It's a St. Louis Thing

It's a St. Louis Thing

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Watch as Aaron Mermelstein brings his unique take on all things St. Louis to HEC-TV through his report on the WF&P Railroad; Cork Ball; Pirate Fest; Kirkwood painters; horseshoes; miniature horses; and much more to come.

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    • May 30, 2014 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 5m AVG DURATION
    • 146 EPISODES


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    Morel-ity Play

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2014 5:21


    When it comes to finding mushrooms, the hunt is almost as important as the capture...almost.

    The Mother Road

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2014 3:38


    ...more than just old Route 66.

    Pucker People!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2014 5:23


    What? You've NEVER had a peppermint pickle???? Peach pickle? Here's pickles aplenty....

    Best MD in Town (Mender of Dolls)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2014 4:57


    Of all the hospitals in town, this one may be the sweetest...

    Land of the Free, Home of the Save

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2013 5:05


    Give us credit for charging into St. Louis. All you have to do is pay attention.

    Flag This Page!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2013 3:20


    In St. James, you should probably flag it twice.

    Halloween Jokes? The Threat is Gone.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2013 4:24


    We challenge a long-time St. Louis Thing - and it's scary. Or not.

    Fruit of the Vine

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2013 4:57


    The stands that "seem like they've been there forever" opened again...down the highway in wine country.

    A Beatle in Benton

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2013 5:41


    Benton, Illinois commemorates a visitor from 50 years ago--before George was fab.

    The Kneeling Fireman…Remembering 9/11

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2013 2:15


    It connects Mid-Missouri to lower Manhattan...

    Hair Raising!!!!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2013 4:16


    This club lets you in--but just by the hair on your chinny-chin-chin....and lip.

    Big Boys of Summer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2013 5:44


    These guys prove you're NEVER too old.  At least not yet.  Play ball!

    A Genuine Gitbox

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2013 4:48


    "There's only one rule when it comes to cigar box guitars..."

    Still Rockin' On The Rock Road

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2013 4:56


    The cool kids are still cruisin' in for Cruisin' Night at Chuck-A-Burger...they're just OLDER cool kids...

    Concrete Canvas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2013 6:03


    Once again, Paint Louis creates the biggest, longest public art anywhere...a flood (wall) of images and color.

    Simply Messing About In Boats

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2013 3:52


    The Admiral's fleet sets sail across--and under--the water in North St. Louis County.

    Fish Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2013 3:25


    Paul's Bait and Tackle should be a fish out of water. But it gets along swimmingly just where it is.

    Memorial Day...Every Day

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2013 3:15


    It's all about names and faces, faces and names.

    The World On A String

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2013 3:33


    Though at MOYO yo-yo, strings aren't always attached.  With our without, it's pretty darn amazing.

    South Broadway Broughaha!!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2013 6:22


    In which we grapple with the idea of grappling itself.

    The World On A String

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2013 3:33


    Though at MOYO yo-yo, strings aren't always attached. With our without, it's pretty darn amazing.

    New Media, Old Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2013 58:30


    For the first time ever, It’s a St. Louis Thing has compiled the best of its unique St. Louis stories into an hour-long program titled “New Media, Old Stories.” In this HEC-TV special presentation, reporter Aaron Mermelstein uses new media to tell the stories behind St. Louis’ recognizable places, things and people. Wabash, Frisco & Pacific Railroad: A railroad that has been chugging along St. Louis county for over 70 years! No Lie: Old Time…Not “Old Timey”: This old country store has been here ever since the big new highway went in--the two-lane--in 1920. We're there on "Liars Club" day...and that's the truth. Maybe. Having a Ball(room): Amazingly, it hasn't ALWAYS been a St. Louis Thing, it just seems like it. Toe-Tappin’ Fiddlin’… Missouri Style: They can't put their fingers on what it is, but they know it when they hear it. It's "Missouri fiddlin'" and it's not like any other. Take THAT, Tennessee! I Aint Afraid of No Ghosts: St. Louis is haunted. There are signs everywhere What IS That Place?: You’ve seen it, you’ve wondered about it, watch it and you STILL won’t know. Of No Use Whatsoever: And they’re still here! Isn’t that great? Like James T. West and Monty Burns: You too can have a posh 85-foot yacht on rails Joe’s Shoe Repair It’s a St. Louis Thing: Giuseppe "Joe" Campier, the sole proprietor of Joe's Shoe Repair on The Hill has been repairing shoes for over 30 years. At 80 years old he works seven days a week. Join host Aaron Mermelstein in his visit to this unique St. Louis Landmark on It's a St. Louis Thing. Lifesaver: A genuine St. Louis hero

    999,999,999,999,999 Luftballoons

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2013 5:26


    Twisters hit St. Louis! Cut massive swath of creativity though local hotel!!!

    The Cats In The Hat Business

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2013 5:44


    If it's worn on the human head, it's probably at Levine Hats--and it's been like that for more than a century.

    The Show Before the Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2013 3:34


    A very old movie tradition is still alive and well in St. Louis...and it's all in Gerry Marian's hands.

    What A Dump(e)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2013 5:40


    Sixteenth century England has thrived in St. Louis for forty years....

    Shipwreck!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2013 2:54


    It was never one of the "great ships" of the U.S. Navy, but it served honorably.  And now it rusts

    Betcha Can't Eat Just One

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2012 5:16


    Thousands have taken the Pointersaurus Challenge...few have succeeded. Very, very, very, very few...

    A Civil War-Era Relic In St. Charles

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2012 4:06


    This is NOT your regular bowling alley...this one goes way, way back...waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back.

    It's A St. Louis Thing: R/C Airplanes...(Really Cool Airplanes)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2012 3:44


    They do things you'd never want to experience on your next flight to Sheboygan, but they're amazing to watch at this airport in St. Charles County.

    Up And Over!!! And Over - And Over Again!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2012 6:43


    The official Missouri state animal does what can't be done! They're high on jumping mules in Altenburg...

    Trick Or Treat… And Torture

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2012 4:16


    A little museum in the most haunted building in the most haunted city....

    Thou Shalt Steel

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2012 7:00


    One weekend a year, a convention that's all about an instrument with "more voices than the Mormon Tabernacle Choir."

    No Lie: Old Time...Not "Old Timey"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2012 5:41


    This old country store has been here ever since the big new highway went in--the two-lane--in 1920. We're there on "Liars Club" day...and that's the truth. Maybe.

    I am Curious. Yellow?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2012 3:47


    The intrepid IASLT I-Team (can one person be a "team?"), investigates one of St. Louis' most pressing peeves.

    Hot, Hot, Hot...'Round And 'Round And 'Round

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2012 3:42


    The velocipedes circle the velodrome in north St. Louis...

    Exclusive St. Louis Thing Olympian Coverage!!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2012 3:21


    For Olympians, it takes a village.

    Biff! Bam! Pow! The Professor Rises

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2012 5:00


    With a special cameo appearance by Batman...NO KIDDING!

    "Clang, Clang, Clang" Went The...Firetruck

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2012 4:56


    Vintage fire engines find new life as "big boy toys" AND as classic restorations.

    Toe-Tappin' Fiddlin'....Missouri Style

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2012 6:31


    They can't put their fingers on what it is, but they know it when they hear it. It's "Missouri fiddlin'" and it's not like any other. Take THAT, Tennessee!

    No, It's Not Lilac...

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2012 3:42


    A farm in Eureka grows...ahhhhhhhhhh, it's relaxing just thinking about it....

    It's All Downhill From Here

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2012 4:24


    An over-the-hill geezer stands at the top of the hill watching young people go downhill--doing what he wishes he'd done when he was their age. NOTE: That's not psychobabble, these kids really ARE going downhill...

    I Went to the Animal Fair....

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2012 4:56


    The birds and the beasts were there...and there...and over there too. A story with real pluck.

    A Work of Kart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2012 4:36


    St. Louis is STILL a car-making...KART-making town...

    A Picnic, A Party, The Park---And Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2012 4:35


    Yep, there's still ONE left....

    Jiminy! Cricket!!!!!!!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2012 3:56


    An international St. Louis Thing in Maryland Heights.

    Sole Proprietor

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2012 5:13


    At age 80, he's a unique landmark on The Hill.

    He Calls It What??????!!!!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2012 4:21


    A new business with an old name...IASLT, meet IASLT.

    Lunches By The Numbers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2012 4:51


    Business built on two pieces of bread--200,000 times a day.

    What Do Frosty the Snowman, Popeye, Einstein, and These Guys Have in Common?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2012 4:44


    And NOBODY in the bunch is stroking his beard...

    A Treasure in Worthless Information

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2012 5:36


    Where you can use the junk stored up in the old noggin...

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