Danny Wicentowski
St. Louis on the Air ProducerDanny Wicentowski joined St. Louis Public Radio in 2022 as a producer for St. Louis on the Air. Before making the jump to public radio, Danny worked for more than eight years as a staff writer for St. Louis’ alt-weekly the Riverfront Times, where his investigative and feature stories won multiple local and national awards. In 2020, he co-produced and hosted the podcast American Skyjacker, chronicling the life and crimes of plane hijacker Martin McNally. A native of Milwaukee, Danny graduated in 2013 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in journalism. He lives in Bevo Mill with a black cat and many notebooks.
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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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Curators are discovering new layers to German Expressionist art in St. Louis.
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Diapers aren’t luxury items, but they’re considered as such in Missouri’s tax code.
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Dunn is optimistic about his freedom but also cautious: “I've been down this road before.”
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The Missouri legislation would give victims “more time to work through their own pain and suffering” before facing an abuser in court.
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Alito worried that religious people who believe gay marriage is a sin will be “labeled as bigots.”
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Trans journalists Erin Reed and Evan Urquhart say Missouri is embracing, and influencing, the national anti-trans movement.
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“Prosocial” lessons are emphasizing empathy for thousands of students.
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Charlotte Taylor has named 500 plant species, more than any other living female taxonomist.
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Former St. Louis Public Radio host Geri Mitchell is behind the “Lift Every Voice” initiative airing during Black History Month.
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The audit found problems in all 50 of the unit’s investigations of shootings between 2014 and 2018.
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“Hairspray” is bringing beats and big hair to St. Louis and Rolla this month.