Author Interview

"Money illusions" are all around us, from the credit card rewards we earn to the roller coaster ride that is inflation these days. Author and MU professor emeritus JOHN HOWE is here to tell us how we can avoid looking 'foolish' on our next bank statement. October 9, 2023

Poet/author/southern Boone County resident WALTER BARGEN shares with us two original poems today: "Downside Help" at [3:44] and "Climate Change" at [5:24]. September 29, 2023

"A lot of people, my generation - the baby boomers - are retiring and they don't really have sufficient savings to support the lifestyle that they have had or they want to have and that's because the 'present bias' has been at work." -- JOHN HOWE, author and MU professor emeritus

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

'Talk Smack to a Hurricane' is a book of poetry exploring the relationship between its author, LYNNE LAMPE, and her mother who was diagnosed with schizophrenia: "despite all of the difficulties, we had a really great love for each other." Lynne reads 'The Tutorial' at [2:52] and 'Filtered' at [4:08]. March 20, 2023

When something you believe in doesn't go your way, the tendency is to ration the final answer in your favor ('oh, it didn't happen because of such and such', for example). So why do we do that? Author and MU professor emeritus, JOHN HOWE, takes us down the 'escalation of commitment' rabbit hole on today's show. March 9, 2023

Missouri's first poet laureate, WALTER BARGEN, reads two parts of 'Living in the Amphibious World' from his 2009 book, 'Days Like This Are Necessary: New and Selected Poems'. He says, "for some reason, I was tuned in to this red-eyed tree frog!" March 2, 2023

Author/poet BARBARA LEONHARD's new book, 'Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir', is a tribute to her mother - who died at the age of 89 from Alzheimer's Disease - and their life together. Barbara shares with us a poem from the book she calls 'The Caregiver's Craft' at [5:50]. February 15, 2023

Clinical psychologist-turned-author GERRY HEISLER, PhD, joins us to talk about his book, 'Relationship Boot Camp', which takes a deep dive into "navigating relationships in a modern world." The research and the stories shared in this book are based on Dr. Heisler's many years of experience as a therapist. February 3, 2023

Meet onetime mid-Missouri resident and now *published* author, GINGER ROBINSON! Ginger's book, 'A Fairy Tale', is finally available for the world to read, and if you like stories that have a little bit of drama with a side of redemption, you're going to want to pick this one up! Also, MARILYN McLEOD, League of Women Voters, invites everyone to get to know their state legislators (some of them brand new following last November's election) by way of pre-recorded interviews! (4:09) January 4, 2023