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The Wake Up CallThe Wake Up Call 2-23-2022Sarah Catlin brings you your Wednesday Wake Up Call for February 23rd, 2022.2022-02-2310 minThe Wake Up CallThe Wake Up Call 2-9-2022Sarah brings you the KOPN Wake Up Call for Wednesday February 9, 2022.2022-02-0909 minThe Wake Up CallThe Wake Up Call 1-19-2022Sarah Catlin has the Wake Up Call for your Wednesday with guest John Dupuy, host of Tech Radio, for what's new in technology.
The Wake Up Call is heard on 89.5FM and kopn.org at 7:50am CST weekdays.
Jacob Fischler reports The Biden administration will use $3 billion from last year’s infrastructure law to revamp the federal approach to wildfire management, introducing a 10-year plan to deal with the large swaths of the West scientists consider most at risk of destructive blazes.In short, the Forest Service will move from management focused on fire suppression, which has been their focus fo...2022-01-1910 minThe Wake Up CallThe Wake Up Call 12-15-21Sarah brings you the Wake Up Call for Wednesday, December 15th. 2021-12-1509 minThe Wake Up CallThe Wake Up Call 12-8-21Sarah and John bring you a technology-focused edition of The Wake Up Call for this brisk yet sunny Wednesday.
-Amazon Web Services outages in US East 1 datacenter (Virginia, USA) demonstrate the web's widespread dependence on AWS.
-Missouri bipartisan effort seeks to extend Missouri medicaid healthcare coverage for low-income pregnant women from current 60-day period to a full year.
-Missouri AG Schmidt issues order to cease mask and COVID-19 mitigation measures deemed unconstitutional.2021-12-0809 minThe Wake Up CallThe Wake Up Call 11-03-2021Sarah brings you the Wake Up Call for Wednesday November 3rd, 2021. Sarah speaks with John Dupuy on this technology edition about Rivian's entry into the electric vehicle market with their electric truck.
-Columbia special proposition election recap with parks sales tax proposition winning with a 4-1 margin.
-The latest on the Virginia state elections with democrats reeling from republican gains.
-Smithfield Foods drops request to convert site-specific hog factory farm permits to more lenient general permits. Smithfield farms has a history of depositing waste into creeks neighboring their Missouri concentrated animal feeding operations, AKA CAFOs.2021-11-0309 minThe Wake Up CallThe Wake Up Call 10-20-2021Good morning! Sarah hosts the Wednesday edition of The Wake Up Call with a focus on technology.
-Third quarter campaign fundraising reports were due to the Missouri Ethics Commission last week, and the results in our senate race were interesting. Thanks to Jason Hancock of the Missouri Independent for his reporting on this issue.
Marine veteran Lucas Kunce, 39, reported raising nearly $840,000 during the three months that ended Oct. 1.
That far outpaces his main rivals for the Democratic nomination — former state Sen. Scott Sifton raised $222,000 and businessman Spencer Toder raised $12,000.
Kunce still trails the Republicans in cash on hand, reporting $670,000 in th...2021-10-2010 min
Glocal News in Social ArtistryEverybody's Got Love with Lee RuthLee Ruth has played music from coast to coast, from a Ranger lookout mountain cabin in Oregon to Greenwich Village in NYC, and many music festivals in between. He and his wife Rena live in Columbia and have kids and grandkids here and there. Lee tells stories of the music scene in Columbia, his KOPN show Radio Omega, plays and sings for us, and shares a song from a 2003 KOPN anniversary album. A real treasure to KOPN and Columbia, he shares how Covid cut him off from playing gigs and teaching classes. His show is every Wednesday from 3-5...2021-08-0759 min
Community PulseMore reflections on the arc of the pandemicHost Dr. Elizabeth Allemann says farewell to the show, and indicates that Matthew Holloway on Facebook is a good source for tracking rates of infection.https://www.facebook.com/holloweezyhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.htmlhttps://ourworldindata.org/blog/page/2Looking over the arc of the pandemic, Dr. Allemann emphasizes that it is not over until it is over for everyone. There was amazing progress with rapid genetic sequencing, vaccines were developed in record time, and China did admit fairly quickly that infection was happening. In comparison, the...2021-06-0230 minCommunity PulseAbsentee & Mail-In Voting for August 4th Primary ElectionsLinks to resources mentioned in this episode: vote.boonemo.orgRequest an Absentee Ballot - Online Form - form must be submitted by 5:00 PM on Wednesday, July 22.PDF Absentee Ballot Application - must be dropped off at the Boon County Clerk office (801 East Walnut, Rm 236) or faxed (573-886-4300) by 5:00 PM on Wednesday, July 22. August 4, 2020 Primary Election Ballot Summary (Daniel Boone Regional Library)2020-07-2128 min
Speaking of the ArtsOctober 11, 2019 - University of Missouri Theatre; Mid-Missouri Arts AllianceClimate Change Theatre Action events are taking place all over the world for the next few months, including at the University of Missouri's Studio 4 theatre from Wednesday 16th-Sunday 20th October. Show host, Diana Moxon, checks in with theatre department chair, Dr. Heather Carver, and playwright Andy Black, to find out more about how they hope their climate change theatre evening will spur people to action. In the show's Second Act, artists Tracy Eichhorn, Janet Flett and Vicki Eultgen stop by to talk about the second annual Boone Plein Air painting event, which takes place October 18th-20th, and the challenges...2019-10-1158 min
Open Mike RadioKyle Cook - Hitt RecordsInterview with Kyle Cook of Hitt records. We talk about the Columbia music scene, reminisce about the early 2000s and play some great songs. Kyle is also a fellow KOPN'r. He hosts Mystery Science Radio 3000 on Sunday mornings and Holy Victrola on Wednesday nights.http://www.hittrecords.com/https://www.facebook.com/HittRecords/2019-02-0159 min