Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBell backs Israel, abortion rights and radiation victims in challenge of incumbent Bush
St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell’s challenge of Congresswoman Cori Bush was already garnering the attention of national political prognosticat…
1 year, 9 months ago
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Jay Ashcroft wants to phase out Missouri’s income tax
Podcast Description: Jay Ashcroft has been on an electoral winning streak since he rolled to victory in a contentious primary for Missouri secretary …
1 year, 9 months ago
How St. Louis became known as 'Mound City' despite settlers razing those monuments
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.…
1 year, 9 months ago
Legal Roundtable tackles universal basic income lawsuit, Bar:PM crash, more
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 lo…
1 year, 9 months ago
Queer Writes centers writing and storytelling from St. Louis LGBTQ creatives
Recognition and acceptance is hard to come by for many marginalized groups. Yet, when such groups reach a certain degree of visibility, they often fa…
1 year, 9 months ago
Meet the St. Louisan named first woman on U.S. Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby team
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 Am…
1 year, 9 months ago
How the Ferguson Uprising changed the way we consume and create media
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 me…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Office of Violence Prevention ups their game with more funds to community organizations
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 requi…
1 year, 10 months ago
NPR’s Sarah McCammon explores alliance between evangelicals and Trump in bestselling book
NPR political correspondent Sarah McCammon grew up in a deeply evangelical family near Kansas City in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Later on, when she was assig…
1 year, 10 months ago
Shannon Lee shares the 'martial arts as life' teachings of her father Bruce Lee
Fifty years after his death, Bruce Lee’s status as one of the world’s most influential martial artists endures through his work as an actor and his p…
1 year, 10 months ago