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Jay Farrar, lead singer and songwriter for the St. Louis band Son Volt, discusses their newest album "Union" with producer Alex Heuer

Washington University’s Molly Metzger and Hank Webber are co-editors of the new book “Facing Segregation: Housing Policy Solutions for a Stronger Society.” Will Jordan is the executive director of the Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council, or EHOC.

For the past 19 years, Charles Glenn’s voice has regularly set the tone for St. Louis Blues home games. Last week he announced that this will be his last season singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” for the hockey team, citing multiple sclerosis as a factor in his decision to retire.

Like many documentarians, Oren Rudavsky delved into his latest film project eager to “get under the surface” of his subject’s public persona. And his soon-to-premiere documentary “Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People” manages to do just that. But Rudavsky’s primary reasons for making the film about the celebrated giant of American journalism and founder of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch were political ones, he tells executive producer Alex Heuer.

Science reporter Eli Chen takes listeners on a trip to the Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka, Missouri, to show how the center is seeking to understand and support the endangered African painted dog. The center is currently home to 23 painted dogs who were born this past winter.

The Riverfront Times' Danny Wicentowski goes behind the headlines with St. Louis Public Radio's Alex Heuer to remember the steers who took the city by storm – and the people who helped them find their way back to pasture. Also participating in the discussion are Ellie Laks, founder of the Gentle Barn, and local rescue enthusiasts Adam Brewer and Kelly Manno.

Acclaimed scholar, critic and essayist Gerald Early discusses a variety of topics: including baseball, his latest book, "The Cambridge Champion of Boxing," and the value of literary works.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's lead Cardinals beat reporter Derrick Goold joins St. Louis Public Radio reporter Rachel Lippmann to discuss the new baseball season and his revised book on the team's history.

Producer Alex Heuer talks with two Washington University School of Medicine professionals who are spearheading efforts to help Rohingya refugees living in camps located in Bangladesh: Dr. Anne Glowinski, professor of psychiatry, and Dr. Rupa Patel, assistant professor of medicine.

UMSL student Letisha Wexstten won $15,000 two weeks ago in a campus competition for her business concept that aims to help people with disabilities find employment. Alex Zvibleman won $10,000 for his coffee-shop concept, and Bailee Warsing and Tim Bragg won $5,000 for the business they've co-founded, Singular Construction Automation. They discuss the stories behind their endeavors and what's next with producer Evie Hemphill.

Sauce Magazine managing editors Catherine Klene and Heather Hughes talk up some of the latest additions to the St. Louis region’s food-and-beverage community.

After leading Washington University for nearly a quarter century, Chancellor Mark Wrighton will retire this summer. He joined St. Louis Public Radio's Maria Altman to discuss his tenure at the school, and his future as campaign chairman for Better Together.

St. Louis Public Radio's Jonathan Ahl talks with U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Donna Martin, who is the first woman and third African American to lead the base.

It’s no secret that St. Louisans love their beer, so much so that some take the matter into their own hands with no intention of ever going pro. Homebrewing is the subject of this month’s Sound Bites segment with Sauce Magazine. Producer Lara Hamdan talks with local homebrewers Suzie Emiliozzi, president of The OG: Women’s Craft Beer Collective, and Troy Meier, president of the STL Hops Homebrew Club. Sauce managing editor Catherine Klene also participated in the discussion.

Twenty-first-century humans who make it to age 65 are tending to live longer than previous generations did – a pattern that Ashton Applewhite describes as a global demographic phenomenon and one that should be celebrated. Applewhite is the author of "This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism."

Former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano delves into how American security policy has developed since 9/11, as well as the ways in which politicians have ignored significant threats like domestic extremism, cybersecurity and climate change.

Political reporter Jason Rosenbaum and politics editor Fred Ehrlich unpacked all of the recent news out of the St. Louis County executive office and its implications for the Better Together proposal.

Local journalist Dick Weiss has partnered with Mendel Rosenberg on his newly published memoir titled “Thriver: My Journey Through Holocaust Nightmare to American Dream.”

Joining this conversation with executive producer Alex Heuer is Rachelle L’Ecuyer, executive director of the Delmar Loop. The segment also includes pre-recorded comments from passersby, business owners, a Loop Trolley rider and St. Louis University's Bob Lewis, who is an assistant professor of urban planning and development.

Conservative commentator Bill Kristol and progressive journalist and writer Sarah Kendzior discuss how to move forward in the current divided American political landscape.