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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

Native plant expert NADIA NAVARRETE-TINDALL invites everyone to learn more about the "garden of excellence" at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, and how you can turn your own backyard into something 'excellent' at a free lecture she's giving later this month at Missouri River Regional Library! Also, Carpet One Floor & Home general manager SCOTT BRADLEY has some flooring ideas for those of you who are tired of walking on plastic. (4:38) July 13, 2023

"When women come through the high risk breast program we, of course, teach them what to look for; we do a breast exam and make sure we don't feel anything and make sure they know how to do that." -- TONYA LINTHACUM, family nurse practitioner, Boone Medical Group High Risk Breast Clinic | Also, meet the new music director for The Missouri Symphony, WILBUR LIN! Wilbur tells us about the remaining three performances in the inaugural Firefly Music Festival. (4:38) July 3, 2023

KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with Audra West, Director of Youth and Children's Ministries at Columbia's First Presbyterian Church about Vacation Bible School at the church this summer.

Columnist. Environmentalist. Park Patrol volunteer? It's true! KEN MIDKIFF is a member of the City of Columbia's 'Park Patrol' squad, which is a group of volunteers who are tasked with keeping our trail system and our parks clean and safe. Find out who are the biggest offenders on today's show! July 4, 2023

If you've not heard the story of Wayne Powers, you're going to want to settle in and listen because this is movie-quality kinda stuff. Really. In short: Mr. Powers was born near Blue Mound, Missouri, and was drafted into the Army in 1943 only to become a deserter, a husband, a father, and a man on the run from authorities - in that order. Guests: JOE DILLARD and BROCK JONES, co-authors of 'The Blue Mound Chronicles' July 5, 2023