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On this edition of Conversations, Jeffrey Morse talks with host Dan Skinner about “Finding Forward – You Have the Will Within.” After a life-threatening health crisis, Jeffrey Morse was told he would never walk again, but he was determined to prove them wrong. He overcame the odds and recovered to start a new career as a flight instructor, author, and motivational speaker.

Hospitals in the Kansas City region are shuttling blood supplies among them daily, trying to make sure blood gets to where it's needed amid a national shortage.

On this edition of Conversations, Valerie Tripp talks with host Dan Skinner about “Izzy Newton and the S.M.A.R.T. Squad: Newton’s Flaw.” Among her many credits, Valerie Tripp was part of the creative team behind the American Girl series and has written many of the American Girl books. She also wrote American Girl’s “Welliewisher” and “Hopscotch Hill School” books.

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