An occasional shared audio memoir.

KOPN: The First 50 Years
A podcast about the history of Columbia, Missouri community radio station KOPN.

Field Notes: ‘We are a Rock ‘n Roll couple.’
Stacy and Garrett Enloe met over rock n roll. They grew up in St. Louis and attended local schools. They went to rock concerts eventually meeting and bonding over heavy metal bands like Manowar and Judas Priest. One of their favorite venues was the club Mississippi Nights. The venue was located on Laclede’s Landing and…

Field Notes: The Slow Path to Deplasticizing Your World
The health risks associated with plastics are astonishing. I am not a chemist, but even a casual read of the hazards surrounding plastic give me pause. Once ingested, the chemicals used to create single-use food packaging are now linked to cancer, they impact human development and can impede reproduction. Much plastic now ends up in…

The Dalton Interviews
Dalton Vocational School was a trade school for black students that operated in Chariton County, Missouri from 1905-1956. Their alumnae stories deserve to preserved and shared as a way to hear first-hand the stories of life in Missouri under segregation. During the summer of 2021, a few colleagues and I interviewed former students and alumni…

Field Notes: Getting Recharged at Slaughter Sink
Missouri’s geologic wonders are everywhere, even underground

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