St. Louis on the Air

<p>Host Don Marsh talks up some of the latest additions to the St. Louis region’s food-and-beverage community with Sauce Magazine’s managing editor Heather Hughes and art director Meera Nagarajan.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talks to St. Louis Public Radio political reporter Jason Rosenbaum as the Missouri General Assembly begins its 2019 session in Jefferson City.</p>

<p>In 2014, writers Michael Walker and Kristen Adele Calhoun met for the first time as grad students in New York City through a play-reading group. On that same day, a young man named Michael Brown was shot nearly 1,000 miles away in Ferguson, Missouri.</p> <p> </p> <p>Years later, they join host Don Marsh along with The Black Rep's producing director Ron Himes to discuss their "Canfield Drive" production. </p>

<p>For more than 20 years, the City Museum in downtown St. Louis has provided a unique getaway. The museum is partly a playground, but it also contains numerous architectural marvels, many of which are the creation of Bob Cassilly, the founder of City Museum who died in 2011.</p> <p>Host Don Marsh talks with Rick Erwin, director of the City Museum, about the history of the institution and about its recent sale to Premier Parks, an Oklahoma-based theme-park company.</p>

<p>Ahead of his Jan. 22 appearance in St. Louis, Republican politician and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush discusses everything from the passing of both of his parents in 2018, to the uncertainty and future of the United States, to the current situation in Washington.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh leads a discussion about observing and appreciating urban wildlife in the bi-state area. Joining the conversation are Danny Brown, a lifelong Missourian, retired biologist and avid wildlife photographer; and Mark Glenshaw, a local naturalist whose focus is the owls who reside in Forest Park.</p>

<p>Jeff Tweedy discusses his memoir, childhood, musical influences and founding Uncle Tupelo and Wilco. We also sample and analyze some songs from Tweedy's career.</p>

<p>Fourteen-year-old St. Louisan Kennedy Holmes made her hometown proud this past fall as she competed on NBC's "The Voice." She made it to the final episode of the season, ultimately snagging fourth place on the wildly popular show. St. Louis Public Radio newscaster Marissanne Lewis-Thompson talks with the young star shortly after the competition's conclusion.</p>

<p>Rossino’s and Café Balaban are two restaurants many St. Louisans remember fondly. They're among the more than 40 restaurants highlighted in Ann Lemons Pollack's new book "Lost Restaurants of St. Louis." Pollack recalls bygone eateries that loom large in memories. She also profiles three iconic restaurants that still exist and even traces the food history of the 1904 World’s Fair.</p>

<p>St. Louis Public Radio political reporters Jo Mannies and Jason Rosenbaum join "St. Louis on the Air" host Don Marsh for analysis of everything from recent changes to the St. Louis County Council to new ideas about potentially merging the county and St. Louis City.</p>

<p>St. Louis Public Radio politics editor Fred Ehrlich and political reporters Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies joined host Don Marsh during Thursday’s talk show to look back at the past year in local and regional politics. They also touched on what's in store in 2019.</p>

<p>The year 2018 didn’t go down quite like Jossalyn Larson or her family expected. After being diagnosed with breast cancer in May, Larson underwent several months of chemotherapy. And yet through all the change, some things have stayed the same – and she’s found the various aspects of everyday life helpful as she travels a difficult path.</p>

<p>When it comes to New Year’s resolutions, an intention to lose weight continues to top the list for many Americans. All too often, those goals go unachieved – and another year goes by. In this episode of the talk show, two St. Louisans offer listeners suggestions for making real progress toward a healthier lifestyle.</p>

<p>Last month’s 4.4 magnitude earthquake in Tennessee set off fresh questions about the potential for significant seismic activity occurring in the St. Louis region, which last saw earthquakes of magnitude 7 or larger in the early 19th century. According to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the New Madrid Seismic Zone "appears to be about 30 years overdue" for a magnitude 6.3 quake. But on Wednesday’s <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>, Washington University Professor of Seismology Michael Wysession suggested that a focus on flooding and tornadoes remains appropriate when it comes to disaster preparedness in the region.</p>

<p>Guest host Shula Neuman spoke with Jim Weddle, the outgoing managing partner of Edward Jones, who retires Dec. 31. Weddle reflected on spending his entire career with one of the St. Louis area's largest employers, the Great Recession of 2018 and the current economic situation.</p>

<p>Ledy VanKavage, senior legislative attorney for Best Friends Animal Society, talks about Illinois’ six new animal welfare laws, which will take effect Jan. 1, 2019.</p>

<p>A discussion with two locally based poets and friends of St. Louis' first poet laureate, Michael Castro, who passed away Dec. 23 at the age of 73.</p>

<p>"St. Louis on the Air’s" final monthly Legal Roundtable of the calendar year goes underway as host Don Marsh delves into a wrap up of the year’s major local and national stories pertaining to the law.</p>

<p>St. Louis Public Radio reporter and weekend newscaster Shahla Farzan and engagement producer Lindsay Toler provide a year-in-review look at the station's Curious Louis features that were published in 2018.</p>

<p>On Friday’s <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>, host Don Marsh talked with Meghan Panu, the owner of a tiny house that was stolen in the city of St. Louis last weekend and discovered in Jefferson County earlier this week.</p>

<p>Filmmaker and St. Louis native Karyn Kusama talks to host Don Marsh about her latest film, “Destroyer,” which follows a disgraced Los Angeles detective – played by Nicole Kidman. The film premiered at the Tivoli as part of the 2018 St. Louis International Film Festival in November and is slated for widespread release in January 2019. </p>

<p>As the end of the year approaches, it’s time to reconnect with <em>St. Louis on the Air’s</em> go-to tax expert for tips on how to minimize tax liabilities for 2018.</p>

<p>Laura Thake has driven hundreds of miles throughout the St. Louis region documenting the best home light displays and posting the photos and videos – with permission from homeowners – to her website.</p>

<p>Having first taken office in the early ’90s, Bob McCulloch has served as St. Louis County prosecutor ever since. But a stunning upset by Wesley Bell in this year's Democratic primary has McCulloch’s long tenure now coming to a close. Host Don Marsh and reporter Rachel Lippmann speak at length with McCulloch in this departing conversation, asking a wide variety of questions.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talks with Sauce Magazine's managing editors Catherine Klene and Heather Hughes and art director Meera Nagarajan about what they consider to be the best new local restaurants – from fine dining to a breakfast-and-lunch café.</p>

<p>The longtime Missouri Democrat reflects on her time in the Senate and touches on a variety of political topics and challenges ahead as she departs office.</p>

<p>On Monday's <em>St. Louis on the Air,</em> host Don Marsh spoke with Cami Thomas, the creator of <em>"</em>Smoke City," a web series that explores a different St. Louis neighborhood in each episode.<em><br /></em></p>

<p>Missouri Gov. Mike Parson sat down with STLPR political reporter Jason Rosenbaum for a wide-ranging interview. The governor discussed healthcare, infrastructure and what it was like to take office after former Gov. Eric Greitens resigned amid multiple scandals.</p>

<p>Three St. Louis women join host Don Marsh to talk about their organizations are creating environments for women to thrive and grow professionally.</p>

<p>On Friday’s <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>, host Don Marsh went behind the headlines on a newly published investigation by the Washington Post. That report found that 48 of the 148 women killed in St. Louis from 2007 to 2017 were murdered by an intimate partner – and that one-third of those men were publicly known to be a potential threat before the attacks occurred.</p>

<p>Wanda Ward. Jannard Wade. Malcolm Ryder. Those names probably don’t sound as familiar as Ruby Bridges or the “Little Rock Nine,” who are celebrated figures in the history of American civil rights. But during the same era in which Bridges and so many other black students were bravely challenging public school segregation in the South, some of their peers were also taking bold steps to integrate private institutions. That topic first piqued Michelle Purdy’s interest about 20 years ago, when she was an undergrad at Washington University exploring the history of education and particularly black education. Now a faculty member at her alma mater, she’s published a new book on the subject, and she joined Thursday’s <em>St. Louis on the Air</em> to discuss it with host Don Marsh.</p>

<p>On Thursday's <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>, host Don Marsh facilitated a discussion about homelessness in the St. Louis region with local activist Teka Childress of St. Louis Winter Outreach and city official Irene Agustin of the St. Louis Department of Human Services.</p>

<p>On Wednesday's <em>St. Louis on the Air,</em> host Don Marsh discussed efforts to link health and education with superintendent of University City Schools Sharonica Hardin-Bartley, director of Health Equity Works Jason Purnell and senior director of strategic initiative and partnerships at America’s Promise Alliance Monika Kincheloe. </p>

<p>Audiences are collectively pretty familiar with falling through a rabbit hole to accompany a young girl named Alice on a strange trip involving everything from a queen to a cat to a jury composed of animals. But Metro Theater Company has added even more elements to Lewis Carroll’s classic story – in this case keyboarders, guitar players, bass players, an accordion, trumpet players and a clarinet, among others.</p>

<p>Amy Martin joins host Don Marsh to talk about how her environmental reporting led her to create and produce the Montana Public Radio show and podcast “Threshold,” which delves deep into focused environmental topics and issues.</p>

<p>Monday, December 10, 2018 marked the five-year anniversary of the merger between St. Louis Public Radio and the St. Louis Beacon. STLPR general manager Tim Eby and St. Louis Beacon co-founder and former STLPR news editor Margie Freivogel spoke with Don Marsh about the vision five years after its realization.</p>

<p>On Monday's <em>St. Louis on the Air,</em> host Don Marsh spoke with singer, actor and writer Storm Large ahead of her St. Louis visit. She will be performing her holiday cabaret "Holiday Ordeal" at the Sun Theatre on Dec. 11.</p>

<p>Elizabeth Stroble, president of Webster University, joins host Don Marsh to talk about her first trip to the university’s newest campus, located in the heart of Accra, Ghana. The five-year-old campus is currently the only U.S. college campus in Ghana.</p> <p> </p>

<p>For four seasons now, St. Louis Public Radio’s <em>We Live Here</em> podcast team has been telling community-driven stories for listeners “somewhere on the woke spectrum.” A couple weeks ago, co-producers and hosts Tim Lloyd and Kameel Stanley took that concept one step further and asked a handful of local young people to do the storytelling themselves. The fresh voices that were in the spotlight at <em>We Live Here</em>’s well-attended house party on Nov. 27 are also the focus of this week’s new episode of the podcast.</p>

<p>St. Louis Public Radio reporters Chad Davis and Ryan Delaney talk to Don Marsh about what the Ferguson-Florissant School District's redistricting plan means for Berkeley residents. </p>

<p>Until a few years ago, Wendell Potter frequently crafted arguments against the idea of the U.S. government becoming more involved in health care. "I wrote a number of speeches for my CEO and delivered some myself that the government should get out of the way and let the free market work its magic in health care," the former Cigna executive says. "I came to realize the free market doesn’t work in health care like it does in other sectors of the economy … and that’s one of the reasons why we saw so many people who were uninsured and now a growing number of people who are underinsured." Potter discusses the status of advocacy efforts toward universal health care as well as the opposition at regional and national levels in this episode of <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>. Patrick Ishmael, director of government accountability for the Show-Me Institute, and Dr. Ed Weisbart, chair of the Missouri chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program, also participate in the conversation.</p>

<p>St. Louis Public Radio's science and environment reporter Eli Chen and John Hickey, director of the Missouri chapter of the Sierra Club, join host Don Marsh to talk about how climate change is affecting the state, as well as what is being done to try and prevent its most harmful effects.</p>

<p>Neuroscience experts Anneliese Schaefer, Deanna Bartch, Elizabeth Scott and Susan Appleton join host Don Marsh to discuss how neuroscience can help non-scientists understand the impact of early adversity on developing brain.</p>

<p>On Wednesday's <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>, host Don Marsh spoke with Andrew Delbaco, author of "The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America's Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War."</p>

<p>St. Louis Public Radio’s Jo Mannies joins host Don Marsh to remember the late George H.W. Bush, the 41st U.S. president. Marsh and Mannies reflect on their experiences as reporters during Bush’s time in politics as well as the former president’s legacy, successes and failures. </p>

<p>On Tuesday's <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>, host Don Marsh spoke with guests working on research, treatment and advocacy for HIV/AIDS in honor of World AIDS Day.</p>

<p>U.S. diplomat and attorney Stuart Eizenstat recently published a 1,024-page book on the one-term presidency of Jimmy Carter, for whom he served as a chief adviser, and he's headed to St. Louis this week to talk about it. But in conversation with host Don Marsh on Monday’s <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>, Eizenstat also offered some thoughts on another one-term presidency he observed closely – that of George H.W. Bush, who passed away just a few days ago.</p>

<p>In the midst of a nationwide opioid epidemic among U.S. adults, one organization in the St. Louis region is seeing some more positive trends among younger people when it comes to substance use.</p>

<p>St. Louis Public Radio reporter Ashley Lisenby goes behind the headlines on this week's news concerning the assault of an undercover officer during protests related to the Jason Stockley court ruling in 2017.</p>

<p>The developer's $8 billion project made big promises to St. Louis. But it's left many buildings to rot. St. Louis Public Radio's Kae Petrin discusses a newly published report.</p>