Thinking Out Loud
Darren Hellwege
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Darren Hellwege interviews people of note in the Columbia community.In the past, the show broadcast Maplewood Barn Radio Theatre, a radio drama put on by the Maplewood Barn community theater on Friday evenings. On Saturday it tackled the college sports scene.
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Nov 9, 2023
Thinking Out Loud: Upcoming Events at State Historical Society
KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with Beth Pike and Laura Jolley of State Historial Society of Missouri about two events coming next Tuesday. First, at noon, is "Following The Paper Trail of Dewey and Danforth" about what can be learned in the archival papers of two Missouri legislators, Dewey Short and John Danforth. That will be followed at 6 with an event including a screening of "Generations: African-American Exoerience In Springfield And The Ozarks" from Ozarks Public Television.
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Nov 7, 2023
Thinking Out Loud: Upcoming Events at State Historical Society
KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with Beth Pike and Laura Jolley of State Historial Society of Missouri about two events coming next Tuesday. First, at noon, is "Following The Paper Trail of Dewey and Danforth" about what can be learned in the archival papers of two Missouri legislators, Dewey Short and John Danforth. That will be followed at 6 with an event including a screening of "Generations: African-American Exoerience In Springfield And The Ozarks" from Ozarks Public Television.
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Nov 7, 2023
Thinking Out Loud: University Of Missouri Names First Ombudsperson
KBIA's Darren Hellwege visits with Dr. Pamela Bruzina, recently named the first Ombudsperson at the University of Missouri, and they discuss the new role and her work at MU's Faculty Athletics Representative.
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Oct 24, 2023
Thinking Back: Preservation of Boone County's Easley Store
KBIA's Darren Hellwege in a conversation from several years ago with local historian David Sapp as the Boone County Historical Society worked towards preservation of the Easley Store, an old general store in the small town of Easley, about 14 miles south of Columbia. Nearly lost to the years, and the great flood of 1993, the store is now restored and is part of the Boone Village exhibit at the Historical Society at Nifong Park in Columbia.
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Oct 12, 2023
Thinking Out Loud: Health Disparities in African-American Missourians
KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with Dr. Idethia Shevon Harvey of University of Missouri's MU College of Health Sciences about health disparities among rural and aging African-Americans.
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Oct 10, 2023
Thinking Out Loud: Prison Research Innovation Network
KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with Dr. Kelli Canada of MU's College of Health Sciences about recent research in improving living and working conditions within prisons.
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Oct 10, 2023
Thinking Out Loud: Exercise and Older Adults
KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with Dr. Steve Ball about how exercise and strength training can benefit older adults in many ways.
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Oct 10, 2023
Thinking Out Loud: Liverpool Legends Come to Columbia
KBIA's Darren Hellwege visits with Marty Scott, who portrays George Harrison and is one of the founding members of "Liverpool Legends," who will perform this Friday at the Missouri Theatre.
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Sep 27, 2023
Thinking Out Loud: Covering Up Difficult History
KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with Dr. Brian Mitchell, who will be on campus Oct. 13th to give a keynote address as the conference on Peace and Security in Africa and the African Diaspora. They discuss his topic, "Burying The Sins Of Our Collective Past: Why Rewriting And Covering Up Difficult History Doesn't Work." Mitchell is Director of Research and Interpretation at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, IL.
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Sep 27, 2023
Thinking Out Loud: Recent Research Into Human Trafficking In Missouri
KBIA's Darren Hellwege visits with Dr. Kathleen Preble of MU's College of Health Sciences about what's been learned about human trafficking in Missouri and nationwide and about myths and misconceptions that linger.
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Sep 12, 2023
Thinking Out Loud: CCUA Hosts Harvest Hootenanny
KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with Adam Saunders of the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture about their 14th annual Harvest Hoontenanny event.
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Sep 11, 2023
Thinking Out Loud: State Historical Society Explores Missouri's German Heritage
KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with Beth Pike of the State Historical Society of Missouri about this month's "History On Elm" presentation looking at the German heritage of our state and how it's affected our culture.
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Jun 27, 2023
Thinking Back: Bob Priddy
In a discussion from 2011, KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with the great Missouri historian Bob Priddy about his book The Art of the Missouri State Capitol: History In Canvas, Bronze and Stone.
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Jun 27, 2023
Thinking Out Loud: Little Shop of Horrors from MU Rep
KBIA's Darren Hellwege visits with Dr. Joy Powell, director of the MU Repertory Theatre about their upcoming production of "Little Shop of Horrors."
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Jun 13, 2023
Thinking Back: Returning Blind Boone Piano to Columbia
KBIA's Darren Hellwege shares a conversation from 2009 with Lucille Salerno. They discuss the famous Blind Boone piano which is at the Boone County Historical Society, and efforts that were being made at that time to restore the great old instrument.
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Jun 6, 2023
Thinking Out Loud: Addams Family Kicks Off Arrow Rock Lyceum Season
KBIA's Darren Hellwege and Quin Gresham of the Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre discuss the upcoming season, including their opening show "The Addams Family, and Darren reveals a little known nickname from his earlier years.
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Jun 6, 2023
Thinking Out Loud: Joint Replacements at MOI
KBIA's Darren Hellwege interviews Dr. Elie Ghanem about orthopedics, including how things work when a patient gets joint replacement surgery.
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May 30, 2023
Thinking Out Loud: Ozark Music Festival Documentary
KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with Kevin Walsh of the State Historical Society of Missouri about an upcoming screening of a film documenting the 1974 Ozark Music Festival, a massive and memorable Missouri music moment.
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May 24, 2023
Thinking Out Loud: Summer School
KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with Bonnie Conley, Summer School Coordinator of Columbia Public Schools about this year's program
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May 24, 2023
Thinking Back: Elliot Battle
KBIA's Darren Hellwege visits with legendary Columbia educator Eliot Battle in this interview from 2006. Also on here is a visit with the artist who designed the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial and Battle Garden at the Stadium Blvd. entrance to the MKT Trail.
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