Episodes

  • Within Reason with Mike Matson: Manhattan City Commission and School Board election winners

    Within Reason with Mike Matson: Manhattan City Commission and School Board election winners
    Nov 5 2025
    With election results finishing up at 7:00 last night, Larry Fox, Jim Morrison, and Andrew Von Lintel are the new city commissioners. The school board also has three new members in incumbent Jayme Morris-Hardeman, Lew Faust, and Courtney Jane Hochman. We'll speak to 4 of the 6 winners from yesterdays elections on what they believe brought them to the front of the race.
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    49 mins
  • Within Reason with Mike Matson: Chris McGowne, private practice attorney from Hays

    Within Reason with Mike Matson: Chris McGowne, private practice attorney from Hays
    Nov 4 2025
    In August, 2026, an election will be held throughout the state of Kansas to decide how justices should be appointed to the Kansas supreme court. Today, we're joined by Chris McGowne who is a Hays attorney, and chair of the Kansas Republican Party, as he talks to us about the next election and what we would be voting on.
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    49 mins
  • Within Reason with Mike Matson: Megan Moser, Manhattan Mercury/KMAN Executive Editor

    Within Reason with Mike Matson: Megan Moser, Manhattan Mercury/KMAN Executive Editor
    Nov 3 2025
    It takes a lot of work to keep a pulse on what all goes down in Manhattan. That is exactly the job of today's guest, Megan Moser, executive editor of the Manhattan Mercury. Today we talk about an ongoing story about the Manhattan chiropractor, Clark Petersen, and his recent conviction on 51 counts of sexual misconduct.
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    46 mins
  • Within Reason with Mike Matson: 9 City Commission candidates + 5 School Board candidates

    Within Reason with Mike Matson: 9 City Commission candidates + 5 School Board candidates
    Oct 31 2025
    Today we hear from the candidates for both the Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 school board, and the Manhattan City Commission. Each candidate will give a short stump speech in order to give us a good overview of what each candidate will bring to the table if they are elected.
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    49 mins
  • Within Reason with Mike Matson: Usha Reddi + Bruce Snead, former Manhattan City Commissioners

    Within Reason with Mike Matson: Usha Reddi + Bruce Snead, former Manhattan City Commissioners
    Oct 30 2025
    With the Manhattan city commission election quickly coming up, it's important to be an informed voter. With Usha Reddi and Bruce Snead, former sitting commissioners for Manhattan, they join us to provide an insight into what it takes to get elected to local office, and what it takes to be a good commissioner once you're there.
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    44 mins
  • Within Reason with Mike Matson: Erin Friedline RCPD, Tom Addair Manhattan criminal justice attorney

    Within Reason with Mike Matson: Erin Friedline RCPD, Tom Addair Manhattan criminal justice attorney
    Oct 29 2025
    It takes a fine balance between both sides of the law, policing and public defending, to safe guard individual rights. We're joined by those two sides, Erin Friedline is the Deputy Director with the RCPD, and Tom Addair who is a criminal justice attorney here in Manhattan. They join the show in order to give a perspective to both sides of the law, and to inform the public on the do's and don'ts of law enforcement interactions.
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    45 mins
  • Within Reason with Mike Matson: Kevin Ingram, Manhattan Christian College president

    Within Reason with Mike Matson: Kevin Ingram, Manhattan Christian College president
    Oct 28 2025
    The Manhattan Christian College has been providing higher education for nearly 100 years, and the president of the college Kevin Ingram, is proudly driving the institution forward. Ingram joins us today to give us a deeper insight into what the college provides and what we can look forward to as the college continues to grow in enrollment.
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    45 mins
  • Within Reason with Mike Matson: Brandon Keazer, Manhattan Regional Airport Director

    Within Reason with Mike Matson: Brandon Keazer, Manhattan Regional Airport Director
    Oct 27 2025
    Having a regional airport so close to Manhattan connects us to the rest of the country in ways that no other mode of transportation can provide. Airport Director, Brandon Keazer, joins the show today to talk about the structure of the Manhattan Regional Airport, how the current government shutdown is affecting our airport staff, and what we can look forward to as the airport expands to accommodate the local growth.
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    46 mins