Host Don Marsh talks about how users will experience new changes on Facebook and how media organizations such as St. Louis Public Radio and NPR are dealing with the changes.
Producer Lara Hamdan talks to international journalist Robin Wright about her career, including what it's like covering the front lines with ISIS and interviewing former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.Â
On Fridayâs Behind the Headlines segment, St. Louis on the Air host Don Marsh discussed Gov. Eric Greitensâ impact on governance after his admission to having an extramarital affair. Joining the discussion were St. Louis Public Radio politics editor Fred Ehrlich and reporter Jo Mannies. Ehrlich said he believes the scandal affected business in the Senate since the governorâs statewide tax-reform tour is on hold and proposed state budget has not been released. Various elected officials called on the governor to resign, but Ehrlich said he does not see that happening at the moment. âI think [Greitens is] going to try to move forward,â Ehrlich said. âUnlike a lot of political scandals where the official will go on a repentance tour, heâs not going to do that â even though the public wants it and he probably should.â Greitensâ has not appeared in the public since the news broke of his affair. Mannies said the governor is âmissing his opportunityâ to clear the air by staying quiet. âIf he
Among the names of those who have been most involved in advancing civil rights in St. Louis, Frankie Muse Freemanâs is one of the most prominent. On Fridayâs St. Louis on the Air , host Don Marsh discussed the life and legacy of the civil rights lawyer. Freeman died Jan. 12 at age 101. She worked to address and end cases of discrimination in St. Louis and nationally. Joining the discussion were community activist Percy Green, St. Louis City NAACP president Adolphus Pruitt II and James Buford, former president and CEO of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis. âWhat I think about when I see Frankie is stature, courage, power, carriage â the way I would want my kids, anybody I know, to carry themselves as a leader in the African-American community,â Buford said. âShe was magnanimous. She was holistic.â While Greenâs political approach differed from Freemanâs, he said Freeman was personable. Green said he disagreed with some of Freemanâs political decisions, like her support of former
On this monthâs Sound Bites segment produced in partnership with Sauce Magazine , managing editor Catherine Klene gave an overview of the six up-and-comers the publication chose for its annual " Ones to Watch " feature. The article highlights local culinary talent to watch in 2018. On Thursdayâs St. Louis on the Air , host Don Marsh talked to Klene and featured chefs Bryan Russo and Evy Swoboda. âItâs definitely a chef year,â Klene said. âIt speaks to the caliber of restaurants in St. Louis and the talent that these kitchens are incubating.â Klene said Sauce Magazine selected the professionals who not only cook well, but have potential to lead and partake in different culinary projects. âWe want people with goals, who really want to grow in the St. Louis food scene; who are committed to this area and growing their careers and the culinary scene as a whole,â Klene said. For example, Russo experiments with bread and its various fermentations. Heâs a chef at PĂșblico, a Latin-inspired
Twenty years ago, St. Louis filmmaker Geoff Story went to an estate sale on Lindell Boulevard. There he picked up two canisters of home movies, not knowing what were on them. What Story found shocked him â dozens of gay men at a pool party in a remote location in Hillsboro, Missouri in 1945. Check out Nancy Fowlerâs story about the home movies revealing what is was like being gay in mid-century St. Louis. Storyâs upcoming documentary, â Gay Home Movie ,â will incorporate the home videos as well as interviews with the families and friends of the men in these films. On Thursdayâs St. Louis on the Air , host Don Marsh discussed what gay life was like during the 1940s and 50s in St. Louis. Joining the discussion was Nancy Fowler, arts and culture reporter at St. Louis Public Radio, Steven Brawley, author of "Gay and Lesbian St. Louis" and Miranda Rectenwald, curator of local history at Washington University. â[The videos are] a really wonderful glimpse. There is not a lot of visual
This year, the International Institute estimates the arrival of only 450 refugees arriving to St. Louis. Thatâs a sharp decline compared to the amount of refugee resettlement in previous years â 659 refugees in 2017 and 1135 refugees in 2016. On Wednesdayâs St. Louis on the Air , host Don Marsh addressed the decline of refugees arriving to St. Louis over the past couple of years. Joining him for the discussion was Betsy Cohen, executive director of the St. Louis Mosaic Project and Anna Crosslin, president and CEO of the International Institute of St. Louis. Crosslin said initiatives at the White House last year resulted in the sharp decline of refugees resettled nationally and in St. Louis. Refugees are part of a subset of immigrants arriving to the United States, who are admitted due to well-founded fears of persecution in their native countries. The presidentâs executive orders and various travel bans heavily impacted the International Instituteâs refugee clients, where family
Author Daniel Pink researched the science of timing to see how time of day affects what we do and how we do it. On Wednesdayâs St. Louis on the Air , host Don Marsh talked to Pink about his latest book, âWhen: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing,â where the bestselling author drew on research from psychology, biology and economics to reveal how to live and work efficiently. Time of day influences our performance âChronobiologyâ is the study of time in living organisms and their adaptation to solar and lunar-related rhythms. Understanding your âchronotypeâ (biological rhythm) is the first step to understanding what you should do, and the time of day to do it. Time of day explains 20 percent of the variants in human performance on brain power tasks at work. For example, handwashing in hospitals deteriorates significantly during the afternoon and physicians are more likely to prescribe necessary antibiotics in the afternoon and anesthesia errors are four times more likely to occur at
St. Louis native John McDaniel is a Grammy and Emmy award-winning musician. For years he performed as the band leader of The Rosie OâDonnell Show. Londoner Barb Jungr is known for her pop music, theater and cabaret performances. McDaniel and Jungr will perform together at Kranzberg Arts Center later this month. On Tuesdayâs St. Louis on the Air , host Don Marsh talked with McDaniel and Jungr about their upcoming performance âCome Together,â which features music by the Beatles. Growing up not too far from Liverpool, the birthplace of the iconic band, Jungr had always avoided listening to their music until McDaniel arranged their song, âIn My Life,â for her to perform. She loved the arrangement and the two decided to feature their take on the groupâs music for their next album. The musical duo will give the familiar sound of the Beatles something new. They will take the music apart and reconstruct it to give the audience a different type of presentation. âWe will take a song and have a
How can children learn to respect other peopleâs identities and differences in the world? On Tuesdayâs St. Louis on the Air , host Don Marsh talked about how parents, grandparents, other relatives and caregivers can help young children understand and appreciate differences in other human beings, families and communities. Joining the discussion were Tabari Coleman, project director of the Anti-Defamation Leagueâs A World of Difference Institute, and Stephen Zwolak, CEO of LUME Institute and executive director of the University City Childrenâs Center. Zwolak said concepts of understanding start imbedding at infancy. Coleman said understanding doesnât mean ignoring anotherâs differences, but rather recognizing and accepting them. âBe matter of fact with a child, [do not] avoid the situation,â Coleman said. âWhen we donât have an honest conversation, what we do is we prepare them to avoid those conversations when they get older.â Zwolak said the role of schools is more influential than
The impact of Martin Luther King Jr. continues to influence various civil rights movements today. Washington University will commemorate the late civil rights leader at 7 p.m., Monday, in Graham Chapel. On Fridayâs St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh talked to Vernon Mitchell Jr., curator of Popular American Arts and Culture in the Department of Special Collections at Washington University. Mitchell talked about his research and the message he plans to deliver as part of the university's commemoration. He studies the impact of African-American art and culture on movements and popular culture. In his speech, Mitchell wants to reclaim King. âWhat I try to do when I teach about Dr. King is I try to humanize him. I try to take him off of the pedestal,â Mitchell said. âNot in a way that is sensational. I try to understand him as a man, as a human being.â Mitchell said that allows students to resonate with the iconic leader. During the civil rights movement, King remained hopeful in spite
Should the news media have published a story about Missouri Gov. Eric Greitensâ extramarital affair and his alleged blackmail of a woman? On Fridayâs Behind the Headlines segment, St. Louis on the Air host Don Marsh discussed journalism ethics and the process of reporting the affair with Lauren Trager, KMOVâs investigative reporter who broke the story , and with Shula Neuman, St. Louis Public Radioâs executive editor. The two journalists talked about their varying approaches. Neuman said St. Louis Public Radio decided not to go forward with a story on the affair, partly because the organization did not have on-the-record sources. âIf the woman wasnât willing to tell the story herself, then we didnât think that it was appropriate to let somebody else tell the story for her ,â Neuman said. The unnamed woman made off-the-record remarks to Trager about the affair. KMOV also concealed the identity of the womanâs ex-husband to protect her identity. Trager said KMOV decided to publish its
As part of University of Missouri-St. Louisâ annual Martin Luther King Jr. observance, keynote speaker Freeman A. Hrabowski III will address the impact of the iconic civil rights activist over the last half century. The celebration is at 10 a.m. to noon on Jan. 15 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. On Fridayâs St. Louis on the Air , host Don Marsh talked with Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) about his work in advocating for equal access to education for all. Hrabowski said heâll draw on his experiences during the Civil Rights Movement and the ongoing fight for civil rights during his speech to look at the progression of education in American families. As a child in 1963, Hrabowski marched under the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. in Birmingham, Alabama. He said barriers to education for all races remain. âRace still mattersâ âThis has been a 50-year experiment. Itâs only been in the past 50 years that weâve been trying to bring more
On Thursdayâs St. Louis on the Air , host Don Marsh analyzed the aftermath of Missouri Governor Eric Greitens' 2018 State of the State address. Joining the discussion were St. Louis Public Radioâs statehouse reporter Marshall Griffin, political reporter Jo Mannies and interim political editor Jason Rosenbaum. Hours after Greitens delivered his second State of the State address, he acknowledged his involvement in an extra-marital affair before he launched his campaign for governor in the fall of 2015. Greitens and his wife, Sheena Greitens, issued joint statements through their lawyer after St. Louis television station KMOV-TV (Channel 4) reported on the matter , denying any allegations of blackmail. âItâs as if the State of the State address didnât happen last night,â Griffin said. âEverything that constitutes the business of government right now is focused on this story that broke last night.â The House convened for five minutes Thursday morning to adjourn the meeting until next week,