The Gateway

By: St. Louis Public Radio
  • Summary

  • Essential news for the St. Louis region. Every weekday, in about 8 to 10 minutes, you can learn about the top stories of the day, while also hearing longer stories that bring context and humanity to the issues and ideas that affect life in the region. Music by Ryan McNeely of Adult Fur.
    2021
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Episodes
  • Friday, August 16 - Groundbreaking soil research
    Aug 16 2024
    Science has been studying the growing of crops for a long time, but the study of soil is relatively new. Researchers are finding that there’s a lot to be learned about how farming has impacted soil over the decades. As Harvest Public Media’s Jim Meadows reports, that research could be greatly helped by the discovery of soil samples over a century old.
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    12 mins
  • Thursday, August 15 - Carl Phillips, prestigious and personal
    Aug 15 2024
    Poet Carl Phillips taught at Washington University for 30 years before winning the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry last year. He retired at the end of the school year. His new collection is out now. It’s called “Scattered Snows, to the North” and it includes poems about memory, sex and the natural world. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jeremy Goodwin asked Phillips how his prestigious award affected his writing.
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    10 mins
  • Wednesday, August 14 - The State Fair Fire Department
    Aug 14 2024
    Keeping the 300,000 who visit the small town of Sedalia for the Missouri State Fair requires a big, temporary, volunteer fire department.
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    9 mins

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