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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.

St. Louis on the Air

Episodes

Why a decades-old community arts program in St. Louis has gone independent

‘Constitution’ at the Rep mingles the personal and political

Housing professional receives award for her work to improve livability of St. Louis homes

How a pair of 9-foot-tall goddesses tell the story of preservation in St. Louis

Social art project connects St. Louis immigrants to new foods and people

A new plan aims to help St. Louis combat extreme urban heat

Why older homeowners need thousands to fix their homes in St. Louis

After 50 years of storytelling, Bobby Norfolk still has spooky tales to tell

Zimmerman and Hancock chart different courses for St. Louis County’s turbulent budget

Songs to get through heartbreak and real life horrors — all by St. Louis musicians

Lizzie Weber’s ‘Wraiths in the Wake’ is a haunting journey of lingering loss and release

How orange groves and a tiger attack inspired two sisters to launch Golden Gems in St. Louis

St. Louis helped create public bathrooms. There's still room for improvement

How a WashU student opened a vending machine for textured hair products on campus

Young St. Louis performers take on a professional opera production

Why millions have watched a hot dog touch a radio tower in St. Charles

New exhibit explores baseball’s impact on St. Louis — and St. Louis’ impact on the sport

St. Louis County Police Chief Juan Cox on the promotion he never planned to seek

Lincoln University alumni and students sue Missouri alleging nearly $362M underfunding

Here’s what St. Louis restaurants opened and closed in September 2026

Retiring Ritenour leader Chris Kilbride reflects on challenges facing St. Louis area schools

As Missouri scrutinizes prediction markets, Kalshi says it’s different from sportsbooks

Top takeaways from Missouri’s long, frustrating and confusing redistricting push

Latvian composer visits St. Louis for a world premiere — and to visit a famous poet’s grave

How tree advocates and trauma informed healers seek to improve St. Louis’ relationship with trees

Legal Roundtable: The collapse of Missouri’s election map was a ‘stress test’ for rule of law

‘Meet Me’: Why choosing a school in St. Louis is so complicated

Extra: Listeners share their Forest Park memories

Tips on taking photos of wildlife from a Missouri nature photographer

Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer draws on his St. Louis roots in new book

New book traces the 150-year history of Forest Park as St. Louis’ crown jewel

How MidAmerica Clean Future Alliance works with communities to rid waterways of plastic waste

Redistricting saga continues as the US Supreme Court considers Missouri’s congressional maps

An attempt to stop water from going to homeless people sparks protest, reflection and action

Why workers at Union Loafers and Alamo Drafthouse want to unionize

Proposal to provide subsidies to at-home parents misses the mark, St. Louis sociologist says

New poll shows Donald Trump’s popularity taking a hit throughout Missouri

Missourians mobilizing again for fight over future of abortion rights

Missouri Supreme Court faces GOP wrath after redistricting decision

Smidley’s Conor Murphy blends ABBA and Broken Social Scene in new album 'Murphy Horse'

Prepare for ‘Free4All’ with this month’s new music roundup

Why people raise monarch butterflies in captivity — and why scientists advise against it

A new ingredient will be in U.S. sunscreens soon. Here’s what to know

New photobook provides a ‘peculiar’ view of Forest Park

With 911 dispatch center delayed, St. Louis faces slow response times

STL-Style marks 16 years celebrating St. Louis — and poking fun at it

To explore 1530s England, a St. Louis professor turned history into a game

Missouri Botanical Garden’s rare book collection levels up with first edition Catesby texts

A growing St. Louis restaurant empire is taking root in the Grove

Hoskins agrees to use 2022 congressional map as Missouri Supreme Court finds him in contempt