Eye on NE Kansas - The Podcast Melissa Brunner

Our focus on Sexual Assault Awareness Month continues. This week we hear how we ALL can take action.
 
00.00 Shawnee Co. DA Mike Kagay looks at the latest crime trends and shares how his office approaches cases involving sexual violence
5:30 Michelle McCormick with KS Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence and Rachel Grollmes with YWCA NE Kansas Center for Safety and Empowerment talk about community-level issues related to sexual violence
9.55 Michelle McCormick with KS Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence and Ginny Samples and Danielle Armitage with SOS, Inc in Empora look at how the community plays a role in keeping children from becoming victims.
15.10 With April also being Alcohol Awareness Month, we look at trends in alcohol misuse and how to tell when drinking might cross the line
20.25 Children can join in celebrating the lessons of the 70th anniversary of Brown vs Board through a special exhibit coming to Kansas Children's Discovery Center

Rick Faris was twice Grammy-nominated with the group Special Consensus. His solo debut earned him the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Association's New Artist of the Year award. Now, he's being inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame.
Before the ceremony, he visited the Red Couch to catch up - and show off one of his songs!

We break through the myths surrounding sexual volence with our latest guests for Sexual Assault Awareness Month....just one top in a busy week at the Red Couch.
00.00 Who will replace Richard Nienstedt as Topeka's City Manager? Hear the one quality he thinks the person should possess....and the one task he thinks will be finished before he departs
5.15 Shawnee Co. Commissioner Bill Riphahn talks tulips and a new park
9.45 What's the 4-1-1 on voting? In a week that included the date 4-1-1, we look at an important resource
14.50 This is Black Maternal Health Week. We hear from two people working to reverse some troubling numbers
19.30 Breaking down the myths surrounding sexual violence - it's an important conversation with Michelle McCormick of the KS Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence and KBI Director Tony Mattivi
 
 

The 80s you will love this one! Pop star Tiffany performed during the Greater Topeka Partnership's annual meeting, held at West Ridge Mall. Before the big day, she visited Eye on NE Kansas where we dished about malls, her career and advice to young musicians!  Hear the interview...after we address a couple more serious topics.
 
00.00 Michelle and Anna from the KS Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence tell us about April's Sexual Assault Awareness Month
5.55 Lifehouse Child Advocacy Center launches its "Heroes" campaign to support young crime victims
11.35 TIFFANY!!! The 80s pop icon visits The Red Couch

We wrap up Women's History Month with two very special sets of groundbreaking guests - one from the legal arena, the other in athletics.
 
00.00 Kansas Chief Justice Marla Luckert and retired Topeka City Attorney Linda Jeffrey - both Washburn Law alums - share their lessons in leadership
9.40 Intergenerational perspectives on women in athletics from retired Washburn women's basketball coach Patty Dick and current coach Lora Westling
20.20 Honoring outstanding young leaders, hear what it takes to make this year's class for Topeka's Top 20 Under 40
 

Our celebration of Women's History Month continues with two women who confronted the issues of sexual and domestic violence, and two others who work to inspire young Latinas!
00.00 Sharon Sullivan and Marilynn Ault changed the conversation about sexual and domestic violence and human trafficking.
10.35 Veronica Padilla and Michelle Cuevas Stubblefield both are successful career women, and past national chairs of MANA
21.00 We dive into the unique considerations for women when it comes to mental health #HearMeSeeMe
27.00 A lot is happening around downtown Topeka and the future for its riverfront area
31.20 The Kansas Central Jurisdiction has a big celebration planned to mark 50 years of serving communities