Episodios

  • Former state Sen. Chappelle-Nadal on offering alternative choice to Bush and Bell

    Former state Sen. Chappelle-Nadal on offering alternative choice to Bush and Bell
    Jul 26 2024
    After four years out of office, former Missouri state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal is trying to make a comeback in the closely-watched 1st Congressional District contest that includes incumbent Cori Bush and St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell. Chappelle-Nadal joins "The Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air" host Jason Rosenbaum to discuss her campaign.
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    25 m
  • Lucas Kunce says he’s the best Democrat to take on Republican Josh Hawley

    Lucas Kunce says he’s the best Democrat to take on Republican Josh Hawley
    Jul 26 2024
    Since he announced his second bid for the U.S. Senate in early 2023, Independence attorney Lucas Kunce has been the consistent frontrunner in the Democratic race to take on U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley. He joins "The Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air" host Jason Rosenbaum to share why he thinks he's the best candidate to take on the role.
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    26 m
  • ‘She was such a light to us,’ St. Louisans remember media veteran Tammie Holland

    ‘She was such a light to us,’ St. Louisans remember media veteran Tammie Holland
    Jul 25 2024
    Radio personality and media veteran Tammie Holland passed away July 20, 2024 at the age of 53 after a three-year fight against cancer. Her long time friends and former colleagues Arika Parr and Tony Scott reflect on Holland’s legacy, career, and impact on St. Louis.
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    34 m
  • Christopher Dunn remains in prison after Missouri Supreme Court intervenes

    Christopher Dunn remains in prison after Missouri Supreme Court intervenes
    Jul 25 2024
    Christopher Dunn has spent 34 years in prison for what multiple judges have deemed a wrongful conviction. Earlier this week, a St. Louis Circuit judge ordered Dunn’s release — yet he remains behind bars. STLPR reporter Lacretia Wimbley discusses why Dunn is still not free and what comes next. We also listen back to a conversation with Dunn taped earlier this year, just days after St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore announced that his investigation showed evidence Dunn was innocent.
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    17 m
  • How DadBod shows became a meeting place for St. Louis teachers and students

    How DadBod shows became a meeting place for St. Louis teachers and students
    Jul 24 2024
    When Parkway School District teachers Mike Steep and Matt Wall aren’t in the classroom, the long-time friends and musicians are playing wide-ranging tunes from the 1990s and early 2000s with their cover band, DadBod. Their shows have become a space to reminisce about the music of their adolescence along with their faithful fans – some of which are fellow teachers and former students. Mike and Matt discuss the origins of DadBod and why seeing former students at their shows isn’t as awkward as one might think.
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    24 m
  • Invest STL garners national attention by seeding $20k in low-income communities

    Invest STL garners national attention by seeding $20k in low-income communities
    Jul 24 2024
    The Rooted initiative started by Invest STL gives Black and low-income residents of the West End and Visitation Park neighborhoods $20,000 to invest in their homes and community. The program aims to help residents stay in their neighborhoods amidst rising concerns about nearby developments. Invest STL CEO Dara Eskridge explains how the non-profit’s wealth-building program works and why it is getting national attention.
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    27 m
  • Lee Hendrix was taught to fear the Mississippi. He then spent 5 decades piloting boats on it

    Lee Hendrix was taught to fear the Mississippi. He then spent 5 decades piloting boats on it
    Jul 23 2024
    Growing up in St. Louis in the 1950s and 60s, Lee Hendrix was taught to fear the Mississippi River. But the sense of adventure it offered ended up being the seed that became a five decade career of piloting boats on the Mississippi. Hendrix discusses his new book, “Peep Light,” where he shares stories about the dangerous work of starting as a deckhand and later ascending to the pilothouse. He also talks about what it was like to pilot passenger vessels, including the grand American Queen, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ largest towboat, the MV Mississippi.
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    50 m
  • Voters in St. Louis express uncertainty and hope in wake of Biden’s exit

    Voters in St. Louis express uncertainty and hope in wake of Biden’s exit
    Jul 22 2024
    Yesterday, President Joe Biden announced that he’d no longer seek re-election this November. He also endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as nominee for the Democratic Party. People in the St. Louis region share a broad range of reactions to this historic political moment: relief, disappointment, uncertainty — and even, hopefulness.
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    9 m