Community Conversations
Community Conversations
Where mid-Missouri talks things through. Community Conversations is KXEO's local talk program devoted to the issues, causes and people that hold our towns together — and home to our signature Meet the Community segment.
Hosted by
Harley Barnes
Meet the Community
Each week we hand the microphone to a local nonprofit, club, church group or volunteer and let them tell their own story — what they do, who they help and how you can pitch in.
Meet the Community is the heart of the show. It's how listeners across Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Monroe, Montgomery and Randolph counties find out about the food pantry that needs drivers, the youth league signing up players, or the fundraiser happening this weekend. No spin, no soundbites — just a real conversation with the people doing the work.
- A spotlight on one local organization every week
- Practical ways to volunteer, donate or attend
- Open phone lines so listeners can ask their own questions
- Replays shared on Country 96 and KXEO News social
Recent topics & guests
Mexico Humane Society
with director Megan Albright
Rising shelter intake and a summer foster drive
Audrain County Extension
with agronomist Brendan McKeown
Getting started in 4-H and the road to the Youth Fair
Mexico Area Family YMCA
with program director Sara Lutz
Free summer youth programs and scholarship swimming lessons
Friends of the Mexico-Audrain Library
with volunteer Dana Followell
The summer reading program and the fall used-book sale
Submit a guest
Nominate a group for Meet the Community
Run a nonprofit, lead a club, or know a neighbor making a difference? Tell us. We book Meet the Community guests a few weeks out and would love to feature your corner of mid-Missouri. Reach Harley Barnes and the KXEO newsroom.