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In a downtown office building, entrepreneurs work side by side with a visiting group of Tibetan monks. Business ideas are taking shape and a brilliantly vivid "painting" with sand is, literally, making peace. It's all in a week's work for innovation culture in St. Louis!

Earthworms' guest Geshe Monlam Gyatso and his fellow monks of the Drepung Gomang monastery are on a Sacred Arts Tour to U.S. cities. Earthworms' friend (and fellow guest) Patty Maher is hosting this group, as she has with groups of monks for several years. The T-Rex incubator welcomes their creation of a World Peace Mandala, Sept 25-30. On Friday Sept 30, the monks'  Dissolution Ceremony will transform this beautiful work into a blessing of the waters of the Mississippi River in a ceremony everyone is welcome to attend.

Namaste!

Music: Balkan Twirl, performed live at KDHX by Sandy Weltman and the Carolbeth Trio

THANKS to Anna Holland, Earthworms' ace audio engineer.

Related Earthworms' Conversations: Photographer Neeta Satam Documents Himalayan Climate Change (March 2018)

Patty Maher's Historic Green Home Rehab (August 2017)

Store owners Vincent Hromadka, Maddie Earnest and Chris Goodson are each familiar with the challenges – and the joys – of running a smaller grocery operation in the city.

An evening of merriment, fun and flavor doesn’t have to involve alcohol – that’s an oft-repeated and frequently doubted notion. But it’s a growing mantra even among some bartenders and drink-industry enthusiasts, and it needn’t be a buzz kill.

Mark Sutherland and Thomas Richardson discuss the influence of Scottish culture on the St. Louis region ahead of the 15th annual St. Louis Scottish Games & Culture Festival.

Illinois Congressman Mike Bost joined St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies on Politically Speaking to talk about his bid for a third term.

The Murphysboro Republican has represented Illinois’ 12th District since 2015. He’s running against Democrat Brendan Kelly, who is St. Clair County’s state’s attorney. The Bost-Kelly race is expected to be one of the competitive congressional races in the nation.

Kelly previously appeared on Politically Speaking. You can listen to that episode by clicking here.

Deb Gaut, Paul Weiss and Dr. Ken Druck discuss aging successfully and living a full and healthy life.

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill’s decision to vote against Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court is a key topic of the latest Politically Speaking podcast.

St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies look into how undisclosed political money is playing into the contest between McCaskill and GOP Attorney Josh Hawley. It comes as millions of 501(c)(4) cash is going to support Hawley’s bid — and to ensure McCaskill wins a second term.

Host Don Marsh talks to educators Julie Smith and Marialice Curran  about digital wellness and citizenship, and how to help guide children though the digital world. 

East Central College hosted a candidate forum on Thursday night featuring numerous contenders for local, state and federal offices.

St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum moderated the event, which featured questions on pressing public policy issues — as well as ballot initiatives that voters will consider on the Nov. 6 election.

The candidates that Rosenbaum questioned include:

• State Sen. Dave Schatz, R-Sullivan, and Democrat John Kiehne, who are running for the 26th District Senate seat.
• Democrat Katy Geppart, who is running for Missouri’s 3rd Congressional District seat.
• Constitution Party candidate Jacob Luetkemeyer, a contender for Missouri state auditor.
• Republican Aaron Griesheimer and Democrat Pamela Menefee, who are running for the 61st District House seat.
• Republican John Simmons and Democrat James Cordrey, the candidates for the 109th District House seat.
• Republican Dottie Bailey, the GOP nominee for the 110th District House seat.
• Democrat Marcie Nichols, who is running for the 119th District House seat.

Host Don Marsh discusses the plot and musical set of The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis' "Evita" production with the company's artistic director Steve Woolf and actor Pepe Nufrio.

Amber Sebold and Carmen Connors discuss how they adapted minimalism to their own lives.

Ken Nix explains the importance of the work done by the St. Louis Regional Computer Crimes Education and Enforcement Group.

Conservative writer Jonah Goldberg is the latest guest on Politically Speaking. He joined St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies to talk about his new book Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy.

Goldberg is a syndicated columnist and a senior editor for National Review. He was intimately involved in the start of National Review Online, one of the most enduring political sites devoted to conservative politics.

Goldberg was in St. Louis this week for a Show-Me Institute event at Washington University Law School.

Host Don Marsh talks with St. Louis native Neal Bascomb, author of "The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War."

The former FBI director expresses both concern and hope about the state of U.S. institutions and the rule of law during a St. Louis Public Radio interview with Don Marsh.

Where some school districts lack, charter schools provide. Host Don Marsh talked with Engin Blackstone, Christie Huck and Stella Erondu about what charter schools have to offer local communities.

Marie-Hélène Bernard and Erik Finley discuss the upcoming season for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra ahead of its debut weekend.

Kris Kleindienst need only glance out toward the entrance to her bookstore at the corner of Euclid and McPherson avenues for some solid reminders of St. Louis’ literary legacy. The busts of four canonical writers adorn the intersection. But she's just as enthusiastic about St. Louis’ contemporary writing community as she is about the region’s historical claims to writerly fame.

Photographer Fadi BouKaram, from Lebanon, talks to host Don Marsh about his return trip to U.S. towns named Lebanon. 

Former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent joins St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies on the latest episode of Politically Speaking. The Republican served in various federal and state capacities for more than 20 years.

While Talent is no longer a candidate himself, he is leading the charge against a constitutional amendment known as Clean Missouri.

Talent is a St. Louis County native who has served in the Missouri House, the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate. He lost to U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill in 2006. While many Missouri Republicans have wanted Talent to run again for statewide office since then, he has stayed out of the electoral fray — and instead became an expert on defense and national security policy.

You can listen to a past episode of Politically Speaking with Clean Missouri proponents by clicking here.