Larry Brown

Historians and storytellers in mid-Missouri are amplifying narratives of cooperation across races amid institutional pressures to limit race-based programs in the state.

This is our last show, but before we say goodbye, we take a trip down memory lane with our director, TRAVIS McMILLEN, and our producer, JAMES MOUSER (they've both been here since day 1); plus, we've got two special performances to share: the first is from CATHY BARTON and DAVE PARA (from 2019) at [4:38], and then singer/songwriter LARRY BROWN closes out 14 years on the air with his rendition of 'River' at [8:40]. Thank you for watching! November 3, 2023

Halloween is one of our favorite holidays to celebrate on this show, mostly because it means we get to hear a scary-not-scary story from storyteller LARRY BROWN! The title of Larry's story is not revealed until the end - find out why! October 31, 2023

Back in July of this year, singer/songwriter/storyteller LARRY BROWN lead a pilgrimage of 33 people from Race Onward, a Columbia-based group that focuses on civil rights concerns, along the Cherokee Trail of Tears, which consists of nine states from North Carolina west to Oklahoma, in eight days. On today's show, Larry tells us the story of that journey. September 4, 2023

Singer/songwriter/storyteller LARRY BROWN is really feeling the dog days of summer, so much so he's going to sing a song about it: Rodney Crowell's 'Song for the Life' at [2:05]. August 11, 2023

Harry Chapin's song, 'Cat's in the Cradle', got today's guest - storyteller LARRY BROWN - thinking a bit about "all the images of father that we have in our culture and our time." The result is this "commentary" ahead of, appropriately enough, Father's Day (which is this Sunday, by the way). June 16, 2023

Storyteller LARRY BROWN tells us the "fascinating" story of Sacred Sun, an 18-year-old Native American girl from what is now Saline County, Missouri who - along with her husband and a handful of others - found herself on a tour of Europe in the late-1820s led by St. Louis resident David de Launay. He took them there to make money for himself. While overseas, Sacred Sun became pregnant with twin daughters; upon her return she was the subject of a portrait by Charles Bird King. May 12, 2023

The phrase "high-level conference" takes on a whole new meaning in this rather sentimental and personal story by LARRY BROWN about an old guitar that was gifted to him by a friend on his deathbed. April 5, 2023

It's Valentine's Day! Singer/songwriter/storyteller LARRY BROWN joins us with a performance of the song, 'Forever Young', written and recorded by Bob Dylan in the early-1970s. "The blessing of staying 'forever young' is something we need to give to everyone at whatever age." February 14, 2023

Storyteller LARRY BROWN is getting a jump on Black History Month by telling us the meaning behind the 'Emancipation Memorial' monument in Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C. in a story he calls 'Grasping Freedom'. January 23, 2023