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.
The show is hosted by Sarah Fenske and produced by Alex Heuer, Emily Woodbury, Danny Wicentowski, and Kayla Drake. The engineer is Aaron Doerr. Avery Rogers is our production assistant.
Coming up May 23-27
Monday: new leopard cubs at the St. Louis Zoo | pay parity for women’s soccer | “Wrestling at the Chase” is now a documentary film
Tuesday: roller derby star Gabe Montesanti, and more
Wednesday: summer reading from the city’s newest bookstores | Jamestown Mall demolition
Thursday: See STL Tours, and more
Friday: Legal Roundtable discusses Lindenwood settlement, SLMPD’s O’Toole payout and more
Schedule is subject to change without notice.
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Prescribed burns are a yearly occurrence in Missouri’s Mark Twain National Forest. Bennie Terrell, a longtime fuel specialist for the U.S. Forest Service, explains how he keeps the blazes in check. -
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed Mead’s milkweed as a threatened species in 1988. Researchers at the Missouri Botanical Garden have discovered that saving the species is much simpler than previously thought.
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Thor Axe began as a side project for So Many Dynamos, but the prog rock band has its own story.
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Nearly 600 Afghan refugees now have a place to call home beyond hotels. An effort to bring more Afghans to St. Louis will mean doing much more.
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Missouri’s only senior center devoted to immigrants and refugees resumed its popular senior groups last month.
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Dating back to 1851, the Campbell House was the first home built on St. Louis’ first private street. A new exhibit at the museum there tells the story of the enslaved people and servants who worked at the house.
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The new documentary ‘Head Over Heels: Remembering Wrestling from the Chase’ explores St. Louis’ wrestling mid-century heyday.
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Ben Westhoff was paired with Jorell Cleveland through Big Brothers Big Sisters in St. Louis. Eleven years later, Cleveland was murdered.
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Alan Achkar is now executive editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, his second stint at the daily.
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The Heffern family has spent 109 years and three generations as St. Louis jewelers. Kit Heffern and his son Webster discuss the family’s century-long history – and the store’s next chapter under Webster’s leadership.
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The citizen-led Community Mobility Committee wants the city to slow down on its plans to repave $84 million of streets until it can add elements to make them safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
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A new investigation by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reveals how Rams owner Stan Kroenke and the NFL worked together to secure the team’s relocation to Los Angeles.
