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Services for Independent Living (SIL) is a 45-year-old non-profit dedicated to empowering people with disabilities, seniors, and veterans to better integrate into the community. On today's show, executive director Patrick Lee tells us more about their "Senior Connect" program, created because "social isolation is a serious problem for our seniors." September 15, 2025

COMO Flavors is back, and this year the number of food vendors has doubled! Organizer Evan Foster, along with Ray Hall from Dream Tree Academy, a beneficiary, join us to talk about this very special one-day-only event! October 10, 2025

"If you like to be scared, this is your show." Talking Horse Productions presents 'The Woman in Black' for two weekends only beginning October 16th at their theatre in Columbia. Today's guests, Adam Brietzke and Mary Paulsell, pull back the curtain - but not too much! - on what's been called "the original ghost story." October 9, 2025

It's not too late to take part in this year's Walk to End Alzheimer's, happening this Saturday on the MU campus in Columbia. Senior fundraising manager Laurie Williams says, "hopefully, eventually, we'll get to the point where there is a cure and I won't have a job... but until that day, we're going to keep walking." October 2, 2025

Come for the goat yoga, stay for the more than 160 vendors at the 25th annual Mid-Missouri PrideFest, happening this weekend in Columbia! Janet Davis says PrideFest is "not just a celebration, it's a memory and reminder of where we've come from and where we still need to go." October 1, 2025

On today's show, Kyla Dunn tells us all about the 16 highly diverse events scheduled for the 118th University Concert Series, now underway! (One such event will see the stage inside Jesse Hall become an ice rink.) October 15, 2025

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more and more a part of our daily lives, ITCOMO owner Robert Ricketts wants it to be known that, "it has no empathy, no sentience... All it can do is reply based on its training model, which is just a bunch of words. There's nothing behind it." October 16, 2025

Creating Space offers comprehensive home organizing services, including packing and unpacking, for projects of any size, from single pantries to entire houses. Owner Lindsay Tagai says she operates on a "judgement-free philosophy," noting that it can be "...an emotional process. We are very patient. Sometimes there's tears, we have hugs." October 17, 2025

Cranktivus is a 12-year-old annual food drive where participants ride their bikes to various grocery stores to collect items for a holiday meal. Those items are then donated to The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri. Founder Beth Shepard says, "...the community has really...made it what it is." October 14, 2025

Aging Best is a non-profit organization in Columbia that provides local support to aging adults, their caregivers, and the community. On today's show, learn more about volunteering opportunities and a new program called Aging Best on the M.O.V.E. from guests Ronecia Duke and Brenda Doyle. November 14, 2025