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Beth Bacon’s book teaches kids that getting vaccinated may hurt a little, but it helps a lot Nov 30, 2021

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St. Louis author Beth Bacon discusses her new book “Helping Our World Get Well: COVID Vaccines,” the art of a good children’s book and how to talk to kids about complicated topics.

Hedge fund known for gutting newspapers makes play for St. Louis Post-Dispatch owner Nov 29, 2021

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Alden Global Capital wants to buy the company that owns the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. An investigative reporter and the president of the union that represents Post-Dispatch staffers discuss what that could mean for the daily — and St. Louis.

Entertainer and St. Louis native Josephine Baker to be inducted into the Panthéon Nov 29, 2021

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More than 45 years after her death, St. Louis native and entertainer Josephine Baker is receiving France’s highest honor: induction into the Panthéon. We talk with Lionel Cuillé of Washington University and Lois Conley of the Griot Museum of Black History about Baker’s life and legacy.

For Christine Brewer, cabaret’s intimacy is something new Nov 29, 2021

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Opera star Christine Brewer discusses the cabaret show she debuts this weekend in St. Louis, how she was pushed to become a performer and what makes her nervous even after all these years singing in public.

'The National Road' explores 'a changing America' from the ground Nov 26, 2021

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Tom Zoellner's new book, "The National Road: Dispatches from a Changing America," is a journey into the uneasy soul of the nation: What unites us, what divides us, and what lies in the middle of the cities of the coasts.

These 2 St. Louisans are bringing new life to crossword puzzles Nov 26, 2021

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Matthew Stock and Sid Sivakumar started out talking crossword puzzles and became fast friends. Now, a puzzle they co-wrote has been published in the New York Times. They discuss the joy of puzzle making with host Sarah Fenske.

How Eureka’s Endangered Wolf Center is fighting to bring red wolves back from the brink Nov 26, 2021

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Fewer than 20 American red wolves live in the wild throughout the U.S., all in a refuge in North Carolina. Two Missouri-born wolves were flown there last month to join the population, providing a critical source of new genetic diversity.

In ‘My Fugitive,’ a lawyer’s daughter trains her eye on the FBI’s excesses Nov 24, 2021

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In this one-hour special edition, Nina Gilden Seavey discusses her podcast "My Fugitive," which connects the story of anti-war activist Howard Mechanic with that of another fugitive who spent time in St. Louis: James Earl Ray, who was convicted of killing Martin Luther King Jr.

Kroenke vs. the NFL? Legal Roundtable tackles the latest in Rams' litigation, and more Nov 23, 2021

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The Legal Roundtable discusses the latest in the litigation over the Rams’ departure from St. Louis, the Missouri Democratic Party’s attempt to fight unionization of its employees and the surprisingly short sentence given to a former police officer accused of beating an undercover colleague.

Sk8 Liborius was an underground draw for a decade. Now St. Louis' skate church is going legit Nov 22, 2021

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The building that began as St. Liborius Catholic Church has housed one of St. Louis’ coolest underground spots: Sk8 Liborious. Two of its owners discuss how they turned the deconsecrated church into a skate haven — and their plans to turn it into an official arts center.

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