Episodios

  • KDHX: How a St. Louis radio station unraveled (Pt. 2)

    KDHX: How a St. Louis radio station unraveled (Pt. 2)
    Feb 10 2026
    The community radio station 88.1 KDHX was a lifeline for eclectic, locally curated music in the St. Louis area — until it was torn apart by battles over diversity, accountability and the essence of the station’s identity. It went off the air and its broadcast license was sold to the highest bidder in 2025. In Part 2 of our special report “KDHX: How a radio station unravelled,” we examine how KDHX leaders pushed through a controversial sale in the face of widespread community opposition — and what lessons can be learned from the differing public reactions to the station’s 2019 and 2023 controversies. We also witness the birth of "a new era for music in St. Louis."
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    51 m
  • KDHX: How a St. Louis radio station unraveled (Pt. 1)

    KDHX: How a St. Louis radio station unraveled (Pt. 1)
    Feb 9 2026
    The community radio station 88.1 KDHX was a lifeline for eclectic, locally curated music in the St. Louis area — until it was torn apart by battles over diversity, accountability and the essence of the station’s identity. It went off the air and its broadcast license was sold to the highest bidder in 2025. In Part 1 of our special report “KDHX: How a radio station unraveled,” we examine charges of racism and sexual harassment in 2019 and the start of a DJ revolt four years later, after station leaders fired one of their own for bullying and harassment.
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    50 m
  • St. Louis Comptroller Donna Baringer on her financial vision for the city

    St. Louis Comptroller Donna Baringer on her financial vision for the city
    Feb 6 2026
    Last year, Donna Baringer became St. Louis’ first new comptroller in roughly 30 years. And during the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, the citywide official talks about how she’s eased into the powerful office that oversees the city’s finances – and provides her take on tornado relief efforts and regional consolidation.
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    23 m
  • Missouri’s attorney general explains why some immigrants shouldn’t count in the Census

    Missouri’s attorney general explains why some immigrants shouldn’t count in the Census
    Feb 6 2026
    Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway says the state could benefit if the federal government doesn’t count certain immigrants in the Census. During an appearance on the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, Hanaway talks why she’s bringing this case forward – and whether the federal judiciary will be more favorable to excluding certain immigrants than they were earlier in the decade.
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    27 m
  • 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