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The Current: Mick Brewer on the Power in Communication

Our communications are what we say and what we don’t say. Some people say what they want, when they want. Others monitor what you say in order to seem more like members of the dominant group. Communications scholar Dr. Mick Brewer talked with Trevor Harris in advance of a lecture Brewer gave on how we adjust what we say and who we represent based on the setting.

This segment originally aired on February 4, 2026 on 89.5fm KOPN, Columbia, Missouri’s community radio station.

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By Trevor Harris

I got involved in community radio back in 1990 and later worked in public radio. I enjoy listening to people's stories. Collecting them seemed like a logical marriage of my love of audio gathering and preserving the stories of those around me.

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