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Regular exercise reduces your chances of heart disease, improves your brain health and strengthens your immune system: "I don't know of another medicine...that comes anywhere close to that." -- DR. CHRIS LINK, Integrative Medicine Clinic

OsteoStrong Columbia owner DAYNA GLANZ answers your FAQs about osteoporosis, and how her non-pharmaceutical approach can help! Also, Capital City Productions is in the middle of its 'Kinky Boots' run; in fact, you have just three days left to see this Tony Award-winning musical starring today's guest, CURTIS SUDDUTH, and featuring the choreography of BARBARA MUSTOE!

Bob Dylan once wrote, "the times they are a-changin'", and while that phrase is in a song about the ride that is life (or something along those lines), the same phrase could be used today in a song about the climate! But unlike Dylan's song, activist/environmentalist CAROLYN AMPARAN is here to say there is something that can be done to change the outcome...if we all play a part.

Director RUSS SCOTT has been working on his version of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' for years: "we've cut down probably about a third of the script." Grab and blanket or a lawn chair and enjoy his efforts for yourself at opening night this Thursday at Maplewood Barn Theatre in Columbia! Also, MARY BETH MILLER says recruitment efforts are ongoing for a project at the Mizzou Sleep Research Lab that will take a closer look at those using pain medication for chronic widespread pain and insomnia. Signing up just got easier!

We're only human, after all! DRS. PHILIP BATSON and ELIZABETH ABE, Columbia Healthy Smiles, talk about some of the most common mistakes we make when it comes to caring for our mouth. (The #1 mistake? "Grossly underestimating" brushing for two minutes.)

Columnist, environmentalist, and outspoken member of the mid-Missouri community, KEN MIDKIFF, shares his thoughts on (the hot button topic of) assault rifles. Why, how and what now?

Believe it or not, August is almost over, and soon it will be time for all-things autumn, including the return of the annual Harvest Hootenanny sponsored by (and hosted by!) - as always - Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture. This year's event will take place at Columbia's Agriculture Park, and ADAM SAUNDERS and LEXI LINSENMAN are here to tell us all about it!

Author and historian JEREMY P. AMICK joins us to talk about two new books about the same person - Jim Shipley, a Black WWII hero - one of which is for children! "Jim and the Red Tails" is the children's book; "Together As One" is the biography. Also, Children's Grove president KIM DUDE-LAMMY is looking for "businesses and non-profits who've been especially kind in three different areas" that the public can then vote for as the winner(s) of the 3rd annual Kindness in Business Awards! (4:33) September 14, 2022

You can die at home and still be a donor! Truman Veterans' Hospital nephrologist DR. SMRITA DORAIRAJAN is here to "bust some of the common myths" surrounding organ donation. September 20, 2022

Most Jackson, Miss. residents have access to fresh water again, but what led to the city’s water crisis, and how can journalists hold civic leaders to account? This week on Views of the News, we’ll talk about the importance of environmental justice reporting. Also, coverage of President Biden’s “soul of a nation” speech, Twitter tests an edit button and journalists in Las Vegas mourn one of their own. From Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News