St. Louis on the Air

<p>St. Louis Public Radio's Abigail Censky takes a close look at how things turned out this week for the record number of women candidates running for office in Missouri.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talks to St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's new music director Stéphane Denève about his "musical marriage" with the organization. </p>

<p>Host Don Marsh discusses a new law that entails new Medicare cards to prevent the risk of medical identity theft.</p>

<p>Five new places in the spotlight this month include 58hundred, Poke Munch, The Baked Bear, Thai Table and Sze Chuan.</p>

<p>Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies as well as University of Missouri-St. Louis political scientist Anita Manion offered their perspectives on this week’s midterm election results.<br /> <em><br /></em></p>

<p>On Tuesday's <em>St. Louis on the Air,</em> Jim DeFelice discussed The Pony Express, an enduring icon of the American West. DeFelice's book, “West Like Lightning: The Brief, Legendary Ride of the Pony Express" takes a detailed approach to the history and legacy of the classic symbol.</p>

<p>On Tuesday's <em>St. Louis on the Air, </em>host Don Marsh explored the advent of gene-editing technology with three guest, each of whom have a different perspective on the burgeoning technology.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talks to Dr. Anton Hart, clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst, who explains how the nuances of post-traumatic stress disorder are visible with exposure to everyday microaggressions, discrimination and racism. </p>

<p>On Monday's <em>St. Louis on the Air, </em>host Don Marsh discussed the reopening of the downtown Soldiers Memorial Military Museum following renovations with Mark Sundlov, director of the Soldiers Memorial Military Museum and Karen Goering, managing director of administration and operations at the Missouri Historical Society.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh goes behind the headlines to discuss the local Jewish community’s reaction to last weekend’s tragic event in Pittsburgh at the Tree of Life synagogue, where 11 people were killed.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talks to Cinema St. Louis' artistic director Chris Clark and a panel of documentarians about this year's 27th season of the St. Louis International Film Festival.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talks with Peter Sagal, comedian, author and host of NPR’s “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” about his latest book, “<a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Incomplete-Book-Running-Peter-Sagal-ebook/dp/B07CMXZC7L" data-cke-saved-href= "https://www.amazon.com/Incomplete-Book-Running-Peter-Sagal-ebook/dp/B07CMXZC7L">The Incomplete Book of Running</a>,” which explores why running is good, and why it helps with “the practice of perseverance” through life’s toughest moments.</p>

<p>On Thursday's <em>St. Louis on the Air,</em> host Don Marsh discussed the importance of media literacy with Webster University scholars Jessica Bellomo, Deja Lawson, and Art Silverblatt.</p>

<p>Author and St. Louis native Jeff Copeland talks to host Don Marsh about the 1924 Los Angeles deadly plague outbreak and its St. Louis connections, detailed in his book, "Plague in Paradise: The Black Death in Los Angeles, 1924."</p>

<p>On Wednesday's <em>St. Louis on the Air, </em>host Don Marsh spoke with Washington University neuroscientist Jeff Zacks about the brain's responses to watching horror movies.</p>

<p>As part of St. Louis Public Radio's "Inform Your Vote" ballot issues forum, Jack Cardetti<em>,</em> Brad Bradshaw, Mike Colona<em>,</em> and Brandon Costerison, debated the pros and cons of Amendment 2,<strong> </strong>Amendment 3 and Proposition C, the three competing ballot measures to legalize medical marijuana.</p>

<p>Tuesday's <em>St. Louis on the Air</em> featured a debate over the pros and cons of Proposition B: The $12 Minimum Wage Initiative that was originally held at the St. Louis Public Radio "Inform Your Vote" ballot issues forum. The proponent of Prop B was Richard von Glahn, the organizing director of Missouri Jobs for Justice; the opponent was Ray McCarty, president and CEO of Associated Industries of Missouri.<em><br /></em></p>

<p>Among the measures Missouri voters will decide on Nov. 6 is Amendment 1: The Lobbying, Campaign Finance, and Redistricting Initiative. It would amend the state constitution to change several aspects of Missouri’s political system. Proponent Benjamin Singer and opponent Jim Talent discuss Amendment 1 with <em>St. Louis on the Air</em> host Don Marsh.</p>

<p>As part of the 2018 St. Louis Public Radio <a href= "http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/inform-your-vote-understanding-missouris-2018-ballot-measures#stream/0" data-cke-saved-href= "http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/inform-your-vote-understanding-missouris-2018-ballot-measures#stream/0">"Inform Your Vote" ballot issues forum</a>, Scott Charton, SaferMO.com communications director, and Gwen Moore, a retired University of Missouri-St. Louis professor, debated the pros and cons of Proposition D: The Gas Tax Increase, Olympic Prize Tax Exemption, and Traffic Reduction Fund Measure </p>

<p>We have excerpts of a 90-minute debate between Rep. Mike Bost, St. Clair County State's Attorney Brendan Kelly and SIU-Carbondale professor Randy Auxier.</p>

<p><em>St. Louis on the Air</em> host Don Marsh explores some of the region's spooky locales and tales with Pat Dorsey, author of the book "Haunted Webster Groves."</p>

<p>The St. Louis County Council has overridden County Executive Steve Stenger's veto of legislation that does away with a requirement that contractors bidding for construction work have apprenticeship programs. Host Don Marsh goes behind the headlines to talk about updates in the council with St. Louis Public Radio political reporter Jo Mannies.</p>

<p>For our monthly Sound Bites segment with Sauce Magazine, host Don Marsh discusses the new generation of local farmers in St. Louis and how they work with area chefs.</p>

<p>On Thursday's <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>, host Don Marsh spoke with Jennifer Teege, a German author whose book "My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past" details her discovery that her grandfather was an infamously brutal World War II commandant. The pair were joined by Dan Reich curator and director of education for the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center in St. Louis County.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talks to members of the Ahmad family, who reside in St. Louis County, about their volunteer work locally and abroad. The family co-founded Biking4Books, a non-profit that raises money to donate books to St. Louis city schools. They also travel to Bangladesh to help Rohingya refugees. </p>

<p>On Wednesday's <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>, host Don Marsh facilitated a conversation about the limitations facing American immigrants seeking employment and new policies being implemented to diminish these barriers. Joining the conversation were Anna Crosslin, president and CEO of the International Institute of St. Louis; Amanda Bergson-Schilcock, director of upskilling policy at the National Skills Coalition in Washington, D.C.; and Eduardo Sequeira Hernandez, a recent Costa Rican immigrant serving now as a cloud compliance specialist for Nestlé Purina.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talks to members and an ally of Missouri's trans and gender non-conforming community about their efforts to bring awareness to the rights and presence of trans and gender non-conforming (TGNC) individuals.</p>

<p>On Tuesday's <em>St. Louis on the Air,</em> host Don Marsh discussed confronting discrimination in the workplace with Susan Balk, Founder of Hatebreakers and Holly Edgell, St. Louis Public Radio race, identity and culture editor. Both guests will be participants in the Missouri Historical Society's upcoming "Woke at Work" panel.</p>

<p>In conversation with panelists Bill Freivogel, Marcia McCormick and Mark Smith, host Don Marsh touches on several of the latest regional stories pertaining to the law as well as the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the dismissal of Stormy Daniels’ defamation lawsuit against President Trump.</p>

<p>Emily Lohse-Busch, Natalie DiNicola and Sam Fiorello share their experiences with the local STEM startup scene with host Don Marsh. </p>

<p>Alongside current breast cancer patient Jossalyn Larson, cancer survivor Heather Salazar, who is president of <a href= "https://www.pinkribbongirls.org/">Pink Ribbon Girls</a>, and Dr. Theresa Schwartz, a breast surgeon with SLUCare and SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, discuss some of the more mundane and often unanticipated challenges that frequently impact patients – and particularly women – while undergoing treatment.</p>

<p>St. Louis county voters will have to decide whether they will approve a 1/8th of one cent sales tax increase to help fund and maintain the St. Louis Zoo’s operations, specifically a new Conservation and Animal Science Center. Host Don Marsh moderated an in-depth debate between a supporter and opponent of the proposition.</p>

<p>On Wednesdays <em>St. Louis on the Air, </em>host Don Marsh spoke with Kalen McAllister and Pete Wallace, the founder and kitchen manager respectively of the Laughing Bear Bakery. The downtown shop is known for its delicious treats, and for its policy of only employing individuals with a felony record.</p>

<p>Is the purpose of college to prepare for a career or to pursue learning and knowledge as inherently worthwhile endeavors? That question isn’t a simple one to answer, and its tensions thoroughly inform a new book, co-authored by Washington University Provost Holden Thorp, titled "Our Higher Calling: Rebuilding the Partnership between America and Its Colleges and Universities."</p>

<p>On Tuesday's <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>, host Don Marsh discussed a new program implemented by Washington University in St. Louis that uses virtual reality to train faculty and staff in assessing and addressing the mental-health status of their students. He was joined by Jordan Worthington, the university’s assistant director of mental-health outreach and programming; Dr. Cheri LeBlanc, executive director of the Habif Health and Wellness Center; and Dr. Glenn Albright, the Co-Founder and Director of Research at Kognito, the health-simulation company responsible for At Risk for College and University Faculty and Staff.</p>

<p>Thirty years ago, Bruce Vantine decided he wanted to take the power of narrative choral music to a new level. "I had seen how effective [these] programs could be, and very often they’ve been focused on Christmas,” Vantine, who was on the University of Missouri-St. Louis music faculty at the time, recalled on Monday's <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>. "But I got the idea of doing a Thanksgiving type of a program with a social-justice message – so that we could touch people’s hearts." So began his St. Louis-based nonprofit organization that continues to spread its message of empathy throughout the U.S. and Canada.</p>

<p>A Dutch historian is in St. Louis this week searching for information about 172 African-American soldiers who are buried or memorialized in the Netherlands American Cemetery.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talks with three local Jewish residents participating in the first Jewish arts and culture festival taking place in the city. </p>

<p>Host Don Marsh discusses the mounting effort to bring a team to St. Louis with Webster University's Jack Croghan and local attorney and soccer enthusiast Brian Howe.</p>

<p>Olivia Lahs-Gonzales, Miriam Ruiz and Colin McLaughlin - plus two very young local artists - explore immigration, labor and identity through a creative lens.</p>

<p>On Thursday's <em>St. Louis on the Air,</em> host Don Marsh spoke with author and St. Louis native William Knoedelseder about his latest book, "Fins: Harley Earl, the Rise of General Motors, and the Glory Days of Detroit.”</p>

<p>On Wednesday's <em>St. Louis on the Air,</em> host Don Marsh was joined by two Sauce Magazine contributors for a conversation about the best new local restaurants in the month of October.</p>

<p>“We’ve got over 1,400 careers that we’ve launched so far in the five years that LaunchCode has been [in St. Louis], but that doesn’t count the people who have taken our training and gotten placed elsewhere,” explains entrepreneur and investor Jim McKelvey.</p>

<p>Ever get the feeling of excessive exhaustion, lack of sleep and motivation from working? Host Don Marsh talks about ways in which people who are invested in emotionally draining work can avoid burnout and practice self-care. </p>

<p>Musical-theater aficionados likely associate four-time Tony nominee Terrence Mann with the original Rum Tum Tugger of “Cats,” Inspector Javert in “Les Miserables” or perhaps one of the titular characters in “Beauty and the Beast.” Now the acclaimed actor is diving into yet another key role – this one on a St. Louis stage that will take him under the sea as King Triton.</p>

<p>The Hispanic community in the Missouri region has grown significantly over the past few decades and it's made it's impact on small businesses. In light of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 to Oct. 15), host Don Marsh talked to Gabriela Ramirez-Aarellan, business counselor at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in St. Louis and. co-host of DMeToo podcast, photographer Carol Lara and Ness Sandoval, associate professor of sociology at St. Louis University, about the influence of Hispanic businesses on the region. </p> <p> </p>

<p>On Monday's <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>, host Don Marsh discussed Christopher Columbus’s complex legacy with Peter Kastor, professor and chair of the Department of History at Washington University. Marsh also spoke to Bill Reininger, the executive director of Tower Grove Park, regarding the status of the commission tasked with determining the future of the park's Columbus statue.</p>

<p><em>St. Louis Public Radio political reporter Jo Mannies and retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jim Craig, director of UMSL’s Veterans Studies program, offer their perspectives on one of the big news stories of the week.<br /> <br /></em></p>

<p>Joneal “Jop” Joplin has lost count of exactly how many roles he’s performed on St. Louis-area stages during his long acting career based in the region. “I know that I’ve done something like 215, 220 shows in St. Louis – 101 at the Rep, 66 at the Muny,” he estimated Friday while talking with host Don Marsh on <em>St. Louis on the Air.</em></p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talks to local organizers of voter registration drives to see how they will try boost voter participation for the Nov. 6 midterm elections. </p>