Season 3 (2020-2021)

Episode 38: The Border War of 1960-61 (Border Wars, Part 5)

With the announced renewal of the Missouri-Kansas sports rivalry in 2019, Our Missouri opens the first half of Season 3 with an examination of the origins and history behind this rivalry, while also looking at the conflicts that defined Missouri's borders and identity before, during, and after the Civil War. This episode takes the listener back 60 years to the fateful school year of 1960-61 when the rivalry between the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas escalated to such an intense level that both schools debated cancelling future athletic events.

 

Episode 37: "Bushwhackers" – Joseph M. Beilein Jr. (Border Wars, Part 4)

With the announced renewal of the Missouri-Kansas sports rivalry in 2019, Our Missouri opens the first half of Season 3 with an examination of the origins and history behind this rivalry, while also looking at the conflicts that defined Missouri's borders and identity before, during, and after the Civil War. This episode features a conversation with Joseph M. Beilein Jr.

Episode 36: Joseph Smith, Lilburn Boggs, & The "Kingdom Of Nauvoo" – Benjamin E. Park (Border Wars, Part 3)

With the announced renewal of the Missouri-Kansas sports rivalry in 2019, Our Missouri opens the first half of Season 3 with an examination of the origins and history behind this rivalry, while also looking at the conflicts that defined Missouri's borders and identity before, during, and after the Civil War. This episode features a conversation with Benjamin E. Park about his new book, Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise & Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier.

 

Episode 35: The Border Between Them – Jeremy Neely (Border Wars, Part 2)

With the announced renewal of the Missouri-Kansas sports rivalry in 2019, Our Missouri opens the first half of Season 3 with an examination of the origins and history behind this rivalry, while also looking at the conflicts that defined Missouri's borders and identity before, during, and after the Civil War. This episode features a conversation with Jeremy Neely about his book, The Border between Them: Violence and Reconciliation on the Kansas-Missouri Line, published by the University of Missouri Press.

 

Episode 34: Commonwealth of Compromise – Amy Laurel Fluker (Border Wars, Part 1)

With the announced renewal of the Missouri-Kansas sports rivalry in 2019, Our Missouri opens the first half of Season 3 with an examination of the origins and history behind this rivalry, while also looking at the conflicts that defined Missouri's borders and identity before, during, and after the Civil War. This episode features a conversation with Amy Laurel Fluker about her new book, Commonwealth of Compromise: Civil War Commemoration in Missouri, published by the University of Missouri Press.