Latest Kbia Podcast Episodes
True/False 2022 Films Preview
The True/False Podcast - February 09, 2022 22:58 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsA chat with True/False Film Festival programmers' about the newly announced slate of films for this year's festival.
You Don't Say: 'We didn’t have everything, but we had everything we needed to survive.'
You Don't Say - September 24, 2021 22:00 - 7 minutesFor this bonus episode of You Don't Say, we’re going to step outside of Columbia to speak with brothers Mike and Tim Jackman.
You Don't Say: 'Once you make improvements within a community, then there will be some improvement. But the disparities are still there.'
You Don't Say - July 23, 2021 23:00 - 7 minutesHickman High School Football Coach Cedric Alvis sat down with his grandfather Larry Monroe for a chat at Hickman High School. The pair began by talking about what life looked like for the black working class in the 80’s.
You Don't Say: 'Separate but equal: I don't think you could find that equality if you check the records'
You Don't Say - July 16, 2021 23:00 - 7 minutesIn this edition of You Don’t Say, Larry Monroe and KBIA’s Isabella Paxton sits down with Cedric Alvis, Monroe’s grandson, and the football coach at Hickman High School. Both having played football in high school, they talk about their experiences on and off of the field, and how football in Colum...
You Don't Say: 'My entire purpose in education was to create spaces where all students felt welcome.'
You Don't Say - June 25, 2021 23:00 - 7 minutesDr. Eryca Neville is very familiar with the education system in Missouri. She’s the principal at Frederick Douglass High School, where she helps shape the lives of dozens of teenagers year in and year out.
You Don't Say: 'They expect you to be the spokesperson'
You Don't Say - June 18, 2021 23:00 - 7 minutesDr. Eryca Neville has spent over 20 years in education and has dedicated a lot of her time to learning about the community in Columbia and the needs of students and their families. She is the principal at Douglass High School, where she and Tyus Monroe sat down for a conversation about education ...
Revisiting Weirdness with Lance Oppenheim
The True/False Podcast - May 21, 2021 21:33 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe True/False Film Fest celebrates the complex, surprising and hilarious world we share, and the documentary films that capture it. The True/False podcast dives deep into conversations with filmmakers about their films, and other topics. Presented by KBIA. The show is on hiatus for the 2023 fest...
Oscillation with Khalik Allah (I WALK ON WATER) and Ursula Liang (DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL)
The True/False Podcast - May 06, 2021 00:15 - 27 minutes - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode of the True/False Podcast: a conversation from last year's festival between filmmakers Ursula Liang and Khalik Allah. Both were at True/False to show their latest features. Liang's film Down a Dark Stairwell documents the effects of a police shooting of an unarmed Black man. Allah...
Intimacy with Rikkí Wright (A SONG ABOUT LOVE)
The True/False Podcast - April 28, 2021 22:22 - 24 minutes - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThis week, we’re continuing our dispatches from True/False 2020 with a conversation between artist and filmmaker Rikkí Wright and programmer Jeanelle Augustin. Wright’s work is often deeply personal and offers commentary on how she interacts with and understands the world around her. “A Song Abou...
2021 Films Preview with Angela Catalano and Amir George
The True/False Podcast - April 22, 2021 02:57 - 22 minutes - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMany things about this year's True/False Film Festival have changed, but one that hasn't is our annual programmer preview. This year, programmers Angela Catalano and Amir George join the podcast to preview some of the films coming to this year's outdoor fest, which starts May 5. Angela and Amir p...
Retaining Humanity with David France and Maxim Lapunov (WELCOME TO CHECHNYA)
The True/False Podcast - April 19, 2021 18:52 - 21 minutes - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWe continue our dispatches from last year's festival with the final True/False Podcast episode recorded in-studio during 2020. The guests were filmmaker David France and Maxim Lapunov, who was imprisoned and tortured as part of the Chechen government's persecution of its LGBTQ community. Lapunov ...
Dimensions with Steve James and Meredith Zielke
The True/False Podcast - April 08, 2021 04:43 - 21 minutes - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsEvery year during the festival, True/False organizes field sessions: conversations between filmmakers about their films, experiences, and anything else that interests them. In this week's episode of the True/False Podcast, we’ll be listening in on one such conversation between filmmakers Meredith...
'Objectivity' with Elegance Bratton (PIER KIDS)
The True/False Podcast - April 01, 2021 00:40 - 18 minutes - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsNonfiction filmmakers often end up with a lot more material than they could ever use. That's something Elegance Bratton ran into making his debut feature, Pier Kids. The film portrays life in New York for gay and transgender youth living on the Christopher Street Pier. Producing the film involved...
Fashioning A Film Festival Amid The Pandemic: Part Two
The True/False Podcast - March 25, 2021 04:04 - 15 minutes - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe 2021 True/False Film Festival will look completely different from any previous fest. In the interest of social distancing and safety, all of the films will screen outdoors, at Stephens Lake Park in the fest's hometown of Columbia, Missouri. The True/False Podcast spoke with fest organizers to...
Fashioning A Film Festival Amid The Pandemic: Part One
The True/False Podcast - March 17, 2021 23:02 - 15 minutes - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Missouri was announced on March 7. That was day two of last year's True/False Film Festival. During the festival, South by Southwest — one of the biggest film festivals in the world — announced it was canceling its March dates, and the world of film festiva...
New Season Announcement, And Hindsight Series Preview!
The True/False Podcast - March 05, 2021 20:06 - 10 minutes - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIt's been a long break, but the True/False Podcast is coming back, and soon! Before the new season starts in earnest on March 17, though, we wanted to preview True/False's online film retrospective called Hindsight. The series runs over eight weeks leading up to this year's festival, and it featu...
Show Me The State: The Disappearance Of Paw Paw French
Show Me The State - February 22, 2021 21:53 - 25 minutes - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsFrench settlers colonized southeast Missouri over 200 years ago. And with them came the French language and culture.
Show Me The State: Which State Saved The Wine Industry?
Show Me The State - February 09, 2021 20:21 - 24 minutes - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsAbout 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 gl...
Show Me The State: Barbara Papish
Show Me The State - January 25, 2021 17:02 - 23 minutes - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsIn 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 ...
Show Me The State: Diamond Billy
Show Me The State - January 12, 2021 15:53 - 27 minutes - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsOn some days in the early 1900s, you could walk out to the railroad tracks near the Iowa border and watch rail cars full of horses moving in and out of Missouri. Occasionally, also in those cars are elephants, lions and monkeys.
Show Me The State: The Fulton Flash
Show Me The State - December 27, 2020 19:17 - 29 minutes - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsHelen 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.
Show Me The State: Percy Green
Show Me The State - December 15, 2020 17:14 - 24 minutes - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsWhen the St. Louis Arch was being built in 1964, no Black workers had been hired for the construction crew.
Perspectives on a Pandemic
Perspectives on a Pandemic - October 01, 2020 16:00 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBun Lai - Sustainable Food During a Pandemic
You Don't Say: 'I think we'll grow together'
You Don't Say - July 02, 2020 22:14 - 7 minutes -Having grown up in Columbia, Second Missionary Baptist Church Deacon Larry Monroe has seen how the city has changed over the years. He remembers the breaking down of segregation, urban renewal, and the social barriers that still remained while attending Douglass High School.
You Don't Say: 'We are so much more alike than we are different'
You Don't Say - June 12, 2020 02:11 - 7 minutes -Barbra Horrell is a life-long Columbian who worked 45 years for MU and is an advocate for African-American history and preservation with the Sharp End Heritage Committee. Annelle Whitt spent more than two decades as an insurance executive, and now runs the Columbia Public Schools district’s MAC s...
You Don't Say: 'We could see the love, and we were taught the love'
You Don't Say - June 04, 2020 22:59 - 7 minutes -Rev. David Ballenger grew up in Columbia during the 1950s and 60s. He grew up in an African-American community in Columbia that has grown much larger than when he was a child, yet many neighborhood landmarks, family homes and businesses in the Sharp End district and on Third Street were destroyed...
You Don't Say: 'We came, and we've conquered'
You Don't Say - May 28, 2020 18:11 - 7 minutes -Reverend Clyde Ruffin has served the Columbia community wearing many hats – as a councilmember for the Columbia's First Ward council district, as a professor in MU’s Theatre department, and currently as the pastor of Columbia’s historic Second Missionary Baptist Church.
You Don't Say: 'So many of our African-American leaders have their roots in the church'
You Don't Say - May 21, 2020 22:25 - 7 minutes -David Ballenger has been the pastor at Log Providence Baptist Church in Columbia since 1984. He’s a familiar face in the city – he grew up in Columbia, went through its public schools, and played on its football teams.
You Don't Say: 'We've made some great strides, but we've still got a long way to go.'
You Don't Say - May 14, 2020 16:31 - 7 minutes -In this edition of KBIA’s “You Don’t Say” series, mid-Missouri NAACP Director Mary Ratliff speaks with long-time Columbian Sehon Williams.
You Don't Say: 'Urban renewal made renters out of the community'
You Don't Say - May 12, 2020 02:22 - 7 minutes -In this conversation for KBIA’s “You Don’t Say” series about the black experience in Columbia – Sharp End Heritage Committee chair James Whitt speaks with Second Baptist Church deacon Larry Monroe. They talked about Monroe's memories of the sights and sounds of the historic Sharp End business dis...