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Missouri’s glades are trapped under trees. Botanists are freeing them by logging

2 years 5 months ago
Podcast Description: In 2018, writer Robert Langellier and botanist Neal Humke cut down every tree across 19 acres in the Ozarks in Pioneer Forest. Their aim was to restore one of the Ozarks' rarest ecosystems: a glade. While it may seem counterintuitive to cut down trees in a time of climate change, restoring glades helps ensure biodiversity. Langellier discusses his opinion piece in the New York Times about the conservation effort. Humke, Land Stewardship Coordinator for the L-A-D Foundation — which privately owns the land in the Pioneer Forest — discusses the non-profits’ work there and the importance of glades.

Film festival in St. Louis has a supernatural Western and a story of aliens in Forest Park

2 years 5 months ago
Cinema St. Louis has curated films with a local connection since 2000. Now in its twenty-third iteration, the showcase has grown to include documentary and narrative shorts as well as feature-length films, experimental film and animations, and master classes for anyone interested in filmmaking in the region. Chris Clark, Cinema St. Louis' artistic director, breaks down the upcoming showcase, and discusses what he’s most looking forward to.

Boeing plans $1.8 billion expansion project, adding 500 jobs

2 years 5 months ago
Dubbed Project Voyager, and described as supporting “new aerospace programs,” plans call for construction of multiple buildings totaling one million square feet with a capital investment of $1.8 billion, according to documents released Friday. The investment would surpass that of the new NGA West headquarters, which is estimated to cost $1.7 billion.
James Drew

Barbie Is Existential Brilliance — and Also a Lot of Fun

2 years 5 months ago
We are living in difficult times. Girls’ self-harm and suicide rates are spiraling; women are more burned out than ever taking the second shift. Boys are slipping behind in school and struggling to graduate; men are more and more often the victims of deaths of despair.
Eileen G'Sell