The Audrain County 4H Youth Fair is fast approaching. This year's fair will take place at the 4H Fairgrounds south of Mexico along Route D. This week, we welcome in 4H Board President Matt VanSchyndel to talk all things Fair 2023. For you racing enthusiasts, they've got something special coming to the Fairgrounds this year on Saturday, July 22nd that you may just want to attend! Plus, all the exhibits done by the kids and the livestock sales that are a part of every fair every year!

This week, we welcome back Dr. Carl Abbott, an optometrist with Precision Eyecare in Mexico and Vandalia. Dr. Abbott appears this month and discusses Thyroid Eye Disease, or TED, with our host Chris Newbrough. The two also delve into sunglass eye protection during the summer months and fireworks safety and eyes. 

The Healthy Bytes Podcast welcomes back to the microphone an old friend of the show's and our host's, Chris Newbrough. It's retired Mexico veterinarian Don Hudson! "Doc", as he is known throughout Audrain County, is back behind the microphone this week to discuss all things heat in large and small animals. You're going to hear diseases and illnesses addressed by Doc that'll have you saying "I've never heard of this before!" Well, believe us, it's all real and it can be caused by heat or exacerbated by heat as well! Thanks for coming back to discuss these important issues for our four-legged furry animal friends, Doc!

This week, we welcome State Emergency Management Agency Medical Countermeasures and Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Program Manager Sebastian Gely to the microphone. Sebastian tells us all about what the SNS program is and how it is designed to respond in times of emergency or disaster in the state.  

This week, on the Healthy Bytes podcast, we welcome back to the microphone, one of our favorite people to talk to, Dr. Carl Abbott with Precision Eyecare in Mexico. Dr. Abbott joins us this time to discuss your vision, diabetes and hypertension. Join us as we learn more about how two of the most prevalent diseases can affect your eyesight, sometimes without you even knowing it! 

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the United States. To help bring awareness to this very important issue, we invited the executive director of the Audrain County Crisis Intervention Services, or ACCIS, Peggy Payne, to our podcast microphone to kick off the month of April. In this wide-ranging interview, Payne lays out what sexual assault is (it's not just what you'd commonly think it is), how to identify it and how to reach out to get help. 

This week, we welcome back to the microphone our resident official meteorologist and Atmospheric Science Professor at the University of Missouri, Eric Aldrich! Eric and Chris highlight the advent of Severe Weather Season in mid-Missouri by discussing what makes up severe weather and other hazards in mid-Missouri! 

This week, on the Healthy Bytes podcast, we welcome back Dr. Carl Abbott from Precision Eyecare in Mexico. Did you know there is such a thing as physical therapy for the eyes? Yeah, we didn't either! Dr. Abbott explains in this episode!

This week on the Healthy Bytes podcast, we once again invite Central Missouri Community Action Community Organizer Tad Dobyns to the microphone. Tad fills us in on several important programs that affect Audrain County residents' health such as the Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP.

In this episode, we invite Brick City Doctor of Dentistry Chris Kollath to talk all things dental! In this episode, we tackle how advantageous varnishing of teeth can be and also, recent advancements in technology that help make your visit to the dentist an easier thing to, ahem, swallow! Join us on this important discussion on this week's episode of the Healthy Bytes Podcast!