St. Louis on the Air

<p>Host Don Marsh talked with three guests about the business and use of artificial intelligence in St. Louis in advance of a conference on Tuesday.</p>

<p>Joshua Johnson took a break from his live "1A" broadcasts from St. Louis on May 3 and 4 to talk host to host on "St. Louis on the Air."</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talked with St. Louis Public Radio political reporter Jason Rosenbaum about this week's news involving Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talks with our partners from Sauce Magazine about the best new restaurants to try during the month of May.</p>

<p style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;">On Thursday’s <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>, host Don Marsh discussed how people of color were treated unfairly at the fair, also known as the Louisiana Purchase Expedition. Joining him for the conversation was Angela da Silva, an adjunct professor at Lindenwood University and president of the National Black Tourism Network.</span></p>

<p>The six-time Tony Award-winning singer and actress joined this week’s <em>St. Louis on the Air </em>in advance of her performance this Sunday night at the Touhill.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talks with Leonard Slatkin and Chamber Music Society of St. Louis executive and artistic director Marc Gordon about what’s next for Slatkin as he retires as music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Music Society’s role in St. Louis and its 10th anniversary gala. </p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talked with Rory Kennedy, Chris Bay and Tom Kroenung about the gap between those with ready access to the internet and related technologies and those who lack it.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talks about housing needs in the region and the role the St. Louis Housing Partnership plays in meeting them.</p>

<p>Producer Alex Heuer talked with author Stephanie Powell Watts, author of "No One is Coming to Save Us," this year's choice in the One Book, One Kirkwood program.</p>

<p>On Monday’s <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>, host Don Marsh discussed the two felony charges facing Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens as well as other items of local interest pertaining to the law. Joining the discussion were legal experts William Freivogel, Mark Smith and Brenda Talent.</p> <p> </p>

<p>Host Don Marsh discussed the implications of the Pulphus v. Ayers case with regard to free speech. </p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talk with Dave Johnson, president of the SIUC Faculty Association, about a proposal released earlier this week by a university administrator to hire "volunteer adjuncts."</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talked with St. Louis Public Radio reporter Rachel Lippmann about news this week involving Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh discusses the significant disparities between mental healthcare needs and access to care in Missouri.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh spoke with "We Live Here" co-hosts Tim Lloyd and Kameel Stanley about the debut of the podcast's fourth season.</p>

<p>On Wednesday’s <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>, host Don Marsh discussed the impact of higher education’s ongoing budget crisis on those at the heart of the whole project: the students. Several local undergrads from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the University of Missouri-St. Louis joined the conversation, along with Dennis McDonald, an adjunct instructor at St. Louis Community College and at Jefferson College.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talks about urban agriculture and food justice in the St. Louis region.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talked with St. Louis-based journalist and author Sarah Kendzior at Left Bank Books on April 17. </p>

<p>On Monday’s <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>, host Don Marsh talked with Heather Silverman, Jami Dolby and Kara Wurtz, who ran for city council seats in Creve Coeur, Chesterfield and Kirkwood, respectively.</p>

<p>On this week’s <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>, St. Louis Public Radio science reporter Eli Chen spoke with Bill Nye ahead of <a href= "https://www.slu.edu/news/2018/april/bill-nye-climate-summit.php">his keynote appearance Monday evening</a> as part of the three-day St. Louis Climate Summit at Saint Louis University.</p>

<p>Composer Gary Gackstatter, choral director Jim Henry and Native American flutist R. Carlos Gackstatter joined <em>St. Louis on the Air</em> this week for a discussion of the new symphony coming to the Touhill.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talked with political reporter Jason Rosenbaum and Washington University law professor Peter Joy about this week's (Apr. 15) news involving Gov. Eric Greitens.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talked with author Melissa Scholes Young about her debut novel, "Flood."</p>

<p>In remembrance of NPR’s Carl Kasell, who passed away earlier this week, Thursday’s <em>St. Louis on the Air</em> included a segment in remembrance of the longtime newscaster and much-beloved radio personality.</p>

<p>For more than 30 years, Circus Flora, a one-ring circus that makes St. Louis its home, has offered a circus show that’s best described as live theater. It’s an intimate setting that is in stark contrast to the images some people might conjure of the large Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus which performed for the last time 10 months ago. Two things are significantly different about this year’s Circus Flora season, as Cecil MacKinnon and Jack Marsh noted this week on <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>.</p>

<p>Wednesday marked the first anniversary of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson’s time in office. The first woman elected to lead the Gateway City, she joined <em>St. Louis on the Air</em> host Don Marsh for a conversation both reflecting on her first 12 months in the role and looking ahead.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talked about a new report on segregation in housing in the St. Louis region.</p>

<p>Edward O. Wilson’s long career has been marked by enormous contributions to the field of biology, with an impact on global conservation efforts that is difficult to overstate. All of it grew out of his close attention years ago to something relatively small: the behavior of ants. Wilson recalled one of his earliest interactions with the insects, a memory from his boyhood in northern Alabama, on Tuesday’s <em>St. Louis on the Air</em> in conversation with host Don Marsh.</p>

<p>Producer Lara Hamdan talks to students about their experience with the Hamilton Education Program created by the Gilder <span data-scaytid="3" data-scayt_word= "Lehrman">Lehrman</span> Institute of American History. </p>

<p>On Monday’s <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>, host Don Marsh talked with Elsa Hart about the inspiration for her books thus far, the craft of mystery writing and what’s next for her as an author.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talked about the prevalence of autism and discussed the latest research in the diagnosis and treatment of autism.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talked with St. Louis Public Radio reporter Jason Rosenbaum about this week's news involving Gov. Eric Greitens.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talked with outgoing St. Louis Symphony Orchestra music director David Robertson about his 13-year tenure in St. Louis.</p>

<p>Jonathan Walton of Harvard University and Lerone Martin, a Washington University faculty member, joined <em>St. Louis on the Air</em> host Don Marsh on Thursday for a discussion of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talked with about the scope of the opioid epidemic and a new program that seeks to prevent drug use.</p>

<p>Wednesday’s <em>St. Louis on the Air</em> included the sort of conversation that often doesn’t happen as often or as early as it should among loved ones – the kind about planning for the end of life. Joining host Don Marsh for the discussion was Cara Wallace, an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at Saint Louis University.</p>

<p>A treasure trove of invaluable artifacts from the space race will be on display at the St. Louis Science Center.</p>

<p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;"> UMSL criminologists Lee Slocum and Finn Esbensen discussed a variety of safety issues that students and teachers deal with daily on Tuesday's <em>St. Louis on the Air.</em></p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talked to Jeff Clements, president of American Promise, and Megan Green, alderwoman of St. Louis’ <span data-scaytid="11" data-scayt_word= "15th">15th</span> Ward, about an election financing reform which could result in a proposal for a <span data-scaytid="10" data-scayt_word="28th">28th</span> amendment to the U.S. Constitution..</p>

<p>SLU soccer stand-out Saadiq Mohammed (at left) and local attorney Javad Khazaeli talked with <em>St. Louis on the Air</em> host Don Marsh about how they’ve been impacted by recent shifts in U.S. policy.</p>

<p>Thousands of miles separate St. Louis, Missouri, from Dortmund, Germany, but when it comes to immigration and refugee resettlement, the two cities aren’t so far apart. Immigration scholars Jorg Ploger, Adriano Udani and Florian Sichling joined <em>St. Louis on the Air </em>host Don Marsh to discuss the incorporation of immigrants and refugees into their respective communities.</p>

<p>On Friday’s <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>, Jessica Mefford-Miller joined host Don Marsh to discuss key features of the “<a href="http://www.metrostlouis.org/reimagined/">Metro Reimagined</a>” study that Metro Transit has released.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh went behind the headlines to discuss the issues raised by Sinclair Broadcast Group's statement regarding "fake news" that led to public outcry.</p>

<p>Catherine Werner, director of sustainability in St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson’s office, joins host Don Marsh for a conversation focused on the city’s latest initiatives related to climate action and urban ecology leading up to Earth Day.</p>

<p>On Thursday's <em>St. Louis on the Air</em>,<em> </em>STLPR’s Lindsay Toler and local musician Paige Alyssa discussed the broad spectrum of musical styles demonstrated among the local groups who entered this year’s competition.</p>

<p><em>Longtime St. Louisans (from left) Mike Jones, Jamala Rogers and Virvus Jones joined Wednesday’s show to reflect on the impact of what occurred on April 4, 1968.</em></p>

<p>Host Don Marsh talked with Catherine Klene and Matt Sorrell of Sauce Magazine about the best new St. Louis restaurants in to try in April.</p>

<p>Host Don Marsh spoke with Gwen Moore of the Missouri Historical Society about "#1 in Civil Rights: The African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis." The exhibit closes April 15.</p>

<p>Sonja Perryman has found her niche at the intersection of storytelling and public health. She stopped by the <em>St. Louis on the Air</em> studio to discuss her experience in a changing entertainment industry while visiting St. Louis to speak at Webster University.</p>