Fletcher Powell

All Things Considered Host, Producer

If Fletcher Powell could be someone else, he’d be Errol Morris or Ira Glass. Except younger and better looking.

Since he can’t, he’ll be Fletcher Powell, KMUW producer and announcer. Fletcher came to KMUW in 2009 after five years of working in the stock market (don’t ask). He feels like this line of work fits him a little better than that one did.

Fletcher has a BA in Psychology from the University of Kansas and an MA in Communication from Wichita State University. He’s lived in Wichita most of his life, aside from some brief stops in Iowa and Ohio. He likes baseball, guinea pigs, and the Oxford comma.

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Passenger Rail

5:14 pm

Fri May 10, 2013

Region's Mayors Support Wichita Rail Service

By Fletcher Powell

Wichita Vice Mayor Pete Meitzner announced Friday a statement signed by Mayor Carl Brewer and the mayors of Oklahoma City and Kansas City in support of expanded passenger rail service through Wichita.

Commentary

5:00 am

Wed May 8, 2013

Indie Film Guide: Wine Tasters

By Fletcher Powell

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Each week, Fletcher Powell finds the independent and non-commercial films showing in Wichita and the surrounding areas and brings them to you in this handy guide.

Coming up: Growing up in 1960s London and a competition of wine tasters.

Commentary

5:00 am

Wed April 24, 2013

Indie Film Guide: Wait Wait Live!

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"Wait, Wait..." panelists Mo Rocca, Paula Poundstone and Tom Bodett at a live staging of the show.

By Fletcher Powell

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Each week, Fletcher Powell finds the independent and non-commercial films showing in Wichita and the surrounding areas and brings them to you in this handy guide.

Coming up: A couple docs and an NPR favorite... live!

Commentary

5:00 am

Fri April 19, 2013

Food: Cooking Shows

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Rachael Ray has a food adventure

By Fletcher Powell

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I will admit that I have a complicated relationship with food television. To me, it’s like a lover I broke up with, then hated, then slowly began to tolerate again, then just forgot about.

Commentary

5:00 am

Wed April 10, 2013

Indie Film Guide: Something Old, Something New

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The Sting being filmed on location in Pasadena, Calif., using stand-ins for the actors as the shot is set up.

By Fletcher Powell

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Each week, Fletcher Powell finds the independent and non-commercial films showing in Wichita and the surrounding areas and brings them to you in this handy guide.

Coming up: An old one, a new one and a workshop.

Sports

6:00 am

Fri April 5, 2013

WSU Shockers: 'Watch Us Believe'

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Gregg Marshall and Carl Hall in Los Angeles, Calif., March 28 - 30.

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WSU Shockers in Los Angeles, Calif., March 28 - 30.

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Gregg Marshall addresses his team in Los Angeles, Calif., March 28 - 30.

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Tekele Cotton in Los Angeles, Calif., March 28 - 30.

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WSU Shockers in Los Angeles, Calif., March 28 - 30.

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WSU Shockers in Los Angeles, Calif., March 28 - 30.

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WSU Shockers in Los Angeles, Calif., March 28 - 30.

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Ron Baker defends Ohio State's Sam Thompson in Los Angeles, Calif., March 30.

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Malcolm Armstead in Los Angeles, Calif., March 30.

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Fred Van Vleet defends Ohio State's Aaron Craft in Los Angeles, Calif., March 30.

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Shocker fans in Los Angeles, Calif., March 28 - 30.

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WSU Shockers in Los Angeles, Calif., March 28 - 30.

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WSU Shockers in Los Angeles, Calif., March 28 - 30.

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Ron Baker celebrates in Los Angeles, Calif., March 30.

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Cleanthony Early celebrates in Los Angeles, Calif., March 30.

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Carl Hall celebrates in Los Angeles, Calif., March 30.

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Gregg Marshall celebrates in Los Angeles, Calif., March 30.

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WSU coaching staff in Los Angeles, Calif., March 30.

By Fletcher Powell

Wichita State Athletic Director Eric Sexton sits in his spacious office on the second floor of Koch Arena on the Tuesday after he watched the Wichita State men's basketball team earn its first trip to the Final Four in 48 years. But while he's clearly happy about the achievement, he also makes sure to mention that this is a place that Shocker basketball has been before.

Commentary

5:00 am

Wed March 27, 2013

Indie Film Guide: Pastime

By Fletcher Powell

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No independent movie screenings are coming up in the area, so instead, Fletcher Powell takes a look at a little-known movie about one of his favorite times of year.

It’s springtime, sort of! And while college basketball is still going strong, the arrival of spring also means the beginning of baseball season.

News

7:27 am

Thu March 21, 2013

Top Morning News 3.21.13

By Fletcher Powell and Chandra Stauffer

Senate moves its budget forward; Bill cutting sales and income tax gets first-round approval in House; $45M plan to hold down property tax rejected; Wyandotte County and a cluster of counties in southeast Kansas remain among the least healthy in state.

Kansas Senate Give First-Round Approval To New Budget

The Senate's version of the budges includes language that would require legislative approval before the state could expand Medicaid coverage.

Commentary

5:00 am

Wed March 13, 2013

Indie Film Guide: Firefighters and Fur Trappers

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Werner Herzog, director of "Happy People: A Year in the Taiga"

By Fletcher Powell

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Each week, Fletcher Powell finds the independent and non-commercial films showing in Wichita and the surrounding areas and brings them to you in this handy guide.

Coming up: The War on Drugs, Wrongful Imprisonment and... Happy People!

Commentary

5:00 am

Wed February 27, 2013

Indie Film Guide: Films Of Paul Thomas Anderson

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Daniel Day Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson on the set of There Will Be Blood.

By Fletcher Powell

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Each week, Fletcher Powell finds the independent and non-commercial films showing in Wichita and the surrounding areas and brings them to you in this handy guide.

Coming up: A Filmmaker's Lab from Tallgrass

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