KC Goes National — Or, At Least, Goes to NPR

If you’ve been listening to KCUR lately, you know from the plugs that the NPR show “Day to Day” will be broadcast live this week from Union Station. In preparation, the show’s host, Alex Chadwick, filed a couple of reports on our fair city this afternoon.

The first was this interview with hometown writer Calvin Trillin, who tells Chadwick that KC is “the center of the world, of course.” Trillin has always been a cheerleader for Kansas City, and Chadwick joined in. After visiting, Chadwick said he came to this conclusion: “It’s an American city that actually seems to be functioning.” Hey, nobody tell him about the Victorian-era sewer system or KC’s legendary potholes.