play Play pause Pause S1 E28 Jul 13, 2026 E28 - Put Your Money on the Table Courtney Richardson grew up in the Forties, the Kansas City neighborhood, got kicked out of Lincoln High, and did a year in juvenile lockup before he turned 16. By 19 ...
play Play pause Pause S1 E27 Jul 06, 2026 E27 - Ajamu Webster on Black Wealth and Owning Our Own Ajamu Webster is back in Kansas City, and he brought a challenge with him. He spent 42 years here as a structural engineer and community organizer before moving to Gha...
play Play pause Pause S1 E26 Jun 15, 2026 E26 - A $100K Career, No Degree and No Debt Harold Fears is back, and this time the plan he laid out on Episode 12 isn't a plan anymore. It's running. Harold sits down with Kim Davis to share what's happening at...
play Play pause Pause S1 E25 Jun 01, 2026 E25 - The System Isn’t Broken : It’s Working Exactly as Designed In this episode of Straight From the Heart, host Kim Davis sits down with Eric Murray, entrepreneur and candidate for the U.S. Senate in Kansas, for a conversation abo...
play Play pause Pause S1 E24 May 18, 2026 E24 - Cancer Didn’t Win: God Kept Me Here On this episode of Straight From The Heart, we sit down with Patricia Stouffer, better known as Patti Cakes a breast cancer survivor and creator of Three Ts and a Nana...
play Play pause Pause S1 E23 May 04, 2026 E23 - Epstein Made Headlines : But This Happens Every Day In this episode of Straight From the Heart, we continue our discussion of Epstein, shifting the focus from headlines to home. Joined by Brandy Williams of MOCSA, we ta...
play Play pause Pause S1 E22 Apr 27, 2026 E22 - The Dangerous Line Between Church & State : A Pastor Speaks Out In this episode of Straight From the Heart, we sit down with Bishop Mark Tolbert, pastor, entrepreneur, educator, and civic leader for a conversation about what happen...
play Play pause Pause S1 E21 Apr 06, 2026 E21 - Inside the Mind of a Prosecutor ft. Melesa Johnson In this episode of Straight From the Heart, we sit down with a Kansas City prosecutor, Melesa Johnson , who’s making tough decisions under intense public scrutiny. Wha...
play Play pause Pause S1 E20 Apr 02, 2026 E20 - Kansas City’s Biggest Decisions featuring Kansas City’s Mayor Quinton Lucas In this episode of Straight From the Heart, we sit down with Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas for a conversation about the issues shaping Kansas City today. With the Ap...
play Play pause Pause S1 E19 Mar 16, 2026 E19 - We Don’t Need Permission, We Need Investment In this episode of Straight From the Heart, the Heartland Black Chamber of Commerce tackles a hard truth. Kim Davis hosts guest Brandon Calloway as they challenge conv...
play Play pause Pause S1 E18 Mar 09, 2026 E18 - It’s About the Money: The Capitalism Conversation We Avoid In this episode of Straight From the Heart, Kim Davis sits down with investor, entrepreneur, and author of Make It Rain, Vercie Lark, for a conversation about ownershi...
play Play pause Pause S1 E17 Mar 02, 2026 E17 - World Cup is Coming, Is Kansas City Prepared? In this episode of Straight From The Heart, the Heartland Black Chamber of Commerce sits down with Councilwoman and Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw for a conversation a...
play Play pause Pause S1 E16 Feb 16, 2026 E16 - Why Our Voices Aren’t Heard And How We Change That What if the reason things aren’t changing isn’t power… but participation? In this episode of Straight From the Heart, we sit down with Chris Good for a conversation ab...
play Play pause Pause S1 E15 Feb 09, 2026 E15 - Who’s Really in Control When Voters Stay Home? What if the most important elections aren’t the ones everyone talks about? In this episode, Straight From the Heart welcomes Brittney Hugunin, CEO of Rapture Marketin...
play Play pause Pause S1 E14 Jan 26, 2026 E14 - Are We the Bad Guys? How America Repeats Its Own History What happens when a country starts moving like it can take whatever it wants, just because it has the power to do it? This episode starts with Venezuela, but quickly t...
play Play pause Pause S1 E13 Jan 19, 2026 E13 - The Great Conversion: Why a 98% Stark Supporter is Seeking Redemption Welcome back to Season 2 of Straight From The Heart! This week, we're tearing into the biggest political story of 2026: Marjorie Taylor Greene's controversial pivot. O...
play Play pause Pause S1 E12 Dec 15, 2025 E12 - From Prison to a $100K Career: How He Did It In Just 1 Year In this episode of Straight from the Heart, host Kim Davis sits down with Harold Fears, founder of Just One Transportation, to talk about second chances, rebuilding th...
play Play pause Pause S1 E11 Dec 08, 2025 E11 - Why Black History Keeps Disappearing? With Shawn Edwards In this powerful episode of Straight from the Heart, host Kim Davis sits down with award-winning film critic and cultural storyteller Shawn Edwards to uncover why so m...
play Play pause Pause S1 E10 Dec 01, 2025 E10 - The $2 Billion Question: Why Black Contractors Aren’t Getting Hired Billions of dollars are flowing into Kansas City but Black developers and Black contractors still aren’t moving in sync. In this episode of Straight from the Heart, ho...
play Play pause Pause S1 E9 Nov 17, 2025 E9 - Christal Watson: The First Black Woman Mayor of KCK Speaks Out In this episode of Straight from the Heart, host Kim Davis sits down with Christal Watson, the newly elected Mayor of Kansas City, Kansas and the first Black woman to ...
