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KMOX Birthday wishes for Thursday, April 16, 2026

Washington University Economics Professor John Horn visits with Sean Malone as ALL BIRDS, a shoemaker, built on the concept of fashionable shoes made from sustainable materials, has announced they will change to a completely different company, A-I computing. Are we entering an AI bubble?

Debbie Monterrey visits with Nelson Appell, previewing the 3rd Missouri Book Festival, Saturday in Washington, MO.

USA Today Best-selling author and St. Louis native Emily Lampkin joins Debbie Monterrey to talk about her book "Duct Tape and White Lies: A woman's practical guide to real life success"

Dr. Myra Michelle Berry, Superintendent of St. Louis Public Schools joins Megan Lynch to talk about how to move St. Louis Public Schools forward as she takes over the job.

Megan Lynch with Jared Unfired, Alton Music Exchange about instrument string recycling program.

KMOX Legal Analyst Brad Young, Partner with Harris, Young and Kayser joins Megan Lynch to discuss St. Louis County Executive Sam Page suing the St. Louis County Council and Council Chair Rita Heard Days plus Festus data center.

Andreas Welsch spent more than two decades at software vendor S-A-P and now creates training for A-I systems. He joins Megan Lynch with a look at how employees are utilizing AI at workplaces.

Mark Gellman of The Gellman Team joins Megan Lynch with a look at the in-depth numbers for home sales in the St Louis region. 'We are in a market in St Louis County, St Charles County,' that has, 'a weakness in inventory,' resulting in a weakness in sales, but the sale prices are pretty high says Gellman. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Rob Gatz, Senior Manager of Visitor & Volunteer Services with Explore St. Louis, joins Megan Lynch ahead of a major robotics competition, and a call for volunteers to help clean up trash in downtown St Louis on April 14, 2026.

Ryan Burge, political scientist and professor of practice at WashU’s Danforth Center on Religion & Politics, joins Megan Lynch. Pres Donald Trump outraged some Catholics this week with attacks on Pope Leo as well as an AI-generated image showing him as a 'Christlike' figure. Burge says Trump is risking a large voting block, 'after white evangelicals, there's no more important,' group. Burge says T...

KMOX Birthday wishes for Tuesday, April 14, 2026

CBS Tech Contributor Ian Sherr joins Megan Lynch as we are living in an age of AI. He says the banking sector, colleges and others, are being forced to pay attention to the cybersecurity risks.

Dr. Jeffrey Gillis, Research Professor of Physics, Washington University, joins Megan Lynch with a follow-up on the Artemis II mission to the Moon. 'That was really touching,' to hear that NASA proposed naming a crater on the Moon for an astronaut's late wife. He explains the next steps with Artemis III & Artemis IV.

Aaron Perlut is partner at Elasticity - a Digital Marketing and Branding Agency headquartered in St. Louis. He joins Megan Lynch to talk about a recent blog post on the company's website, that he wrote. A really honest account of failure. https://goelastic.com/what-sobriety-taught-me-about-failure/

KMOX Birthday wishes for April 13, 2026

CBS Business Analyst Jill Schlesinger, JillOnMoney.com joins Brian Feldman and Tom Ackerman, noting apprehension from younger Americans about retirement. She says 80% of Gen Z and 75% of Millennials, 'feel behind, financially,' and are turning to alternate investment strategies like crypto and online bets, instead of traditional investments.

KMOX Birthday wishes for Friday, April 10, 2026

Debbie Monterrey visits with Sam Moore of the Lafayette Park Conservancy. The Park is oldest urban park west of the Mississippi River. A tree-planting 'blitz' is scheduled for this weekend to help replenish the 'canopy' above the park. LafayettePark.org

'The two sides [Iran & United States] fundamentally disagree on where the war is now,' says Paul Simon Public Policy Institute Director John Shaw of negotiations to end the hostilities. How does Israel factor into the negotiations? 'He's skilled at sort of playing Trump,' says Shaw of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Emily DeJeu, an assistant teaching professor of business communication, at Carnegie Mellon University, joined Megan Lynch. With reports of AI going rogue, should we be concerned with how we ask it questions?

Dr. Samuel Klein from the Washington University School of Medicine is researching a new GLP 3 weight-loss drug. He says his clinical trials are looking to recruit women who would like to be part of the trials that also include exercise classes. He warns that some Americans are getting the popular weight-loss drugs through the 'gray market' with no medical supervision. For more information on the c...

KMOX Birthday wishes for April 9, 2026

Meridith McAvoy Perkins,Executive Director of Forest ReLeaf of Missouri, joins Debbie Monterrey, announcing plans for a community event to plant 350 trees in O'Fallon Park, replacing trees that were damaged by the May 2025 tornado. MoreLeaf.org/events

'Life's still unfair' for Frankie Muniz on a revival of 'Malcolm in the Middle' on Hulu. 'It is funny, it is wacky,' says Matt Rousch with TV Guide Magazine. He and Debbie Monterrey also chat about the return of, 'Euphoria.'