https://www.spreaker.com/show/st-louis-speaksenSociety & CultureCopyright Mark Loehrerhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ffa9f123525e4c024e0e84e51c92162c.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/st-louis-speaksTue, 21 Jun 2022 23:02:42 +0000Mark LoehrerMark Loehreropenarchivestl@gmail.comUnfiltered opinion and unfettered curiosity from hosts Umar Lee and Stefene Russellyesepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/merriman3
Leah's website
http://stlwaxworks.com

Leah's Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/leahmerrimanart/

Green Door Art Gallery
https://www.greendoorartgallery.com/leah-merriman.html

"Familiar Layers: Encaustic Scenes of St. Louis, Part 1," at Third Degree Glass Factory
https://thirddegreeglassfactory.com/now-on-display-familiar-layers-encaustic-scenes-of-st-louis-part-1-by-leah-merriman/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22253216Mon, 03 Feb 2020 02:08:00 +0000Mark LoehrerLeah Merriman is a multi-media artist who may be the only encaustic painter in St. Louis — she paints with layers of wax. As she explains in the interview, it's a technique that dates back to antiquity (the word itself comes from the Greek...
Leah's website
http://stlwaxworks.com

Leah's Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/leahmerrimanart/

Green Door Art Gallery
https://www.greendoorartgallery.com/leah-merriman.html

"Familiar Layers: Encaustic Scenes of St. Louis, Part 1," at Third Degree Glass Factory
https://thirddegreeglassfactory.com/now-on-display-familiar-layers-encaustic-scenes-of-st-louis-part-1-by-leah-merriman/]]>2775arthill,artist,duelingdonuts,encaustic,forestpark,foxtheatre,stl,stlarch,stlwaxworks,wax,waxencausticcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/year-end-special-part-ii_1https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21018209Tue, 24 Dec 2019 01:37:50 +0000Mark Loehrer3544yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/2019-year-end-specialhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/21017465Tue, 24 Dec 2019 00:52:24 +0000Mark Loehrer1955cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/andrew-hurley-on-history-cities-and-clim
Faculty Page
https://www.umsl.edu/~umslhistory/Faculty/hurley.html

Ask an Expert: Andrew Hurley examines history of climate and its impact on St. Louis
https://blogs.umsl.edu/news/2018/08/27/ask-expert-hurley/

Common Fields: An Environmental History of St. Louis
https://www.worldcat.org/title/common-fields-an-environmental-history-of-st-louis/oclc/36024068

Virtual City Project
http://vcities.ite-stl.org

Missouri Place Stories: Missouri EPSCoR
https://placestories.missouriepscor.org]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20923756Fri, 20 Dec 2019 17:04:00 +0000Mark LoehrerDr. Andrew Hurley, professor of history at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, has written extensively about the environmental history of the St. Louis region. In this episode, he talks about his love of cities; how technology can help historians...
Faculty Page
https://www.umsl.edu/~umslhistory/Faculty/hurley.html

Ask an Expert: Andrew Hurley examines history of climate and its impact on St. Louis
https://blogs.umsl.edu/news/2018/08/27/ask-expert-hurley/

Common Fields: An Environmental History of St. Louis
https://www.worldcat.org/title/common-fields-an-environmental-history-of-st-louis/oclc/36024068

Virtual City Project
http://vcities.ite-stl.org

Missouri Place Stories: Missouri EPSCoR
https://placestories.missouriepscor.org]]>2052cities,climatechange,environment,environmentalhistory,flooding,mississippiriver,resilience,stl,stlouis,urban ecologycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/david-lobbig
Cahokia Mounds
https://cahokiamounds.org

Grist: The Army Corps of Engineers and Mississippi River Management
https://grist.org/series/the-corps-of-the-matter-on-the-army-corps-and-the-mississippi-river/

“Mighty Mississippi” at the Missouri History Museum
https://mohistory.org/exhibits/the-mighty-mississippi/

Missouri Coalition for the Environment
https://moenvironment.org

Radical Cartography: Mississippi Meander Maps
http://www.radicalcartography.net/index.html?fisk

Scientific American: Mississippi River Flooding and Climate Change
https://newrepublic.com/article/148352/can-rivers-people-too]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20781149Mon, 16 Dec 2019 04:25:05 +0000Mark LoehrerDavid Lobbig, Curator of Environmental Life at the Missouri History Museum and longtime board member at the Missouri Coalition for the Environment, talks all things Mississippi River — the Mississippian culture that once lived on its banks; how...
Cahokia Mounds
https://cahokiamounds.org

Grist: The Army Corps of Engineers and Mississippi River Management
https://grist.org/series/the-corps-of-the-matter-on-the-army-corps-and-the-mississippi-river/

“Mighty Mississippi” at the Missouri History Museum
https://mohistory.org/exhibits/the-mighty-mississippi/

Missouri Coalition for the Environment
https://moenvironment.org

Radical Cartography: Mississippi Meander Maps
http://www.radicalcartography.net/index.html?fisk

Scientific American: Mississippi River Flooding and Climate Change
https://newrepublic.com/article/148352/can-rivers-people-too]]>1864climatechange,ecology,environment,environmental,history,mississippi,mississippiriver,riverboat,river ecology,stl,stlouiscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/mamacathttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/20590830Mon, 09 Dec 2019 04:55:02 +0000Mark LoehrerHost Umar Lee talks by phone with "Mama Cat" a community activist and the official chef of the Ferguson movement. Mama Cat (Cathy Daniels) founded the group Pot Bangerz which has worked to feed, clothe and humanize those which society has chosen to...2083activism,ferguson,homeless,homelessness,mamacat,protest,stl,stlouis,unhousedcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/episode-64-richard-reilly-photographerhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/20197277Fri, 22 Nov 2019 13:16:50 +0000Mark LoehrerHost Umar Lee talks with friend of the podcast, Richard Reilly. Richard talks about a range of topics with Umar including marijuana legalization, socially engaged art projects and photography--including his recent donation to the Missouri History...2906cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/yale-hollander
yalehollander.weebly.com
https://twitter.com/yalehollander
http://stlouiscomedy.com
https://twitter.com/stlcomedyscene
https://www.facebook.com/STLComedy/
https://www.flyovercomedyfest.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19915840Thu, 07 Nov 2019 18:36:03 +0000Mark LoehrerWriter, producer, comedian (and Donnybrook tweeter-in-chief) Yale Hollander sat down at Atomic Cowboy to talk to Stef Russell on the opening night of the Flyover Comedy Festival. Topics touched on: lawyers; the logistics of doing standup on the Loop...
yalehollander.weebly.com
https://twitter.com/yalehollander
http://stlouiscomedy.com
https://twitter.com/stlcomedyscene
https://www.facebook.com/STLComedy/
https://www.flyovercomedyfest.com]]>2584atomiccowboy,flyovercomedyfestival,improv,indiecomedy,openmic,standup,stl,stlcomedy,thegrovecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/umarmarissabrianhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/19836118Sun, 03 Nov 2019 17:34:39 +0000Mark LoehrerHost Umar Lee chats with Marissa and Brian Southards about everything from life after Ferguson to their family art studio, blending portrait photography and traditional graphic/hand drawn artwork.3324cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/francisinterviewhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/19603903Mon, 21 Oct 2019 01:06:31 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee chats with Francis Horton of Carondelet about growing up in north county, joining the military and seeing the world! Beyond cliche, the conversation is rich in discussion of foreign policy, how the military prepares troops for interactions...5262yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/episode-60-whitmania
Whitmania!
https://www.maryville.edu/whitmania/
https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/whitmania/

The Morton J. May Gallery
https://www.maryville.edu/about/news-and-events/morton-j-may-foundation-gallery/

The Walt Whitman Archive
https://whitmanarchive.org]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19450966Thu, 10 Oct 2019 19:27:42 +0000Mark LoehrerStef Russell talks to Maryville University's Germaine Murray (Professor of English & Humanities) and Dana Levin (Distinguished Writer-in-Residence) as they walk us through "Whitman: Up Close," an exhibit at the May Gallery. The show, on view through...
Whitmania!
https://www.maryville.edu/whitmania/
https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/whitmania/

The Morton J. May Gallery
https://www.maryville.edu/about/news-and-events/morton-j-may-foundation-gallery/

The Walt Whitman Archive
https://whitmanarchive.org]]>2803art,danalevin,democracy,germainemurray,maryvilleuniversity,maygallery,poetry,somethinginthewater,typesetting,waltwhitman,whitmaniacleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/fannie-lou-hamer-house
https://www.instagram.com/FannieLouHamerHouse
https://snccdigital.org/people/fannie-lou-hamer/
https://instagram.com/blackskilletfunders
https://itshanapa.tumblr.com
http://www.breadandrosesmo.org
https://www.facebook.com/WUArcadeProjects/
https://femininepronoun.com
https://www.whoraisedyoupodcast.com
https://anchor.fm/treasure-shields-redmond]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19101458Sat, 14 Sep 2019 12:45:49 +0000Mark LoehrerArtist Dail Chambers and poet Treasure Shields Redmond talk about their new project, the Fannie Lou Hamer House. Located in Belleville, it's a container for a multitude of creative people and creative projects. They also talked about their respective...
https://www.instagram.com/FannieLouHamerHouse
https://snccdigital.org/people/fannie-lou-hamer/
https://instagram.com/blackskilletfunders
https://itshanapa.tumblr.com
http://www.breadandrosesmo.org
https://www.facebook.com/WUArcadeProjects/
https://femininepronoun.com
https://www.whoraisedyoupodcast.com
https://anchor.fm/treasure-shields-redmond]]>2518art,belleville,blackskillet,fannielouhamer,mississippi,poetry,stlcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/draft-1567874591662023-audio
https://www.thegriotmuseum.com
https://www.facebook.com/TheGriotTellsOurStory/
https://www.stlmag.com/history/architecture/the-historic-griot-museum-hosts-events/
http://drainmag.com/aids-1969-hiv-history-and-race/?fbclid=IwAR0kmBuWHw6pvr8BlQGnom_eHtY13Q6pGgKWASEgKxd10GYS_lGMGbxt1yM#ftn16
https://www.kff.org/hivaids/fact-sheet/black-americans-and-hivaids-the-basics/
https://www.stlmag.com/The-Pre-Pandemic-Puzzle/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19041823Mon, 09 Sep 2019 02:56:15 +0000Mark LoehrerIn 1969, a St. Louis teen named Robert Rayford became the first person in America known to have died of HIV/AIDS. His story was the starting point for Impact HIV/AIDS, a longterm initiative launched last year by the Griot Museum of Black History. The...
https://www.thegriotmuseum.com
https://www.facebook.com/TheGriotTellsOurStory/
https://www.stlmag.com/history/architecture/the-historic-griot-museum-hosts-events/
http://drainmag.com/aids-1969-hiv-history-and-race/?fbclid=IwAR0kmBuWHw6pvr8BlQGnom_eHtY13Q6pGgKWASEgKxd10GYS_lGMGbxt1yM#ftn16
https://www.kff.org/hivaids/fact-sheet/black-americans-and-hivaids-the-basics/
https://www.stlmag.com/The-Pre-Pandemic-Puzzle/]]>2491cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/kinloch-dochttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/18792398Sun, 11 Aug 2019 21:53:57 +0000Mark LoehrerHost Umar Lee chats with documentary filmmaker, Alana Flowers about her upcoming film "The Kinloch Doc" which will be screened August 15th at the Grandel (Hosted by Arch City Defenders).2742cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/show-11449969-2019-08-05-01-11-42https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18723657Mon, 05 Aug 2019 01:35:29 +0000Mark LoehrerCharles Klotzer, longtime free-speech activist and holocaust survivor joins host Umar lee on the St. Louis Speaks Podcast (available thru Spreaker). At 93, Klotzer has a lot to reflect on, from his family's flight out of Nazi Germany and settlement in...59441stamendment,holocaust,journalism,liberal,socialdemocrat,stl,watchdogcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/commonwealth-project
The Commonwealth Project
https://warrencenter.fas.harvard.edu/commonwealth-project

Metro St. Louis Equal Housing Opportunity Council
https://ehocstl.org/

Equity Legal Services
https://www.equitylegalservices.org/

RC Striders Track & Field Team
https://www.instagram.com/rcstridersstl/

Organization for Black Struggle
https://www.obs-stl.org/

The Griot Museum of Black History and Culture
https://www.thegriotmuseum.com/

The Venable Park Coalition FB Page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/738798083251934/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18643519Fri, 26 Jul 2019 01:17:50 +0000Mark LoehrerStef Russell talks to Che Applewhaite, Catie Barr, Kale Catchings and Saul Glist, a team of four Harvard undergraduates who have traveled from Boston to spend 10 weeks in St. Louis under the auspices of The Commonwealth Project. A Harvard initiative...
The Commonwealth Project
https://warrencenter.fas.harvard.edu/commonwealth-project

Metro St. Louis Equal Housing Opportunity Council
https://ehocstl.org/

Equity Legal Services
https://www.equitylegalservices.org/

RC Striders Track & Field Team
https://www.instagram.com/rcstridersstl/

Organization for Black Struggle
https://www.obs-stl.org/

The Griot Museum of Black History and Culture
https://www.thegriotmuseum.com/

The Venable Park Coalition FB Page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/738798083251934/]]>2873equality,equity,harvard,injustice,justice,poverty,progressive,reform,stlcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/stlanthologyhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/18312877Wed, 19 Jun 2019 00:50:24 +0000Mark LoehrerStef Russell sat down with Belt Magazine founder Ann Trubek and St. Louis (Kirkwood) native, Ryan Lee Schuessler, editor of Belt's St. Louis Anthology for a great podcast. Stef leads listeners on a spoiler free exploration of some of the poems and...2410blackhistory,bosnia,history,literature,nonfiction,stl,stlouis,writingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/walterjohnson_1https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17677144Thu, 18 Apr 2019 12:23:27 +0000Mark LoehrerGuest host Stef Russell returns with a fascinating discussion with Harvard Professor Walter Johnson. The topic of the discussion is Johnson's new book (due to be released Spring 2020) which places St. Louis at the center of social upheaval and...3614ferguson,history,stlouis,twitterstorianscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/county-city-mergerhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/17091649Wed, 20 Feb 2019 02:32:59 +0000Mark LoehrerHost Umar Lee talks with a panel of city residents who are hesitant to embrace the proposed BetterTogetherSTL merger of St. Louis County and St. Louis City. Panelists include Podcast regular and former city Comptroller, Virvus Jones, TEAMTIF...5345andrewarkills,bettertogether,civicprogress,communitydevelopment,cronycapitalism,equity,ferguson,stl,stlouis,stlpolitics,stlrainbow,umarlee,virvusjonescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/stlstranger-2019-02-18-asad-dandia-sociahttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/17079250Tue, 19 Feb 2019 00:14:20 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee discusses Brooklyn, American mosque culture, Muslim history and more with young Muslim scholar Asad Dandia.3718brooklyn,conservative,gentrification,history,islam,liberal,mosque,muslim,newyork,stl,stlouis,universitycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/robertparsonsformayorhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/17026170Tue, 12 Feb 2019 23:14:31 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee spoke with Florissant Councilman and Attorney Robert Parsons about his candidacy for Mayor of Florissant, St. Louis' largest municipality by population. Topics include policing, governance and the proposed St. Louis City/County merger.1599elections,equity,policing,policy,politics,public,race,space,stl,stlouis,suburbancleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/episode-48-st-louis-speaks-covington-cathttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/16808381Tue, 22 Jan 2019 00:05:47 +0000Mark LoehrerAfter looking at Pacquiao-Broner and the weekend in combat sports host Umar Lee gives his take on Covington Catholic, why all St Louisans should root for the Patriots, the MLK assasination and St Louis, and more.1913mlk,pacquiao,pacquiaobroner,saints,super-bowl,wrestlingyesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/episode-47-city-county-merger-thoughts-ahttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/16636260Sat, 05 Jan 2019 08:29:49 +0000Mark LoehrerHost Umar Lee discusses the Congresswoman Rashida Tleib cussing controversy, other incoming freshmen, and the St Louis City-County merger from Better Together St Louis.1929stl,st.louis,tleibyesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/drew-kupsky-finalhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/15237029Sun, 30 Dec 2018 07:39:16 +0000Mark LoehrerProducer Mark Loehrer talks with St. Louis University archivist Drew Kupsky. Kupsky shares what the SLU archive has to offer researchers and the general public. This episode was previously published on the now defunct website.2921archive,archives,catholic,history,jesuit,library,researchcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/st-louis-speaks-year-end-special-live-athttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/16578795Fri, 28 Dec 2018 01:25:00 +0000Mark LoehrerHost Umar Lee interviews a number of 2018 year-end guests and gets predictions for 2019.8083yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/looptrolleyepisodehttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/16534530Thu, 20 Dec 2018 22:58:48 +0000Mark LoehrerHost Umar Lee hits the pavement in the Ucity Loop to talk to folks about what they think of the loop trolley. Business owners, young folks, old folks, folks who don't want to talk--what do they think of Joe Edwards' latest prize. Loop trolley or loop...2090boondoggle,county,local,loop,politics,stl,stlouis,streetcar,talk,transit,trolley,ucitycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/episode-38-st-louis-speakshttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/16508046Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:11:16 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee discusses St Louis County prosecutors joining the St Louis Police Officers Association, True Detective,what keeps him going on and more2063yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/umar-lee-on-the-murder-of-his-motherhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/16439371Tue, 11 Dec 2018 03:23:49 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee discusses the execution-style murder of his mother in the Meacham Park area of Kirkwood. The legacy of Karen Arnold, grief, and the pursuit of justice. Updated with the remarks spoken by Umar Lee at his mother's funeral service.1026meacham,murderyesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/kendzior_2https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16426854Mon, 10 Dec 2018 01:16:39 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee discusses St Louis, Trump, and more with author and Gaslit Nation Podcast cohost Sarah Kendzior. (Recorded 2 days before the murder of Umar's mother)2644culture,galight,kendzior,local,midwest,national,politics,provel,russia,stl,stlouis,trump,twittercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/mls-special-live-at-the-dam-on-morganforhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/16361247Sun, 02 Dec 2018 00:19:05 +0000Mark LoehrerWe're talking MLS and stadium and whether it'll be the silver bullet to save St. Louis.3731cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/bassem-mp3https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16341604Thu, 29 Nov 2018 16:37:27 +0000Mark LoehrerHost Umar Lee talks about the recent passing of Ferguson protester, Palestinian activist and St. Louisan Bassem Masri. Umar returned to St. Louis this week for the funeral of Masri who passed on November 27th 20181434activism,ferguson,funeral,livestreamer,memorial,protest,ripcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/fetzer-mills-talkhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/15902352Sun, 07 Oct 2018 19:07:35 +0000Mark LoehrerProducer Mark Loehrer along with guest hosts Tony and Emily visited Fetzer Mills Jr in his home in the small TN town of Ripley to talk everything from civil rights to rural politics in the age of Trump.5166yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/griot-museum-panel-photographing-protesthttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/15897928Sat, 06 Oct 2018 16:27:23 +0000Mark Loehrer5946cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/2-Y9AfDJhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/15871722Wed, 03 Oct 2018 19:02:54 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee discusses Closings the Workhouse, Income Inequality, and Minimum Standards2618cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/jamilah-nasheed-9-24-2018https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15797310Mon, 24 Sep 2018 20:18:44 +0000Mark LoehrerThe St Louis Speaks Podcast has featured several St Louis elected officials. We are non-partisan abd encourage an open discussion. We are interviewing Sen. Nasheed to discuss her background and life in St Louis, finding Islam, her history as an...2844civilrights,islam,politics,protest,religion,stl,stlouiscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/stlspeaksradio-2018-09-16-st-louis-speakhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/15733890Mon, 17 Sep 2018 03:33:41 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee discusses #CaneloGGG, #STL name change, Botham Jean, Julia Salazar in New York, liars, authenticity, and the recent protest of Deray McKesson during a presentation of his new book at Left Bank Books.2846authenticity,blm,canelo,deray,new,nyc,stlyesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/lexington-school-engineering-clubhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/15704144Wed, 12 Sep 2018 23:03:39 +0000Mark Loehrer3223cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/mp4https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15627320Mon, 03 Sep 2018 01:15:51 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee describes what has taken him away from St Louis at various stages of his life and trials and tribulations in New York City, DC, Florida, Texas, and more. Always seeing the world as a St Louisan.2705florida,missouri,stl,texas,transplant,urbancleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/rick-erwin-city-museum-directorhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/15609921Fri, 31 Aug 2018 04:23:47 +0000Mark LoehrerHost Umar Lee sits down with City Museum director Rick Erwin for a conversation about everything Saint Louis.1914architecture,museum,stlcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/brian-cather-interviewhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/15517791Sat, 18 Aug 2018 16:35:04 +0000Mark LoehrerHost Umar Lee sits down with staff historian at the Scott Joplin House, Brian Cather. Cather and Lee discuss a range of topics from life in Texas to adjusting to life in St. Louis as well as, of course, the legacy of Scott Joplin.2359history,joplin,music,ragtime,stlcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/danny-interview_1https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15440719Tue, 07 Aug 2018 14:52:55 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee walked through the Cherokee neighborhood with Riverfront Times reporter Danny Wicentwoski and talked everything from Ferguson to coverage of the Eric Greitens scandals that rocked Missouri in spring of 2018.2411cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/homer-g-phillips-hospital-uneditedhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/15180421Wed, 25 Jul 2018 22:05:00 +0000Mark LoehrerFor this special episode of the podcast, host Umar Lee sat down with scholar Ezelle Sanford III, a William G. Bowen Fellow in History at Princeton who is working on his doctoral dissertation on Homer G. Phillips Hospital. Joining him for the...2743anthropology,black,diaspora,education,history,hospital,justice,medicine,politics,researchcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/panel-discussion-guns-and-ganja-7-10-201_1https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15282737Wed, 18 Jul 2018 15:12:38 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee hosts a round table discussion at Rise Coffeehouse in the Grove to talk Marijuana law reform and gun control. Guests include State Senator Maria Chappelle Nadal, Alderwoman Megan Green, State Representative Shamed Dogan and St. Louis City GOP...4743cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/stlspeaksradio-2018-07-13-st-louis-speakhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/15251502Fri, 13 Jul 2018 19:49:21 +0000Mark Loehrer4070cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/mitch-finalhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/15224924Tue, 10 Jul 2018 04:38:44 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee sat down with transit enthusiast and activist Mitch Eagles in the Palm Trees on Cherokee Street. Conversation touched on Mitch's life in Iowa to his arrival in St. Louis and his infatuation with the 73 Carondelet bus.1517bus,cherokee,hipster,mass,masstransit,stl,stlouis,street,transitcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/interview-with-aisha-sultan_1https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15223706Tue, 10 Jul 2018 00:08:19 +0000Mark LoehrerNationally Syndicated Columnist Aisha Sultan sat down with host Umar Lee at her home in St. Louis County to talk about a range of issues. Topics discussed touch on Aisha's work writing on issues of family and parenting to her experiences of...3750aisha,column,family,islam,islamophobia,journalism,media,stl,stlouis,sultancleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/sherman-george-and-virvus-jones-black-pohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/15178815Mon, 02 Jul 2018 22:32:39 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee sits down with former fire chief Sherman George and former Comptroller Virvus Jones to discuss politics in St. Louis 1970-2007. Sherman George discusses his childhood and development from sharecropper in New Madrid, Missouri to Fire Chief in...4503cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/andy-candyhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/15128089Mon, 02 Jul 2018 14:10:00 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee sits down with Andy Karandzieff, owner of Crown Candy Kitchen in Old North St. Louis. Andy shares with Umar the story of his famiy as well as the legacy of Crown Candy and the Old North St. Louis neighborhood.2002candy,icecream,onsl,stl,stlouis,stlspeakscleantrailerhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/neighborhood-developmenthttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/15171149Sun, 01 Jul 2018 19:34:27 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee sits down with a gathering of community voices to talk area problems and strategies for broad equity driven neighborhood development. Guests include Glenn Burleigh of TeamTif, Lucas Delort of Lutheran Development Corp, Fatima Muhammad of Hyde...6006development,planning,stl,stlouis,urbanismyesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/umar-lee-on-the-murder-of-boris-louioukihttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/15152314Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:39:43 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee talks live from 2628 Delmar in Jeff Vander Lou about the muder of Boris Louioukine, cabdriver for Laclede Cab and issues a stern rebuke of those who say that crime and violence in St Louis City is just a numbers game.400cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/dreamer_1https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15138023Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:47:40 +0000Mark LoehrerHost Umar Lee sits down on a rainy evening in St. Louis at the UCity Library with Areli Reyes, a young immigrant and Dreamer to talk everything from life in St. Louis as an immigrant to national immigration policy.1667dreamer,immigration,mosaic,stl,stlouiscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/rick-bonasch-finalhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/15103161Thu, 21 Jun 2018 21:53:21 +0000Mark LoehrerHost Umar Lee sits down on a rainy morning in St. Louis with Rick Bonasch of RISE St. Louis to talk development strategy and affordable housing in St. Louis as well as Rick's "coming to jesus" with Provel Cheese.2942development,gentrification,housing,publicpolicy,stl,stlouiscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/gail-delaney-griothttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/15080121Tue, 19 Jun 2018 02:54:09 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee sat down with Gail Delaney at La Mancha Coffee House in Old North St. Louis to talk about her life growing up in Meacham Park to her thoughts on mass incarceration and her work for the Griot Museum of Black History. Also discussed was her...1845city,history,massincarceration,meacham,stl,stlouiscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/vine-brother-podcasthttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/15022607Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:23:01 +0000Mark LoehrerHost Umar Lee sits down with the Vine brothers, owners of the Cherokee Street clothier, St. Louis Style. Discussion touches on a variety of different topics including ward reduction, Eric Greitens, West County and transit expansion.3076cherokee,hipsters,stl,stlouis,stlstyle,umarlee,vinesyesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/zelliehttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/14978569Tue, 05 Jun 2018 22:52:04 +0000Mark LoehrerIn this web exclusive episode, St. Louis Magazine's Stefane Russell guest hosts to talk with former director of the State Historical Society of Missouri St. Louis, Zelli Fischetti. Topics include life as an blue-collar historian, interesting...5058314,archives,gaslightsquare,historian,history,stl,stlouis,towergroveparkcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/maria-interviewhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/14957216Sun, 03 Jun 2018 01:35:51 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee sits down with Sen. Maria Chappelle Nadal to talk everything from politics to north county.2783county,north,politics,stl,stlouiscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/debbie-monterreyhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/14835976Sat, 19 May 2018 15:17:23 +0000Mark LoehrerIn this episode, Host Umar Lee sits down with KMOX personality and reporter Debbie Monterrey to discuss her career, St. Louis and where she went to high school.2156kmox,politics,radio,stl,stlouis,st.louiscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/ferashttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/14783583Sun, 13 May 2018 14:24:22 +0000Mark LoehrerUmar Lee sits down with longtime friend and Palestinian business owner Ferrahs Abdelbaset about a range of issues from North County to Public Schools and Ramadan.2158cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/episode-3-st-louis-post-dispatch-columnihttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/14749334Wed, 09 May 2018 17:09:30 +0000Mark LoehrerIn this episode host Umar Lee sits down in beautiful Tower Grove Park with St. Louis Post Dispatch columnist and former Editorial Page manager, Tony Messenger for a discussion of a variety of topics from Ferguson and racism to the trials and...3239ferguson,journalism,opinion,stl,st.louiscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/team-tif-interviewhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/14672901Tue, 01 May 2018 02:55:22 +0000Mark LoehrerIn this episode, Host Umar Lee sits down with Andrew Arkills, a member of Team TIF. What is TIF? What is Andrew's group all about? Find out in this episode where Umar breaks it down and find out why you should care about developer incentives.2669development,economic,growth,incentives,planning,policy,politics,public,schools,tif,urbancleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/postcardman/virvus-interview-2
Intro Track: Jailhouse Rock by Henry Sease
Outro Track: World wide walk (feat. Daman) by 4bstr4ck3r]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14645157Fri, 27 Apr 2018 01:46:47 +0000Mark LoehrerOn this episode, our first, host Umar Lee interviews former city comptroller Virvus Jones about his life as an activist and politician as well as his foray into the world of publication as a new author. Due to technical difficulties our second segment...
Intro Track: Jailhouse Rock by Henry Sease
Outro Track: World wide walk (feat. Daman) by 4bstr4ck3r]]>6282city,civilrights,comptroller,culture,history,jones,missouri,politics,stl,stlouis,vietnam,virvusyesfull