Travis McMillen
Video ProducerTRAVIS McMILLEN is the video producer for the Futures Lab, located on the lower level of the Reynolds Journalism Institute. As video producer, McMillen directs and produces regular and occasional programming from RJI’s own production studio, including KBIA-FM’s Views of the News, Global Journalist and Radio Friends with Paul Pepper. He is a Columbia native who started working at KOMU-TV, the University of Missouri’s NBC affiliate, at the age of 16. At 18 McMillen became the audio operator for Pepper and Friends, a community variety and talk show that aired on KOMU for 27 years. It was a position he held for almost 10 years. Aside from audio, McMillen’s duties on the show included field segment videographer and editor and, from 2001-2007, primary fill-in director. McMillen also directed KOMU’s daily two-hour morning newscast from 2001-2008. He is married to Jennifer, whom he met at KOMU. She currently produces the CW News at Nine for the station. They have three boys.
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Looking for "an easy way to jump into gun violence prevention"? 20 minutes of your time each week is all it takes to be a part of something called the 'Summer Action Series', sponsored by Moms Demand Action! Guests: KRISTIN BOWEN and CATEY TERRY July 6, 2022 -
How did today's guest, SCOTT CHRISTIANSON, manipulate his own voice into sounding like he "hates hedgehogs," something he would never say in real life? (Who hates hedgehogs?!) That and more explained as we dissect #deepfake technology! July 5, 2022
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We all know the Statue of Liberty was a gift from France back in the late-19th century, but did you know the original design was that of an Egyptian peasant woman, to be dedicated at the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869? When that didn't work out, slight modifications were made and the rest is history! Guest: LARRY BROWN July 4, 2022
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This summer, Giving Song, LLC, is launching a ukulele band to help veterans cope with PTSD. That's just one of many programs music therapist ELLISA MORRIS tells us about in her first appearance on our show. Making her second appearance, Local Motion (formerly PedNet) chief development officer ANNETTE TRIPLETT talks about the 'CoMo Livable Streets' campaign that launched yesterday and is in need of your help! At the end of today's show, we say a fond farewell to our longtime audio engineer, Aaron Hay. (2:52) July 1, 2022
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Feeling patriotic? One of Thomas Hart Benton's masterpieces, 'Embarkation - Prelude to Death', is on display today and everyday at the Center for Missouri Studies in Columbia. Curator of art collections, JOAN STACK, tells us the story behind this now 80-year-old war-themed painting. June 30, 2022
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The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson overturned abortion rights protected under Roe v. Wade. On this week’s program, we talk about how it was covered, who’s voices were – or weren’t – heard, and how it reignited the debate over journalists’ objectivity. Also, breaking down a ‘surprise’ hearing of the January 6 Committee, and giving credit to journalists working behind the scenes. From Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News.
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She's not just the owner, she's also a client! OsteoStrong Columbia's DAYNA GLANZ tells us why she chose to go the OsteoStrong route after being diagnosed with osteoporosis. Also, KELSEY HAMMOND encourages area youths (middle/high schoolers) to apply to Columbia Art League's annual 'Emerging Artist Mentorship Program'. (4:32) June 29, 2022
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"So, I think one our important roles is...trying to diffuse and make things a little less personal and a little less one-side-versus-the-other where possible. One of our real successes is anytime we hear a legislator on the floor speaking to their colleagues...refer to a fact or figure that we know was something that we provided them. I think we feel, procedurally, that that is a healthier place to be discussing what is out there in the research ecosystem." -- JOSH MUELLER, PhD, deputy director, MOST Policy Initiative June 28, 2022
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It's official: we're in a bear market. How does that happen, what does it mean and how long will it last? Financial advisor ALEX LaBRUNERIE, LaBrunerie Financial, explains! "The bulls will be back!" Plus, LEANN KNUTH tells us about some "important" changes to MOST-Missouri's 529 Education Plan that will have grandparents cheering. June 27, 2022
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"Think of it this way: three, forty-pound bags of salt for your water softener. I was carrying that around every day." -- DR. JOHN MARKLEY, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Truman Veterans' Hospital, giving perspective to the amount of weight he lost after decades of being overweight. DR. ANAND CHOCKALINGAM invites everyone to sign up for a program next month that will teach mindfulness and yoga to control a person's weight and diabetes. June 24, 2022
