Episodios

  • Rumors drive fear in St. Louis as Trump's immigration plans turn deadly in Minneapolis

    Rumors drive fear in St. Louis as Trump's immigration plans turn deadly in Minneapolis
    Feb 5 2026
    For the past year, expanded federal immigration enforcement – and two fatal shootings of protesters by federal agents in Minnesota – have sent ripples of anxiety throughout the country. While the St. Louis area hasn’t seen the kind of large-scale enforcement actions that have occurred elsewhere, local community leaders, educators and small-business owners say fear and misinformation are shaping daily life. STLPR journalists Brian Munoz and Hiba Ahmad discuss their reporting on this topic.
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    27 m
  • Lead lurks among 50,000 St. Louis water pipes. City officials need residents to help identify them

    Lead lurks among 50,000 St. Louis water pipes. City officials need residents to help identify them
    Feb 5 2026
    Even in tiny amounts, lead can be dangerous. In St. Louis, centuries of plumbing run for miles beneath our feet, delivering water to homes through 113,000 service lines. But even after testing tens of thousands of those lines for lead, city officials say 50,000 remain unidentified. In this episode, we go behind those numbers with Spencer Gould, special assistant to St. Louis City’s water commissioner. Gould explains why lead runs through some parts of the city's water infrastructure and how a new rule issued by the EPA 2024 started a 10-year race to identify and replace those pipes.
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    24 m
  • Circus Harmony celebrates 25 years of fostering community among St. Louis youth

    Circus Harmony celebrates 25 years of fostering community among St. Louis youth
    Feb 4 2026
    Nestled inside the whimsy of City Museum, Circus Harmony feels right at home as a space for young people to explore. The acclaimed circus school’s dedication to using the arts to teach essential life skills has been at its core since the start. Guests have marveled at the circus world standout for 25 years, and it’s not slowing down. This year’s full-length production, “Misterioso,” lets the students’ creativity and minds truly shine.
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    22 m
  • A search for economic mobility in St. Louis leads a reporter to a high school, and more questions

    A search for economic mobility in St. Louis leads a reporter to a high school, and more questions
    Feb 4 2026
    The American dream is often presented as the product of someone "pulling up their bootstraps" to a better life. But that’s just one way of explaining an idea that economists call "economic mobility.” A new project by St. Louis Magazine, the Economic Mobility Lab, is diving into that idea and the research into what it takes for low-income kids to out-earn their parents. To understand economic mobility in St. Louis, we sit down with St. Louis Magazine senior editor Nick Phillips to talk about his latest story, "How one St. Louisan found something rare: upward economic mobility." We also meet Nehemiah Colyer, whose experience after changing schools to Parkway West High School is an example of what economists call "social capital" and “economic connectedness.”
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    28 m
  • Top St. Louis restaurants to try this month

    Top St. Louis restaurants to try this month
    Feb 3 2026
    The new year has provided foodies in the St. Louis region with a lot to celebrate. Hamishe Bahrami is back with her signature Persian dishes at Cafe Natasha on South Grand. East Alton has a new, family-run bakery with from-scratch creations like “The Sloppy Irishman.” A new nonprofit bakery in the Delmar Loop empowers people experiencing homelessness through job training and housing resources. We dig into the menus of the top new spots to visit in February, mourn the local favorites that recently closed, talk date night recommendations and discuss how restaurateurs are responding to immigration enforcement actions across the country.
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    36 m
  • Nominations for 2025’s best local theater unveiled by St. Louis Theater Circle

    Nominations for 2025’s best local theater unveiled by St. Louis Theater Circle
    Feb 3 2026
    Awards season is in full swing — and that includes St. Louis theater productions. The St. Louis Theater Circle announced its nominations for their 13th annual awards Tuesday, recognizing productions by 20 theater companies in the St. Louis area in 2025. St. Louis Theater Circle members Rosalind Early and Gerry Kowarsky share some of this year’s nominees and an update on the state of local theater productions today.
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    14 m
  • New CEMA head says rebuilding St. Louis’ disaster agency will take at least 2 years

    New CEMA head says rebuilding St. Louis’ disaster agency will take at least 2 years
    Feb 3 2026
    After last May’s tornado put St. Louis’ emergency response under scrutiny, the City Emergency Management Agency saw its leadership change. In this episode, we listen to STLPR reporter Rachel Lippmann’s conversation with new commissioner Greg Favre about why he returned to city government and how he plans to improve preparedness for future crises.
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    24 m
  • New projects take shape around Gateway Arch National Park

    New projects take shape around Gateway Arch National Park
    Feb 3 2026
    The Gateway Arch Park Foundation has several irons in the fire — and soon, cranes in the sky. After celebrating 60 years since completion of the Gateway Arch last year, the foundation and its partners have begun reimagining the former Millennium Hotel site, studying changes to Interstate 44 near Gateway Arch National Park and exploring an expansion of the park into East St. Louis. Foundation Executive Director Ryan McClure shared updates on those efforts and his hopes for how they could serve the St. Louis community.
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    26 m