Episodes

Tom Casey, the Executive Director of the Criminal Justice Ministry (CJM) discusses his career background, the importance of CJM's roles, and the various programs run by the organization for individuals impacted by the crimina...

Cliff Robinson, founder of Juneteenth.com discusses the history of Juneteenth and the website devoted to educating everyone about Juneteenth. Jonathan Thomas, President of Civil Righteousness and grandnephew of the late Civi...

Shima Rostami, Ed.D., Executive Director of Gateway Alliance Against Human Trafficking discusses the organization's efforts to educate communities and advocate for systemic changes to eradicate human trafficking in the Saint ...

The Webster-Kirkwood Times is such a beloved newspaper in the community, that when the pandemic hit and the paper faced a shutdown, community fervor and four individuals gave it new life. Publisher/Owner Randy Drilingas and ...

For over 40 years, Henry Leutwyler has been capturing the essence of people and objects. In this episode of Saint Louis In Tune , he discusses the romantic process of photography and how a still life is a portrait of an obje...

Since its founding over 200 years ago as the second republic in the Americas through a successful slave revolt, the country of Haiti has endured a cold shoulder from the international community, economic hardship, political i...

The International Institute of St. Louis (IISTL) serves as the St. Louis community’s immigrant service and information hub. They connect new arrivals with essential economic and cultural integration services, including Englis...

The state of Missouri is celebrating the bicentennial this year. MISSOURI 2021 is commemorating 200 years of history with a variety of events, activities, and projects. Beth Pike, Senior Strategic Communications Specialist f...

Pat Bradley from Crisis Aid International , spoke with St. Louis In Tune to discuss local and international issues with human trafficking specifically sex trafficking. Later in the episode, we delve into the other lesser-kno...

Founded in 1846, the St. Louis Mercantile Library is the oldest general library in continuous existence west of the Mississippi River. The Library celebrates its 175th anniversary as the oldest cultural institution in St. Lo...

What do you do when you find out about events in history that you had no idea occurred? The Tulsa Race Massacre may be one of those events. DeNeen Brown, award-winning writer for the Washington Post and Associate Professor ...

Rick Kyte, Director of the D. B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership and Endowed Professor of Ethics at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin provides some insightful and meaningful discussion on Ethics in Leader...

We all think sunshine or transparency in government is a very good thing. After you listen to this episode, you may not think it is. Why did the founders do things in secret? What does Article I, Section V of the Constitut...

When you hear post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) what comes to mind? War, soldiers, traumatic experiences, despair? How about HOPE and RECOVERY? Dr. Lauren Albinson, Dr. Megan Keyes, and Dr. Julie Mastnak provide hope f...

Dr. Martin Bergee from the University of Kansas initially believed that when you accounted for all of the demographic variables, the relationship between music and reading and math would be nonexistent. He was surprised when...