The Hot Summer Nights Music Festival has returned to Columbia this year. We explore some of the music on offer and also find out what this means for the ongoing saga of the troubled Missouri Theatre.  Panelists:
Carole Sue DeLaite, co-president, Missouri Symphony Society board of directors
Carlann Evans, violinist
Kirk Trevor, music director, Missouri Symphony
Orchestra
With Juan Williams-gate, the controversial resignation of NPR’s president, and legislators threatening to pull funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the heat has been on for public media. The question is: Can public media survive? We tackle the question head on, with help from our panelists and input from the live audience, including representatives from Columbia's other public media outlets, KOPN/89.5 FM and CAT-TV.  Panelists:
Barbara Cochran, Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Journalism at the MU School of Journalism
Tim Eby, General Manager, St. Louis Public Radio
Frank Morris, News Director, KCUR Kansas City and Harvest Public Media
How much of what we do is by choice, what philosophers and theologians call “free will”? And how much can be attributed to the unconscious workings of our brains? Can brain scans, such as functional MRIs, show what is happening in the brain? Can they predict violent criminal behavior - and if so, should they be admissible in legal proceedings? In advance of a symposium on the topic next weekend at MU, we invited a few experts to help explain how advanced study of the brain intersects with our humanity.  Panelists:
Phil Robbins, University of Missouri associate professor of philosophy and co-chair of the Life Sciences and Society Symposium planning committee
Ines Segert, University of Missouri professor of psychology
Jim Fallon, professor of anatomy and neurobiology, University of California-Irvine (joining by phone)
Organizers of the True/False film festival in Columbia pride themselves on finding films that ride the line between fanciful storytelling and documentary truth. On this program, panelists discuss the blending of art and life on film. In the second half of the program you'll also hear about some of the highlights from this year's festival line-up, and find out how films are selected for inclusion in the festival.  Panelists: David Wilson, co-director, True/False film festivalChase Thompson, film instructor at Stephens College and director of the documentary " Zielinski" Joanna Hearne, assistant professor of English and Film Studies, University of Missouri David Friesen, True/False submissions director Chris Boeckmann, True/False assistant submissions director and associate programmer
With a tough economy and increasing availability of images and information online, art museums are trying to find innovative ways to make visiting your favorite art gallery more of an experience. Panelists discuss what museum curators and directors are doing to keep their collections and galleries relevant in our changing world.
 Panelists:Mary Pixley, associate curator of European and American art, Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri Marc Wilson, former director, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City Bill Appleton, director of education, St. Louis Art Museum (joining the program by phone)
As the national political struggle continues over who should be allowed to marry, the number of couples saying “I Do” has been on the decline for the past 20 years. In celebration of Valentine’s Day our panelists address the question: How healthy is the state of marriage in our modern world? And, if it's really important to us as a society to support the institution of marriage, then what could be done to strengthen the individual unions across the land?  Panelists:
Tyler Jamison, doctoral student, MU Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Susan Murray, psychologist and clinical director of MorningStar Counseling Center
Steve Swope, pastor, Columbia United Church of Christ
A panel of local and state journalists recap the biggest stories of 2010 and explain how those events might shape mid-Missouri in the year ahead.  Panelists:
Marshall Griffin, statehouse reporter for St. Louis Public Radio
Janese Silvey, higher education reporter at the Columbia Daily Tribune
Scott Swafford, senior city editor at the Columbia Missourian and associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism
Wondering what to read this winter? Looking to give books as a gift? Panelists and audience members share their favorite books from this year. We also discuss the impact electronic devices are having on the distribution of books.  Panelists:
Sally Abromovich, public services librarian, Daniel Boone Regional Library
Annette Kolling-Buckley, owner, Columbia Books
List of books mentioned during the discussion
* The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (by Stieg Larsson)
* Hunger Games trilogy (by Suzanne Collins)
* Autobiography of Mark Twain
* The Help (by Kathryn Stockett)
* Freedom (by Jonathan Franzen)
* Cleopatra: A Life (by Stacy Schiff)
* Never Let Me Go (by Kazuo Ishiguro)
* Sarah's Key (by Tatiana de Rosnay)
* The Garden (by Kate Morton)
* The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (by Rebecca Skloot)
* Room (by Emma Donaghue)
* Still Missing (by Chevy Stevens)
* The Confession (by John Grisham)
* The Passage (by Justin Cronin)
* Decision Points (by George W. Bush)
* Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters (by Barack Obama)
* Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (by Jack Weatherford)
* The Man Who Invented the Computer (by Jane Smiley)
* Little Bee (Cby hris Cleave)
* A Visit from the Goon Squad (by Jennifer Egan)
* Profiles in Courage (by John Kennedy)
* Guide to the Afterlife (by E.E. King)
* Unbroken (by Laura Hillenbrand; coming out soon)
As the legal battle slowly continues over federal financing of embryonic stem cell research, the science itself is advancing quickly. In this discussion we take an inside look at some of the stem cell research going in university labs right here in Columbia and elsewhere in Missouri. TO VIEW THE RESEARCH LAB VIDEO CLIP SHOWN DURING THE DISCUSSION, CLICK HERE.  Panelists:
Philip Peters, Ruth L. Hulston Professor of Law at MU
R. Michael Roberts, Curators' Professor of Animal Science and Biochemistry at MU and member of the National Academy of Sciences
Steven Teitelbaum, Messing Professor of Pathology & Immunology at Washington University in St. Louis (joining the program by phone)
A string of recent suicides has prompted nationwide concern over bullying of gay teens. In this discussion, we explore what the climate is like for gay teenagers growing up here in mid-Missouri.  Panelists:Christy Hutton, therapist who works with LGBT college students in Columbia Megan Lee, board member for Prism, a group that supports LGBTQ youth in mid-Missouri Yuki White, Moberly Area Community College student who grew up in Columbia and experienced bullying in middle and high school Dan Savage, Seattle-based syndicated columnist and creator of the "It Gets Better" video project (joining the program by phone) Richard Blount, founder of Open Door Ministries (joining the program by phone, not pictured)
Related links:The Trevor Project, a suicide prevention advocacy group and suicide hotline for gay and questioning youthCoverage of Columbia’s candlelight vigil for the suicides on October 20 (from the Columbia Missourian) Coverage of Spirit Day, organized by GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) -- Students at both Hickman High and Rock Bridge formally participated. (from the Columbia Missourian) Young and Gay in Real America (four-part series by The Washington Post, published in 2004)
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