KNX In Depth: Nearly a quarter million school students vanished--China balloon spying said to be widespread--Hard liquor surging past beer--Remembering the remarkable career of music legend Burt Bacharach

Did nearly a quarter million school students simply disappear? A big new analysis looked into that question and found 152,000 students in California and nearly 90,000 in 20 other states are unaccounted for since the COVID pandemic started. We go In Depth into what might have happened to them and if they'll ever return to a classroom. A music legend passes on. Burt Bacharach has died at the age of 94. He wrote dozens of catchy songs, many of them becoming big hits made famous by artists like Dionne Warwick. Later in the show we'll look back at his outstanding career and influence in the music and movie worlds. China's apparent spy balloon may just have been one of many. The Biden administration says China used balloons to spy on a few dozen other countries. We go In Depth.  America's love affair with beer could be fading. New numbers show more people are choosing cocktails. We look into this new trend.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices