Episodios

  • Missouri Attorney General Hanaway’s agenda includes fighting crime and restricting abortion

    Missouri Attorney General Hanaway’s agenda includes fighting crime and restricting abortion
    Oct 17 2025
    Just over a month into her new role as Missouri’s attorney general, Catherine Hanaway is outlining her priorities — focusing on fighting crime and defending the state’s abortion laws. A former Missouri House speaker, U.S. attorney and chair of Husch Blackwell, Hanaway discusses her agenda and the case to remove St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery.
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    22 m
  • Missouri Rep. Graves leads bipartisan push to overhaul FEMA

    Missouri Rep. Graves leads bipartisan push to overhaul FEMA
    Oct 17 2025
    Missouri’s Republican and Democratic elected officials have been underwhelmed by the federal response to the May 16 tornado in St. Louis. And at least one member of Missouri’s congressional delegation, Republican U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, said the problems he sees this year aren’t new – and should prompt lawmakers to overhaul the disaster response agency. The Tarkio Republican talks about his bipartisan legislation to overhaul FEMA on the “Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air.”
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    29 m
  • Not your average ghost tour — 'Voices at Bellefontaine' looks to educate, not scare

    Not your average ghost tour — 'Voices at Bellefontaine' looks to educate, not scare
    Oct 16 2025
    There are a multitude of stories waiting to be discovered at the historic, 175 year old Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum. The annual event “Voices at Bellefontaine” brings new life to the stories of those buried and memorialized there. In collaboration with theatre company Hawthorne Players, Bellefontaine puts on the outdoor theatrical experience throughout the cemetery grounds. Cemetery chronicler Dan Fuller and writer/director Larry Marsh talk with producer Darrious Varner about the lives of notable people buried at the cemetery, how their stories are rediscovered, and how Voices at Bellefontaine uses theatrical elements to preserve such history.
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    28 m
  • The Lemp family history is dogged by death. A new book tracks the rise of its beer empire

    The Lemp family history is dogged by death. A new book tracks the rise of its beer empire
    Oct 16 2025
    The story of the Lemp beer dynasty still holds sway in St. Louis, but it’s the tragedies, suicides — and a supposedly haunted mansion — that have made the family name infamous. But there is so much more to the Lemp family than tragedy. A new book, “Adam Lemp and Western Brewery,” has uncovered records that give us a better picture of what it took to build that beer dynasty, and provides new hints of the dysfunction behind the scenes. We talk about the Lemps with the book’s author, historian Chris Naffziger, and Amanda Clark, a public historian and See STL Tours Manager at the Missouri Historical Society.
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    23 m
  • Students report greater focus and ‘more social conversations’ after Missouri cellphone ban

    Students report greater focus and ‘more social conversations’ after Missouri cellphone ban
    Oct 16 2025
    Missouri passed legislation earlier this year that requires school districts to adopt a cellphone policy that limits usage during the school day. STLPR education reporter Hiba Ahmad and two student journalists from Rockwood Summit High School discuss how the school and its students have adapted to the policy so far.
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    23 m
  • ‘American Skyjacker’ brings one of St. Louis’ wildest true-crime tales to the big screen

    ‘American Skyjacker’ brings one of St. Louis’ wildest true-crime tales to the big screen
    Oct 15 2025
    In 1972, Martin McNally hijacked American Airlines Flight 119 out of St. Louis Lambert International Airport – and years of chaos ensued. His story inspired the 2020 true crime podcast “American Skyjacker.” Now, a feature documentary film of the same name premieres in St. Louis on Friday, Oct.17 at Ronnie’s Cinema. St. Louis on the Air producer Danny Wicentowski’s 2017 cover story for the Riverfront Times first brought McNally’s story to the attention of filmmakers Eli Kooris and Josh Shaffer. Wicentowski and Kooris break down the ins and outs of the notorious skyjacking, and what it took to transform it into a film.
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    26 m
  • How the Missouri Historical Society’s ‘I am St. Louis’ campaign is building civic pride

    How the Missouri Historical Society’s ‘I am St. Louis’ campaign is building civic pride
    Oct 14 2025
    Research shows that when people form strong emotional bonds with their home, communities experience greater economic growth, recover faster from natural disasters and foster deeper connection and meaning among residents. The Missouri Historical Society’s “I am St. Louis” campaign seeks to do just that. President and CEO Jody Sowell, alongside STLPR lead producer Luis Antonio Perez, share what they love about St. Louis — and how confronting the city’s darker chapters helps us better understand and approach the challenges we face today.
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    50 m
  • Ongoing St. Louis strike could damage Boeing’s reputation, WashU labor expert says

    Ongoing St. Louis strike could damage Boeing’s reputation, WashU labor expert says
    Oct 13 2025
    The approximately 3,200 unionized Boeing machinists in the St. Louis area have been on strike since August 4 in pursuit of better wages and benefits. The strike has been compared to the one in the Pacific Northwest in the fall of 2024, though it has not garnered as much national attention. Labor expert and Washington University Professor Jake Rosenfeld discusses how the strike may play out and whether it will have an impact on future labor disputes nationwide.
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    26 m