MOST Policy Initiative, a non-partisan group that brings together scientists with policymakers, wants to see you at their next event in which they'll be discussing 'Urban Heat Islands'. Find out when and where..and why! Guest: BRITTANY WHITLEY | Also, Broadway Christian Church's annual Blessing of the Beasts returns after taking a year off (due to the pandemic). Organizer MICHELLE MARSHALL invites those with or without pets to attend this "very special" service. (3:55) September 17, 2021

You don't have to be a member of the Sierra Club to take part in their popular 'Outings' program. Osage Group Sierra Club committee member KEN MIDKIFF says participating is a good way to see first-hand, with four or five like-minded individuals, the beauty of nature that you'll then hopefully want to protect! September 16, 2021

Today's show goes out to everyone who has - on more than one occasion - underestimated the time it takes to complete a project. It's something today's guest, JOHN HOWE, author of 'The Foolish Corner', calls a "planning fallacy." Why do we do this? Let's blame what's known as 'optimism bias'. September 15, 2021

LaBrunerie Financial's ALEX LaBRUNERIE poses this question to our audience: can you afford to retire (and maintain income into your mid-nineties)? It's a question he says baby boomers need to add to their financial to-do list before saying goodbye to the workforce. "Be aware that retirement could be 30 years!" September 14, 2021

Who can be an organ donor? It's a question we've asked before, but one that is worth asking again, especially when LORI CLARK, director of Columbia Operations at Midwest Transplant Network, is on the show. She encourages everyone to go ahead and sign up, saying: "the best time to evaluate them for eligibility is when they pass away." Additional guest: JOE WESTON, Columbia Rotary South September 13, 2021

This year's CROP Hunger Walk returns to its regular in-person experience that was sidelined in 2020. Volunteers EDITH PRINCE and LINDA REED BROWN join us to encourage everyone to sign up as either an individual or a team. Help end hunger 'one step at a time'! Also, YVETTE CHAMBERS introduces us to ParentLink and its mission of connecting families to resources in the community, something they've been doing since 1989! (4:11) September 10, 2021

Everyone's experience with persons with dementia is different, but the best thing you can do - no matter the situation - is be patient, that's according to advocate/volunteer LOIS LONG. She says because it's usually short-term memory that's affected, to listen to the person "even though you've heard the story a hundred times." Lois reads another of her original poems at [6:40]. September 9, 2021

Baseball's Negro League is turning 101 in 2021, and The State Historical Society of Missouri is celebrating this now-century(+ 1)-old institution with an online event featuring Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Unfamiliar with the history of the Negro League? Today's guest, JOHN C. KELLY, gives us a nice overview. September 8, 2021

'Literacy kits' are on their way to 1st and 2nd graders in high poverty areas (with low ELA MAP scores) because "we know that if kids read 20 minutes a day outside of the classroom that they will achieve higher levels of reading proficiency and higher success in academics." Guest: ANDREW GRABAU, Heart of Missouri United Way executive director September 7, 2021

Renowned storyteller LARRY BROWN shares with us a Labor Day-themed tale he calls, 'The Signs of Good Work'. Based on a true story! September 6, 2021