Show Me Today - The Voice of Missouri

One of Missouri's most unique traditions is getting ready to return to Callaway County.

The 66th Annual Loafer's Week is coming up in Auxvasse, and it's a week built around food, fellowship, and community. Matt Pilger talked with organizer Donal Knipp.

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Artist Matt Ballou is interested in something we all do every day: how we see the world around us.

The University of Missouri professor explores light, space, depth, and perception in his work, including eight portraits of Mizzou football players now displayed at Faurot Field.

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September brought plenty of new movies to theaters, from horror and documentaries to potential Oscar contenders.

Our movie expert Patrick McDonald has picked his top three films from the month, and he joins Show Me Today to explain what made them stand out.

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When you think about St. Louis and automobiles, you might think of Route 66, the old GM plant or maybe the Corvette. But St. Louis has a much deeper automotive history. At one point, the city was home to dozens of automobile manufacturers, and the car changed everything from the roads we traveled to the restaurants where we ate and even the way we spent our free time.

Thomas Eyssell is the co-author of the new book, “The Automobile in St. Louis: An Illustrated Timeline,” which traces more than a century of that history.

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Maps not only chart history, but they can change history, as we have seen in recent legal battles and election maps.

Historian Andrew Hahn has written a new book that charts the history of our massive state through maps.

He talks to Ashley Byrd about “Mapping Missouri.”

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Cooler weather does not mean the fishing has to end. For a while, it actually means it is speeding up.

Cameron Conner speaks with Andrew Branson, a Missouri Department of Conservation fisheries program specialist, to detail how fish are in an eating frenzy prior to the winter months.

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If you have Medicare, the next few months are an important time to review your health coverage. Medicare open enrollment runs October 15 through December 7, 2026, and Missouri SHIP offers free, unbiased help for people deciding whether their current plan still makes sense.

Scott Miniea with Missouri Connections for Health joins Show Me Today to explain what people should be looking for before they make any changes.

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As the days get shorter and temperatures start to drop, animals across Missouri are getting ready for winter, but not all of them prepare the same way. Some are stocking up on food, others are finding a place to hunker down, and a few are getting ready to disappear for the season.

Sarah Easton, a naturalist at the Runge Conservation Nature Center, joins us to explain what Missouri’s wildlife is up to this time of year and what we might notice in our own backyards.

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Emerson Cohen is a junior at Rock Bridge High School and the newly crowned Miss Columbia’s Teen. She’s also vice president of an inclusive student club called Bruins United and works with Best Buddies, focusing on creating more opportunities for people with disabilities to build friendships and feel like they belong.

Emerson joins us to talk about what disability inclusion looks like in a high school, and why sometimes the most important thing you can give someone is simply the opportunity to be a friend.

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If you think of baseball in St. Louis, the Cardinals probably come to mind first. But the history of baseball in the city goes far beyond the Redbirds. There have been Negro League teams, the St. Louis Browns, women who played the game, local baseball inventions, and generations of fans who have made the sport part of everyday life.

Now the Missouri Historical Society is bringing 100 of those stories together in a new exhibit called “St. Louis at Bat.” Adam Kloppe is a public historian with the Missouri Historical Society.

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