Fletcher Powell
Program Director | All Things Considered Host | You’re Saying It Wrong Host and Producer | Movie Reviewer | Wichita’s Early Edition Host | The Range Executive ProducerFletcher Powell has worked at KMUW since 2009 as a producer, reporter, and host. He's been the host of All Things Considered since 2012 and KMUW's movie critic since 2016. He also co-hosts the PMJA-award winning show You're Saying It Wrong, which is distributed around the country on public radio stations and around the world through podcasts. Fletcher is a member of the Critics Choice Association.
Fletcher was recently honored with state wide Kansas Association of Broadcasters awards for You’re Saying It Wrong: The Words of 2023, 'Poor Things' is a world of delights, Newscast June 13, 2024, and the Substance Use Resource Page.
Fletcher can be reached by email at powell@kmuw.org.
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As climate change makes parts of our planet drier, farmers are looking for crops that don’t need as much water. There’s a hardy grain that fits the bill, but it’s not well-known. Will sorghum be a future food source for Americans? We'll hear more, and we have news from Wichita and around the state. -
In the Midwest and Great Plains, some people are reconnecting to nature by harvesting wild foods. One program trains mentors to teach foraging, fishing and hunting. We'll hear that story, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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We continue our look into the etymologies of various (mild) insults, including the origins of rube, bum, schmuck, and dweeb. (You're none of these things, don't worry, we love you.) -
Wichita musician Rudy Love passed away in 2021. He was the leader of the band "The Love Family." KMUW's Carla Eckels recently spoke with his brother, Bob Love, about releasing a new set of arrangements of the group's songs. We'll hear more, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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Fletcher Powell looks at a new movie about a man who sets foot on the wrong island. -
Rural Kansas communities are losing population as young people go away to college and never move back. One county's solution: Pay them ten grand to come back. That story is coming up, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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The most recent limits on federal student loans have the potential to put medical students in a tight spot financially. We’ll hear how the rules are impacting future Kansas physicians, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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An internationally renowned expert on authoritarianism visited Kansas this summer and wrote about it for the New York Times. We’ll hear why they think the state’s new policies on transgender rights are similar to rules imposed in Nazi Germany, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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We look at the etymologies of various insults throughout history, including the origins of barbarian, brat, dunce, and fool. -
Fletcher Powell looks at a new biopic about a man like no other.
