On week five of HuffPost’s Listen To America road trip, we headed back to the state we started in and stopped in Kansas City, Missouri.
Just along the Kansas border, Kansas City, Missouri, has some of the best craft brews and barbecue the country has to offer. It also has such a variety of gorgeous fountains and boulevards that it’s adopted quirky nicknames like the “City of Fountains” and the “Paris of the Plains.”
Stopping by the city’s historic 18th & Vine District is a must for jazz fans and sports fans alike. Between the American Jazz Museum, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the MLB Urban Youth Academy (a stunning and free-to-enter baseball/softball complex for urban core kids ages 6-18, slated to open in 2018), downtown Kansas City really offers something for everyone.
HuffPost stopped by Union Station to listen to residents and held a panel at the Diastole Scholars’ Center to hear from transgender veterans and leaders about their military experience and life in the Midwest.
Here’s what our time in Kansas City looked like:
The HuffPost tour bus sits in the Union Station parking lot during HuffPost's visit to Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 10, 2017, as part of Listen To America: A HuffPost Road Trip. The outlet will visit more than 20 cities on its tour across the country.
People visit the Listen To America table during HuffPost's visit to Kansas City.
Dancers Marisa Whiteman, Divya Rhea and Gavin Abercrombie are interviewed.
A logo on a door during HuffPost's visit to Union Station in Kansas City.
Rainie Jazeh and Diana Jones get off the bus after an interview.
Augustus the dog visits the Listen To America tents.
Dancers Divya Rhea, Gavin Abercrombie and Marisa Whiteman show off their dance moves.
Dancer Gavin Abercrombie dances in Kansas City.
Dancer Divya Rhea shows off her moves.
Marisa Whiteman demonstrates a leap.
Moderator Ash R. Allee and panelists Suzanne Wheeler, Debi Jackson, Carmen Xavier and Randall Jensen take part in the "Serving One's Country and Being True to Oneself" event at the Diastole Scholars' Center in Kansas City.
Panelist Debi Jackson speaks to the audience.
Panelist Suzanne Wheeler speaks.
Tamra Tucker asks questions of panelists Suzanne Wheeler, Debi Jackson, Carmen Xavier and Randall Jensen.
Ron Jones of KCUR speaks to the audience before the "Serving One's Country and Being True to Oneself" event.
Mo Elinzano (back to camera) talks to Samantha Tomaszewski, Curtis Wong and Carol Kuruvilla during HuffPost's visit to Provo, Utah, on Oct. 18, 2017, as part of "Listen To America: A HuffPost Road Trip."
Passers-by check out the "Listen To America" tents during HuffPost's visit to Provo.
Haily White and Willow Vrablic sign up to be interviewed.
Craig Cooley walks to the video tent to be interviewed, accompanied by Emma Reilly and Hayley Miller.
Abram Charriet talks to HuffPost staffer Hayley Miller.
HuffPost and Peak XV staff put together swag bags before events get rolling in Provo.
One of multiple interviews is conducted during HuffPost's visit to Provo.
Bus driver Bobby Jansen cleans the HuffPost bus.
Nick Schaffer plays with Max while his mother, Sarah Hess, is interviewed.
HuffPost staffer Samantha Tomaszewski talks to Jody England Hansen after her interview.
Jared Labrum and his sons Beckett and Stockton wait to be interviewed.
A street scene in Provo, Utah.
People are interviewed in the tents.
Yulia Tanner and her daughter Olivia wait to be interviewed.
Audience members enter the "Who Are Mormon Millennials And How Will They Change America?" event at Provo City Library on Oct. 18, 2017.
Moderator Melissa Jeltsen (far right) and panelists Eric Baker, Ashley Lee and Carley Porter take part in the "Who Are Mormon Millennials And How Will They Change America?" event.
Ashley Lee speaks at the Mormon millennials panel discussion.
The audience listens to a discussion about the role of Mormon millennials.
Moderator Melissa Jeltsen speaks to the panel.
Panelist Carley Porter answers questions.
Audience member Lee Hales asks questions of panelists Eric Baker, Ashley Lee and Carley Porter (not shown).
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