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Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition Executive Director Brenda Bandy talks with KAC Communications Director Clay Wirestone about her voyage to activism, the success of the coalition's work, and the importance of paid family leave.

In conversation with KAC Communications Director Clay Wirestone, Lawrence early childhood educator Amy Gottschamer recounts her history in the profession, explains current challenges, and outlines promising initiatives for the future. Plus, we learn that Outreach Specialist Mitch Rucker has a guitar.

Sheldon Weisgrau, the senior policy advisor at Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, chats about the prospects for Medicaid expansion during this session of the Kansas Legislature. We talk about the goals of the health care program and how it could benefit Kansas families.

Kansas Action for Children's new president sits down to talk about his take on the job and the organization’s mission in 2020 and beyond. Learn why he thinks having a graphic design background prepared him for policy advocacy, what he thinks about Kansas tax policy, and what surprising music pumps him up during his commute to Topeka — all in about 15 minutes.