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Earn your high school diploma by way of Daniel Boone Regional Library. Communication outreach manager ABBEY RIMEL says anyone who's (at least) completed the 8th grade is welcome to apply to this fully online, self-paced, asynchronous accredited program! Also, SARAH EBER, RD, LD, Missouri Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, wants you to wash your veggies and your fruit and keep that potato salad on ice! "A lot of us know this, but it always helps to hear it again." (3:54) June 6, 2022

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Actor TROY LUDWIG in the title role of "The Spongebob Musical" - opening this Thursday at Capital City Productions in Jefferson City - that's who! Additional guest: MICHAEL BRAND | Also, LELA KOSTECK BUNCH and RITA ESTERLY invite you and your friends to tour "six beautifully landscaped gardens in the Jefferson City area" during the 22nd annual Bittersweet Garden Tour, a fundraiser for the Bittersweet Garden Club! (4:11) June 7, 2022

Looking for something to do with your pre-K child this month (June) that's both fun and educational? Missouri River Relief has just the thing! Education director KRISTEN SCHULTE tells us about Mornings at the River, a hands-on program that encourages both children and their caregiver to 'explore, discover and make memories at the Missouri River.' June 8, 2022

Today's show is all about the theatre! First up, ADAM BRIETZKE and NATALIE BOTKINS are the only two actors in Talking Horse Productions' 'Brilliant Traces', opening this Friday and running for two weekends in Columbia. And then, SARAH SICHT and TROY DONEHUE invite area youths to become one of 'Theo's Thespians' at Capital City Productions in Jefferson City. "Anything you can think of with theatre, these kids will at least get their feet wet." (3:40) June 15, 2022

Spend an evening under the stars watching a "heartwarming" production of Qui Nguyen's 'She Kills Monsters'. If you're a fan of humor, if you're a fan of stage combat, director CHRIS BOWLING and actress MEGAN LeMANNA invite you to join them at Maplewood Barn Theatre in Columbia this weekend and next! Also, did you know that cats didn't start living in houses until about a hundred years ago? That's according MU Veterinary Health Center's C.B. CHASTAIN, who goes on to tell us some dos and don'ts when it comes to kitty litter. (3:31) June 13, 2022

Author JEREMY P. AMICK has written two books, 'Show-Me Veterans' and 'A Global Warrior', the latter of which is about our second guest today, U.S. Army Major General HANK STRATMAN (Ret.). Hear why Maj. Gen. Stratman chose to "give the military a try" after graduating from Lincoln University in 1972 and starting a family. June 14, 2022

Journalists in Uvalde, Texas are toiling in their reporting on the police response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School. Now it appears a loophole in the Texas law is making that work even harder. Also, coverage of the January 6 hearings, Rebel Wilson addresses controversy with an Australian newspaper, and the editorial control given to Major League Baseball owners. From Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Ron Kelley and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News.

A well-rested, post-Art in the Park KELSEY HAMMOND is here to invite everyone to this Friday's reception for the Members' Summer Show at the Columbia Art League. "It's a nice time to be around other people who appreciate art." Also, MU Theatre Department opens AIDA this Thursday at the Rhynsburger Theatre on the MU campus! If you're not familiar with the show, today's guests, LES GRAY and JOY POWELL, tell us all about it. (3:54) June 21, 2022

"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

"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