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Survey says...MOST Policy Initiative IS effective! Executive director BRITTANY WHITLEY, PhD, takes us behind the results that have both republicans and democrats (finally!) agreeing on something we can all get behind: non-partisan research information! Also, LAUREN WILLIAMS introduces us to DBRL's latest One Read winner, 'The Big Door Prize' by M.O. Walsh, and all the events that go along with it happening throughout the month of September!

We're talking about cork today, but not the the cork you pin your photos to in your bedroom, or even the cork that tops your wine bottle; this cork is specifically made for the floor in your home! Guest: SCOTT BRADLEY, Carpet One Floor & Home general manager | Also, MIKE BURDEN and ANGELA PETERSON invite area youths who enjoy being on their bicycle - regardless of their ability - to join the local NICA Como Composite Raptors team!

Our resident native plant specialist, NADIA NAVARRETE-TINDALL, tells us about five vines native to Missouri, including: trumpet, coral honeysuckle and virginia creeper, that you can grow in your own backyard.

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!