Composting and combating food waste are the subjects of this month's Sound Bites segment with Sauce Magazine. Sauce managing editor Heather Hughes and Total Organics Recycling marketing coordinator Sara Koziatek join guest host Sharon Stevens to explain what composting is, how it helps the environment and how some local restaurants are making it a priority to keep food scraps out of landfills.
For one weekend every year, the J.C. Penney Conference Center at the University of Missouri-St. Louis transforms into an art and book lover’s paradise. And this year, people can take it all in for free. Local artists Erin Blumer and Juliette Travous, who will be giving watercolor and pastel demonstrations during the final day of the fair, and the Mercantile Library’s fine arts curator, Julie Dunn-Morton, discuss the 13th annual event.
The St. Louis region continues to buzz with questions about the Better Together proposal that would consolidate St. Louis and St. Louis County governments if the plan is approved in a statewide vote next year. St. Louis Public Radio's Sarah Fentem headed to another Midwestern city, one that went through a consolidation effort five decades ago, in search of some answers.
Following a newsy 24 hours since the federal indictment of now-former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger, St. Louis Public Radio politics editor Fred Ehrlich discusses what's ahead for county government.
Executive producer Alex Heuer talks with St. Louis Public Radio reporters Jason Rosenbaum and Rachel Lippmann, along with University of Missouri-St. Louis political scientist Dave Robertson regarding the resignation and indictment of former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger.
The team behind “Gentlemen of Vision” expand on their trip to Cartagena, Colombia, where they showed the film and talked to Colombian audiences about St. Louis and the similar challenges that face disadvantaged young people in both places.
Guest host Sharon Stevens talks about the breaking news with St. Louis Public Radio political reporter Jason Rosenbaum, UMSL political scientist Dave Robertson and Washington University law professor Peter Joy.
Matt Blunt served as the Republican governor of the Show-Me State from 2005 to 2009. Since leaving office, he's become the president of the American Automotive Policy Council.
A podcast to help you keep up with the St. Louis region’s news. Every weekday you can get informed about what’s going on in the area. In about 10 to 15 minutes you can learn about the top stories of the day, while also hearing longer stories that explore issues in context or that introduce you to new ideas and people that make the St. Louis area special.
St. Louis Public Radio reporter Jonathan Ahl talks with CHARIS – The St. Louis Women’s Chorus artistic director Stuart Chapman Hill and members Wendy Bell and Emma Young about their spring season, community involvement and collaborations with other choruses and community arts and social services organizations.
Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day, and many of the bookstores in the St. Louis region and beyond are going all out for the celebration of an industry that is much more than business.
The national dialogue about the immigrants and refugees seeking a better life in the U.S. is fraught with strong opinions and divisive rhetoric. But some St. Louisans are finding ways to turn their concern about what is happening at the border into action and service. A group of professors at Webster University have been involved in those efforts and have now taken two trips, along with groups of Webster students, to the border.
Comedian and former “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno delves into his career, what he makes of the rise in streaming services and waning of appointment viewing and more.
Cahokia Mounds – the peaceful, sprawling historic site that sits just outside Collinsville, Illinois – was once home to thousands of people. Contemporary understandings of what life was like within the thriving ancient civilization continue to evolve and expand, and Washington University paleoethnobiologist Gayle Fritz’s new research is part of that. Her new book “Feeding Cahokia: Early Agriculture in the North American Heartland” presents fresh findings about Cahokian agriculture – and about the role and status of the women who took the lead in this aspect of daily life.
On the latest edition of Politically Speaking, Jo Mannies reunites with St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum for a special edition of the show featuring former Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt.
Blunt served as the state’s chief executive from 2005 to 2009. He was the first Republican governor to serve with a GOP-controlled General Assembly in modern history.
Blunt was a third-generation elected official. His father is U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, who also served as congressman, secretary of state and Greene County clerk. His late grandfather, Leroy Blunt, was a state legislator representing part of southwest Missouri.
After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1993, Blunt embarked on a career in the Navy that lasted for 14 years. He served for six months in support of Operation Enduring Freedom during his tenure as secretary of state, which made him the first statewide official in Missouri history to be called in for military service.
Blunt served as a state representative for one term before being elected secretary of state in 2000. Blunt then won a closely contested race for governor in 2004 against then-Auditor Claire McCaskill.
The year 2018 was a record one for organ transplants in the U.S., with more than 36,000 people receiving new organs. But there is still great need for more donors: About 8,000 people die each year because the organs they need are not donated in time. Diane Brockmeier, president and CEO of Mid-America Transplant, and Dr. Will Chapman, chief of transplant surgery at Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, discuss some of the latest advancements and answer questions about becoming a donor.
Leonard Slatkin discusses his return to St. Louis ahead of a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of his debut with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Our monthly Legal Roundtable got underway as St. Louis Public Radio reporter Jonathan Ahl delved into a variety of recent local and national stories pertaining to the law with Bill Freivogel, journalism professor at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Mark Smith, associate vice chancellor of students at Washington University, Marie Kenyon, director of the Peace and Justice Commission of the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
Rep. Bruce Franks returns for his third appearance on Politically Speaking, where the St. Louis Democrat talked about how he’s been faring during his third year in the Missouri House.
Franks first burst on the Missouri political scene in 2016, when he defeated (after a high-profile redo election) incumbent Penny Hubbard. He was elected to another term last year without opposition, getting another two years to represent a part of eastern St. Louis.
After a first term that saw a decent amount of success for a Democrat in the super minority, Franks said that he’s had a more frustrating 2019 session. For one thing, his effort to get more money for summer jobs programs in the state budget faltered. That comes amid increasing scrutiny of SLATE, a St. Louis agency that helps connect people with jobs.
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