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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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'Twas the night before the night before Christmas 199 years ago today that the traditional poem, ''Twas the Night Before Christmas' - originally titled 'A Visit from St. Nicholas' - was first published anonymously in a New York newspaper. Storyteller LARRY BROWN is here to recite it as close to that original writing as possible! December 23, 2022