Kevin Patrick Allen
@kpa18.bsky.social
Documentary filmmaker, storyteller, former longtime radio reporter. Rabbit trails, discovery, nuance.
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Kevin Patrick Allen
@kpa18.bsky.social
· Mar 21
Growing up the son of a jail and prison chaplain provided me a perspective of the world (and approach to it) that was… unique. I’m grateful for it and consistently intrigued by the stereotypes that follow me, as they did him.
For 12 consecutive seasons, we’ve cheered Olathe South’s Cross Country team as each of our 3 kids have competed. All of us have been caught in the slipstream of the effort.
October 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
For 12 consecutive seasons, we’ve cheered Olathe South’s Cross Country team as each of our 3 kids have competed. All of us have been caught in the slipstream of the effort.
How many times have you heard someone ask rhetorically, “Who’s to know what the truth is? Who’s to say?” At best it’s a convenient escape hatch. At worst, a manipulative tool. When you hear “Who's to know, who's to say?" answer "I am!" Not from pride but from love of what is real.
October 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
How many times have you heard someone ask rhetorically, “Who’s to know what the truth is? Who’s to say?” At best it’s a convenient escape hatch. At worst, a manipulative tool. When you hear “Who's to know, who's to say?" answer "I am!" Not from pride but from love of what is real.
- Novelist Richard Powers
June 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
- Novelist Richard Powers
The survival of just one person from the plane crash in India is so unfathomable it makes other aeronautical mishap survivals seem normal by comparison.
June 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The survival of just one person from the plane crash in India is so unfathomable it makes other aeronautical mishap survivals seem normal by comparison.
Small town Kansas - Big time courage and speed! Bennington High’s Manny McVay sacrifices himself for 4x100 team championship.
June 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Small town Kansas - Big time courage and speed! Bennington High’s Manny McVay sacrifices himself for 4x100 team championship.
You only get one shot. Manny McVay took advantage. He would have to lean for his 4x100 team to get the championship. He did… and he fell, he popped up with the win… and a compound fracture. Photo credits: (Top right, Jesse Bruner photos; right middle, McVay family; bottom right, Sports in Kansas.)
June 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
You only get one shot. Manny McVay took advantage. He would have to lean for his 4x100 team to get the championship. He did… and he fell, he popped up with the win… and a compound fracture. Photo credits: (Top right, Jesse Bruner photos; right middle, McVay family; bottom right, Sports in Kansas.)
You don’t need to love poetry to love The Laughing Heart. It’s what children intuitively know, what they are taught to abandon, and what adults must reclaim to reach their potential…
The Gods Wait to Delight in You
Charles Bukowski said a lot of things... but "your life is your life" is as true as it gets.
apperception.substack.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
You don’t need to love poetry to love The Laughing Heart. It’s what children intuitively know, what they are taught to abandon, and what adults must reclaim to reach their potential…
“Find what you love and let it kill you” is a message that resonates with many… but is it a myth? And to those who embrace it as a mantra, does its roots even matter?
This is an origin story that’s consumed me. It speaks to how we live our lives and how romanticism leaves off the ugly endings.
This is an origin story that’s consumed me. It speaks to how we live our lives and how romanticism leaves off the ugly endings.
April 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“Find what you love and let it kill you” is a message that resonates with many… but is it a myth? And to those who embrace it as a mantra, does its roots even matter?
This is an origin story that’s consumed me. It speaks to how we live our lives and how romanticism leaves off the ugly endings.
This is an origin story that’s consumed me. It speaks to how we live our lives and how romanticism leaves off the ugly endings.
Growing up the son of a jail and prison chaplain provided me a perspective of the world (and approach to it) that was… unique. I’m grateful for it and consistently intrigued by the stereotypes that follow me, as they did him.
March 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Growing up the son of a jail and prison chaplain provided me a perspective of the world (and approach to it) that was… unique. I’m grateful for it and consistently intrigued by the stereotypes that follow me, as they did him.
A new exhibit now stands in the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Honor— a tribute to Jim Tyrer.
This is what class and courage look like.
The Chiefs didn’t have to do this. But they did — because they knew Jim and Martha. More than a tribute. It’s a statement.
#ChiefsKingdom #NFLHistory #PFHOF
This is what class and courage look like.
The Chiefs didn’t have to do this. But they did — because they knew Jim and Martha. More than a tribute. It’s a statement.
#ChiefsKingdom #NFLHistory #PFHOF
March 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A new exhibit now stands in the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Honor— a tribute to Jim Tyrer.
This is what class and courage look like.
The Chiefs didn’t have to do this. But they did — because they knew Jim and Martha. More than a tribute. It’s a statement.
#ChiefsKingdom #NFLHistory #PFHOF
This is what class and courage look like.
The Chiefs didn’t have to do this. But they did — because they knew Jim and Martha. More than a tribute. It’s a statement.
#ChiefsKingdom #NFLHistory #PFHOF
Today would have been Jim Tyrer’s 86th birthday.
This past year, for the first time in 44 years, he was a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame — allowing the world to get a glimpse of who he truly was. A person whose legacy was far greater than the worst moment of his life.
This past year, for the first time in 44 years, he was a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame — allowing the world to get a glimpse of who he truly was. A person whose legacy was far greater than the worst moment of his life.
February 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Today would have been Jim Tyrer’s 86th birthday.
This past year, for the first time in 44 years, he was a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame — allowing the world to get a glimpse of who he truly was. A person whose legacy was far greater than the worst moment of his life.
This past year, for the first time in 44 years, he was a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame — allowing the world to get a glimpse of who he truly was. A person whose legacy was far greater than the worst moment of his life.
Tyrer’s eldest son Brad, the Kansas City Star’s Vahe Gregorian and I joined KCUR’s Steve Kraske to discuss the story and what’s next.
Pro Football Hall of Fame denies entry to controversial Chiefs player Jim Tyrer
Although his on-field accomplishments made him unquestionably qualified for induction, Jim Tyrer was a controversial nomination from the start — because he killed his wife and himself in 1980. Advocat...
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February 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Tyrer’s eldest son Brad, the Kansas City Star’s Vahe Gregorian and I joined KCUR’s Steve Kraske to discuss the story and what’s next.
Been sitting with this. 🤔 The sole argument against Jim Tyrer in PFHOF debates concerned morality. But the irony is that the very thing that allows us to reason morally—the prefrontal cortex—is one of the first things destroyed by CTE.
Wrap your head around that.
What a missed opportunity
Wrap your head around that.
What a missed opportunity
February 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Been sitting with this. 🤔 The sole argument against Jim Tyrer in PFHOF debates concerned morality. But the irony is that the very thing that allows us to reason morally—the prefrontal cortex—is one of the first things destroyed by CTE.
Wrap your head around that.
What a missed opportunity
Wrap your head around that.
What a missed opportunity
Statement from the family of Jim and Martha Tyrer regarding Pro Football Hall of Fame vote
February 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Statement from the family of Jim and Martha Tyrer regarding Pro Football Hall of Fame vote
This story was meant to be told for so many reasons. www.kppllc.net/beneath-the-...
January 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This story was meant to be told for so many reasons. www.kppllc.net/beneath-the-...
It's now public knowledge (ESPN) that at least 2 #PFHOF voters openly broke HOF rules in an effort to block Jim Tyrer's induction into the Hall... based on those voters insistence on being arbiters of morality. Let that sink in as you watch this.
We await the vote outcome.
We await the vote outcome.
January 16, 2025 at 5:21 AM
It's now public knowledge (ESPN) that at least 2 #PFHOF voters openly broke HOF rules in an effort to block Jim Tyrer's induction into the Hall... based on those voters insistence on being arbiters of morality. Let that sink in as you watch this.
We await the vote outcome.
We await the vote outcome.
Bad things happen that aren’t the product of bad people. Chris Nowinski, CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation says the Jim and Martha Tyrer case is one such example. Still there are those who insist on overlooking the facts of the case…
January 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Bad things happen that aren’t the product of bad people. Chris Nowinski, CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation says the Jim and Martha Tyrer case is one such example. Still there are those who insist on overlooking the facts of the case…
You have a way with words, Mitch. You speak to my soul.
December 11, 2024 at 5:18 AM
You have a way with words, Mitch. You speak to my soul.
“I’m so happy for his kids and I know they know what kind of a man he was.”
- HOF’er Jan Stenerud on Jim Tyrer becoming a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- HOF’er Jan Stenerud on Jim Tyrer becoming a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame
December 9, 2024 at 6:21 AM
“I’m so happy for his kids and I know they know what kind of a man he was.”
- HOF’er Jan Stenerud on Jim Tyrer becoming a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- HOF’er Jan Stenerud on Jim Tyrer becoming a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame
@cindyboren.bsky.social - here’s the All State runner I mentioned (when she was eight years younger) 💪
Starring You! My First Race - Video - Stories I've Told | KP Productions
Starring You! My First Race. Cross-country racing is fun... but 9 year-old Anika will tell you it's not easy. This short narrative piece was featured on PBS Kids’ Starring You segment.
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December 8, 2024 at 6:25 AM
@cindyboren.bsky.social - here’s the All State runner I mentioned (when she was eight years younger) 💪
Come along as the children of Jim and Martha Tyrer learn that their dad is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Beneath the Shadow - reaching the finals
This is "Beneath the Shadow - reaching the finals" by Kevin Patrick Allen on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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December 8, 2024 at 6:13 AM
Come along as the children of Jim and Martha Tyrer learn that their dad is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Who was Jim Tyrer? Why is someone who did what he did a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame? His orphaned children have a story to tell.
BENEATH THE SHADOW - TRAILER
When a beloved football player commits murder suicide, his orphaned children are left without answers. Decades after the tragedy, they glimpse a chance for their…
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December 8, 2024 at 6:08 AM
Who was Jim Tyrer? Why is someone who did what he did a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame? His orphaned children have a story to tell.
A 2024 resolution was to put a new creation a week on a tab of my page. The spirit of the idea was right. Only uploaded a half dozen however. Refine for 2025? 🤔
November 16, 2024 at 6:11 PM
A 2024 resolution was to put a new creation a week on a tab of my page. The spirit of the idea was right. Only uploaded a half dozen however. Refine for 2025? 🤔