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On the latest edition of Politically Speaking, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies welcome Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tony Monetti to the program.

Monetti is one of 20 people that have signed up to run for the seat that U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill currently holds. Ten Republicans, including Attorney General Josh Hawley, have filed thus far.

“Magical” is one word that Jeff Pottinger used to sum up his and his music students' unforgettable experience last week in Italy. He discussed meeting the pope on Tuesday’s St. Louis on the Air with host Don Marsh along with two SLUH students – alto saxophonist Emanuel Parker and flutist Bryce Van Bree – who also joined the conversation after returning home from their travels.

Host Don Marsh talks about identifying, addressing and preventing sexual harassment in the workplace.

When Artists address environmental issues, people see/hear them in new ways. Art may fire us into action, more than mere info ever can.

Jenny Kettler co-curated and has pieces in a group gallery show, Plastic Nation - The Trashing of America, on view through April 7 at Stone Spiral Gallery in Maplewood, MO. Photographs, multi-media works, ceramics and prints navigate the plastic tide we are awash in, with the message that we can reduce our use of this polluting stuff. This show opened March 10; a Closing Reception on April 7 from 2-4 pm will feature Artist Talks at 2:30 pm.

Dale Dufer is bringing "suit" against one of our region's most destructive yet popular invasive plants. The Trial of Bush Honeysuckle comes to the historic Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis on Wednesday, April 4 at 1 pm. With a real Judge, real Environmental Lawyers and Expert Witnesses, this educational trial seeks justice for damages to the Biodiversity of our Native Plants.  Man vs Bush should be a landmark case, whatever the outcome. Open to the public.

These Artists want us to look deeply into problems we have created on our planet - with a sense of humor to encourage us toward turnarounds.

Music: Mr. Sun, performed live at KDHX by Hunter's Permit
THANKS to Anna Holland, Earthworms podcast engineer

Related Earthworms Conversations: Life Without Plastic? (January 2018)

Fashion Through an Artists Eye: Bush Honeysuckle to Meat (April 2016)

Permaculture Goes Beyond the War on Invasive Species (March 2016)

Invasive Bush Honeysuckle: SWEEP It! (March 2016)

During Monday’s St. Louis on the Air, producer Alex Heuer spoke with Emanuele Berry, formerly of St. Louis Public Radio and now a producer for Gimlet’s “The Nod,” about her interest in Baker’s life and legacy.

Host Don Marsh talks with local students involved in a myriad of causes they are passionate about to discuss youth’s role in activism.

On the latest edition of the Politically Speaking podcast, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum, Jo Mannies and Rachel Lippmann round up this week’s legal and political news surrounding Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens.

This week’s episodes focuses on how the governor’s allies and adversaries are trying to alter public opinion in the run up to his felony invasion of privacy trial on May 14.

Host Don Marsh talked with St. Louis Public Radio reporters Ryan Delaney and Chad Davis about student protests and arming teachers.

Host Don Marsh talked with actress and singer Mandy Gonzalez about her career, starring in "Hamilton" and upcoming performance in St. Louis.

Host Don Marsh talks with Gianna Jacobsen, the publisher of the non-profit literary journal headquartered in St. Louis.

St. Louis Public Radio political reporter Jason Rosenbaum gives a update on Gov. Eric Greitens' legal and political status. The GOP chief executive was indicted last month on felony invasion of privacy charges.

St. Louis on the Air host Don Marsh on Thursday for a conversation all about those that sailed the seas centuries ago and in more contemporary times.

On Thursday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh discussed Neighborhoods United for Change, an initiative of the St. Louis Association of Community Organizations, with three engaged citizens.

Host Don Marsh discussed the history and work of the 15 orders of Catholic Sisters in the St. Louis region.

Host Don Marsh talked with Holly Edgell and Ashley Lisenby about Sharing America, a collaboration based in St. Louis and funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that covers the intersection of race, identity and culture.

St. Louis resident Kea Wilson, director of community engagement for Strong Towns, discusses her hopes to help improve safety for all road users.

Host Don Marsh talks with leaders of the Missouri Historical Society about recent changes at the institution, including the rebranding initiative and expansion efforts.

"Global warming is changing the Himalayas faster than any other region of the world, outside the polar caps," says documentary photographer Neeta Satam.

She has made three working treks to the isolated village of Kumik, in the Zanskar valley of Kashmir, where village life, family relations and culture is endangered as climatic shifts remove water from a people who've lived in balance in this region for thousands of years.

"Where should we go?" is one of many stories Satam relates through her perceptions as an environmental scientist, and now through her mastery with a camera lens.

Satam's compassion, insight and courage illuminate her work, as she strives to make the world aware of impacts of Climate Change on human beings in places being hardest hit.

THANKS to Prof. William Allen, University of Missouri, for making the connection to Earthworms for this interview.

Music: Dirty Slide, performed live at KDHX by Brian Curran
Thanks to Anna Holland, Earthworms engineer

Related Earthworms Conversations: Plants, Indigenous People and Climate Change - Dr. Jan Salick, ethnobotanist at the Missouri Botanical Garden (December 2015)

On the latest edition of the Politically Speaking podcast, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies welcome Republican U.S. Senate candidate Austin Petersen to the program.

Petersen is one of nine Republicans vying for the U.S. Senate in Missouri, a field that includes Attorney General Josh Hawley. The winner of that GOP primary will almost certainly square off against U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat seeking a third term in office.

On Monday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh talked with three local Army veterans about that growing force and about how St. Louis’ student veterans are collaborating as they plan for this year’s Student Veterans Week festivities set to begin March 17.