St. Louis on the Air
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis on the Air creates a unique space where guests and listeners can share ideas and opinions with respect and honesty. Whether exploring issues and challenges confronting our region, discussing the latest innovations in science and technology, taking a closer look at our history or talking with authors, artists and musicians, St. Louis on the Air brings you the stories of St. Louis and the people who live, work and create in our region.
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May 17, 2022 • 20min
How a biologist will become the fourth generation to lead Heffern jewelry in Clayton
Kit and Webster Heffern are keeping a 109-year history alive with their jewelry business, Elleard Heffern Fine Jewelers. The father and son discuss their unusual paths to the family business, as both pursued careers in science and engineering before embracing their roles, and heritage, as purveyors of luxury.
May 17, 2022 • 20min
St. Louis needs to do more than repave its dangerous streets, committee urges
After St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones signed an $84 million infrastructure bill that will repave the city’s most pothole-riddled streets, the Community Mobility Committee made an unusual request: Slow down. The committee’s Liz Kramer tells us why, and what the city can do to better protect pedestrians on those streets.
May 17, 2022 • 13min
Kroenke and NFL worked hand in hand to hide Rams’ relocation plans, Post-Dispatch finds
A new investigation by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reveals how Rams owner Stan Kroenke and the NFL worked hand-in-hand to secure the team’s relocation to Los Angeles. Business reporter Austin Huguelet gives an overview of the saga.
May 16, 2022 • 25min
Fatal State Violence Project went from tracking deaths to supporting families
Toni Taylor and Emanuel Powell have direct experience with “fatal state violence.” That’s the term used by Arch City Defenders to describe deaths in the region’s jails and at the hands of its police. One year into the Fatal State Violence Project, Taylor and Powell describe the tragedies that informed its creation and how they reach other families struggling in grief.
May 16, 2022 • 18min
Missouri GOP’s gridlock over maps proved a blessing to Democrats
STLPR Statehouse Correspondent Sarah Kellogg discusses how the state’s 2022 legislative session ended Friday with a congressional map — and how bickering over that map derailed many red-meat Republican priorities.
May 16, 2022 • 12min
Amid baby formula shortage, St. Louis parents turn to Facebook swap groups
When Joanna Busby realized she couldn’t find formula for her 3.5-month-old son, she started a Facebook “formula swap” group that’s grown to 900-plus members in the St. Louis region. As the national shortage continues, Busby shares what she and other parents are doing to keep their kids fed.
May 13, 2022 • 16min
New St. Louis facility offers high-tech space for confidential information
The Globe Building’s new “sensitive compartmented information facility” brings new opportunities to St. Louis-based geospatial intelligence firms that require a classified environment to conduct business. Geospatial intelligence and national security expert Keith Masback shares what the facility brings to the region.
May 13, 2022 • 20min
For Opera Theatre of St. Louis, this spring brings 2 world premieres
Opera Theatre of St. Louis Artistic Director James Robinson is at the helm of both “Awakenings” and “Harvey Milk,” two operas readying for world premieres within a week of each other. Robinson discusses both shows, the source material they draw upon and his work bringing “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” from its St. Louis debut to the Met.
May 13, 2022 • 16min
‘We Live Here Auténtico!’ embraces Latino identity in St. Louis and beyond
"We Live Here Auténtico!” is an outgrowth of two separate podcasts: "We Live Here" and "Auténtico!" Co-hosts Gabriela Ramirez-Arellano and Alejandro Santiago joined the show.
May 12, 2022 • 34min
How City Museum defied building codes to become a St. Louis landmark
Three members of the former “Cassilly crew” share behind-the-scenes tales about this St. Louis treasure and swap stories about the visionary who made it all possible: Bob Cassilly.
