Wichita Podcast
The Wichita Podcast is a one stop shop for all your Wichita questions to be answered. Each podcast we will discuss in depth an event, a place, or a local legend that is related to the great city of Wichita, Kansas. Our goal is to teach you something about a subject you might now know while adding a humorous and personal twist. You may have lived in Wichita your entire life, but each episode we hope you walk away learning something you had never known before. Please join us on this journey learning about the city we all love and know, but are about to get to know a lot better.
Episodes
68 episodes
67-S.J. Crespo (WichiTalk Series)
We are back with another exciting episode featuring Wichita's own S.J. Crespo. S.J. has accomplished several things in her career working in the public and nonprofit space, and most of it (really all of it) has been to advance the city of Wichi...
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Episode 67
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48:23
66-Lily Lake (WichiTalk Series)
It's 2025 and we've got a brand new episode for you! We sat down with the owners of Lily Lake - a newish homeschool collective in the greater Wichita area. They offer a unique opportunity for an alternative school experience and ar...
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45:58
65-Derby, Kansas (316 Series)
We are BACK with another brand new series we thought we'd try out. The 316 Series is going to be a project where we speak with local historians from the towns that make up the Greater Wichita and the 316 area. We want to hear the history, tales...
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Season 1
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Episode 65
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49:45
64-Wichita Animal Action League (WichiTalk Series)
We are back with another WichiTalk Series episode where we sat down with Christy, the Director of the WAAL. This is another one of those amazing Wichita organizations that provides so much to our community that you maybe haven't even heard of. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 64
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33:39
63-Tanganyika 2.0 (WichiTalk Series)
We ventured out west again to meet with the team at Tanganyika so that they could talk about their upcoming future plans for the park. There has been some online backlash due to some of these announcements, and so the team wanted an opportunity...
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Season 1
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Episode 63
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50:56
62-The Treehouse (WichiTalk Series)
We are back with another great episode from our WichiTalk Series - this time with the amazing organization The Treehouse! Once again we left this interview flabbergasted about all the amazing things The Treehouse does for Wichita and strongly e...
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Season 1
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Episode 62
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49:14
61-Sedgwick County Zoo (WichiTalk Series)
We are back with another one of our WichiTalk Series this time talking with Scott Newland, the President and CEO of the Sedgwick County Zoo. We say this a lot but this is one episode you are not going to want to miss. Scott has been involved wi...
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Season 1
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Episode 61
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1:36:04
60-Music Theatre Wichita (WichiTalk Series)
We sat down with Mary Sue Dymak who is the Rentals & Inventory Director for Music Theatre Wichita and has been with the organization for almost 50 years! She is a wealth of knowledge and gave us great insight into this incredible organizati...
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Season 1
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Episode 60
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1:10:57
59-Tanganyika Wildlife Park (WichiTalk Series)
We are back with another WichiTalk Series where we will be going around to organizations in town to hear their histories first hand from those that work there and/or founded it. We sat down with Tanganyika Wildlife Park and Matt Fo...
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Season 1
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Episode 59
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56:59
58-Legacy Ministries (WichiTalk Series)
The Wichita Podcast is back with a brand new series called the WichiTalk Series. We will be going around to organizations in town to hear their histories first hand from those that work there and/or founded it. We sat down with Leg...
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Season 1
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Episode 58
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50:52
57-Woody Hockaday
We do realize that we refer to us being in April several times in this episode because, yes, we recorded it back then and we finally got around to editing it. Our editing team took a long sabbatical but they are back and so are we!Did y...
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Season 1
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Episode 57
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1:16:30
56-Andover Tornado
1991 brought a devastating tornado to the greater Wichita area. Tornados are no strangers to the midwest and something we deal with often. The history behind this tornado (and others that were similar in size) reminds us all to keep safe when t...
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Season 1
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Episode 56
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53:22
55-Father Emil Kapaun
We had the ultimate privilege of sitting down with Scott Carter, the resident expert on all things Father Emil Kapaun, to not only figure out how to pronounce his name (spoilers we didn't) but also to hear the story of the life of this incredib...
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Season 1
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Episode 55
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59:05
54-Museum of World Treasures
David had the privilege of sitting down with Kristin Martin - Marketing Director for the Museum of World Treasures to find out the history of this incredible museum right in our own city. Kristin walked us through how and why the museum f...
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Season 1
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Episode 54
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57:51
53-McConnell Air Force Base
The boys sat down to discuss all things McConnell Air Force Base from the inception as a municipal airport to who McConnell is named for all the way to what McConnell looks like today. This is a jam packed episode full of a lot of history and m...
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Season 1
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Episode 53
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1:02:57
52-Caldwell Murdock Building
On this episode of the Wichita Podcast David sits down with local thespian and historian Mark Barlow to discuss the Caldwell Murdock Building as well as the namesake - Louise Caldwell Murdock. Wichita's first skyscraper still stands today at th...
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Season 1
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Episode 52
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32:50
51-Municipal Golf in Wichita
The boys are BACK in the #NewCollectiveBasement ready to talk about the history of municipal golf in Wichita. Andrew takes us through a look of golf first coming to Wichita, how it was developed over the years, and the golfing community today i...
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Season 1
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Episode 51
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1:08:23
50-Wichita Pronunciations
You know you are from Wichita when you pronounce the words talked about on today's podcast exactly like we do. Whether it be towns in Kansas, streets in Wichita, or a certain river - Wichita (and Kansas) has a certain way of pronouncing words a...
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Season 1
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Episode 50
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1:08:33
49-Orpheum Theatre Part 2
The boys are back this time with Rachel Banning (Executive Director) and Barney Byard (Theatre Director) to hear about how the Orpheum is thriving today, the booking process of bringing the acts through Wichita you want to see, and what the nex...
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Season 1
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Episode 49
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1:07:07
48-Orpheum Theatre Part 1
We sat down with Stacee Olden, Development Director for the Wichita Orpheum Theatre, and Delmar Klocke, Board Member and resident Orpheum Historian to hear about the history of the Wichita Orpheum. The Orpheum hits its 100 year anniversary on S...
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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1:03:06
47-Northrock Lanes
You probably never knew that Northrock Lanes has a very rich history surrounding not only the development of northeast Wichita but also the entire sport of bowling. Andrew walks us through the history of this bowling alley from the inception an...
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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1:06:48
46-Ackerman Island
We sat down with Sara and Charity Harmon - award winning sister film makers. They were kind enough to talk to us about their film For Your Amusement: The Wonderland Park on Ackerman Island and the history behind Ackerman Island in general. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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1:10:30
45-Wichita Wind Surge w/Tim Grubbs
The Wichita Wind Surge may not have a long history as the minor league baseball team in Wichita but baseball in Wichita (as we've covered before) does. We sat down high up in the broadcasting booth to talk about the Wichita Wind Surge, how the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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1:00:08