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Longtime St. Louisans (from left) Mike Jones, Jamala Rogers and Virvus Jones joined Wednesday’s show to reflect on the impact of what occurred on April 4, 1968.

Host Don Marsh talked with Catherine Klene and Matt Sorrell of Sauce Magazine about the best new St. Louis restaurants in  to try in April.

Caring for our planet is fun when St. Louis Earth Day's intrepid crew leads the action!

On April 21-22 the 29th annual Earth Day Festival will fill the sunny, leafy environs around The Muny in our town's Forest Park with learning, music, food, people-watching and you-can-do options for all ages. Free and fabulous, this event is one of the largest Earth Day festivals on the planet!                                                         

The non-profit hosts of this Green gala also coordinate waste-reducing services year-round, from Recycling Extravaganza's annual spring-cleaning support to Recycling On The Go teams that bring food waste composting, single-stream recycling and public education to festivals of all kinds.

Check out volunteer opportunities with St. Louis Earth Day - they are rewarding, impactful and always well organized!

Thanks to Jen Myerscough, St. Louis Earth Day Executive Director, and Bob Henkel, who heads up Recycling On The Go, for joining this Earthworms edition.

Music: Extremist Stomp, performed live at KDHX by Pokey LaFarge and Ryan Spearman
THANKS to Andy Coco, engineering Earthworms this week with assistance from Dan Waterman.
Related Earthworms Conversations: 2018 Green Challenges Worth Taking! (March 2018)

Host Don Marsh spoke with Gwen Moore of the Missouri Historical Society about "#1 in Civil Rights: The African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis." The exhibit closes April 15.

Sonja Perryman has found her niche at the intersection of storytelling and public health. She stopped by the St. Louis on the Air studio to discuss her experience in a changing entertainment industry while visiting St. Louis to speak at Webster University.

On Monday’s St. Louis on the Air, listeners heard host Don Marsh in conversation with bestselling novelist Anna Quindlen. She was in town last week for a book-signing event presented by St. Louis County Library, and Marsh interviewed her on stage before an audience of more than 200 people.

On the latest edition of Politically Speaking, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies welcome Sen. Bill Eigel back to the program.

The Weldon Spring Republican represents a portion of St. Charles County in the Missouri Senate. He was elected in 2016 after a hotly-contested GOP primary, and a fairly easy general election victory.

Eigel is one of several Republicans who have put forward bills to overhaul the state’s tax code. It’s also been a priority for Gov. Eric Greitens, who promised during his State of the State speech to push through an ambitious tax cut plan.

On the latest edition of the Politically Speaking podcast, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum, Jo Mannies and Rachel Lippmann break down all of the developments in the legal and political saga of Gov. Eric Greitens.

This week’s episode zeroes in on St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison’s decision to have a jury, rather than himself, decide whether Greitens is guilty of felony invasion of privacy.

Host Don Marsh talked with STLPR reporter Chad Davis and Marcus Wilson, a local YMCA director, about using basketball to teach life lessons.

On Friday’s St. Louis on the Air, Washington University Libraries manuscripts curator Joel Minor joined host Don Marsh to share his impressions of Gass, who passed away in December at the age of 93 and will be celebrated at public events next week on the campus where he taught for many years.

The Redbirds have 161 games yet to go this year, and longtime sports writer Rob Rains says the team is looking stronger than it was a year ago. He discusses some of the question marks ahead of the Cardinals in the coming months with St. Louis on the Air host Don Marsh.

On Thursday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh discussed what makes the “New Dance Horizons VI: Live at the Grandel” event particularly unique with guests Brian Eno and Terence Marling.

Our monthly Sound Bites segment, produced in partnership with Sauce Magazine, was about recipes and tips for successful and flavorful Indian dishes.

Host Don Marsh discussed current issues pertaining to the law with the panel of legal experts. 

Host Don Marsh talked with CPA Lance Weiss recent tax law changes and about filing 2017 state and federal tax returns.

Host Don Marsh talks to Mark Fuchs, hydrologist with the National Weather Service, about the increase of rainfall in the region.

Host Don Marsh talks about the Council on American Islamic Relations-Missouri's annual art exhibit showcasing local Muslim talent. 

The city’s high rate of violent crime remains a key challenge along with the need to rebuild trust with citizens in the wake of protests. Both issues loomed large on Monday’s St. Louis on the Air as John Hayden discussed his leadership of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department the past three months.

On the latest edition of Politically Speaking, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies welcome back Sen. Scott Sifton to the program.

The Affton Democrat (who is now tied with state Treasurer Eric Schmitt for most appearances on the show with five) represents parts of south and central St. Louis County in the Missouri Senate.

With Earth Day coming up, we are challenged by a lot of "you can do." Individual efforts matter, but how much?

Earthworms endorses two challenges that WILL have an impact, in our lives and for our planet.

The DRAWDOWN Eco-Challenge, running nationally April 4-25, builds on ten years of eco-challenge experience from Northwest Earth institute to engage individual actions. Multiplying impacts, this 2018 challenge correlates our actions to the measures mapped, measured and prioritized by Project DRAWDOWN for collective capacity to pull climate-changing carbon out of Earth's atmosphere. Lacy Cagle, Director of Learning for NWEI, shares these potentials with Earthworms host Jean Ponzi.

Then from April 27-30, residents of the St. Louis region - and 65 other cities around the WORLD - can contribute to understanding about local biodiversity by participating in the City Nature Challenge, as described by Earthworms guest Sheila Voss, VP of Education at the Missouri Botanical Garden .

Using the (totally terrific!) app iNaturalist, humans of all ages can log observations of plants and critters as communities "compete" to gather intel about local biodiversity. In St. Louis, observations logged during City Nature Challenge days will establish a baseline of biodiversity data crucial to address regional nature-preservation goals.

In Earthworms' opinion, these are two Challenges WORTH TAKING!

Music: Rearview performed live at KDHX by Belle Star

THANKS to Anna Holland, ace Earthworms engineer

Related Earthworms Conversations:
DRAWDOWN Solutions to Reverse Global Warming (March 2018)

Learning Green: Northwest Earth Institute (October 2017)