Wednesday MidDay Medley
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Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

New & MidCoastal Releases + BOSCO + D. Rashaan Gilmore

Mark Spins More New & MidCoastal Releases from: She Speaks in Tongues, Field Daze, Kat King, Danny McGaw, Sweeping Promises, The Babe Gabe, Hello Biplane, Kristopher Bruders, Joel Kraft, The Golden Republic, ear, THAO with tune-yards & The Linda Lindas, Joy Oladokun, The Womack Sisters, Alabama Shakes, Lykke Li, Phoebe Bridgers, Karate Boogaloo, and Sly & The Family Stone.

At 11:00 Mark talks with D. Rashaan Gilmore host & producer of “Unbossed and Unbothered with D. Rashaan Gilmore,” broadcast Saturday nights at 5:00pm on 90.1 FM KKFI. D. Rashaan Gilmore is a two-time Emmy Award winning host and producer of Flatland In Focus on Kansas City PBS. Rashaan Gilmore is the founder and CEO of BlaqOut, which was established in 2017 as a grassroots movement to organize and mobilize Kansas City’s Black LGBTQ+ community and develop a leadership core. Gilmore has previously managed multiple significant HIV/ AIDS awareness and prevention grants for the Kansas City CARE Clinic. D Rashaan has also served as the Senior Field Organizer for PROMO, Missouri’s statewide LGBT equality and advocacy organization. Rashaan’s stellar and innovative work led to his being the distinguished recipient of the 2020 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Equity Award. D. Rashaan spent 4 years as part of the team of host & Producers on KKFI’s program The Tenth Voice.

At 11:30 Mark talks with BOSCO international showgirl, RuPaul’s Drag Race superstar, writer, and creative producer and star of, “The Marvelous Miss Gender” presented August 11, 2026 at 8:00pm at The Folly Theater, 300 West 12th Street, KCMO. This as part of a 33-city theater tour across the United States through August, presented by Murray & Peter. Bosco is best known as the globally beloved star of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 10 (2025), as well as a finalist of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 14 (2022). Though based in Seattle, Bosco has toured the world with dazzling showgirl performances in sold-out venues across Europe, Asia, Australia, and beyond. From walking the New York Fashion Week runway, to a residency on the Las Vegas Strip, and to starring in her own Paramount-produced documentary. Tickets are on sale now at dragfans.com or www.FollyTheater.org

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Show #1159