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How St. Louis-based Stonemaier is changing the (board) game Apr 18, 2022

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Jamey Stegmaier, co-founder of St. Louis-based Stonemaier Games, discusses the art of designing a hit board game and why tabletop games will never go out of style — even in a digital age. This episode originally aired on Nov. 19, 2021.

How To Block (Not Blast) Mosquitoes For A Healthier Ecosystem Apr 18, 2022

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In this encore episode, Jean Ponzi of the Missouri Botanical Garden explains how fogging for mosquitoes has grave consequences for our ecosystem — and how we can make ourselves less attractive to these pests without harming the environment.

'Shutterbee' Has Biologists Asking St. Louisans To Collaborate As Backyard Naturalists Apr 18, 2022

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Citizen scientists are helping biologists monitor our region's bee populations through the Shutterbee initiative. In this encore episode, Nicole Miller-Struttmann talks about how Shutterbee works and the critical roles bees play in our ecosystem.

Judges deny bond entirely in St. Louis as cash bail usage drops, report finds Apr 15, 2022

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A new report from the Freedom Community Center found St. Louis Circuit Court judges are increasingly denying bond — even for misdemeanor charges. Founder Mike Milton and policy organizer Hattie Svoboda-Stel discuss what this shift away from cash bail means for people charged with crimes, and the community.

Now people can get help with warrants at a second St. Louis County Library branch Apr 15, 2022

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The Tap In Center at St. Louis County Library's Florissant Valley branch gives people a space to address outstanding warrants and other legal matters without risking arrest. Nearly 300 warrants have been recalled since the center launched in the fall of 2020. Grant manager Miranda Gibson explains what led to a second location at the library branch in Moline Acres.

For poet Dana Levin, St. Louis is 'the navel of the nation' Apr 15, 2022

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Dana Levin discusses exploring St. Louis after moving from Santa Fe, why she’s not ready to reject T.S. Eliot and the themes in her new book, “Now Do You Know Where You Are.”

Missouri truckers find themselves in the driver's seat amid national shortage Apr 14, 2022

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Amid a national shortage of 80,000 truckers, companies are struggling to hire and retain the next generation of drivers. A St. Louis trucker tells us what brought him back to the road in 2022, while Tom Crawford of the Missouri Trucking Association shares what companies are doing to keep the industry rolling.

Bold Spoon Creamery's Rachel Burns turned out-of-control mint into a thriving business Apr 14, 2022

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Bold Spoon Creamery started out because founder Rachel Burns couldn’t kill her mint plant. All her excess mint (and plenty of atypical flavors later) led to Bold Spoon launching in 2020. Now, Straub’s and Schnucks carry pints. Burns joined the show to share how not even a pandemic could stop her success.

East St. Louis principal Brittany Green transformed a failing school — and won statewide honors for it Apr 14, 2022

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Principal Brittany Green is a finalist for the 2022 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership for her work transforming Gordon Bush Elementary from a failing school to a “commendable” one. She shares how she changed teacher mindsets and how she fights burnout.

Black opioid overdose deaths in St. Louis are up 500% in 6 years Apr 13, 2022

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New data on opioid deaths among Black St. Louisans show fatal overdoses up by more than 500% since 2015. A physician and a researcher with the new CENTER Initiative discuss what they’re doing to reduce those deaths.

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