In this episode of "Cover Story with Stephanie Shonekan," University of Maryland graduate Mekhi Abbott joined Stephanie to discuss the thematic differences between “Bound” by Ponderosa Twins Plus One and “Bound 2” by Kanye West. The original song, released in 1969, is full of affection and yearning, and was relatively unknown until Kanye West sampled it in 2013. But Kanye's interpretation of the song is a lot more coarse, and it’s often viewed as a dark twist on a love song.

The mission of Stonebridge House is to provide women with a "toolkit" and a home for up to a year after incarceration. Today's guest, executive director Rebekah Robertson, says she was inspired to start Stonebridge House after noticing the lack of support services - specifically for women - in her community. December 18, 2025

Meet Lisa Groshong, co-founder and operations coordinator for CoMo Craftcycle Collective! Lisa tells us their mission is to keep craft supplies out of the landfill: "we want to recirculate and inspire people." December 17, 2025

On today's show, ITCOMO owner Robert Ricketts discusses some common issues and misconceptions surrounding home Wi-Fi. For instance, what's the difference between 5G Wi-Fi and 5G cellular? Robert tells us! He also pulls back the curtain on the "best kept secret" in the phone business. December 16, 2025

The Envision Retreat was established as a one-day event to provide a focused space for busy moms and business owners to engage in vision casting. Today's guests, Krista Kippenberger and Sarah Shorthose, both co-hosts of the retreat, tell us it's the repeat guests that indicate the event works. December 15, 2025

On today's show, we take a look back at the two musical performances from The Holiday Blend w/ AC, which was recorded in front a live audience in early November at the Reynolds Journalism Institute in Columbia. First up is Camryn Faith, followed by Merry Ol' Missouri. December 12, 2025

Anderson Homes Foundation's "My First Home" initiative, in partnership with Love Columbia, has successfully helped seven families become homeowners in the last year and a half. AHF president Mark Briley: "We've put $430,000 of equity into just those seven families' future because of the "My First Home" initiative, and that just gets me excited every day." December 11, 2025

No matter where you live, we want you to shop local this holiday season; if you're in Columbia, we've made it easy with the 2025 CoMo Holiday Gift Guide! On today's show, AC highlights a few of the participating businesses. December 10, 2025

High Turnout Wide Margins recently traveled to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for the 2025 summer convening of the Partnership for Large Election Jurisdictions [PLEJ], and spoke with election officials from across the county — and world — about the elections work they are doing in their communities.In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Eduardo Repilloza Fernández. He’s the Director General of Transparencia Electoral, an election organization in Latin America that is working to promote and protect democracy through election observation, research and training.They spoke about the work of the organization, the focus the organization has placed on data privacy for individual voters and about how the work of the organization is important to the security of democracy in the region.You can check out Transparencia Electoral’s data privacy dashboard athttps://transparenciaelectoral.org/privacidad-de-datos-en-procesos-electorales/

From barns to car museums, we've got everything you need to know about the seven properties taking part in this Saturday's Christmas Homes Tour in Boonville, courtesy of Steve Litwiller and Julie Thacher! December 9, 2025