Episodes

  • Bell backs Israel, abortion rights and radiation victims in challenge of incumbent Bush

    Bell backs Israel, abortion rights and radiation victims in challenge of incumbent Bush
    Jun 28 2024
    St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell’s challenge of Congresswoman Cori Bush was already garnering the attention of national political prognosticators. But during an episode of the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, Bell noted that his race against Bush and former state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal to represent Missouri’s 1st Congressional District isn’t the same as other challenges to a group of House Democrats known as “The Squad.” STLPR statehouse and politics reporter Sarah Kellogg also joins the show for analysis.
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    25 mins
  • Republican gubernatorial hopeful Jay Ashcroft wants to phase out Missouri’s income tax

    Republican gubernatorial hopeful Jay Ashcroft wants to phase out Missouri’s income tax
    Jun 28 2024
    Podcast Description: Jay Ashcroft has been on an electoral winning streak since he rolled to victory in a contentious primary for Missouri secretary of state in 2016 and now he’s hoping to extend it in the GOP primary for governor. The statewide official faces stiff competition from Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe and state Sen. Bill Eigel. On the latest episode of the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, Ashcroft said neither of his opponents could bring about the type of policy change Republicans want. STLPR statehouse and politics reporter Sarah Kellogg also joins the show for analysis.
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    26 mins
  • How St. Louis became known as 'Mound City' despite settlers razing those monuments

    How St. Louis became known as 'Mound City' despite settlers razing those monuments
    Jun 27 2024
    Cahokia Mounds in Collinsville hosts about 350,000 visitors each year. Much less well-known are the sites where 27 monuments once stood in St. Louis. The mounds, carefully constructed and engineered by Indigenous people between 800-1350 CE, were destroyed by white settlers to make way for urban development during the 19th century. In her new book “Mound City,” historian Patricia Cleary details the history of those mounds, the strange paradox of local settlers claiming the moniker of “Mound City” while destroying them, and their contribution to the cultural identity of St. Louisans and Americans across the country today.
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    55 mins
  • Legal Roundtable tackles universal basic income lawsuit, Bar:PM crash, more

    Legal Roundtable tackles universal basic income lawsuit, Bar:PM crash, more
    Jun 26 2024
    The City of St. Louis faces a lawsuit over its universal basic income program. The program gives $500 a month to lower-income families chosen by a lottery, but lawyers with the Holy Joe Society argue that violates the state constitution's requirement that public funds can’t go to private individuals. This month’s Legal Roundtable convenes to analyze the merits of the lawsuit. Attorneys Susan McGraugh, Arindam Kar and Dave Roland also discuss a lawsuit brought by the owners of Bar:PM after police crashed an SUV into their bar, why the Supreme Court rejected Missouri’s case alleging government officials pressured social media companies, and more.
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    49 mins
  • Queer Writes centers writing and storytelling from St. Louis LGBTQ creatives

    Queer Writes centers writing and storytelling from St. Louis LGBTQ creatives
    Jun 25 2024
    Recognition and acceptance is hard to come by for many marginalized groups. Yet, when such groups reach a certain degree of visibility, they often face another challenge: being viewed as a monolith. Queer Writes aims to push against preconceptions by celebrating the diversity of LBGTQ+ writers in St. Louis. Program creator Joan Lipkin and actor Michael Kearns talk about the program and preview an upcoming Queer Writes event at the Missouri History Museum.
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    37 mins
  • Meet the St. Louisan named first woman on U.S. Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby team

    Meet the St. Louisan named first woman on U.S. Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby team
    Jun 25 2024
    Since wheelchair rugby’s debut in the 1996 Paralympics, Team USA has only had male players — until now. At this summer’s competition in Paris, the American team’s roster will include its very first female player: St. Louis University Assistant Professor Sarah Adam. Adam shares how she’s training for intense competition at the Paralympics this summer and what it means to represent her country, and women, as an elite athlete.
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    21 mins
  • How the Ferguson Uprising changed the way we consume and create media

    How the Ferguson Uprising changed the way we consume and create media
    Jun 24 2024
    In 2014, video of police violence in New York and of protests in Ferguson changed what we see in mainstream media. Eric Deggans, NPR TV critic and media analyst, discusses the effects footage of the Ferguson Uprising had on what makes the news, and people’s expectations — as consumers, contributors and creators — of various media forms.
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    27 mins
  • The Office of Violence Prevention ups their game with more funds to community organizations

    The Office of Violence Prevention ups their game with more funds to community organizations
    Jun 24 2024
    When Wil Pinkney took the helm of the newly formed Office of Violence Prevention for the City of St. Louis, he recognized that addressing crime requires a holistic, community-based approach. By fostering relationships with neighborhoods and community organizations that are already connected to young people, Pinkney believes the city can better address the root causes of violence. He shares the summer programming his office has been able to support and lessons they’ve learned along the way.
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    23 mins