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Today's topic comes from a listener: is there a *cure* for pet anxiety? DR. MAR DOERING, DVM, All Paws Medical and Behavioral Center, says it's "complicated." One idea she shares puts whatever outcome on you, the owner. She says dogs (and cats) look for a calm, confident leader, and so being that to them will put them at ease. July 14, 2023

Moms Demand Action advocate KRISTIN BOWEN says staying informed is just one of the ways we as volunteers, as voters, as citizens can come together to "reduce gun violence in all of its forms." July 17, 2023

The summer season is well underway, and no place is that more evident than at the Orr Street Farmers and Artisans Market, which happens every Sunday behind the Wabash Station in Columbia. CHUCK BAY is here with just some of the items you'll find for sale each week! Also: have you ever heard of pine straw? If your answer is no, it's because you probably live in the midwest. That's according to STEVEN KIRK, who is the owner/operator of Missouri Pine Straw Company, the only producer of pine straw in the state! (4:19) July 19, 2023

No home office is complete without the ability to print. ITCOMO owner ROBERT RICKETTS is here with advice for those who can't decide between laser or inkjet. July 11, 2023

"A lot of people, my generation - the baby boomers - are retiring and they don't really have sufficient savings to support the lifestyle that they have had or they want to have and that's because the 'present bias' has been at work." -- JOHN HOWE, author and MU professor emeritus

Have you marked your calendar? We're less than a week away from this year's 'Craft Beer & Carts', a "major fundraiser" for Mobility Worldwide, the non-profit that builds three-wheeled carts for disabled individuals in third-world countries. Guest: JEFF MORAN | Also, First Student Bus Company in Jefferson City is looking for drivers and monitors for the upcoming school year. NATALIE DAMAS tells us about a few upcoming events in which you're invited that could lead to a job behind the wheel! (4:31) July 10, 2023

Now in their 16th year, Stop Human Trafficking Coalition of Central Missouri is still going strong, having helped "hundreds" of people get away from trafficking of all kinds. Longtime volunteer NANETTE WARD is here to tell us about some of the more recent cases from right here in central Missouri, a few of the warning signs to be on the lookout for, and ways we can all get involved. July 12, 2023

KBIA's Darren Hellwege visits with Dr. Joy Powell, director of the MU Repertory Theatre about their upcoming production of "Little Shop of Horrors."

In a discussion from 2011, KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with the great Missouri historian Bob Priddy about his book The Art of the Missouri State Capitol: History In Canvas, Bronze and Stone.

When LAYA ANAND was four years old, her mother, DR. SMRITA DORAIRAJAN, knew she was going to be a dancer. Nine years later, Laya's talents were recently put to the test during a one-woman performance that served as a graduation, of sorts, from the Kalanjali School of Classical Indian Dance. It's a school in which her mother is the current artistic director and *her* mother, PADMINI DORAIRAJAN, is the founding artistic director. June 28, 2023