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When LAYA ANAND was four years old, her mother, DR. SMRITA DORAIRAJAN, knew she was going to be a dancer. Nine years later, Laya's talents were recently put to the test during a one-woman performance that served as a graduation, of sorts, from the Kalanjali School of Classical Indian Dance. It's a school in which her mother is the current artistic director and *her* mother, PADMINI DORAIRAJAN, is the founding artistic director. June 28, 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

Now this is a good idea: unsightly floor vent covers not on top (creating a potential trip hazard), but integrated into the hardwood floor itself. Guest: SCOTT BRADLEY, Carpet One Floor & Home general manager | Also, TRENT RASH invites everyone to The MOSY's third annual Juneteenth celebratory concert this Sunday at the Missouri Theatre in Columbia. Find out who's scheduled to appear! (4:47) June 15, 2023

Maples Repertory Theatre kicks off its 20th season *tonight* with the opening of 'Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', and we've got a sneak peek! Enjoy this performance of 'Muddy Water' (written by Roger Miller) at [3:27]. Guests: TODD DAVISON, CLINTON HARRIS and ROSS COUGHLIN June 14, 2023

"This is the year to come to Fayette!" Why? Because you only turn 200 once! Bicentennial committee member, CONNIE SHAY, and Juneteenth coordinator, TIM JACKMAN, are here with details on just some of the celebrations happening this summer and throughout the year. June 13, 2023

Native plant specialist NADIA NAVARRETE-TINDALL, Lincoln University Cooperative Extension, has some ideas for those looking to attract pollinators to their own backyard. (Dittany, Ohio horsemint, bergamot, etc., are just a few she mentions.) June 12, 2023

"I think it's more or less working with other family members or friends...an observer that can say, 'this is more serious; you need to get a medical evaluation.'" -- LOIS LONG, advocate/volunteer for persons with dementia, on how best to spot someone who may be in the early stages of Alzheimer's June 9, 2023

You can have the best, most-fastest computer out there, but if you're uncomfortable while using it, what's the point? ITCOMO owner ROBERT RICKETTS has some advice for those in need of a solution to their "performance drag." June 8, 2023

Meet two of the three actors in Talking Horse Productions' next show, 'Final Arrangements'! AL COX, JR. and HEPHZIBAH ENIADE tell us this dramedy, written by Michelle Tyrene Johnson, will make you laugh, will make you cry, and might even make you think. Curtain goes up this Friday, June 9! Also, JEFF MORAN is back to invite everyone to a fundraiser for Mobility Worldwide next month under the MU Health Care Pavilion (Farmers Market) in Columbia! Jeff says they're still looking for cart sponsors. (3:22) June 7, 2023

Longtime guest and Truman VA cardiologist, DR. ANAND CHOCKALINGAM, is here with his father (all the way from India!), DR. V. CHOCKALINGAM, to tell us about an upcoming trip they're taking to Toronto later this month to present at the World Non-Communicable Diseases Congress (WNCD 2023). June 6, 2023