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On this edition of the show we talk with Jennifer Weiss. She is Director of Learning Assistance Programs and the Center for Writing Excellence at SEMO. Plus we’ll get an update on the latest happenings with the SEMO Marching Band from Dr. Jim Daughters and talk with the Cape Girardeau Public Library Director Katie Earnhart.
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Twelve SEMO Football players claimed 2025 Ohio Valley Conference-Big South Association postseason honors. Meanwhile, Redhawks Volleyball landed two outside hitters on the All-OVC teams.
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Calgary artist Jeff De Boer has spent decades learning, perfecting, and teaching the art of making suits of armor. For mice.
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Netflix's winning bid for Warner Bros. Discovery reverberated through Hollywood and Washington, prompting worries from labor unions and theater owners.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s efforts to overhaul how children get vaccines took a major step forward. An advisory committee voted to narrow hepatitis B immunization guidance for newborns.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under scrutiny over strikes in the Caribbean and Yemen, and the Supreme Court sided with Republicans in a case over gerrymandering in Texas.
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New numbers from the Commerce Department show inflation is still elevated, but it doesn't appear to be getting worse. The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates next week by another quarter percentage point.
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NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with Esteban Touma, language expert from the app Babbel about 2025's most mispronounced words.
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The San Francisco Bay Area lost a beloved resident this week. Claude, an albino alligator that lived at the California Academy of Sciences, died at the age of 30.
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In this episode of 'Exposition', we speak with Kinsley Wardle about the upcoming performance of the 'Big Band Holiday Jukebox'. Shows are on Friday, December 5th, and Saturday, December 6th, at 7:30 p.m. in the Bedell Performance Hall at the Southeast River Campus.
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