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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LaBrunerie Financial's ALEX LaBRUNERIE compares this time last year to today, and where the country now stands in terms of electric vehicles and airline stocks, and the impact the vaccines are having on the stock market in general. June 24, 2021 -
First-time guest RACHEL OWEN, PhD, is the executive director of MOST Policy Initiative, a non-partisan organization with a mission to, in its simplest form, "get more scientific information into the hands of policy makers in Jefferson City" and around the state. Established in 2016, Rachel tells us about the success she's seen in its five short years. June 23, 2021
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Haven't been to the dentist in awhile? Don't let misconceptions keep you from going! DRS. PHILIP BATSON and ELIZABETH ABE, Columbia Healthy Smiles, break down some of those common myths people like to hide behind and tell us what to expect in that first appointment back in the chair. June 22, 2021
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The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri communication and marketing manager, SETH WOLFMEYER, tells us the feel-good story of a woman in Kahoka, Missouri, who decided to volunteer for the same food panty from which she was receiving assistance. "The people that come to get help with food...they want to give back to their community." June 21, 2021
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Sunday is Father's Day, and so today's show is dedicated to all the proud papas out there! Who better to have on than singer LARRY BROWN, who performs John Denver's 'What One Man Can Do' at [2:11]. June 18, 2021
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Blind since birth, GARY WUNDER still knows how to appreciate a good sunrise - just in a different way from how you and I enjoy a good sunrise. Rehabilitation is our topic today. Those who go blind later in life have to learn how to adapt to losing their sight without losing their outlook on life, much like Gary has been doing since day one. June 17, 2021
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What was the real cause of the COVID-19 pandemic? Were journalists too quick to dismiss the ‘lab leak’ theory? We’ll look at why several leading publications are revisiting their reporting from a year ago and giving what some once called a conspiracy theory another look. Also, a look at this year’s Pulitzer Prize award winners, the final flight for American Way magazine, and how we cover unidentified flying objects. From Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News.
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Mobility Worldwide is hosting another fundraiser at Logboat Brewery in Columbia so that their mission of building three-wheeled carts (for disabled people in less-fortunate parts of the world) doesn't miss a beat. Guest: JEFF MORAN | Also, JENNIFER BEAN, MS, RDN, LD, Missouri Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, is holding off on planting her own tomatoes this year so that she can support local farmers. It's just one of a few ideas she shares as we enter the summer growing season! (4:28) June 16, 2021
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You know her as our resident nephrologist, but today DR. SMRITA DORAIRAJAN introduces us to the Kalanjali School of Indian Classical Dance with an in-studio performance of Bharatanatyam at [4:11]. The school is hosting an end-of-the-year recital later this month that you can watch live online. Link in video! June 15, 2021
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The Language Tree Immersion School in Columbia puts children on their "bilingual journey" as early as possible! Director (and pre-K/K Spanish teacher) NATALIA PRATS says to think of languages as tools: "the more languages you have, the more tools you have." Also, OsteoStrong Columbia's DAYNA GLANZ joins us to make the case for why men should pay close attention to their bone health. Did you know that each year, almost 80,000 men will fracture their hip? (4:39) June 14, 2021
