Centropolis is an ongoing conversation about ideas, books, characters, and the absorbing issues of our times. The title comes from William Gilpin, a 19th-century mapmaker and early booster of Kansas City, who believed that civilizations capital would be an area of greater Kansas City he called Centropolis. Each week, the host of Centropolis, Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III,
Centropolis is a local public television program presented by Kansas City PBS
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Special | 26m 31s | Crosby Kemper III interviews author Whitney Terrell. (26m 31s)
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Special | 27m 12s | Crosby Kemper III interviews author Candice Millard. (27m 12s)
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Special | 26m 58s | Crosby Kemper III interviews David Von Drehle, editor-at-large for TIME magazine. (26m 58s)
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Special | 26m 57s | Crosby Kemper III interviews former Politico writer Mike Allen. (26m 57s)
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Centropolis is a local public television program presented by Kansas City PBS