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How St. Louis Is Grappling With Artificial Intelligence’s Promise And Potential Peril Oct 15, 2020

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Tinus Le Roux, CEO of FanCam, and Sara Baker, policy director for the ACLU of Missouri discuss artificial intelligence’s potential for both good and evil. The issues they raise are currently getting a fuller airing at Prepare 2020, virtual month-long conference by Prepare.ai.

This St. Louis-Born App Can Help Fix Your Neighborhood Oct 14, 2020

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National politics might dominate the news right now, but Washington University professor Betsy Sinclair says there is a resurgence of political life at the local level — and technology can help with that. She co-founded Magnify Your Voice, a civic engagement app meant to help residents work together to tackle a project in their neighborhood.

‘The Zealot And The Emancipator’ Explores The Different Paths Of Abraham Lincoln And John Brown Oct 14, 2020

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H.W. Brands’ new book “The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and the Struggle for American Freedom” explores the run-up to slavery's abolition -- and choice to confront its "great evil" via politics or violence -- through the lives of two men: John Brown and Abraham Lincoln.

75-Year-Old ‘Serialpreneur’ On Navigating Professional Ups And Downs, New Chapters Oct 14, 2020

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Whether it’s 20 tips for 20-somethings or 30 movers and shakers under the age of 30, there’s always a new list aimed at young professionals doing big things. And that makes sense — early adulthood, after all, is typically focused on forging a career path. But maybe there should also be some different lists. Say, 70 first-time novelists over the age of 70, or 80 up-and-coming small business owners in their 80s. St. Louisan Lynn Hamilton believes it's never too late to try something new.

Meet The Mysterious Fiddle Assassin Breaking The Silence In Alton Oct 13, 2020

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A masked violinist has been making music while strolling the streets of Alton. There are rumors that she's a ghost from the Mississippi River and that she hasn’t been seen since the 1918 influenza. She calls herself the Fiddle Assassin, and says her only enemy is the coronavirus.

'Forest Park: A Walk Through History' Takes Readers Off The Beaten Track Oct 13, 2020

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Carolyn Mueller, a local author and zookeeper at the St. Louis Zoo, has explored the trails of Forest Park for more than a decade. And with locals practicing social distancing as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, some of the spots Mueller highlights in her new book, “Forest Park: A Walk Through History,” are particularly timely.

Tattooed Egyptian Mummies Offer Lessons About Body Art Then And Now Oct 13, 2020

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As a scholar who works with human remains, Anne Austin had long looked closely at bones. Her training is in osteology and Egyptology, and for many years she worked to expand the world’s knowledge about the health, medicine and disease of past civilizations. But in 2016, her focus suddenly turned from bones to ancient skin — and body art.

Indoor Theater Production To Be A Pandemic First For St. Louis Oct 12, 2020

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Theater returns to a St. Louis stage this month — and for the first time since the region shut down in March, it’ll be indoors and with an in-person audience. Midnight Company's mounting of Eric Bogosian’s “Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll” comes with the ArtSafe seal of approval, and a host of safety precautions.

‘The National Road’ Explores ‘A Changing America’ From The Ground Oct 12, 2020

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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.

Tackling America’s ‘Silent Epidemic’ Of Pedestrian Deaths — In St. Louis And Beyond Oct 09, 2020

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Angie Schmitt’s new book, “Right of Way: Race, Class and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths,” examines why more American pedestrians are dying, who makes up these deaths and what simple yet concrete things we could do to save people like them. She discusses her book on St. Louis on the Air, and we hear from a victim's sister and a local transportation policy planner, too.

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