Rachael Norden
Announcer/ProducerHailing from the not-so distant land of the Sac-Osage Ozarks, Rachael Norden is a renaissance woman of the road less-traveled.
After forging her own path through a diverse mosaic of career experiences, Rachael joined the KBIA team in May 2023 with background in music/theatre performance and live stage production, emphasized by administrative management, marketing and design, and media production.
Growing up, Rachael formed an appreciation for voiceover and broadcasting from car rides narrated by Delilah, and in her later years through podcast figures Dan Carlin (Hardcore History) and Last Podcast Network’s Marcus Parks. When she's not behind the mic, Rachael enjoys art-making and crafting, tabletop/video-gaming and role-playing, back-woods exploring, and tons downtime with her fur-babies.
Listen to Rachael on KBIA 91.3 FM, and by tuning in to KBIA's podcast Thinking Out Loud.
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Growing up, what did you want to be? KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. Kellie Seals, Assistant Extension Professor and 4-H State Specialist in College and Career Pathways on Career Awareness Month happening in March, and how programs like 4-H are equipping young people with the skills necessary to be life and work-ready. -
KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. Melissa Herzog, Associate Teaching Professor at HDFS and co-pilot of ShowMe Healthy Relationships (SMHR) on how SMHR provides free researched-based, federally funded relationship education to Missourians state-wide, changing how both single and coupled people navigate their relationships in all aspects of life. -
KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. Kale Monk, Associate Professor at HDFS on how framing our relationships through a lens levity and preventative care can ensure we remain connected in our partnerships, and create greater sense of commitment with loved ones of all kinds. -
KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Leigh Kottwitz, Neighborhood Services Manager and Adam Friesz, Code Enforcement Specialist at the City of Columbia on the tenant resources offered by Neighborhood Services, including the Rental Inspection Program and Energy Scoring, and how the City can assist in managing the relationship between tenants, landlords, and property managers. -
KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. Steven Krauss, Associate Professor at HDFS on Youth Mentoring Month, taking place this January, and the different ways engaged mentorship can impact youth, and sew the seeds for lifelong success and relationships. -
KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. Antoinette Landor, Associate Professor at HDFS on reflecting on lived history in 2025, the ‘3 buckets’ of effective goal setting, and how prioritizing connection with loved ones can make our new year resolutions feel more satisfying and sustainable. -
KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. Keri Jacobs, Executive Director of the Graduate Institute of Cooperative Leadership (GICL) on providing research-based executive and emerging leader education, and the unique challenges and opportunities facing agricultural cooperatives. -
KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. Jamie Courter, Director of the National Center for Applied Reproduction (NCARG) and advisor the Show Me Select Replacement Heifer Program on the evolving reproductive technologies of the American cattle industry. -
KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. Ron Revord, Director of the MU Center for Agroforestry on the numerous ways the Center contributes to the science and practice underlying agroforestry, which combines trees and shrubs with crops or livestock. -
KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. Ashlie Lester, Associate Teaching Professor at HDFS on the high expectations and pressure our culture places on the holidays, and ways we can avoid – or at the very least, minimize – discourse with loved ones over the season through communication and shared experiences.
