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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Mar 1, 2022 • 17min
Attorney blasts St. Louis' appeal on behalf of cops engaged in 2017 ‘kettling’ arrests
Javad Khazaeli represents a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel swept up in the mass arrests that followed St. Louis Police’s “kettling” tactics in 2017. He explains his shock that the city is appealing a recent appeals court verdict — and who he thinks is really driving the city’s strategy.
Mar 1, 2022 • 16min
Country artist Matt Jordan reps the Midwest with ‘Heart of the Heartland’
Eureka native Matt Jordan talks about making a name for himself in the country-rock genre and going against the grain by emphasizing his Midwestern roots.
Mar 1, 2022 • 21min
Forest ReLeaf is bringing back St. Louis’ tree canopy — and focusing on new neighborhoods
The nonprofit organization Forest ReLeaf has distributed tens of thousands of free trees around St. Louis. Executive director Meridith McAvoy Perkins explains how it’s removing barriers to make it easier for underserved neighborhoods to plant and sustain more trees.
Feb 28, 2022 • 33min
Fontbonne’s new Center for Bosnian Studies preserves history for new generations, scholars
Since 2006, Fontbonne University has sought to record oral histories from survivors of the Bosnian War. Now the Bosnian Memory Project has a new name, a permanent home and an expanded mission. Director Adna Karamehic-Oates and Srebrenica massacre survivor Behedin Piric discuss the importance of preserving this history.
Feb 28, 2022 • 20min
Monica Butler wants to save gospel music history by bringing a hall of fame to St. Louis
Monica Butler says gospel music history is being lost. To salvage it, she wants to open a gospel music hall of fame on the site of a historic Central West End church. She discusses her inspiration for the project and her reaction when fire broke out in the church last fall.
Feb 25, 2022 • 16min
Smaller-brained birds shrink in response to climate change, Wash U study finds
In the past four decades, smaller-brained birds have been shrinking, but a Wash U study finds that’s less true of their bigger-brained counterparts. Study co-author Justin Baldwin shares what’s driving the changes, as well as his passion for birds both as a researcher and bird watcher.
Feb 25, 2022 • 28min
How a Kirkwood octogenarian became an international money mule
After Glenda Seim, 81, became the victim of a Nigerian scam artist, she herself victimized others. Seim was sentenced in federal court yesterday after pleading to two felonies. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracy Berry and journalist Ryan Krull discuss online scams and the heartbreaking details in Seim’s case.
Feb 25, 2022 • 11min
How the Missouri Botanical Garden is helping save a critically endangered agave plant
The Agave pelona is nearly extinct, thanks to its extremely limited native habitat and threats from humans. One is in bloom now at the Missouri Botanical Garden, offering a once-in-decades opportunity to shore up the species’ future.
Feb 25, 2022 • 51min
Employee misconduct, SNAP program and Missouri’s gun law draw lawsuits
The Legal Roundtable discusses how companies could face liability over their employees’ actions — even when the employees aren’t on the clock. The panel also digs into a new lawsuit against the state’s administration of federal SNAP benefits and lawsuits challenging Missouri’s new gun law.
Feb 23, 2022 • 27min
SLU vaccine researcher works to get ahead of future epidemics
As COVID-19 cases drop in the St. Louis region and across the U.S., researchers are wasting no time in the development of vaccines for other emerging diseases. SLU researcher Dr. Sarah George discusses vaccines in the works now and answers listener questions about antibodies, boosters and public health precautions.
