St. Louis on the Air

On Monday’s  St. Louis on the Air , host Don Marsh discussed the two felony charges facing Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens as well as other items of local interest pertaining to the law. Joining the discussion were legal experts William Freivogel, Mark Smith and Brenda Talent.  

Host Don Marsh discussed the implications of the Pulphus v. Ayers case with regard to free speech. 

Host Don Marsh talk with Dave Johnson, president of the SIUC Faculty Association, about a proposal released earlier this week by a university administrator to hire "volunteer adjuncts."

Host Don Marsh talked with St. Louis Public Radio reporter Rachel Lippmann about news this week involving Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens.

Host Don Marsh discusses the significant disparities between mental healthcare needs and access to care in Missouri.

Host Don Marsh spoke with "We Live Here" co-hosts Tim Lloyd and Kameel Stanley about the debut of the podcast's fourth season.

On Wednesday’s St. Louis on the Air , host Don Marsh discussed the impact of higher education’s ongoing budget crisis on those at the heart of the whole project: the students. Several local undergrads from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the University of Missouri-St. Louis joined the conversation, along with Dennis McDonald, an adjunct instructor at St. Louis Community College and a...

Host Don Marsh talks about urban agriculture and food justice in the St. Louis region.

Host Don Marsh talked with St. Louis-based journalist and author Sarah Kendzior at Left Bank Books on April 17. 

On Monday’s St. Louis on the Air , host Don Marsh talked with Heather Silverman, Jami Dolby and Kara Wurtz, who ran for city council seats in Creve Coeur, Chesterfield and Kirkwood, respectively.

On this week’s St. Louis on the Air , St. Louis Public Radio science reporter Eli Chen spoke with Bill Nye ahead of his keynote appearance Monday evening as part of the three-day St. Louis Climate Summit at Saint Louis University.

Composer Gary Gackstatter, choral director Jim Henry and Native American flutist R. Carlos Gackstatter joined  St. Louis on the Air this week for a discussion of the new symphony coming to the Touhill.

Host Don Marsh talked with political reporter Jason Rosenbaum and Washington University law professor Peter Joy about this week's (Apr. 15) news involving Gov. Eric Greitens.

Host Don Marsh talked with author Melissa Scholes Young about her debut novel, "Flood."

In remembrance of NPR’s Carl Kasell, who passed away earlier this week, Thursday’s  St. Louis on the Air included a segment in remembrance of the longtime newscaster and much-beloved radio personality.

For more than 30 years, Circus Flora, a one-ring circus that makes St. Louis its home, has offered a circus show that’s best described as live theater. It’s an intimate setting that is in stark contrast to the images some people might conjure of the large Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus which performed for the last time 10 months ago. Two things are significantly different about this yea...

Wednesday marked the first anniversary of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson’s time in office. The first woman elected to lead the Gateway City, she joined St. Louis on the Air host Don Marsh for a conversation both reflecting on her first 12 months in the role and looking ahead.

Host Don Marsh talked about a new report on segregation in housing in the St. Louis region.

Edward O. Wilson’s long career has been marked by enormous contributions to the field of biology, with an impact on global conservation efforts that is difficult to overstate. All of it grew out of his close attention years ago to something relatively small: the behavior of ants. Wilson recalled one of his earliest interactions with the insects, a memory from his boyhood in northern Alabama, on Tu...

Producer Lara Hamdan talks to students about their experience with the Hamilton Education Program created by the Gilder  Lehrman  Institute of American History. 

On Monday’s St. Louis on the Air , host Don Marsh talked with Elsa Hart about the inspiration for her books thus far, the craft of mystery writing and what’s next for her as an author.

Host Don Marsh talked about the prevalence of autism and discussed the latest research in the diagnosis and treatment of autism.

Host Don Marsh talked with St. Louis Public Radio reporter Jason Rosenbaum about this week's news involving Gov. Eric Greitens.

Host Don Marsh talked with outgoing St. Louis Symphony Orchestra music director David Robertson about his 13-year tenure in St. Louis.

Jonathan Walton of Harvard University and Lerone Martin, a Washington University faculty member, joined St. Louis on the Air  host Don Marsh on Thursday for a discussion of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy.