Episodes
RED SUMMER: Turbulence in 1919
Cameron McWhirter discusses the issues that converged during the summer of 1919 which was one of the lowest points of our history. RED SUMMER reveals the ugly reality of riots, burnings, lynchings, murder, and mayhem that se...
St. Louis Media Icon Bernie Hayes
Media icon Bernie Hayes has done a few things in his life: Print and broadcast journalist radio and television announcer columnist recording artist and producer professor author news director radio station executive Midwest p...
A Conversation with Broadway Actor, Director, and Educator James A Wi…
A native of St. Louis, James A. Williams (JayyDubb) has distinguished himself as a broadway actor, director, and educator. He originated the role of Roosevelt Hicks on Broadway in August Wilson’s "Radio Golf" and has the lea...
Path of the Past: A Tank Driver's Journey Across France in World War …
Author and film maker Lou Baczewski discusses his visit to France to trace his grandfather's journey as a tank driver starting from Omaha Beach through five major historic battlegrounds, including the Battle of the Bulge and ...
Shadow History: Renegade Women in Film and TV and Highlights of the S…
The St. Louis Jewish Book Festival is now in year 41 and Executive Director Amy Bornstein describes the activities and authors who will be participating including Elizabeth Weitzman. In our interview, author Elizabeth Weitz...
Stages St. Louis: Curtain Call for Some of St. Louis' Finest
Actress Zoe Vonder Haar and Associate Producer Andrew Kuhlman of Stages St. Louis give us a rousing look at their lives and what life is like behind the scenes in the theatrical realm. Both are involved in the current Man …
Bring Me a Book!
There is JOY in reading when kids have the skills, access, and resources which make reading fun. Michael Shipley from Bring Me A Book-STL discusses: what parents can do to help their children become better readers, how BMAB-...
Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis
Carrie Houck, Executive Artistic Director for the award winning Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis, provides an exceptional description of the 2019 productions as well as some insights into how the festival started. Founde...
Remembering Michael Castro
Remembering Michael Castro. Chris Mullen from KWRH-LP discusses her memories of St. Louis' first poet laureate Michael Castro.
Following the Direction Where It Leads: The Creative Career of Chris …
Chris Mullen, host of Studio One Eleven on KWRH-LP gives us some background on her career(s) in the music, literary, and film industry. She has followed the direction that each area led her and she gives us a look at …
Into the Breeches - Laugh All You Want
Into the Breeches: A Midwest premiere of this George Brant play by the Shakespeare Festival St. Louis which features Jacqueline Thompson as one of the leads. Find out about this all female version of "Henry V." www.sfstl.com/...
Who is Kwame Hightower and the Man with No Name?
David Gorden describes an upcoming exhibit at Urb Arts with fellow artist Lorenzo Lizano on the comic works they have produced including David's graphic novel, Kwame Hightower And the Man with No Name. https://www.facebook.co...
St. Louis Mercantile Library
Julie Dunn-Morton from the St. Louis Mercantile Library discusses the history of the library and the upcoming Art and Print Fair. http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/about-the-library/index.html Perspective: Do you see all sides o...
A Firebell in the Night and How Our Federal Government is Organized
An interview and conversation with Lee Drake about his new book "A Firebell in the Night" which documents black culture and society in St. Louis in the nineteenth century. https://www.pagepublishing.com/books/?book=a-firebel...