool drink on a summer night. But this familiar scene is all-too...
When you pull onto a street in a car, you have certain expectations. The road will be smoothly paved, with clearly marked lanes, and the network of...
In anticipation of Father's Day, Central Standard visited with a stay-at-home dad to hear about the unique trials and triumphs of full-time fathers. We...
The memories of our childhood playgrounds remain with many of us as adults. A recent study of Kansas City's parkland revealed that low-income areas have...
