Alex Cox
Student Reporter & ProducerAlex Cox is a Junior in the Missouri School of Journalism. They're a reporter and producer for KBIA, and are passionate about community-focused coverage. In their free time, they are a Dungeon Master for their friend's Dungeons & Dragons campaigns.
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The story of rice is a story of transformation. For host and producer Nina Mukerjee Furstenau, rice can start out in fields in the India of her memories and end up as a magical breakfast cereal, or maybe even the gooey, delightful Rice Krispies treats of our collective childhood memories. In this episode of Canned Peaches, we’ll adventure to an actual rice factory in southern Missouri where rice is “crisped” for all kinds of consumption, and we’ll hear how Nina can be delighted about food even in a very loud, very hot factory. We’ll journey to a Camp Fire Heartland kitchen to make Rice Krispies treats with the kids of the Saturday Club. And we’ll take a trip back in time to learn about the magical transformation made by “food shot from a gun!” All aboard the Magical Food Bus.
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Somebody, somewhere, can’t get enough of chestnuts. Even though chestnuts seem to have phased out of American culture over the last hundred years or so and we don’t think of them as a big part of our diet anymore, farmers seem to be selling out of chestnuts year after year. In this episode, we’re going in search of the communities that can’t get enough of chestnuts. Our explorations will take us to a chestnut orchard, a kitchen where we’ll make chestnut soup, and an Italian restaurant on The Hill in St. Louis where a renowned Italian chef recalls his first teacher in the kitchen: his grandmother. This episode takes us on a magical food adventure to explore what it is that makes chestnuts a cultural cornerstone. And yes, in spite of producer Lauren Hines-Acosta’s best efforts to keep it out of this episode, you will hear that iconic holiday song. You know the one.
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Reading, writing, and arithmetic - we’ve all heard the old adages about learning and education, but for some - the best way to learn is just taking a step outside. KBIA’s Alex Cox has the story of how one Columbia area school is bringing their classroom outdoors.
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Seven emergency shelters are available for overnight stays. Each shelter is specialized to different populations in the community.
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KBIA's Missouri on Mic team went to the Daniel Boone Regional Public Library in Columbia last week to learn what the community is looking for in its next chief of police.
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Some of the counseling includes teaching social-emotional lessons and having lunch with students.
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The Mid-Missouri PrideFest was this past weekend. KBIA’s Alex Cox was there and brings us this personal reflection of how the event has impacted them.
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People from all over Columbia came together to remember 9/11.
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The University of Missouri System Board of Curators voted to make several changes Thursday.
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Boone County Republicans and their supports gathered last night at the local Republican headquarters to watch elections results come in. KBIA reporters spoke with the victor.