Dec 18, 2021

Uncovering Kansas was founded based on the idea that we frequently overlook the great things that are right in our back yard. As a matter of fact, right on the home page of our website is this quote from Dagobert Runes:

People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at...

Nov 21, 2021

The Saturday after Thanksgiving has become Small Business Saturday - a day set aside to encourage people to shop in small businesses.

At Uncovering Kansas, we want to encourage you to not only shop small, but to shop local. Shop Kansas!

Back in late summer, we asked you to nominate your favorite local business for an...

Oct 23, 2021

Happy Fall Kansas! And welcome to our October episode. We are carrying through the Halloween theme from the previous episode. When Geoff originally pitched the idea, I was sort of like “Wha? Say it again.” He wanted to focus on spirits. Several meanings contained within the word spirit. Not only the spirits we...

Sep 26, 2021

There is a stereotype about the crotchety old person who watches out their window and when kids step one foot onto their lawn, they run out onto the porch, shaking their fist and yelling ‘get off my lawn you hooligans!’

Well, today we are going to learn about a Kansan who has impacted our culture simply because she...

Aug 22, 2021

This month, Rachel talks with Ryan Biergert, festival co-chair of Svensk Hillingsfest, a festival that celebrates our state’s Swedish Heritage, hosted in Lindsborg. According to the Kansas Historical Society, the first Swede arrived in Kansas in 1864, and he encouraged others to emigrate and file claims for land in...