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Author/journalist/podcaster/foodie Nina Mukerjee Furstenau is preparing a delicious dish in our studio today! She's got a new book out called 'Green Chili and Other Imposters'. March 12, 2024
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Earn. Save. Invest. Repeat. Those are the wise words of author KURT REID, who wrote the book, 'Financial Freedom Simplified', after realizing not enough young people were doing just that. Also, DAYNA GLANZ, OsteoStrong Columbia owner/operator, is back for one last look at a non-pharmaceutical approach to improving bone density; this time, it's all about easy exercises you can do at home! (4:05) October 17, 2023
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In this final installment of our long-running, eco-friendly flooring ideas segment with Carpet One Floor & Home general manager SCOTT BRADLEY, we take a closer look at a cork and rubber composite that's made for "extreme durability." Also, author GINA PROSCH is here to talk about her book, 'Joy! You Find What You Look For'. It's not just for children! (4:17) October 12, 2023
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"Money illusions" are all around us, from the credit card rewards we earn to the roller coaster ride that is inflation these days. Author and MU professor emeritus JOHN HOWE is here to tell us how we can avoid looking 'foolish' on our next bank statement. October 9, 2023
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Poet/author/southern Boone County resident WALTER BARGEN shares with us two original poems today: "Downside Help" at [3:44] and "Climate Change" at [5:24]. September 29, 2023
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"A lot of people, my generation - the baby boomers - are retiring and they don't really have sufficient savings to support the lifestyle that they have had or they want to have and that's because the 'present bias' has been at work." -- JOHN HOWE, author and MU professor emeritus
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If you've not heard the story of Wayne Powers, you're going to want to settle in and listen because this is movie-quality kinda stuff. Really. In short: Mr. Powers was born near Blue Mound, Missouri, and was drafted into the Army in 1943 only to become a deserter, a husband, a father, and a man on the run from authorities - in that order. Guests: JOE DILLARD and BROCK JONES, co-authors of 'The Blue Mound Chronicles' July 5, 2023
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'Talk Smack to a Hurricane' is a book of poetry exploring the relationship between its author, LYNNE LAMPE, and her mother who was diagnosed with schizophrenia: "despite all of the difficulties, we had a really great love for each other." Lynne reads 'The Tutorial' at [2:52] and 'Filtered' at [4:08]. March 20, 2023
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When something you believe in doesn't go your way, the tendency is to ration the final answer in your favor ('oh, it didn't happen because of such and such', for example). So why do we do that? Author and MU professor emeritus, JOHN HOWE, takes us down the 'escalation of commitment' rabbit hole on today's show. March 9, 2023
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Missouri's first poet laureate, WALTER BARGEN, reads two parts of 'Living in the Amphibious World' from his 2009 book, 'Days Like This Are Necessary: New and Selected Poems'. He says, "for some reason, I was tuned in to this red-eyed tree frog!" March 2, 2023