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Ledy VanKavage, senior legislative attorney for Best Friends Animal Society, talks about Illinois’ six new animal welfare laws, which will take effect Jan. 1, 2019.

A discussion with two locally based poets and friends of St. Louis' first poet laureate, Michael Castro, who passed away Dec. 23 at the age of 73.

"St. Louis on the Air’s" final monthly Legal Roundtable of the calendar year goes underway as host Don Marsh delves into a wrap up of the year’s major local and national stories pertaining to the law.

Senate President Pro Tem-elect Dave Schatz joins Politically Speaking to talk about issues that may arise during the 2019 legislative session.

Schatz is a Sullivan Republican who represents all of Franklin County and most of western St. Louis County. He won a contested race for president pro tem in November, meaning he’ll appoint committee chairs and direct legislation to certain committees.

Schatz’s family owns a utility contracting business. He successfully sought a vacant House seat in 2010. He then filed to run for the 26th District Senate seat in 2014, which was occupied at the time by Sen. Brian Nieves. Nieves ultimately decided against running for re-election, while prominent GOPers like former House Speaker Tim Jones and former Sen. Jane Cunningham chose not to challenge Schatz in the primary. This effectively handed the election to Schatz, since winning the Republican primary in the 26th District is tantamount to election.

St. Louis Public Radio reporter and weekend newscaster Shahla Farzan and engagement producer Lindsay Toler provide a year-in-review look at the station's Curious Louis features that were published in 2018.

On Friday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh talked with Meghan Panu, the owner of a tiny house that was stolen in the city of St. Louis last weekend and discovered in Jefferson County earlier this week.

Filmmaker and St. Louis native Karyn Kusama talks to host Don Marsh about her latest film, “Destroyer,” which follows a disgraced Los Angeles detective – played by Nicole Kidman. The film premiered at the Tivoli as part of the 2018 St. Louis International Film Festival in November and is slated for widespread release in January 2019. 

As the end of the year approaches, it’s time to reconnect with St. Louis on the Air’s go-to tax expert for tips on how to minimize tax liabilities for 2018.

Laura Thake has driven hundreds of miles throughout the St. Louis region documenting the best home light displays and posting the photos and videos – with permission from homeowners – to her website.

Having first taken office in the early ’90s, Bob McCulloch has served as St. Louis County prosecutor ever since. But a stunning upset by Wesley Bell in this year's Democratic primary has McCulloch’s long tenure now coming to a close. Host Don Marsh and reporter Rachel Lippmann speak at length with McCulloch in this departing conversation, asking a wide variety of questions.

Councilman Sam Page and Councilwoman Hazel Erby join the latest edition of the Politically Speaking podcast to talk about the tumultuous year in St. Louis County government.

Page, D-Creve Coeur, and Erby, D-University City, are the chair and co chair of the St. Louis County Council. They’ve held those positions for two years amid tensions with St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger.

Since the beginning of 2017, Page and Erby have been part of a bipartisan coalition that’s clashed with Stenger on a multitude of issues. Earlier this week, the council passed a budget with roughly $35 million in cuts from what Stenger recommended. They also overrode his veto numerous times, including on removing a requirement that bidders for construction contracts be linked to apprenticeship programs.

Host Don Marsh talks with Sauce Magazine's managing editors Catherine Klene and Heather Hughes and art director Meera Nagarajan about what they consider to be the best new local restaurants – from fine dining to a breakfast-and-lunch café.

The longtime Missouri Democrat reflects on her time in the Senate and touches on a variety of political topics and challenges ahead as she departs office.

On Monday's St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh spoke with Cami Thomas, the creator of "Smoke City," a web series that explores a different St. Louis neighborhood in each episode.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson sat down with STLPR political reporter Jason Rosenbaum for a wide-ranging interview. The governor discussed healthcare, infrastructure and what it was like to take office after former Gov. Eric Greitens resigned amid multiple scandals.

Three St. Louis women  join host Don Marsh to talk about their organizations are creating environments for women to thrive and grow professionally.

On Friday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh went behind the headlines on a newly published investigation by the Washington Post. That report found that 48 of the 148 women killed in St. Louis from 2007 to 2017 were murdered by an intimate partner – and that one-third of those men were publicly known to be a potential threat before the attacks occurred.

Wanda Ward. Jannard Wade. Malcolm Ryder. Those names probably don’t sound as familiar as Ruby Bridges or the “Little Rock Nine,” who are celebrated figures in the history of American civil rights. But during the same era in which Bridges and so many other black students were bravely challenging public school segregation in the South, some of their peers were also taking bold steps to integrate private institutions. That topic first piqued Michelle Purdy’s interest about 20 years ago, when she was an undergrad at Washington University exploring the history of education and particularly black education. Now a faculty member at her alma mater, she’s published a new book on the subject, and she joined Thursday’s St. Louis on the Air to discuss it with host Don Marsh.

On Thursday's St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh facilitated a discussion about homelessness in the St. Louis region with local activist Teka Childress of St. Louis Winter Outreach and city official Irene Agustin of the St. Louis Department of Human Services.

On Wednesday's St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh discussed efforts to link health and education with superintendent of University City Schools Sharonica Hardin-Bartley, director of Health Equity Works Jason Purnell and senior director of strategic initiative and partnerships at America’s Promise Alliance Monika Kincheloe.