Katie Zacharia's first official day was on Monday.
Tiptoe away to an ancient place where a cool, clear river spills around giant pink boulders. Then, idle down into the canyon to soak in the shallow, gravel-bottomed wading pools.
On this edition of the show, we talk with Kimberly Rueseler from University School for Young Children; Dr. Jim Daughter shares exciting news for the SEMO Marching Band and Dr. Jason Sides provides a preview of the mid-term elections.
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The Ohio Valley Conference announced its Basketball Players to Watch this week, ahead of the OVC Basketball Media Day.
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Hundreds of protests took place in cities across France. Most of them were peaceful but some turned chaotic and violent.
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Iowa Public Radio's Natalie Krebs reports on how Iowa - a state that reliably votes Republican for president - has some competitive races for Republicans in November, which could help determine the balance of power in Congress.
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NPR's Joel Rose talks with James B. Story, former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, about the state of the State Department in the wake of the Kimberly Guilfoyle scandal.
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NPR's Joel Rose and Rachel Treisman met at East Potomac Golf Links, a golf course that President Trump has ambitions to transform, to discuss the president's widening stamp on D.C. landmarks.
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Organizers hope to connect more than 150 existing rail-trails, greenways and other paths spanning more than 3,700 miles across America. NPR's Joel Rose checks on their progress in western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.
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Public restrooms are scarce in cities across the U.S. It's a topic historian and Temple University professor Bryant Simon writes about in his new book 'For Customers Only: Public Bathrooms and the Making of American Inequality.'
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This week, we celebrate the arrival of autumn by going apple picking with some of our favorite guests, including Sally Field, Caro Claire Burke, Jason Narducy, and Robert Smigel.
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On this episode of 'Exposition: An Arts + Culture Podcast', host Dr. Gabrielle Baffoni previews the 'Underground Jazz' Series at Scout Hall, Friday, Oct. 2nd at 7:30 p.m. The show features charts from Benny Goodman's catalog and his contributions to jazz, swing, and big band.
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