Bay 11

This is the first episode of "Caffeinated," a new Bay 11 production hosted by Abi Phillips and Emily Clotfelter. They cover a young star getting unfairly "canceled," the pressure of a new school year, reviews of "Never Have I Ever" and the music video for "Breakfast." All that plus a visit with a Central High School student who made it into the Guinness Book of Records thanks to his skill on a unicycle, and his mastery of the Rubik's Cube.

Table Talk host Jaela Burris recalls the top five pop culture moments from the school year, plus some personal favs.

Lauren Jackson talks to two teenagers who vaped to find out why, and how they started and eventually quit.

Jaela Burris discusses The Batman, Stranger Things and a new song from Harry with next year's hosts, Emily and Abi. 

Anastasia Moroz, a first generation American, discusses growing up deep in the Russian culture at home. Myra Ieru reports.

Four seniors discuss their challenging high school experiences. The changes and upheaval they faced made it four long years.

With fourth quarter underway, we revisit "Facing the Future," a March, 2019 Bay 11 about seniors looking ahead.

Alice got into drugs early in life, but her story is ultimately one of a teen surviving and moving forward.

Five years ago, Ellen Fountain visited with Amanda King about visiting Chernobyl, site of the worst nuclear disaster in history.

Snow days did not keep Jaela and her guests from preparing this episode featuring some great pop culture recommendations.

Exchange students from Taiwan and Germany tell reporter Myra Ieru how extremely different school is at Hillcrest compared to back home.

Our "Table Talk" podcast is taken over by Haylyn, Holten, Caylee and Shelby, four tenth graders with their own spin. Topics include the state of teen fashion here on the north side of a midwestern town, Tik Tok addiction issues, and those ASMR sounds that help you go to sleep, or annoy you to no end. Then four music recommendations to round out a lively discussion by our first-time podcasters.

A college head coach talks about how high school cheerleading has evolved, and what is expected at the next level.

Table Talk host Jaela welcomes former Bay 11 host William Wehmer for a far-ranging discussion of pop culture newsmakers.

Dr. Martin Luther King is remembered with a march and a ceremony downtown.  Zao Shatto covered it for Bay 11.

Jaela Burris welcomes fellow "Potterhead" Mattie King to discuss all things Harry Potter, including the HBO Max reunion special.

Avery Grant and Luke Morris return for a special SPORTS BUZZ about the year in sports, plus predictions about 2022.

A representative from the Victim Center discusses the problem of sexual assault on college campuses with reporter Chloe Sutherland.

Three Hillcrest faculty members who were teens in the 1990s join "Table Talk" host Jaela Burris to discuss the decade.

Meet two college sophomores who were up front for the Travis Scott concert until something felt wrong. Becky Gardner reports.

College advisor Jasmine Pool shares tips for juniors and seniors as they look ahead to college. Lauren Jackson reports.

Five students from Hempfield High School in Pennsylvania talk pop culture with Bay 11 Table Talk host Jaela Burris.

Myra Ieru checks out the Hotel of Terror downtown, and Zao Shatto interviews the founder of the Student African American Brotherhood.

Tis the season on "Table Talk" to discuss the scary movies we grew up loving, and still watch today.

Student body presidents from Central and Kickapoo high schools join Bay 11 host Becky Gardner, the Hillcrest president, to discuss common challenges, and significant differences in their leadership positions.

Host Jaela Burris and guests discuss the Netflix series the whole world seems to be watching on this edition of "Table Talk."  

First an interview with two exchange students from Europe, then a segment about the annual Fair Grove Heritage Reunion.

The first "Table Talk" podcast from Bay 11 is all about a live concert in St. Louis, delayed two years by Covid. Host Jaela Burris and guest Rileigh Jamison talk about the experience, and how Styles and his team made it a safe environment for all.

Can Hillcrest's marching band be revived? Becky Gardner visits with the new Blue Wave director who is convinced it can. Then Myra Ieru interviews Levi Harrell, an HHS grad who has literally seen, and photographed, the world.

The five people who have hosted "Bay 11" since its debut in 2017 get together for a discussion that touches a lot of bases, with plenty of laughs.

Host Becky Gardner introduces the new Bay 11 team, then we have a sample of "Table Talk," our new pop culture podcast coming next fall, hosted by Jaela Burris.

Avery Grant and Luke Morris bring this podcast to a close with the NBA playoffs front and center, plus a lively discussion of baseball's "unwritten rules."

Dedicated pediatric nurse Beth Westrum has been away from her job for over a year after contracting the coronavirus. She is a "long hauler," still battling symptoms that changed her life dramatically. She talks to reporter Lauren Jackson about her battle.

Talking the NFL draft, Lebron and the limping Lakers, Aaron Rogers' destination, and Pete or Barry for the Hall?

We look at the case of the cursing cheerleader now before the Supreme Court, and its potential impact on students. Then we meet teens who basically build their own cars.

The struggling Yankees, possible top five NFL draft picks, NBA MVP talk, and what about moving the mound back? 

The Pfizer vaccine is coming to Hillcrest for students 16 and older. Sophomore Lauren Jackson reports on the specifics, and talks to teens who may or may not take the shot.

The guys discuss MLB's sleeper teams, take down Dusty Baker and Nick Castellanos, debate moving Matt Ryan, and name the young NBA stars they would build a franchise around.

Kids say "the talk" is uncomfortable for them and for their parents, but for some teens, there is a completely different talk, as reporter Jaela Burris and her guests explain.

The guys are ready for spring with plenty of MLB talk, including pre-season award picks, and Avery has an off-season takedown of the Packers.

On March 16, 2020, podcasters Sophia Vaughn, Anna Daniel and William Wehmer began filing regular reports we called the "Bay 11 Journal." This show is a flashback to their very first report as they experienced the beginning of a crisis that continues one year later.  

An American teenager who lives in Wuhan, China talks to William Wehmer about life during, and after the pandemic.

Fernando Tatis, Jr.'s haul, love for Matt Ryan, concern for Russell Wilson, NBA MVP predictions, and we see you, Gary Sanchez.

Winter has hit Texas hard, so Chloe Sutherland talked to two teens and a teacher for their first-hand accounts. Then Becky Gardner reports from the streets of a cold, snowy Springfield, where she met up with a tow truck driver and an emergency responder, who both share some winter wisdom.

A Super Bowl wrap-up, the Arenado trade, the Bauer signing, and an NBAer who needs to be traded.

In honor of Patrick Mahomes leading the Chiefs to another Super Bowl, we flash back a couple of years to an interview with Matt Derrick, biographer of the record-setting quarterback. Matt is also one of the founders of HTV, so expect some Hillcrest memories first, then the story of the one of the NFL's premiere players. Story by Colby Bogle.

A classic "takedown" of Luke, plus Super Bowl predictions, NBA updates, trade talks, and thoughts on the universal DH.

The topic was the 1906 lynching of three black men on the Springfield square, and the exodus of the town's thriving black community that immediately followed. But guest Wes Pratt, Chief Diversity Officer at MSU, and reporter Jaela Burris ended up discussing a wide range of race-related topics, like growing up black in a town that never has completely recovered from that lynching. A source cited in this podcast is "Many Thousand Gone," about Springfield's lost black history due to the hangings in 1906, written by the late Dr. Katherine Lederer.

Avery and Luke look back at the good and bad of the 2020 NBA and NFL seasons, and make bold predictions about sports in 2021.

We produced 22 "Bay 11 Journals" in March, April and May when everyone was sent home for fourth quarter. This show revisits favorite moments from our efforts to cover the pandemic, back when we were using just our cell phones for interviews, voiceovers, and oh yeah, a ton of texting and planning.

It happened 50 years ago just outside Springfield, MO. When the dust settled, one man was dead, others were going to prison. Becky Gardner talks to John Sellars of the Springfield History Museum about The Explosion. Then William Wehmer finds out just how hesitant many teens and adults are about taking the coronavirus vaccine.