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As part of the 2018 St. Louis Public Radio "Inform Your Vote" ballot issues forum, Scott Charton, SaferMO.com communications director, and Gwen Moore, a retired University of Missouri-St. Louis professor, debated the pros and cons of Proposition D: The Gas Tax Increase, Olympic Prize Tax Exemption, and Traffic Reduction Fund Measure 

St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies take a deep look at Amendment 1 on the latest edition of Political Speaking.

The measure, widely known as Clean Missouri, combines a host of ethics-related alterations with an overhaul of state legislative redistricting. Out of all the things on the Nov. 6 ballot, Clean Missouri is eliciting the most unusual political alliances.

Proponents include left-of-center activists and groups that helped craft the measure, as well as some prominent Republicans. Backers contend that Clean Missouri will make politics more accessible to people — as opposed to special interests or lobbyists.

Detractors believe that the ethics-related items in Clean Missouri, including curtailing lobbyist gifts and slightly lowering campaign donation limits, are aimed at making the state legislative redistricting changes more palatable to voters. While many of the opponents are Republicans, some African-American officials and groups aren’t supporting Clean Missouri because of fears it will lead to fewer black lawmakers getting elected.

We have excerpts of a 90-minute debate between Rep. Mike Bost, St. Clair County State's Attorney Brendan Kelly and SIU-Carbondale professor Randy Auxier.

St. Louis on the Air host Don Marsh explores some of the region's spooky locales and tales with Pat Dorsey, author of the book "Haunted Webster Groves."

The St. Louis County Council has overridden County Executive Steve Stenger's veto of legislation that does away with a requirement that contractors bidding for construction work have apprenticeship programs. Host Don Marsh goes behind the headlines to talk about updates in the council with St. Louis Public Radio political reporter Jo Mannies.

For our monthly Sound Bites segment with Sauce Magazine, host Don Marsh discusses the new generation of local farmers in St. Louis and how they work with area chefs.

On Thursday's St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh spoke with Jennifer Teege, a German author whose book "My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past" details her discovery that her grandfather was an infamously brutal World War II commandant. The pair were joined by Dan Reich curator and director of education for the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center in St. Louis County.

GOP state auditor nominee Saundra McDowell joins the Politically Speaking podcast to talk about her campaign for the statewide office.

McDowell is squaring off against incumbent Democrat Nicole Galloway, who was appointed to her post after Tom Schweich’s death in 2015. You can listen to Galloway’s appearance on the show here.

McDowell is an Oklahoma native and Air Force veteran who received her law degree from Regent University. She worked as an assistant attorney general and as director of enforcement for the securities division under Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft.

Host Don Marsh talks to members of the Ahmad family, who reside in St. Louis County, about their volunteer work locally and abroad. The family co-founded Biking4Books, a non-profit that raises money to donate books to St. Louis city schools. They also travel to Bangladesh to help Rohingya refugees. 

On Wednesday's St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh facilitated a conversation about the limitations facing American immigrants seeking employment and new policies being implemented to diminish these barriers. Joining the conversation were Anna Crosslin, president and CEO of the International Institute of St. Louis; Amanda Bergson-Schilcock, director of upskilling policy at the National Skills Coalition in Washington, D.C.; and Eduardo Sequeira Hernandez, a recent Costa Rican immigrant serving now as a cloud compliance specialist for Nestlé Purina.

State Auditor Nicole Galloway returns to the Politically Speaking podcast to talk about her quest for a full four-year in office.

The Democratic official was appointed to her post in 2015 after the suicide of  Tom Schweich. She’s squaring off against Republican Saundra McDowell in Nov. 6 election. McDowell’s episode of Politically Speaking will be posted on Wednesday afternoon.

Host Don Marsh talks to members and an ally of Missouri's trans and gender non-conforming community about their efforts to bring awareness to the rights and presence of trans and gender non-conforming (TGNC) individuals.

On Tuesday's St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh discussed confronting discrimination in the workplace with Susan Balk, Founder of Hatebreakers and Holly Edgell, St. Louis Public Radio race, identity and culture editor. Both guests will be participants in the Missouri Historical Society's upcoming "Woke at Work" panel.

In conversation with panelists Bill Freivogel, Marcia McCormick and Mark Smith, host Don Marsh touches on several of the latest regional stories pertaining to the law as well as the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the dismissal of Stormy Daniels’ defamation lawsuit against President Trump.

St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies examine Thursday night’s televised debate between U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill and Attorney General Josh Hawley.

The debate comes as most polls show a tight race between McCaskill and Hawley. And few observers believe that Democrats have any chance of taking over the Senate if McCaskill can’t win a third term.

Among other things, the candidates debated health care, immigration policy, “right to work” laws, global warming and Second Amendment rights. Hawley contended that McCaskill is too liberal for a state which went for President Donald Trump by 19 points. McCaskill emphasized her independence, someone who will work with “anyone, anytime” to address the state’s needs.

Emily Lohse-Busch, Natalie DiNicola and Sam Fiorello share their experiences with the local STEM startup scene with host Don Marsh. 

Alongside current breast cancer patient Jossalyn Larson, cancer survivor Heather Salazar, who is president of Pink Ribbon Girls, and Dr. Theresa Schwartz, a breast surgeon with SLUCare and SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, discuss some of the more mundane and often unanticipated challenges that frequently impact patients – and particularly women – while undergoing treatment.

St. Louis county voters will have to decide whether they will approve a 1/8th of one cent sales tax increase to help fund and maintain the St. Louis Zoo’s operations, specifically a new Conservation and Animal Science Center. Host Don Marsh moderated an in-depth debate between a supporter and opponent of the proposition.

On Wednesdays St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh spoke with Kalen McAllister and Pete Wallace, the founder and kitchen manager respectively of the Laughing Bear Bakery. The downtown shop is known for its delicious treats, and for its policy of only employing individuals with a felony record.

Our minds and bodies are powerful healers, and strong in maintaining well-being for each of us, overall. But do we use these inner tools?

The profession of Therapeutic Horticulture brings together plants and people, to explore and promote well-being in both profound and simple ways. Jeanne Carbone and her colleagues on the TH team at Missouri Botanical Garden offer a new program to help us explore and strengthen well-being, in partnership with Nature.

The setting for this exploration is Seiwa En, the Japanese Garden of Pure, Clear Harmony and Peace, at Missouri Botanical Garden in the City of St. Louis. Pathways and reflection points provide many opportunities to cultivate personal well-being.

This new program, Journey to Well-Being, includes three guided visits to Seiwa-En and prompts to experience and reflect on your own, in a series of weekly walks. Self-guiding options make this journey as convenient as it is powerful, especially in relation to a jewel of nature in the St. Louis region.

Registration is open for the winter session, with additional sessions coming in 2019.

Music: Bitter Root, performed live at KDHX by Matt Flinner

THANKS to Anna Holland, Earthworms engineer

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