Welcome to Season 5 of the Missouri Humanities Podcast, The Story of US: 250 Years as Told by Missouri. To kick off this season, we talked with Dr. Joel Rhodes, Executive Director of the State Historical Society of Missour. His contribution to our conversation helps get us in gear for a year of storytelling through Missouri’s lens. We talk about Missouri as a crossroads in more ways than one, Missouri’s role in the future of the American Experiment, and what Missourians can expect from the State Historical Society and beyond during the Semi quincentennial year.