Memorial artist Kevin Hale from Farmington, Missouri, has spent over 20 years helping families heal through loss. Now, he's working on a national memorial for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress - aiming to save lives, not just honor them.

Follow Ms. Christine Peoples as she works out of a historic Black church in a formerly segregated public park in Springfield, Missouri, building community and ensuring untold stories of Black achievement and perseverance aren’t lost to time.

Steelville, Missouri is located along the Northern Route of the Trail of Tears where thousands of Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), and their enslaved people camped during the forced removal of Native people from the southeastern United States.

This episode introduces Archaeologist Erin Whitson, the ...

As a young girl, Mrs. Phyllis [Lacy] Rowles learned to keep climbing, to keep reaching for better things. She is one of the last living alumni of the Harrison “Colored” School in Tipton, which until 1957 was the only place recently emancipated people in Moniteau County and their descendants could...

Meet Kat - a community organizer extraordinaire, certified yoga therapist, and possibly a witch...

Although she spent time living away from the Ozarks, Kat’s Ozark roots run deep. Explore the fearlessly courageous life she’s created in Doniphan. Whether she is teaching yoga, flying through the a...

Meet Bill Bock and others in the German-American community in Perry County, Missouri. The area was settled in 1839 by a group of Germans from Saxony, seeking religious freedom. The community they created at that time, continued to speak German as their native language until the 1950’s.

Bill and...

Ray Joe Hastings and his apprentice Anthony Martin work together in Ray Joe’s home blacksmith shop creating a traditional fishing gig by hand. Ray Joe is a master gig maker, as well as a remarkable storyteller who brings the old Ozark ways to life.

He learned to make gigs from Paul Martin, who ...

Sasha Daucus, a regional expert on Ozark wild herbs discovered the Ozarks nearly 40 years ago while visiting the East Wind Intentional Community in Tecumseh, Missouri. What was intended to be a short stay while waiting for a job opportunity became a completely new path in her life. Sasha experien...

Meet Andrew Hampton, an Ozark musician from Reynolds County, Missouri. Andrew, his wife Rachel, daughter Charlotte and son Matthew, all enjoy a life rich with music and Ozark heritage. Andrew grew up listening to the bluegrass music and picking sounds of his Dad, Grandpa, family and friends.

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Frances McIntosh is a seventh generation Ozarkian from Reynolds County, Missouri.  Frances and her 5 siblings, ranging in age from 82 to 62, all still live in the area with their families.

An active member of the Ellington Chamber of Commerce, Frances thinks about where she came from and realiz...

Bill Moriarty is a retired U.S. Marine and VFW Service officer who works to make sure those who have made sacrifices for our country are not forgotten. Learn how he reconstructed the story of a young man from the Ozarks who died in Vietnam over 50 years ago, and helped bring together those he lef...

Meet 6-year-old Camden Wilcoxon, whose family survived epic flooding in 2017. He’s helping his mother, grandmother and great-grandmother rebuild their homes and their lives in Van Buren, Missouri.

Meet 15 year-old, Jerica Williams in below-freezing temperatures on the Current River in January.