Arts & Culture
Who goes with you on your journey to the American Dream?
Three generations of the Caudillo family discuss was is truly important to them: education and service. This week’s video spends time with three generations of the Caudillo family – grandparents Velia and Mac Salazar, parents Irene and Ryan Caudillo, and grandchildren Julian, Sophia and Olivia.
A Long Journey Home
Kristy Childs is house hunting. She’s looking for the perfect house: a good-sized, family home with a living room big enough for a Christmas gathering and yard space for a garden. The house isn’t for her, though. It’s for five women who need a place to rest, recuperate and educate themselves before entering the mainstream…
Philomene Bennett: inspiring budding artists
Philomene Bennett is a painter and co-Founder of the Kansas City Artists Coalition. She has been a fixture in the Kansas City arts scene since she arrived from Nebraska in 1956. Since 1988, Bennett has run studio sessions, an opportunity for budding artists to find their voice. She’s featured on the February 5 edition of…
Better or worse, for Latinos: The Caudillo Family, Part 3
Continue the conversation about race, immigration and the American Dream with the Caudillo family around the dinner table of Mac and Velia Salazar. Grandchildren Julian, Sophia, and Olivia all identify as Mexican-American, even though they don’t speak Spanish and don’t have firm roots to the Latino culture.
Attention, ‘Serial’ fans: is objectivity important in law and journalism?
Host Mike Rugnetta devoted two episodes of the PBS Digital Studios YouTube series to discussing issues of objectivity in law and objectivity in journalism, all in relation to “Serial,” which many have billed as the most successful podcast of all time. Note: If you haven’t listened to all 12 episodes of the podcast, these videos…