Thomas Jöstlein, associate principal horn for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, talks about an organic effort by SLSO musicians traveling to different neighborhoods to play music for residents during the pandemic.

A year ago, high school student Dakota Warren could often be found in the backyard of biologist Patty Parker, catching birds in an effort to get blood samples. When she wasn’t in Parker’s yard, she was busy in Parker’s lab at UMSL, conducting DNA research with those samples. This summer, Warren planned to return to Parker’s lab, but then the pandemic hit. And like most people with any plans for 2020, Parker and her teenage interns had to rethink theirs.

Missouri 1st Congressional District Democratic nominee Cori Bush has been a protest leader, a single mom, a pastor and a nurse. Now she’s likely headed to Washington, D.C. On Friday’s St. Louis on the Air, Bush joined host Sarah Fenske to talk about her goals for office and what she sees as the biggest challenges ahead.

America's entertainment industry has St. Louis to thank for the creativity fueling some of the most wildly popular shows out there these days. And that includes the Smith sisters: Mariah, Rachel Colleen and Lauren Ashley Smith. On top of other pursuits, the three of them have now combined forces to host their new SiriusXM initiative, "Smith Sisters Live,” a six-week pop culture show. They joined "St. Louis on the Air" host Sarah Fenske to talk about how their St. Louis roots have impacted their outlooks on life and career paths.

Both Senate Bill 600 — the “Crime Bill” signed by Gov. Mike Parson last month — and some key proposals being pushed at the crime-focused special session now underway in Jefferson City could lead to longer sentences for Missouri defendants. Sarah Johnson of the Missouri State Public Defender and Brendan Roediger, a professor at St. Louis University School of Law, discuss the real-life ramifications.

We check in with Tony Simokaitis, scoreboard director for the St. Louis Cardinals. His job is to create that faux-crowd energy in an empty ballpark — if the team ever gets back on the field. Seven Cardinals players and six staff members tested positive for the coronavirus. Sports writer Derrick Goold gives us the latest on that.

“Election Insiders: Behind the Scenes With the People Who Make Your Vote Count” is the result of the 18 months that writer Gloria Shur Bilchik spent observing the St. Louis County Board of Elections.

Calvin Davis became very ill in late March and was diagnosed with COVID-19 shortly after. He spent 76 days in the hospital after being admitted on April 9, then two weeks more in a care facility as he battled the coronavirus. For much of that time, he was on a ventilator.His daughter Melynie Blackshear now spends about 62 hours a week caring for her dad. In this St. Louis on the Air episode, she details the intensive recovery process that they are still dealing with, weeks later.

This month marks 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted U.S. women the right to vote. But the fight for women’s suffrage was a long one, starting many decades prior to that celebratory day in 1920. And St. Louis women were among some of the earliest suffragists around the country. One of them was Virginia Minor, who is often a footnote in narratives that focus on more prominent figures such as Susan B. Anthony. In 1872, Minor made her way to the registrar's office in her district, intent on registering to vote.

How Lorenzo "Lawdie" Berra, a St. Louis kid with an eighth grade education and doubtful prospects, became not just a great athlete but a beloved Yankees star. Yogi Berra is the subject of Jon Pessah’s engaging new biography, “Yogi: A Life Behind the Mask.” Pessah joined St. Louis on the Air on Monday to discuss the book.