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What's so bad about bush honeysuckle? It's invasive! (And that's a bad thing.) Instead, native plant specialist NADIA NAVARRETE-TINDALL recommends you plant any one of these four, easy-to-establish alternatives that also make a great *living* "privacy fence." April 29, 2022

Columbia Healthy Smiles' DR. PHILIP BATSON, DDS, is back - joined by his lovely wife and fellow dentist, DR. ELIZABETH ABE, DDS - to debunk even more popular dental myths like "kids don't need to brush baby teeth." April 26, 2022

Maplewood Barn Theatre in Columbia is kicking off their four-show 2022 season with 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown', and we've got Charlie Brown himself - a.k.a. IAN LINENFELSER - on today's show to tell us all about it! Director RUSSELL BECKER is the other guy on the couch. | Also, retired letter carrier LORI MATTHEWS joins us with what you need to know about this year's Stamp Out Hunger Letter Carriers' Food Drive, the first since 2019! (3:58) May 4, 2022

Hubba, hubba, hubba, who do you trust? According to author and MU Trulaske College of Business professor, JOHN HOWE, it's not who you think- or who 'they' want you to think, and that's something called "authority bias." Also, Columbia's PedNet Coalition is now Local Motion. While the name has changed, the mission has not. Chief development officer ANNETTE TRIPLETT is here to encourage everyone to take part in next week's annual Bike, Walk & Wheel Week! (4:55) May 6, 2022

The growth side of the stock market may be down right now, but don't let that get YOU down! According to financial advisor ALEX LaBRUNERIE, LaBrunerie Financial, ups and downs are normal; what makes this current situation unique is that the bond market is also down: "it's not pleasant when your safe money is losing money, that's a double-whammy." April 27, 2022

All denominations are invited to attend tomorrow evening's 'Harp and Healing' at Broadway Christian Church in Columbia. Can't make it? Missed it? Enjoy this performance by harpist MARIA TREVOR: "Eternally" at [2:39] and "Graham's Lullaby" at [7:03]. Additional guest: TERRY OVERFELT May 2, 2022

Stop Human Trafficking Coalition of Central Missouri board member NANETTE WARD is taking a moment to remember her program's humble beginnings back in 2008, and how they got their start on Radio Friends a year later. Over the years, the name has changed a bit but their mission remains the same! Also, League of Women Voters Columbia-Boone County chapter president MARILYN McLEOD encourages everyone to attend next Tuesday's virtual 'Lunch and Learn' program. The focus this time will be on the effects of social media use on youth mental health. (4:56) May 5, 2022

Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger - as Virgil Tibbs and police chief Gillespie, respectively - are two very compelling leads in 1967's 'In the Heat of the Night', but we think you'll also like DINGANI BEZA and BEN MILLER. They star in the same roles in Capital City Productions' stage version of ITHOTN that opens May 12 and runs for one weekend only in Jefferson City! Also, don't let your picnic spoil your food or your food spoil your picnic by following these these simply safety tips from dietitian KRISTEN EIFFERT, PhD, RD, LD, from the Missouri Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. (3:38) May 9, 2022

End-of-life doula MICKEY HAVENER shares some tips for "planning your spiritual funeral" so that YOU have the last word no matter who's at the pulpit! May 10, 2022

Folk singer DAVE PARA may be in New Mexico right now, but he'll be back in central Missouri in time for this weekend's 30th Big Muddy Folk Festival at Thespian Hall in Boonville. Tickets are still available! Also, Missouri Symphony executive director TRENT RASH joins us with details on this year's Hot Summer Nights concert extravaganza! Things kick off with the return of the maestro himself, Kirk Trevor, conducting 'Symphony in Motion' on June 15th. (4:25) May 11, 2022