Podcast of Know Return: Kansas lead singer Ronnie Platt jumps on Car Con Carne on the eve of Kansas’s 16th album, “The Absence of Presence.” We talk about:

• Joining the band six years ago
• His first studio album with the band, “The Prelude Implicit,” and the pressure built into it
• The new album, “The Absence of Presence”
• Considering the band’s long legacy
• When did Ronnie first hear Kansas?
• Ronnie’s audition with Foreigner in the early 00s
• Ronnie’s time with Shooting Star
• What does Ronnie like about Chicago?
• That time Ronnie sang the National Anthem at Wrigley Field…

Car Con Carne is sponsored by C&H Financial Services.