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Westminster College professor and author, KEITH T. HARDEMAN, shares with us his personal experience as a #caregiver to his wife as she battled #breastcancer. His "part how-to, part memoir" book about their journey is called 'The Shadow of Trepidation'. January 25, 2022
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If you're looking for some *healthy* holiday treat ideas to serve your guests this year, check out this easy-to-make suggestion from Missouri Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics registered dietitian KRISTEN EIFFERT! Also, author/poet/biochemist (yes, you read that correctly) JOE POLACCO is back to talk about his latest book, 'A Life's Rambles', which is full of poetry written in the Spanish language! (4:08) December 16, 2021
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Author/poet WALTER BARGEN reads to us 'Domino Cafe Shop', a "tragic tale" about the owner of Columbia's Cafe Arno (its real name). "Every once in a while a story will grab a hold of me and I'll go, 'I'll write this down'." August 6, 2021
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Health psychologist LYNN ROSSY's new book, 'Savor Every Bite: Mindful Ways to Eat, Love Your Body, and Live with Joy', encourages you to slow down, be embodied and put down your phone - and that's just chapter one! July 9, 2021
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Have you heard of the Rule of 72? JOHN HOWE, author and professor of finance at MU's Trulaske College of Business, tells us how this common formula is used to determine your future purchasing power. And the so-called "money illusion"? John says that's when you see your salary go up 3% but inflation goes up 5%. "You're actually worse off." July 1, 2021
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If there's anyone who needs "the healing power of laughter and joy" (from an affirmation by Catherine Ponder), it's author/humorist JOE DILLARD. Joe tells us about a few of the "medical speed bumps" he's experienced since his last visit in March of this year, and how through it all his smiled never faded. June 30, 2021
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If you're a fan of springtime in Missouri, you're really going to enjoy today's show with local author/poet WALTER BARGEN! He shares two of his original poems inspired by the season (and Missouri's recreational waterways): 'Canoeing the Meramec River' at [2:06] and 'Capsize' at [5:05]. May 24, 2021
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Children's Grove wants to create a lasting impact on your child and their views on kindness. Throughout the month of April, a.k.a. Kindness Month, KIM…
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If there's anyone who can put the 'fun' in funerals, it's author JOE DILLARD. While wearing a three-piece black suit, Joe shares with us two…
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Missouri's first poet laureate, WALTER BARGEN, has written another book! 'You Wounded Miracle' features 60 poems alongside 60 photographs, including 'List…