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On this edition of the show we’ll get a re-cap from the recent Future Teacher Day and we head over the Seabaugh Polytechnic Building to visit SEMO’s fleet of drones. Plus, Dr. Brian Donavant will be with us and he will tell us about SEMO’s 90-Credit hour Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Degree.
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Ever been in a sticky situation? We all have. But probably none as sticky as the Great Molasses Flood, sometimes called the Molasses Massacre, which hit Boston in 1919.
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President Trump's immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year is a key issue going into that state's competitive Democratic primary for an open U.S. Senate seat.
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On this episode of 'Exposition: An Arts + Culture Podcast', we speak with Kasey Lee Rogers, 'Tunes at Twilight's' first musical guest of the Fall 2026 Season. The show is on Fri. Aug. 7th at 6:30 p.m. at the 'rain-out' location: 401 Independence St. in Cape Girardeau (The Old City Hall).
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