St. Louis on the Air
Noon-1 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. (repeat) Monday-Friday
St. Louis on the Air creates a unique space where guests and listeners can share ideas and opinions with respect and honesty. Whether exploring issues and challenges confronting our region, discussing the latest innovations in science and technology, taking a closer look at our history or talking with authors, artists and musicians, St. Louis on the Air brings you the stories of St. Louis and the people who live, work and create in our region.
St. Louis on the Air is produced by Alex Heuer, Emily Woodbury, Danny Wicentowski, Miya Norfleet and Elaine Cha. Our engineer is Aaron Doerr. Our intern is Roshae Hemmings.
Recent Episodes:
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The influential Irish lawyer named St. Louis as his inheritor, leaving the city a fortune to aid immigrants.
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The Prosecuting Organizing Table, a coalition of racial justice groups, has released the first of a slew of reports aimed at holding prosecutors in St. Louis and St. Louis County accountable.
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Pi Day is sweet, St. Louis celebrants find 314 Day even sweeter.
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Nearly 12,000 college campuses closed in the U.S. from July 2004 to June 2020.
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Curators are discovering new layers to German Expressionist art in St. Louis.
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Tevin Rice, aka the Gold Giraffe, is putting reggae's sun-splashed vibes front and center on Friday.
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Peter Sagal reflects on his 25-plus years as host of the NPR show, what he brings as a solo act and he recounts his experiences in St. Louis — including the time he ran through downtown St. Louis in his underwear.
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Diapers aren’t luxury items, but they’re considered as such in Missouri’s tax code.
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Results from recent polling suggest that there’s enough political will to end the practice of switching between daylight saving time and standard time every spring and fall.
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The Shelbina Republican said much of the focus on the divides within the Missouri Senate Republican caucus could be a media creation as, in her view, “Anytime you have something that's negative, it gets the press corps' attention.”
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Sonnier went back to the drawing board after her Unhoused Bill of Rights faced intense criticism.
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For many years, Washington University has portrayed one of its founders, William Greenleaf Eliot, as an abolitionist. But, in 2021, a group of students and faculty disproved that notion and even showed Eliot was vehemently opposed to abolitionism.