Episodios

  • Show Me The State: The Disappearance Of Paw Paw French

    Show Me The State: The Disappearance Of Paw Paw French
    Feb 22 2021
    French settlers colonized southeast Missouri over 200 years ago. And with them came the French language and culture.
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    25 m
  • Show Me The State: Which State Saved The Wine Industry?

    Show Me The State: Which State Saved The Wine Industry?
    Feb 9 2021
    About 150 years ago in the vineyards of southern France, winemakers start to notice their vineyards aren’t looking healthy. They rack their brains but can’t figure out what is devouring the crops. Samples are taken, scientific investigations mounted and letters for help are sent out across the globe.
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    25 m
  • Show Me The State: Barbara Papish

    Show Me The State: Barbara Papish
    Jan 25 2021
    In 1969, graduate student Barbara Papish hands out an underground newspaper on the University of Missouri Columbia campus. The Free Press Underground issue features a cartoon on the cover depicting police officers raping the Statue of Liberty and Lady Justice. The words “With Liberty and Justice For All” encircle the image.
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    24 m
  • Show Me The State: The Fulton Flash

    Show Me The State: The Fulton Flash
    Dec 27 2020
    Helen Stephens starts high school in Fulton in 1931. She’s a gangly, gravelly-voiced farm girl dressed in homemade clothes. Her classmates tease her with the unfortunate moniker “Popeye.” Helen takes it in stride with humor, attempting to own her identity - a feat for any teenager.
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    30 m
  • Show Me The State: Percy Green

    Show Me The State: Percy Green
    Dec 15 2020
    When the St. Louis Arch was being built in 1964, no Black workers had been hired for the construction crew.
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    24 m
  • Show Me The State: Laura Ingalls Wilder

    Show Me The State: Laura Ingalls Wilder
    Oct 28 2019
    Laura Ingalls Wilder’s journey to becoming a worldwide author is interlaced with pure hardship.
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    29 m
  • Show Me The State: Lake Of The Ozarks

    Show Me The State: Lake Of The Ozarks
    Oct 21 2019
    Today, on a map, Lake of the Ozarks looks like a sprouting, twisting tree root that covers 86 square miles. The over 1000 miles of shoreline are dotted with resorts and cabins.
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    27 m
  • Show Me The State: Sunken Steamboats Of The Missouri River

    Show Me The State: Sunken Steamboats Of The Missouri River
    Oct 9 2019
    In the steamboat’s glory days right before the Civil War, there would be on average, 60 boats traveling through different ports along the Missouri River each day. Cargo of agricultural products, furs and settlers would move up and down the river. From St. Louis to Montana.
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    28 m