Doug Elwell joined Derek Gilbert on Off-Road Friday to talk about a four-part series of articles on real-life giants he published at his online e-zine, Mysterious World.

Kent Miller, Centralia High School Class of '70, talked with Derek Gilbert about what is becoming a tradition:  The annual reunion of his high school band, Lemon Tree Brigade, with members coming from as far away as Nova Scotia for their show Saturday night at the Blue Note.

Southern Boone County Commissioner Karen Miller talked with Derek Gilbert about the aftermath of the Flood of 2007 and plans for the economic future of Boone County.

Tom Ragsdell, coordinator of the "I Love America" festival, and Col. Dr. Jim Coy, author of the Gathering of Eagles series of books, talked about the festival on July 4th at the Boone County Fairgrounds.

Tom Bradley and Drew the Producer talk about the "Ponytail Bandit", a bank robber the police are definitely trying to find.

Tom Bradley offers his opinion on the disaster at the Taum Sauk Reservoir in December of 2005.

Domestic abuse expert L.Y. Marlow talked with Derek Gilbert about the tragic case of Jessie Davis, the nine-month pregnant Ohio woman who was allegedly murdered by the father of her children, Bobby Cutts, Jr.

Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation joined Derek Gilbert to explain the research behind his study, which found that the true cost of amnesty for illegal immigrants is about $2.6 trillion-with-a-"T".

Paul Collins visited with Derek Gilbert on "Off-Road Friday" to discuss his article, co-written with his brother Phillip, "Alien Smokescreen", an examination of what may be the real purpose behind the mysterious Area 51.

Missouri Treasurer Sarah Steelman talked to Derek Gilbert about her initiative, now being copied by other states, to divest state employee pension fund money from companies that do business with countries supporting terrorism.

Don Moore and Dale Huffington of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service talked with Derek Gilbert about HAM Radio Field Day this weekend, an annual event where HAM operators across the country test their ability to broadcast under emergency conditions.

Nanette Ward talked with Derek Gilbert about the documentary Not In Our Town, which will be screened Thursday afternoon at the Ragtag Cinema in Columbia.

Author L.Y. Marlow (Color Me Butterfly) talked with Derek Gilbert about signs that might signal to parents that their teen is in an abusive relationship.

John Schulz, secretary of the Missouri Libertarian Party, and Patrick Crabtree, president of the Missouri Pachyderm Federation, joined Derek Gilbert on The Drive to talk politics. 15 minutes into the show, a power outage in northwestern Boone County took the station's transmitter off the air, but John, Patrick, Derek, and Justin Alferman carried on for the Internet audience.

Maryville, Missouri author Jason Offutt joined Derek Gilbert to talk about his new book Haunted Missouri: A Ghostly Guide to the Show-Me State's Most Spirited Spots. It’s a primer to places -- available to the public -- around our state that are home to events of a paranormal nature.

One of Derek Gilbert's guests on Off-Road Friday was Pete Jordan, AKA Dishwasher Pete, is the author of a book that chronicles his “quest to wash dishes in all 50 states�. Along the way, he published an e-zine out of his duffel bag. It’s an interesting way to see the country, and it brought him to the attention of David Letterman. Thing is, Pete didn’t really want to appear on TV. His friend did, though, so Jess Hilliard appeared on the David Letterman show as Dishwasher Pete. When Letterman’s producers found out they’d been fooled, they were not amused. Pete will be in Columbia at the Ragtag Cinema Sunday night at 10pm to talk about his life and his book.

Another pre-Father's Day interview: Author Stuart Gustafson talked with Derek Gilbert about his new book Questions to Bring You Closer to Dad.

John Dean and Elinor Arendt stopped by The Drive to talk about SCORE, the Service Corps of Retired Executives, a group of experienced business people who offer their expertise to small business owners as consultants -- free of charge.

John Trayser, author of The Greatful Dad, talked with Derek Gilbert about how to break down the walls blocking communication with Dad on Father's Day.

Ron Calzone, Chairman for Missouri Citizens for Property Rights speaks with Derek Gilbert about eminent domain in Clayton, and how to support an amendment on the 2008 ballot.

Paul David Collins was the co-author of an article with his brother Phillip in 2005 titled “The Coming Race War: Ruling-Class Sponsored Race War and the Balkanization of America�. Events of the last couple of weeks seem to bear out the premise of the article: The wealthy classes are financing both sides of the illegal immigration debate -- La Raza and its allies on one side and white supremacist groups on the other -- to stir up trouble between Anglos and Latinos.

Why? “Divide and conquer�.

Read the article (and all of Paul and Phillip’s work) by clicking here.

Chris Farrell of Judicial Watch joined Derek Gilbert to talk about documents discovered during a recent Freedom of Information Act request: The U.S. and Canadian governments plan to “[i]mprove North America’s competitiveness by enhancing Mexico’s competitive position through the establishment of a grant fund for development with U.S. and Canadian resources to finance the development of physical infrastructure in Mexico.�

Reading through the double-speak, that sounds like American taxpayers paying for Mexican roads, bridges, and electric grid.

Detective Andy Anderson, the man behind the Mid-Missouri Internet Crime Task Force, talked with Derek Gilbert on The Drive about predators who use the Internet to target our children, and offered some basic steps we can take to protect our families.

Tom Bradley offers his reaction to a story about the Chinese government's plan to keep their kids from getting fat.

Capt. Brad Nelson joined Tom Bradley to talk about riding Harleys and the search by mid-Missouri law enforcement for a suspect in a weekend shooting in Columbia. If you have information, please call Columbia Crime Stoppers at (573) 875-TIPS.

Dave McGowan talked with Derek Gilbert on "Off Road Friday" about his disturbing book Programmed To Kill.

From mainstream media sources, Dave has assembled some puzzle pieces into a dark and unsettling picture. It appears from the evidence that there are networks of predatory pedophiles operating under the protection of powerful people in the Europe and U.S., and that many of the most notorious serial killers of the last forty years appear to have been patsies for occult groups, and that at least some of their victims were contract "hits".

Columbia author Barri L. Bumgarner, a former teacher at Oakland Junior High, talked with Derek Gilbert about her new novel Dregs, which deals with cliques and school violence.

Columbia City Manager Bill Watkins talked with Derek Gilbert about the city's plans for road construction and expansion of the Columbia Regional Airport.