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Host Don Marsh talks at length with John Nations about the state of the Metro system and other regional efforts that have been among his responsibilities as CEO of the agency the past eight years.

Bernie Hayes is a familiar and much honored fixture in local media for years. He’s a teacher, columnist, educator and has deep community roots. He reminisces about his past roles in the broadcast and music industries with host Don Marsh. 

Dianne Burpee has been an active member of community choirs and parish choirs for many years, but in her experience, nothing quite compares to singing inside the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. Its appeal is part of what’s drawing her back to the space this weekend to participate in Christmas at the Cathedral for the 17th year in a row.

St. Louis natives and media icons Art Holliday and Wiley Price reflect on their impactful careers in the region with host Don Marsh. The Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists awarded them the Living Legends award for their journalistic excellence.

The median credit score in St. Louis is 665, just a few points beneath the national median. But a closer look at ZIP-code-level data shows a median score of just 532 in areas of the city that are predominantly non-white, whereas the median credit score for predominantly white areas is 732. "That's a very large gap, and we are here to do something about that," says Jared Boyd, chief of staff and counsel for the City of St. Louis Treasurer's Office.

State Rep.-elect Mary Elizabeth Coleman joins Politically Speaking to talk about her big win in Missouri’s 97th District House seat — and her expectations about the upcoming legislative session.

Coleman is a Republican from Arnold who defeated Democratic state Rep. Mike Revis in this month’s election. She will represent parts of St. Louis and Jefferson counties when lawmakers return for the 2019 session in January.

Coleman is an attorney who previously served on the Arnold City Council. She was one of three Republicans who signed up to take on Revis, who took over a seat that Republicans had controlled for roughly eight years.

November's legal panel features Bill Freivogel, Mark Smith and Susan Appleton discussing a variety of recent local and national stories pertaining to the law.

Host Don Marsh discusses how individual makers and various communities and cultures are broadening their holiday-shopping horizons in the St. Louis area.

The latest episode of the podcast takes a close look at recent changes in St. Louis' Grove neighborhood.

Founding members of The Grannie Annie Family Story Celebration join host Don Marsh to discuss the role the organization plays in encouraging young people to preserve family stories.

Abdullah Brown-El discusses what he learned about Abbott, her 1930s peers and their early visions for the future of St. Louis while doing research in the Missouri Historical Society’s Library and Research Center. Elizabeth Pickard, director of education and interpretation, also contributes to the conversation.

Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Debra Horwitz discusses your pets' needs in the colder months and what behavior changes they might experience as the snow falls and temperature drops. 

Social philosopher and mathematician Charles Eisenstein takes on the issue of our time, in terms that may give humankind another way to get our minds, hearts and action around Climate Change.

Drawing from Eisenstein's new book Climate, A New Story, this conversation with Earthworms host Jean Ponzi offers perspective, options and much-needed hope for our species capacity to course-correct relative to the systems that support life on Earth, including us.

Music: Abdiel, performed live at KDHX by Dave Black.
THANKS to Anna Holland, Earthworms audio engineer

Related Earthworms Conversations: Drawdown: Solutions to Reverse Global Warming (March 2018) 
Carl Pope: Creating A Climate of Hope (April 2018)

Joan Lipkin: Theater Takes on Climate Change (October 2017)

Recent trade disputes between the Trump administration and China have had a heavy impact on farmers in Missouri. Pat Westhoff, director of the University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, and Blake Hurst, president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, discuss the situation.

The holidays are here, and so are those sometimes awkward holiday dinners that can often turn bitter if divisive issues come up. Host Don Marsh discusses the best ways to approach these holiday-time conversations with Dr. Marva Robinson, a licensed clinical psychologist in St. Louis. 

St. Louis Alderman Scott Ogilvie returns to Politically Speaking to talk about the pressing issues before the Board of Aldermen — and why he’s decided to leave after the 2019 elections.

Ogilvie represents the 24th Ward, which takes in six neighborhoods around southwestern St. Louis. That includes neighborhoods that encompass Dogtown, such as Cheltenham, Clayton Tamm, Franz Park, Hi-Pointe and Ellendale.

Ogilvie first burst onto St. Louis’ political scene in 2011 when he prevailed as an independent candidate against former Alderman Tom Bauer. For a time, he was the only member of the Board of Aldermen who wasn’t elected as a Democrat. He successfully ran for re-election in 2015 as a Democrat, once again defeating Bauer.

Throughout his tenure as an alderman, Ogilvie has been advocate for bolstering the city’s mass transit and bicycle infrastructure. He was also the sponsor of legislation that implemented donation limits for city-based candidates.

The world of recycling is a global one, with lots of moving parts. But in places like St. Louis, it all still starts with local residents and what they put in their neighborhood recycling bins. At least that's where one regional organization is putting renewed focus as they try to spread a consistent message.

Host Don Marsh talks about the Lemp family’s legacy and their mansion as portrayed in the Big Muddy Dance Company’s new production, "Lemp Legends: A Ghost Story," with the organization's executive director Erin Warner Prange.

St. Louis Public Radio economic development reporter Melody Walker goes behind the headlines with host Don Marsh to discuss the official dedication of the long-awaited trolley. 

Dr. Sonny Saggar, owner of Downtown Urgent Care, has practiced medicine in the St. Louis region for many years but grew up in England. He’s worked in hospital emergency rooms in both countries.