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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Nov 30, 2021 • 25min
How shopping local turns small purchases into a big deal for St. Louis
Shopping local can make a big difference for the region, as the Federal Reserve’s Bill Rodgers explains. He’s joined by Debra Hunter, co-owner of Provisions St. Louis, and St. Louisans sharing their favorite local spots.
Nov 30, 2021 • 14min
Families facing tax foreclosure in St. Louis would see relief via new fund
Approximately 50 St. Louis families lose their homes to tax foreclosure each year, even though they owe on average just a few thousand dollars. Abdul Abdullah talks about a new fund that aims to help those families stay in their homes and keep the tax collector at bay.
Nov 30, 2021 • 14min
Beth Bacon’s book teaches kids that getting vaccinated may hurt a little, but it helps a lot
St. Louis author Beth Bacon discusses her new book “Helping Our World Get Well: COVID Vaccines,” the art of a good children’s book and how to talk to kids about complicated topics.
Nov 29, 2021 • 19min
Hedge fund known for gutting newspapers makes play for St. Louis Post-Dispatch owner
Alden Global Capital wants to buy the company that owns the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. An investigative reporter and the president of the union that represents Post-Dispatch staffers discuss what that could mean for the daily — and St. Louis.
Nov 29, 2021 • 16min
Entertainer and St. Louis native Josephine Baker to be inducted into the Panthéon
More than 45 years after her death, St. Louis native and entertainer Josephine Baker is receiving France’s highest honor: induction into the Panthéon. We talk with Lionel Cuillé of Washington University and Lois Conley of the Griot Museum of Black History about Baker’s life and legacy.
Nov 29, 2021 • 18min
For Christine Brewer, cabaret’s intimacy is something new
Opera star Christine Brewer discusses the cabaret show she debuts this weekend in St. Louis, how she was pushed to become a performer and what makes her nervous even after all these years singing in public.
Nov 26, 2021 • 21min
'The National Road' explores 'a changing America' from the ground
Tom Zoellner's new book, "The National Road: Dispatches from a Changing America," is a journey into the uneasy soul of the nation: What unites us, what divides us, and what lies in the middle of the cities of the coasts.
Nov 26, 2021 • 21min
These 2 St. Louisans are bringing new life to crossword puzzles
Matthew Stock and Sid Sivakumar started out talking crossword puzzles and became fast friends. Now, a puzzle they co-wrote has been published in the New York Times. They discuss the joy of puzzle making with host Sarah Fenske.
Nov 26, 2021 • 16min
How Eureka’s Endangered Wolf Center is fighting to bring red wolves back from the brink
Fewer than 20 American red wolves live in the wild throughout the U.S., all in a refuge in North Carolina. Two Missouri-born wolves were flown there last month to join the population, providing a critical source of new genetic diversity.
Nov 24, 2021 • 52min
In ‘My Fugitive,’ a lawyer’s daughter trains her eye on the FBI’s excesses
In this one-hour special edition, Nina Gilden Seavey discusses her podcast "My Fugitive," which connects the story of anti-war activist Howard Mechanic with that of another fugitive who spent time in St. Louis: James Earl Ray, who was convicted of killing Martin Luther King Jr.
