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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Fletcher Powell says "Night Nurse" commits, and it has to be respected for that, at least. -
Just outside of Pittsburg, Kansas, is an unlikely destination for fried chicken lovers. Nearly right next to each other are two iconic restaurants known for their fried chicken and their charm. We’ll hear about Chicken Annie’s and Chicken Mary’s. And we have news from Wichita and around the state. -
Midwest prairies are turning into woodland. Ranchers are trying to stop this change, but it’s an uphill battle. Now some ranchers are testing out totally new approaches to the problem. We'll hear more, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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We look at the confusing, but surprisingly intuitive, world of adjective and adverb order and how we can know what we're doing without knowing what we're doing. -
Wichita concluded Pride Month with events that brought people of all ages together in celebration. At the same time, the LGBTQ community faces political challenges. We'll hear more on Wichita Pride and political tensions, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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Fletcher Powell says the new installment in a Netflix mystery series is mysteriously terrible. -
Rural hospitals in Kansas will use federal money to help them transform and expand access to healthcare. Some are using the dollars to create new services, like mobile maternal health clinics. We'll hear more about what hospitals are doing with the money, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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The discovery of an ancient Kansas settlement named Etzanoa is challenging long-held views that all Indigenous people on the Great Plains were nomadic. We’ll hear how a new center allows the public to visit the site and learn the Wichita Tribe’s story, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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A new historical walk honors some of the immigrants who helped settle Wichita’s North End. We talk to some of the people behind the Woodland Park Historical Walk, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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This week, we look at the (sometimes huge) differences between the technical, specialized definitions of words, and what they mean to everybody else.
