Patrick Murphy
Author, television producer
Patrick Murphy has spent the past 30 years producing television programs for PBS, both locally and nationally. A six-time Emmy award winner, he has created documentaries, weekly series, and musical variety shows. For the past 22 years he has hosted the St. Louis Speakers series from Powell Hall, interviewing more than 150 of the world's most renowned artists, writers, adventurers, and political leaders. He is also a working artist, exhibiting his collection of woodcut prints in galleries throughout the St. Louis region. He is the author of Candy Men: The Story of Switzer’s Licorice, The Irish in St Louis: From Shanty to Lace Curtain, and Places to Pray: Holy Sites in Catholic Missouri.
Gobsmacked at the Sight: The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair
This episode features Patrick Murphy , a renowned author, television producer, and media personality, discussing his latest book Prelude to a Century: The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair ; aka the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. M...
The Candy Men: The Story of Switzer's Licorice
Oh the wonderful smell of licorice and the giant Switzer's sign along the St. Louis riverfront! Gone but not forgotten! Patrick Murphy describes the journey and struggles of previous generations of his family as they went fro...