Episodes

  • Discussing key Missouri races ahead of Tuesday’s election

    Discussing key Missouri races ahead of Tuesday’s election
    Nov 1 2024
    Voters go to the polls on Tuesday to decide on a slew of important statewide contests, including the combative race between GOP Sen. Josh Hawley and Democratic challenger Lucas Kunce. Passage of Amendment 3 would place abortion rights protections in the state Constitution, while approval of Amendment 2 would legalize sports wagering. STLPR statehouse and politics reporter Sarah Kellogg discusses the upcoming election on the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air.
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    28 mins
  • Fact versus feeling: How voters decide what's real amid a flood of political messaging

    Fact versus feeling: How voters decide what's real amid a flood of political messaging
    Nov 1 2024
    A swarm of messages over the airwaves and on social media feeds have increasingly relied on inflammatory language, embellished details and sometimes a blatant disregard for truth. On the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, STLPR’s Abby Llorico spoke about this trend with professor Natasha Casey, a media literacy educator at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Illinois, and with the Media Education Lab.
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    22 mins
  • How ovarian cancer survivors are helping educate St. Louis’ medical students

    How ovarian cancer survivors are helping educate St. Louis’ medical students
    Nov 1 2024
    Ovarian cancer is a disease diagnosed in 54 patients every day in the United States, according to the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance. St. Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness collaborates with area medical schools in a program called Survivors Teaching Students to help future medical professionals see symptoms earlier. Drs. Andrea and Ian Hagemann discuss how these first person accounts help them in the classroom and the examination room.
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    24 mins
  • The true story behind St. Louis’ most famous exorcism

    The true story behind St. Louis’ most famous exorcism
    Oct 31 2024
    Generations of St. Louisans and countless classes of St. Louis University graduates have heard tall tales about the exorcism performed by SLU Jesuit priests in 1949. The diary of the lead priest, Father Raymond Bishop, would go on to inspire the cult classic horror film “The Exorcist” and novels depicting people possessed by demons. St. Louis University archivist and assistant professor Caitlan Stamm separates fact from fiction and addresses the myths that continue to swirl around SLU’s involvement in the exorcism of “Robbie Mannheim” in 1949.
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    21 mins
  • Witches, rituals and reconnecting with heritage on Halloween

    Witches, rituals and reconnecting with heritage on Halloween
    Oct 31 2024
    Halloween conjures images of ghouls, ghosts and other spooky creatures. But for Jade Moore, the owner of Sincerely, the Craft, mysticism is more than a trend — it’s a connection to heritage. In this encore episode, producers Miya Norfleet and Emily Woodbury speak with Moore about the beliefs, faiths and ritual practices that are generally categorized as “witchy.”
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    19 mins
  • A spine-chilling rendition of “The Raven”

    A spine-chilling rendition of “The Raven”
    Oct 31 2024
    Published nearly 180 years ago, Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” endures. The poem tells the story of the narrator’s descent into madness as they deal with the grief of losing their beloved Lenore. In this encore episode, we listen to historical interpreter Anne Williams’ recording of “The Raven,” featuring original sound design by producer Avery Rogers.
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    10 mins
  • Trump’s taxes changed one St. Louisan’s life: The contractor who stole them

    Trump’s taxes changed one St. Louisan’s life: The contractor who stole them
    Oct 30 2024
    St. Louis native Chaz Littlejohn is serving five years in federal prison for the theft and leak of Donald Trump's tax returns. St. Louis Magazine senior editor Nick Phillips explored the mystery of Littlejohn's crimes, chronicling how the former government contractor decided to break the law for what he believed were the right reasons. Phillips takes us into Littlejohn’s world — and what happened when Chaz turned his attention from Trump's taxes to other billionaires.
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    27 mins
  • How two St. Louisans chased their big dreams of a tiny home

    How two St. Louisans chased their big dreams of a tiny home
    Oct 29 2024
    After more than two years of work, the Tiny House project in St. Louis’ Benton Park West neighborhood is complete. We hear from Dwayne Tiggs, the architect and craftsman behind the Tiny House, and his partner and project gardener Rikki Watts. They share their story of the home's completion and what it means to build a home while also building community.
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    20 mins