Paul Pepper

Trouble getting a good night's sleep? DR. CHRIS LINK, Integrative Medicine Clinic, says avoiding these two things, as well as establishing a consistent routine, will help you in getting the recommended 6 1/2 - 7 1/2 hours of sleep each night! "So many of us have trouble with it." March 14, 2023

Looking to make a change in your diet for the betterment of your kidneys? DR. SMRITA DORAIRAJAN, nephrology specialist at Truman Veterans' Hospital, suggests looking into a plant-based diet for the following reasons (among others): it helps to maintain ideal body weight, and it helps to reduce high blood pressure; in turn, it reduces heart trouble and progression of kidney disease. March 13, 2023

In the market for a new laptop? ITCOMO owner ROBERT RICKETTS has some recommendations for the budget-minded shopper, as well as for those willing to spend whatever it takes to get the latest and the greatest! March 10, 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

If you've got life skills to share - whether that be financial or job or housing or whatever - Love Columbia executive director JANE WILLIAMS would 'love' to have you on her team as a volunteer coach for those less fortunate in our community. "We all do better if somebody helps us." March 8, 2023

Fans of both horse racing and oversized hats take note: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri is once again hosting The Big Derby Party on the same Saturday as the Kentucky Derby! ADAM BRIETZKE says this fundraiser is "all of the excitement you'd expect..." but it's "...right here in central Missouri." Also, theatre director extraordinaire TODD DAVISON is stepping out from the comforts of the Royal Theatre in Macon to helm Stephens College's musical performance of 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee', opening next week in Columbia! (3:49) March 7, 2023

"Luchadora!" director ADAM FLORES introduces us to this relatively new play about a young woman who expresses herself through the art of lucha libre wrestling. Curtain goes up this Wednesday at the Rhynsburger Theatre on the MU campus! Also, "Mr. Mizzou" himself, WALLY PFEFFER, introduces us to freshman ETHAN VANDERWERT, recipient of Mizzou Alumni Association's scholarship program. (3:49) March 6, 2023

"There comes a time when a decision has to be made whether a person needs long-term care, to be in a nursing home - and the doctor is involved, and the caregiver is involved - but the significant thing about caregivers is that many times these are people 70 and 80 years old who have promised a spouse, you know, "you can stay at home, I'll take care of you"; and when that becomes impossible, I think it's important that caregivers know that they are able to have the support of an organization like Aging Best." -- LOIS LONG, advocate/volunteer March 3, 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

"Our community is responsible for our kids, and that is the vision that the Heart of Missouri United Way takes when we look at investing and making decisions of how to use community dollars to benefit our kids." -- ANDREW GRABAU, Heart of Missouri United Way executive director, on the crisis facing our children in Columbia March 1, 2023