While some people think of vacuums as just an appliance, the Vacuum Cleaners Collector Club members are passionate about them. The held their national convention in Rolla over the weekend.
The University of Missouri-St. Louis DEI Accelerator program wrapped up its inaugural cohort earlier this year. In this encore from May, we listen to two participants who thrived as part of the program.
During WWII, 1,100 men formed the "Ghost Army." Their job was to deceive enemy troops — and they did. We listen to this encore from May 2021. The effort is now just 15 U.S. senators away from approval.
The Cherokee Native statue at the corner of Cherokee Street and South Jefferson Avenue was removed this morning. With a majority vote of community members at the Cherokee Street Community Improvement District public meeting and the support of the artist, the statue will be donated to the National Building Arts Center.
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wants to see all elections in the state become partisan elections. He says voter turnout in non-partisan municipal elections can be in single digits, while partisan elections tend to have a much higher turnout.
Sports writer Joan Niesen goes deep on baseball’s steroid era in her podcast, Crushed.” Her conversation with Sarah Fenske originally aired on April 9, 2021.
In this encore episode, the chef and co-owner of Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria reflects on a decade of sobriety and what it took to achieve that milestone.
In this encore presentation, author Tom Vanderbilt talks about his new book, "Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning," which highlights his year-long experience tackling new skills.
The initial detailed numbers from the 2020 Census show growing diversity in the region among Asian and Hispanic populations. But the communities also face challenges with government services and support.
State Reps. Keri Ingle and Rudy Veit are the latest guests on Politically Speaking. They talked with St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Sarah Kellogg about a recently-enacted law that provides oversight for unlicensed residential youth homes.
Ingle is a Lee’s Summit Democrat and Veit is a Wardsville Republican.
Children recently returned to our neighborhood schools. Some ride buses. Many walk or ride their bicycles. Others are dropped at the doorstep by their parents. However they travel, our children are finally back at school with their friends, teachers and fellow students. After a year of differing schedules, now is a good time to review