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Atmospheric cap: How heat charges strong storms

2 years 3 months ago
We tend to only think of what’s going on down here on the ground.  But in reality, almost everything we experience as weather down here on the ground begins up over our heads in the atmosphere above us. 
Chris Higgins

A total solar eclipse is coming to Missouri and Illinois in 2024. It’s time to get ready

2 years 3 months ago
On average a total solar eclipse occurs once every 400 years in the same location on earth. In 2017 the St. Louis region was within the path of totality for the first time since 1869. This coming April millions of residents in eastern Missouri and southern Illinois will find themselves within a two-hour drive of another total solar eclipse. Author and eclipse chaser David Baron joins the show.

Black Tulip Chorale celebrates 5 years of lifting LGBTQ voices

2 years 3 months ago
For five years, St. Louis’ Black Tulip Chorale has fused queer history, music and inclusivity. The group celebrates the milestone May 21 with a special show “Shining Through,” that pairs each song with a moment from LGBTQ history. Founding member Dr. Ken Haller explains the group’s origin story, and how its approach to a mixed voice “all-expression, all-gender, ​all-identity” chorus has attracted more than 40 singers to its ranks.