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Fifth Street Christian Church pastor Rev. Katina Allen-Colon invites everyone to a special Juneteenth celebration that the whole family can attend; in fact, the theme is 'family reunion'! Get the who, the what and the when on today's show. June 13, 2024

Make Music Day has been around for almost a half-century (it got its start in France); Columbia adapted it three years ago, and will play host to a free celebration one week from today. Office of Cultural Affairs program specialist Andrea Quiroz Jira tells us how it works on today's show! June 14, 2024

The drinks are cold and the wings are hot thanks to Kendell Palmquist from Tipsy Mule Mobile Bar, and Blake and Enrique Fuhlage from Show-Me Bar-B-Q Sauce. We also pass along some great product ideas to bring to your own tailgate party courtesy of Hockman Interiors. It's game day in CoMo, ya'll! August 28, 2025

Anderson Homes Foundation, with support from Veterans United Foundation and others, continues its work with Love Columbia to provide affordable housing and home ownership education to first-time buyers. Today's guest, Mark Briley, says the effort is worth it to "make our community the best it can be." August 29, 2025

CoMo Cooks Shared Kitchen lowers the barrier to entry for passionate food entrepreneurs by "eliminating obstacles." On today's show, kitchen manager Trish Sieckmann tells us about a new monthly orientation program for prospective clients looking to join the 40 other businesses using the space. September 8, 2025

Back in January of this year, the City of Columbia approved the largest-ever land donation (for a park) courtesy of the Alspaugh family. Their one stipulation? That little-to-no development occurs on the property. Environmentalist (and today's guest), KEN MIDKIFF, has some good things to say about that deal: "I'm a member of the local Sierra Club, and we voted unanimously in favor of the donation". March 23, 2023

Meet the man behind the curtain- er, projector - at Columbia's Ragtag Cinema, TED ROGERS! Ted tells us about the role he plays in delivering old films, weird films and everything in between to audiences of all kinds inside one of the last few independently-run movie houses in the country that still operate a 35mm projector. March 24, 2023

Missouri Prairie Foundation executive director CAROL DAVIT joins us on this first full day of spring to talk about some of the more common native plants, like aster and primrose, that you might find in your own backyard! March 21, 2023

'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

Don't believe *everything* you read on the internet, even if it's been "written" by the latest in large language models, ChatGPT, which was developed by OpenAI in late-2022. AI enthusiast and MU associate professor, SCOTT CHRISTIANSON, tells us about some of the ethical dilemmas incurred by this popular chatbot's accuracies and inaccuracies. March 17, 2023