Sarah Fenske
“St. Louis On The Air” Host/ProducerSarah Fenske joined St. Louis Public Radio as host of St. Louis on the Air in July 2019. Before that, she spent twenty years in newspapers, working as a reporter, columnist and editor in Cleveland, Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles and St. Louis.
She won the Livingston Award for Young Journalists for her work in Phoenix exposing corruption at the local housing authority. She also won numerous awards for column writing, including multiple first place wins from the Arizona Press Club, the Association of Women in Journalism (the Clarion Awards) and the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
From 2015 to July 2019, Sarah was editor in chief of St. Louis' alt-weekly, the Riverfront Times. She and her husband, John, are raising their two young daughters and ill-behaved border terrier in Lafayette Square.
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Mayor Tishaura Jones discusses her first 100 days in office on St. Louis on the Air. -
A new Missouri law designed to limit local governments in restricting businesses during a pandemic likely won't stop new mask mandates in St. Louis, said the attorneys on the Legal Roundtable on "St. Louis on the Air."
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Affton High School graduate Scott Alexander Hess recently published two new novellas. He discusses "Lighting" and "The Root of Everything" on St. Louis on the Air.
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Matthew Mahaffey, St. Louis district defender for the Missouri State Public Defender, explains how problems at the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office are affecting his clients — and harming Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner's reform agenda.
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The Missouri Explorers program celebrates the Show-Me State's bicentennial — and encourages residents and tourists alike to travel by offering a series of challenges. Karen Meirink of Explore St. Louis discusses the St. Louis highlights.
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In his new book about playwright Tennessee Williams, Washington University professor Henry I. Schvey argues that St. Louis was indispensable in shaping Williams’ artistry.
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Ophira Eisenberg discusses her upcoming standup show in St. Louis, her favorite interview and the end of "Ask Me Another" on "St. Louis on the Air."
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Cat Neville, the founder of Feast Magazine, discusses the success of her PBS show "TasteMAKERS" and her new role at Hermann Farm + Museum
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Danny Ludeman, CEO of Concordance, discusses the nonprofit's first five years on "St. Louis on the Air" and its work to reduce recidivism in St. Louis.
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A restaurant server's incendiary post about her former employer, Steak 'n Shake, resulted in an $80,000 jury verdict against her.
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Mark Rank of Washington University's Brown School discusses his new book, "Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty."
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Tonya McCaw and Leslie Washington, leaders with Moms Demand Action's Missouri chapter, discuss their fight for gun reform in Jefferson City.
