Glocal News in Social Artistry

Glocal News in Social Artistry began in November, 2017. The vision was to interview (have a 1-hour conversation with) people who are building a more humane world from the inside out. For the first fe…

Krista Tippett and the on being project. Lucas Johnson lives in Europe and the USA while he works with The Civil Conversation part of the On Being Project. We talked about Vincent Harding's huge infl…

Susan Newstead.

Ambika Talwar is an educator, published author, ecstatic poet, and artist who is also deeply involved in the healing arts. A summer trip to Greece in 2002 led to the publication of My Greece: Mirrors…

Since 1991, Coyote Hill has grown to include six foster homes on 300 acres north of  Columbia, MO and more recently expanded to Jefferson City where they are hopeful they can eventually get some acre…

Clint Rogers was led to Dr. Naram and led to spend 10 years documenting his work. It was a mythical journey. Many have seen Clint's TEDtalk and now have his book, Ancient Secrets of a Master Healer. …

Michael Cochran refers to himself as a "retired wild man" (see Robert Bly's Iron John). Infinite possibilities lead to limited possibilities on their way to probabilities unless we are guided by an u…

Daren Dean has an eye on and ear for the everyday lives of working class folks. Some of his favorite authors write in the "grit" style. Put those together and you get stories and novels that are fami…

You can find out more about Jen Hajj, her music and her life at several places on line. We met first at Wattle Hollow Retreat Center for a Creativity Workshop with Jack Williams and Kelly and Donna M…

George Dillard and his wife have chosen to live out in the woods in a house they built by a pond (not Walden). George is a contemplative reader who engages with nature around him. He values friendshi…

Sarah Hill worked as a journalist after graduating from Mizzou and experienced her own kind of burnout from continually covering the traumas of everyday people. In the process of healing, she worked …

Ed Herrmann is the narrator of The Hound by H.P. Lovecraft arranged by Mark Hardy. Ed is the host of Flight Risk on kopn.org. "Ed Herrmann’s professional background includes extensive work as an audi…

Devon Davidcrest grew up in Memphis and music was all around him at church and beyond. Recently, two of his rap productions are up for consideration for the Grammys. The journey in-between is an amaz…

Joshua P. Dunne is making a difference at a local level and beyond through the Lincoln University Cooperative Extension (LUCE) as a program assistant with the Human Nutrition and Health Program, as a…

Jim McRae was introduced to martial arts and philosophy while in undergraduate school. Environmental Ethics led him to Hawaii for his graduate work and Westminster to teach. HIs wife teaches history …

Jim McRae was introduced to martial arts and philosophy while in undergraduate school. Environmental Ethics led him to Hawaii for his graduate work and Westminster to teach. HIs wife teaches history …

Mark Schleer is the Archivist at the Lincoln University of Missouri library. An undergrad BA in history and later MA in history made this job fit like a glove although it seemed to come to him "out o…

Michael Straw had a great upbringing in Carthage, MO that gave him the foundation for his future with music. He has performed in musical theatre, taught music, and started his Strawsinger Vocal Studi…

Gary Latron Hill wants to add to the diversity of Law Enforcement in our country. He was worked for the Cole County Sheriff and ran for Sheriff several years back. He is now the Police Chief at his a…

George Smith was already a quiet celebrity in Columbia, Missouri when news came that he received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2018. He got to Mizzou in 1975 and retired in 2015. He met Margie Sable …