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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Some Wichita community members say the growth of high school credit recovery programs may be boosting graduation rates without ensuring that students actually have the skills they need. We’ll hear how the Wichita district is expanding the ways in which students who have fallen behind can get back on track for graduation. Plus we have news from Wichita and around the state. -
Novel writers are often short story writers as well. Although both formats are fiction, author Ayşegül Savaş says they are quite different. KMUW's Beth Golay visits with Savaş about her new short story collection. And we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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Collectable or collectible? Why is it a computer and not a computor? Or is it? We look at the confusing and sometimes (seemingly) chaotic world of suffixes. -
With climate change, the Midwest is expected to have shorter, heavier bursts of rain in the winter and spring, which could lead to more flooding. An experimental farming practice could help. How relay inter-cropping could benefit farmers and downstream communities. And we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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When we disagree about what a word means or how to pronounce it, how do we know who's right and who's wrong? And what if we're both right? -
Texas singer-songwriter James McMurtry is on tour supporting his latest album, The Black Dog and The Wandering Boy. McMurtry says that working with producer Don Dixon was central to the album's artistic success. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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Advocates say Kansas doesn’t have enough staff to investigate complaints of abuse and neglect at nursing homes. More than half of investigator roles are vacant. Why one woman is pushing for change. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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Fletcher Powell says a new horror-comedy knows exactly what kind of movie it is. -
China is a major buyer of US agricultural goods - including specialty products that have few alternative markets. Some producers worry the on-and-off tariffs with the country could hurt America's reputation as a reliable seller. We'll hear how trade tensions are impacting specialty products like ginseng and livestock genetics. Plus more on these stories.
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After entertaining a few more listener pet peeves, we jump into a discussion on right and left dislocation in syntax, and then touch on the always entertaining world of nominative determinism (wait till you hear about the guy who invented the toilet!).
