Episodios

  • Transition, conflict and adversity defined Missouri and Illinois politics in 2025

    Transition, conflict and adversity defined Missouri and Illinois politics in 2025
    Dec 22 2025
    This year brought a deluge of political upheaval in Missouri and Illinois, from Trump-backed congressional redistricting in Missouri and a devastating tornado in St. Louis to major leadership changes, legal battles and clashes over voter-approved initiatives. In this episode of the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, we look back on the defining stories of 2025 with STLPR reporters Will Bauer, Sarah Kellogg and Rachel Lippmann.
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    49 m
  • St. Louis band Foxing says thank you and farewell to its fans as it takes a hiatus

    St. Louis band Foxing says thank you and farewell to its fans as it takes a hiatus
    Dec 19 2025
    After 14 years of recording and performing their unique brand of emo indie rock, the St. Louis-based and internationally acclaimed band Foxing is taking an indefinite hiatus. This comes one year after the release of their self-titled album, which features their single “Hell 99.” Weeks before the band hit the stage for the last time in the foreseeable future, STLPR general assignment and arts reporter Chad Davis sat down with Foxing guitarist and vocalist Eric Hudson.
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    25 m
  • St. Louis artists dropped some bangers this year – here are our top tracks of 2025

    St. Louis artists dropped some bangers this year – here are our top tracks of 2025
    Dec 19 2025
    Every month for the past year we have introduced you to new tracks from St. Louis artists. We want to take a look back at those song selections from all 14 episodes to see which ones stand out as our top picks of the year. Host Elaine Cha, music show originator Miya Norfleet and producer Darrious Varner discuss their top tracks from the over 100 songs featured in this first year of our new music round up.

    Check out our new music roundup playlist.
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    25 m
  • Legal Roundtable takes on secrecy, scandals and public accountability

    Legal Roundtable takes on secrecy, scandals and public accountability
    Dec 18 2025
    A Missouri senator facing accusations of assault. A St. Charles judge hauled before a disciplinary panel to explain why he dressed up as Elvis Presley. In both cases, the public figures at the center of these separate scandals sought secrecy to keep their behavior out of the public eye — however, their legal maneuvers are now in the spotlight. In this December edition of the Legal Roundtable, our panel of expert attorneys discusses St. Charles Judge Matthew Thornhill, State Senator Steven Roberts, and more.
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    50 m
  • Kris Kringle and the Jolly Jingles bring holiday cheer to St. Louis with a new single

    Kris Kringle and the Jolly Jingles bring holiday cheer to St. Louis with a new single
    Dec 18 2025
    The countdown is on. In just one week, Santa Claus will spread Christmas cheer across the world to those on his Nice list. But in St. Louis, Santa, aka Kris Kringle, performs with his band, the Jolly Jingles, at their annual Christmas Extravaganza. They play a medley of traditional Christmas music — and originals — infused with gospel, rock and roll and ska. Kringle sat down with STLPR’s visuals editor Brian Munoz to discuss his music, his special brand of holiday joy and the band's new single “Egg Nog: North Pole Rock and Roll.”
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    13 m
  • New portrait series at Lambert explores complex answers to the question ‘Where are you from?’

    New portrait series at Lambert explores complex answers to the question ‘Where are you from?’
    Dec 17 2025
    In a new portrait series displayed at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, St. Louis-based painter, illustrator, and photographer Cristina Fletes-Mach explores the complex challenge of responding to the question: “Where are you from?” She shares where themes of migration and identity have been part of her personal experiences, why maps are incorporated into the portraits, and what makes an international airport — inherently an in-between space — a fitting venue to show this series of paintings.
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    13 m
  • The 12 restaurants we’ll miss most that closed in the St. Louis region in 2025

    The 12 restaurants we’ll miss most that closed in the St. Louis region in 2025
    Dec 17 2025
    St. Louisans deeply mourn restaurants lost across the region. Maybe it’s because we have an exceptional restaurant scene supported by a relatively low cost of living and ready access to locally farmed produce. Maybe we’re just a sentimental bunch. Whatever the reason, we reflect on the restaurants we lost this year and trends within the St. Louis food scene. We also share what we’re looking forward to in 2026.
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    25 m
  • WashU professor explores the power and privilege of seeing from above in new book

    WashU professor explores the power and privilege of seeing from above in new book
    Dec 16 2025
    On September 10, 1910, Thomas Scott Baldwin flew over St. Louis, thrilling 200,000 onlookers along the Mississippi River. That moment of early flight — and many others — is at the heart of Edward McPherson’s new book, “Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View.” The Washington University professor writes about aerial photography, long-distance mapping and how seeing from above shapes power, privilege and perspective. The book is rooted in St. Louis, relaying stories about the Mississippian people in present-day Collinsville and the aerial surveillance of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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    50 m