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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Dec 13, 2021 • 13min
6 people died after a tornado tore through an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville
On Friday night, an EF-3 tornado tore through an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, killing six people. Another tornado killed a woman in Defiance, Missouri. STLPR Correspondent Jonathan Ahl talks about the disasters and the questions that remain unanswered.
Dec 13, 2021 • 17min
How teen sisters built a nonprofit with 19,000 volunteers
As high school students, Shreya and Saffron Patel set out to help their grandmother – and ended up founding the nonprofit Letters Against Isolation, which has helped senior citizens around the world. Wash U sophomore Shreya Patel discusses the organization’s big reach.
Dec 10, 2021 • 17min
Struggling with mental health? St. Louis psychiatrist’s app can help
Dr. Dale Anderson created a free app for those struggling with mental health in the pandemic. He believes even small doses of cognitive behavioral therapy can get people to a healthier place.
Dec 10, 2021 • 12min
A new initiative is helping artists buy homes in Gravois Park
St. Louis Art Place Initiative hopes to help 20 artists purchase homes in a four-block area of the city’s Gravois Park neighborhood. Operations director Kaveh Razani explains how the program works and what it hopes to do for artists, and the Cherokee Street area, as housing costs escalate.
Dec 10, 2021 • 25min
How communists (briefly) ran St. Louis
Author Mark Kruger (“The St. Louis Commune of 1877”) describes how the railroad strike of 1877 became a much broader strike in St. Louis, basically shutting down all commerce in the city — and how communists took control of the city.
Dec 9, 2021 • 33min
As Afghan refugees face a hard landing in St. Louis, nonprofit leaders form ‘Refugee Command Center’
The International Institute of St. Louis is overwhelmed trying to resettle more than 300 Afghan refugees and turning to other nonprofits for help.
Dec 9, 2021 • 19min
Musician Lydia Caesar wants everyone to know they can have a legendary love
Lydia Caesar has found a home in the St. Louis music scene. Her new EP tells listeners not to settle or sacrifice themselves in relationships, but to strive for something monumental.
Dec 8, 2021 • 16min
COVID case spike has St. Louis hospitals stretched thin
The head of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force discusses the latest regional trends, the Missouri attorney beneral’s fight against mask mandates and whether the omicron variant could be a cause for optimism.
Dec 8, 2021 • 25min
Best books of 2021, chosen by St. Louis librarians
Librarians Jennifer Alexander of St. Louis County Library and Kathy Condon Boettcher of St. Louis Public Library share their favorite books released in 2021.
Dec 8, 2021 • 9min
Small but spirited, Sumner High choir finds hard-fought harmony
For choral conductor Maria Ellis and her students, convening historic Sumner High’s first choir in decades has proved to be a challenging task — but also full of reward. We check in with the choir as it prepares for a winter concert.
