St. Louis on the Air
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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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Feb 4, 2022 • 18min
To fix social media, a Wash U student turns to her peers
In sixth grade, Emma Lembke couldn’t wait for permission to explore social media. But by high school, she found herself disgusted with her apps. Now she and other teens are building a movement for change.
Feb 4, 2022 • 15min
There's still no safe haven shelter in St. Louis after city officials halted contract plans
St. Louis officials abruptly canceled plans to fund a low-barrier shelter with Bridge of Hope in January. The nonprofit’s executive director discusses how that decision came as a shock, and whether she’s willing to work with the city again.
Feb 4, 2022 • 21min
Gov. Parson said he’d only hire a health director who shared his ‘Christian values.’ Complaints followed
Rabbi Daniel Bogard and Wash U Law Professor John Inazu share their thoughts on recent comments by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, who said he’d only hire a health director who shared his “Christian values.”
Feb 4, 2022 • 21min
Gov. Parson said he’d only hire a health director who shared his ‘Christian values.’ Complaints followed
Rabbi Daniel Bogard and Wash U Law Professor John Inazu share their thoughts on recent comments by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, who said he’d only hire a health director who shared his “Christian values.”
Feb 3, 2022 • 18min
The best local theater in 2020 and 2021 — St. Louis Theater Circle unveils nominations
"Chicago," "Jersey Boys" and "King Lear" received the most nominations from the St. Louis Theater Circle. The Muny and the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis received 27 nominations each. Local theater critics Gerry Kowarsky and Tina Farmer discussed the state of the local theater scene and how the group is changing its acting categories.
Feb 3, 2022 • 13min
O’Fallon councilwoman’s ouster presents First Amendment concerns, attorney says
Katie Gatewood was removed from her job as a councilwoman in O’Fallon, Missouri, after digging into the now former police chief’s past in Texas. Gatewood’s attorney Dave Roland shares why he believes the council violated her constitutional rights.
Feb 3, 2022 • 16min
The Center for COVID Control made $155M on COVID testing — and collapsed after an FBI raid
Journalist Kelly Bauer discusses her investigation into the Center for COVID Control, a testing company that reaped $155 million from the federal government from 300 sites across the U.S., including four in St. Louis. Bauer’s investigation found that the company mishandled both COVID-19 tests and personal data.
Feb 1, 2022 • 29min
Can you take a photo on Metro? 1st Amendment questions are common, and complicated
Metro Transit’s restrictions on photography spur a broad conversation about what rights photographers have involving public places, government buildings and private citizens. Washington University’s Lisa Hoppenjans shares insight on the evolving First Amendment case law.
Feb 1, 2022 • 21min
Chuck Berry’s Life — From The Ville To The Duck Walk — Featured In PBS Documentary
An hour-long episode of “In Their Words” had its Nine PBS premiere last July. It airs again tonight at 8. The episode features everyone from Berry’s widow and children to musician Keith Richards and St. Louis developer Joe Edwards. We listen back to our conversation from last summer about the episode.
Jan 31, 2022 • 50min
Legal Roundtable on AG’s flurry of lawsuits, a controversy in Quincy and more
A panel of attorneys discusses Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s lawsuits against 45 local districts, as well as a huge controversy over a sexual assault case in Quincy and a recent 8th circuit ruling on St. Louis police officers’ “kettling” arrests.
