Wednesday MidDay Medley
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Brock Wilbur & Nick Spacek of The Pitch + Kai McGarry

At 10:00, we welcome Brock Wilbur & Nick Spacek of The Pitch. The annual Pitch “Best Of” issue hit streets on Monday, November 3, 2025. Brock and Nick will share their own observations of the events of 2025, and Nick Spacek shares his Top Ten Favorite Musical Releases of 2025 from: Militarie Gun, Bad Bunny, Willi Carlisle, Scowl, Sabrina Carpenter, Leon Majcen, Blackbraid, Die Spitz, and Huntr/x.

Brock Wilbur is the Editor-in-Chief of The Pitch in Kansas City and the author of several books on video games and apocalyptic cinema. He lives with his wife, journalist Vivian Kane, their three cats. Nick Spacek has been the music editor for the Pitch since 2020, and has done work for the publication since 2008. Additionally, he regularly covers arts and entertainment – along with whatever else gets thrown his way – for Lawrence Magazine, Kansas Magazine, and Lawrence Business Magazine, as well as a decade with the UK’s Starburst Magazine, the world’s longest-running genre publication. Along with Julie Holland, Nick co-hosts the biweekly horror podcast, The Carnage Report.

At 11:30 we talk with Kai McGarry who was on our show on July 9, 2025. Kai McGarry recently graduated from Mill Valley High School in Shawnee, Kansas and is currently attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston to continue his professional pursuit of music. Kai McGary released his solo album SCARLET on August 1, 2025. For SCARLET, Kai McGarry wrote, produced, recorded, and arranged the vintage pop, jazz-inflected record in his basement, and Duane Trower mixed it at Weights and Measures Soundlab. Kai McGarry, is a 18 year old artist, shaped by his upbringing in the Kansas City jazz community, with mentorship from regional jazz greats and experience playing drums in various ensembles. Kai McGarry self-produced his very own debut album at the age of 12.

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Show #1121