Episodios

  • Showing high schoolers ‘there's so many careers other than doctors and nurses.’

    Showing high schoolers ‘there's so many careers other than doctors and nurses.’
    Jul 10 2025
    Tonia Berry and Bailey Quigley work at the Northeast Missouri Area Health Education Center (NEMO AHEC), which aims to develop the healthcare workforce in rural Missouri by engaging with high schoolers.
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  • Social self-comparison: "Examining how we use social media and the effects on us is really important."

    Social self-comparison: "Examining how we use social media and the effects on us is really important."
    Jul 3 2025
    Makenzie Schroeder and Lissa Behm-Morrowitz at the University of Missouri recently released a study about how using social media filters to change one’s appearance can lead to a phenomenon called “social self-comparison.”
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  • "People don't have to show up as the perfect person to receive help or care from their community."

    "People don't have to show up as the perfect person to receive help or care from their community."
    Jun 26 2025
    CoMo Mobile Aid is a local grassroots organization that sets up outside the local overnight shelter, Room the Inn [RATI], twice a week – offering a pop-up thrift store, a wound care station and a large, converted van where folks can get all sorts of essentials: from band aids and Tylenol to menstrual pads and shampoo.
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  • "If my family hadn't stepped in and helped me, I might have been here on one of these cots."

    "If my family hadn't stepped in and helped me, I might have been here on one of these cots."
    Jun 19 2025
    Jaquie Melloway and John Trapp are the leadership team that run Room at the Inn, the local overnight shelter in Columbia that serves unhoused people. They spoke about some of the things that have surprised them about the folks they serve.
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  • "I want to figure out how I get out of this so that I can come back and help."

    "I want to figure out how I get out of this so that I can come back and help."
    Jun 12 2025
    Reighna is an unhoused woman in her 40s. She spoke about some of the systemic challenges that can make it hard for people to climb out of homelessness, but also about the community that supports her.
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  • Chronically ill and unhoused: 'It's not easy out here. I wouldn't wish this on anybody.'

    Chronically ill and unhoused: 'It's not easy out here. I wouldn't wish this on anybody.'
    Jun 5 2025
    Amy is an unhoused woman in her 50s who we met at Room at the Inn, the local overnight shelter in Columbia. She spoke about some of the challenges of trying to take care of her health while living on the street with chronic illnesses.
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  • Hogs for Hunger: "Providing a great service to individuals in our community who are seeking assistance at our food pantries."

    Hogs for Hunger: "Providing a great service to individuals in our community who are seeking assistance at our food pantries."
    May 29 2025
    Hogs for Hunger is a program that allows farmers to donate pigs to their local food banks or senior centers for a tax deduction. Since the program began, more than 2.6 million servings of pork have been donated.
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  • "To be the best for your farm, to be the best for your family – you have to also take care of yourself."

    "To be the best for your farm, to be the best for your family – you have to also take care of yourself."
    May 23 2025
    Dr. Allison Sindle is a dermatologist with Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, down in the Bootheel. She comes from a farming family and spoke about some of the ways farmers – and farmers’ loved ones – can help keep them safe from the sun.
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