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If you're in need of durable carpeting in a high-traffic area, Carpet One Floor & Home general manager SCOTT BRADLEY has just thing for you; plus, it's eco-friendly! Also, registered dietitian SARAH EBER is back with tips on how to stay hydrated by way of hot tea - it is winter, after all! (4:31) January 16, 2023

Columbia-Boone County Public Health educator HEATHER HARLAN has a four-point plan - using the acronym LATE - to help all of us tackle our New Year's resolution(s): "it's never too l-a-t-e!" January 13, 2023

"Dark Patterns are tricky and dishonest ways that companies manipulate your online experience, usually when you are visiting their websites or using their apps. There are many dark patterns in play today to trick you in lots of ways." -- ROBERT RICKETTS, ITCOMO owner (from his website) January 12, 2023

If you own 10 acres or more of land and would like to have it certified, today's guest, JOE DAVIS, and the Missouri Tree Farm Program - part of the larger American Tree Farm System - is here to help! January 11, 2023

You're invited to the 21st annual Boone County Legislative Forum next week at Grand Cru Restaurant in Columbia! Mizzou Alumni Association board member WALLY PFEFFER is here with details. Also, Take Time to Take Care is the theme of Daniel Boone Regional Library's winter reading program, an idea inspired by the national MLK Day of Service, and appropriately so as both programs begin on January 16! Guest: ABBEY RIMEL (4:25) January 10, 2023

There are a number of local resources available for a caregiver of someone with dementia/Alzheimer's, and advocate/volunteer LOIS LONG is here with that information! Lois also shares with us an original poem titled 'Pepper Chain' (no relation) at [4:21]. January 9, 2023

The National Federation of the Blind, Missouri is teaching teens how to prosper in the real world without their vision. It's a group called 'The Cane Drivers', and GARY WUNDER tells us about a recent experience they had here in Columbia: "one of the kids said, 'this is the first time I've ever been around blind people who actually ran things, and this tells me that I can run things.'" January 6, 2023

Mission Promise Kept is a "living and learning community for women veterans" at Stephens College in Columbia. Find out how this brand new program came to be and how to get involved from executive director ELIZABETH HERRERA, a veteran herself! January 5, 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

Author, cancer survivor and all around good guy, JOE DILLARD, is helping us kick off the new year with his honest sense of humor, and a little bit of self-bragging- and rightfully so: Joe just received an honorary doctorate of science degree from the University of Missouri! Plus, Joe reads an original writing called 'A Dog Named Booze'. January 3, 2023