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Host Don Marsh talked with author Melissa Scholes Young about her debut novel, "Flood."

In remembrance of NPR’s Carl Kasell, who passed away earlier this week, Thursday’s St. Louis on the Air included a segment in remembrance of the longtime newscaster and much-beloved radio personality.

For more than 30 years, Circus Flora, a one-ring circus that makes St. Louis its home, has offered a circus show that’s best described as live theater. It’s an intimate setting that is in stark contrast to the images some people might conjure of the large Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus which performed for the last time 10 months ago. Two things are significantly different about this year’s Circus Flora season, as Cecil MacKinnon and Jack Marsh noted this week on St. Louis on the Air.

Wednesday marked the first anniversary of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson’s time in office. The first woman elected to lead the Gateway City, she joined St. Louis on the Air host Don Marsh for a conversation both reflecting on her first 12 months in the role and looking ahead.

On the latest edition of Politically Speaking, St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies welcome Mark Mantovani to the program.

The Democrat is running for St. Louis County executive. He's seeking to deprive incumbent St. Louis County executive Steve Stenger of a second term.

The 2016 book Climate of Hope conveys a broad, powerfully encouraging view from a longtime environmental champion, Carl Pope - former Sierra Club national Director - and his co-author Michael Bloomberg, philanthropist and former Mayor of New York. 

This report on civic, economic, business and cultural alliances proclaims what Pope calls "Bottom-Up Climate Progress" even as U.S. federal leadership rolls back climate protections. Pope's perspective aims to foster citizen engagement and especially locally-based actions to boost clean energy and curb climate disrupting emissions from many sources.

                         
Carl Pope comes to St. Louis on Monday April 23, as Keynote Speaker for the Saint Louis University Climate Summit.

Music: Cadillac Desert, performed live at KDHX by William Tyler

THANKS to Dan Waterman and Andy Coco. engineering for Earthworms

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Host Don Marsh talked about a new report on segregation in housing in the St. Louis region.

Edward O. Wilson’s long career has been marked by enormous contributions to the field of biology, with an impact on global conservation efforts that is difficult to overstate. All of it grew out of his close attention years ago to something relatively small: the behavior of ants. Wilson recalled one of his earliest interactions with the insects, a memory from his boyhood in northern Alabama, on Tuesday’s St. Louis on the Air in conversation with host Don Marsh.

Producer Lara Hamdan talks to students about their experience with the Hamilton Education Program created by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. 

On Monday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh talked with Elsa Hart about the inspiration for her books thus far, the craft of mystery writing and what’s next for her as an author.

Host Don Marsh talked about the prevalence of autism and discussed the latest research in the diagnosis and treatment of autism.

On the latest edition of Politically Speaking, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum, Rachel Lippmann and Marshall Griffin examine all of the developments in Gov. Eric Greitens’ legal and political saga.

This week’s episode focuses on a House committee report that’s prompting bipartisan calls for Greitens to step down.

Host Don Marsh talked with St. Louis Public Radio reporter Jason Rosenbaum about this week's news involving Gov. Eric Greitens.

Host Don Marsh talked with outgoing St. Louis Symphony Orchestra music director David Robertson about his 13-year tenure in St. Louis.

Jonathan Walton of Harvard University and Lerone Martin, a Washington University faculty member, joined St. Louis on the Air host Don Marsh on Thursday for a discussion of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy.

Host Don Marsh talked with about the scope of the opioid epidemic and a new program that seeks to prevent drug use.

Wednesday’s St. Louis on the Air included the sort of conversation that often doesn’t happen as often or as early as it should among loved ones – the kind about planning for the end of life. Joining host Don Marsh for the discussion was Cara Wallace, an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at Saint Louis University.

A treasure trove of invaluable artifacts from the space race will be on display at the St. Louis Science Center.

UMSL criminologists Lee Slocum and Finn Esbensen discussed a variety of safety issues that students and teachers deal with daily on Tuesday's St. Louis on the Air.

Host Don Marsh talked to Jeff Clements, president of American Promise, and Megan Green, alderwoman of St. Louis’ 15th Ward, about an election financing reform which could result in a proposal for a 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution..