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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Oct 20, 2021 • 17min
Missouri’s K-12 schools can access free COVID testing. Most haven’t signed up
Screening testing programs seek to stop COVID-19 spread before symptoms develop. But while the CDC has made them free for K-12 schools, only 18 of Missouri’s 500+ school districts have signed on. The state’s contractor discusses efforts to get more schools on board.
Oct 19, 2021 • 23min
As civil war rages in Ethiopia, Missouri’s Tigrayans find support and community
Tigrayan expats in St. Louis and Kansas City discuss the violence and turmoil in their home country of Ethiopia and share how a local support group has helped them come to terms with it.
Oct 19, 2021 • 12min
Ending the racial wealth gap through reparations: Local policies or federal payments?
STLPR reporter Chad Davis talks about his feature report on St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones' efforts to enact reparations on the local level.
Oct 19, 2021 • 16min
Collinsville School District's implements unique plan to address teacher shortage
When it comes to the shortage of teachers in America, one local school district is looking at an unusual talent pool: Its own student body. We delve into how the “Kahoks Teaching Kahoks" aims to encourage its own students to become educators.
Oct 18, 2021 • 17min
A $16 million investment is coming to the old Schnucks Plaza in Dellwood
R&R Marketplace is a $16 million investment coming to the Dellwood/Ferguson area. Pastors Ken and Beverly Jenkins discuss their vision for the area which has long been subject to disinvestment.
Oct 18, 2021 • 19min
Pete Souza reflects on presidential photography career ahead of Hall of Fame induction
Pete Souza gives us a brief inside look at what it was like to be a presidential photographer during President Obama’s and President Reagan’s administrations. Millions of photos later, he’ll be inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame in St. Louis on Oct. 29.
Oct 18, 2021 • 16min
America’s Center expansion hits a major snag: an impasse over a north county rec center
Convention center backers planned on a $210 million expansion. But the funds are being blocked in St. Louis County over a two-year-old promise the council chair says wasn’t kept. Jacob Kirn of the St. Louis Business Journal explains the impasse.
Oct 15, 2021 • 20min
T-Rex’s GeoSeed Grant Program awards $20,000 to 5 geospatial intelligence initiatives
Researchers at Lindenwood University and the St. Louis Zoo are developing virtual reality lessons that can teleport students to a desert across the world — or even just to the city’s zoo. T-Rex’s GeoSeed Grant Program is giving them $20,000 to start.
Oct 15, 2021 • 20min
In ‘Harrow,’ Joy Williams wants us to ponder our culpability
Acclaimed author Joy Williams discusses her new novel “Harrow,” guilt, typewriters, and the new exhibition at Washington University looking at her life and work.
Oct 15, 2021 • 7min
How Mike Parson mangled the idea of HTML source code — and set off a furor
In light of Gov. Mike Parson accusing the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of hacking a state website, we discuss HTML source code, encoding vs. encryption — and the ramifications for future security flaws.
