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Essential news for the St. Louis region. Every weekday, in about 8 to 10 minutes, you can learn about the top stories of the day, while also hearing longer stories that bring context and humanity to the issues and ideas that affect life in the region. Music by Ryan McNeely of Adult Fur.

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    The Gateway podcast from St. Louis Public Radio is a much-needed addition to the podcast world, especially for people living in the St. Louis area. As someone who commutes to work and enjoys staying informed about local news, this podcast has become an essential part of my daily routine.

    One of the best aspects of The Gateway is its ability to provide in-depth and comprehensive coverage of important stories. Unlike daily sound bites or brief news updates, this podcast takes the time to delve into various topics, providing listeners with a closer look at what's happening in their community. The inclusion of interviews and personal perspectives adds depth and personality to each report, making it more engaging and relatable.

    Another positive aspect of The Gateway is its diverse range of topics. From local politics and current events to community issues and cultural highlights, this podcast covers a wide array of subjects that are relevant to residents of St. Louis. This variety ensures that there is something for everyone, making it a well-rounded source of information.

    On the downside, one critique I have for The Gateway is that it can sometimes feel too concise. While each episode spans exactly my commute to work in the morning, I find myself wanting more content after finishing an episode. Sometimes it feels like certain stories could be explored further or expanded upon to provide a more complete understanding.

    In conclusion, The Gateway podcast is a fantastic resource for anyone seeking comprehensive coverage of local news in the St. Louis area. It offers a unique blend of in-depth reporting, diverse topics, and engaging storytelling that sets it apart from other podcasts out there. Despite its occasional brevity, this podcast fills a gap in the market and delivers valuable content for its listeners.



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    Wednesday, August 6 -Tennessee Williams Festival turns 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2025 10:24


    The Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis starts its 10th season tomorrow night with “A Streetcar Named Desire” at the Grandel Theatre in Grand Center. The 11-day festival continues with special performances and other events throughout the weekend.

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    Tuesday, August 5 - Rebuilding trust in St. Louis' trees

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2025 14:45


    The Delmar divide can be seen from above - there are fewer trees in lower-income, majority-Black neighborhoods in St. Louis. In recent years, nonprofits have been working to even things out. The May 16 tornado changed that work overnight.

    Monday, August 4 - Helping artists thrive in STL starts at home

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2025 10:26


    The St. Louis Art Place Initiative was founded in 2019 to help artists buy homes with affordable down payments and mortgages. Its goal is to build at least 20 such homes in the Gravois Park neighborhood. So far, two artists are living in Art Place homes and the nonprofit plans to complete six more houses by the end of the year.

    Friday, August 1 - Fighting for Sumner High

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 10:21


    Sumner is the first high school west of the Mississippi River to graduate Black students. This year is its 150th anniversary. At a recent celebration, alumni say Sumner is here to stay and will fight to keep it open.

    Thursday, July 31 - St. Louisans get a do-over at life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2025 10:42


    The Connections to Success program is helping St. Louisans of various ages to find economic independence. That includes finding out what paperwork is needed to obtain an ID card, learning about relationship love languages or how to set and reach realistic goals.

    Wednesday, July 30 - A win for hair equality in Missouri

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2025 11:19


    The so-called Crown Act was signed by Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on July 9. Missouri became the 28th state to pass legislation that makes it illegal to discriminate based on the texture or style of one's hair.

    Tuesday, July 29 - 'Broadway on a football field'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2025 10:21


    While most high school football fields sit quiet in the dog days of summer, one in the Metro East is bursting with music and motion. Dive inside the world of drum corps and its ties to the Metro East.

    Monday, July 28 - Next act for an old boat

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2025 11:16


    Retirees of Sheet Metal Workers Local 36 are bringing a replica of the famous SS Admiral steamboat back to life. And, a team from Rolla is world champions. But it's not an athletic team - it's a collection of more than 100 students at Missouri University of Science and Technology who designed and built a Mars rover.

    Friday, July 25 - A film that captured St. Louis history — just in time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2025 12:10


    A documentary is highlighting St. Louis's Black history through the eyes of a retired priest. Father Gerry Kleba is a white priest from south St. Louis who headed up two Catholic churches in Black neighborhoods for decades and has led tours of Black St. Louis' history for five years.

    Thursday, July 24 - Steering Medicaid in Missouri

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 10:48


    Missouri's Medicaid program is about to go through a major transformation with the advent of federally-imposed work requirements. And while critics of this idea believe they're aimed at kicking eligible people off of the health care program, Missouri's Medicaid director contends they could be implemented in an unobtrusive way.

    Wednesday, July 23- Doctors want poor patients to pay up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2025 12:06


    Approximately 9% of Missourians say they have significant medical bills they can't pay. In the St. Louis region, physicians groups have filed hundreds of lawsuits to collect unpaid debt. New research in the open-access journal JAMA Network Open found groups sued those in zip codes with low-income and Black residents more.

    Tuesday, July 22 - Stuck in limbo waiting to call STL home

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2025 10:07


    Nashat Aljerwan and his family have lived at Za'atari Refugee Camp in Jordan for 12 years. But in 2023, a path to resettlement opened that would have allowed them to come to St. Louis. That path quickly closed. In the wake of President Trump's January executive order to suspend all refugee resettlement, the Aljerwan family became one amongn thousands already vetted, approved, and in limbo.

    Monday, July 21 - A Nitty Gritty farewell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2025 10:35


    A group of Southern California teenagers formed the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band amid the folk revival of the mid-60's. The group became a pillar of country music radio for decades, scoring 17 straight top-ten singles. The Dirt Band plays Chesterfield Amphitheatre on Thursday as the group bids farewell to touring.

    Friday, July 18 - Banana Ball frenzy at Busch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 11:10


    The Savannah Bananas are bringing their unique blend of baseball and entertainment to Busch Stadium tonight and tomorrow night. Bananas pitcher Noah Niznick grew up in St. Louis and pitched collegiately at Southeast Missouri State University. He speaks about coming home to pitch in the ballpark where he watched his baseball heroes growing up and how he describes “Banana Ball” to his friends and family.

    Thursday, July 17- Baby teeth link Coldwater Creek to cancer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2025 10:28


    Researchers at Harvard University have used participants from a decades-old study of baby teeth to link those who lived near Coldwater Creek in north St. Louis County to increased cancer risks. The study offers the latest evidence for what residents have insisted for decades: that exposure to certain sites has made people sick.

    Wednesday, July 16 - Missouri Future Caucus tackles complex issues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 10:11


    Missouri House members are trying to take a proactive approach to complex issues, like artificial intelligence regulation and disaster preparedness.

    Tuesday, July 15 - Ari Shapiro sings in St. Louis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2025 10:35


    The host of NPR's All Things Considered will weave stories from his memoir into his cabaret show Saturday at City Winery.

    Monday, July 14 - Redefining drought amid climate change

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2025 8:56


    Climatologists are working on how to account for climate change when we think about droughts. Today's normal climate might not be the same as yesterday's.

    Friday, July 11 - Alfred Montgomery's legal fight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 9:43


    St. Louis Public Radio's Brian Munoz breaks down the six charges against St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery and updates where things are with Attorney General Andrew Bailey's effort to remove the sheriff from office.

    Friday, July 11 - Alfred Montgomery's legal fight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 9:43


    St. Louis Public Radio's Brian Munoz breaks down the six charges against St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery and updates where things are with Attorney General Andrew Bailey's effort to remove the sheriff from office.

    Thursday, July 10 - Backstage at The Muny

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2025 10:23


    For more than 100 year, St. Louis audiences have attended musical theater productions each summer at The Muny in Forest Park. We go behind the scenes to see what is involved in putting on these intricate productions.

    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 - Firefly populations in Missouri

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2025 9:28


    There are more than 40 species of fireflies in Missouri, but for the last few years people have been concerned about the populations diminishing.

    Tuesday, July 8 - Shakespeare for kids with animal puppets

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2025 9:39


    St. Louis Shakespeare Festival will head to the St. Louis Zoo where actors will perform a kid-friendly adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” …with animal puppets.

    Monday, July 7 - Granite City feels left out

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2025 10:18


    The new Japanese owner of U.S Steel will invest 11 billion dollars in mills and mines across the United States. But it doesn't appear Granite City Works will see any of those dollars.

    Thursday, July 3 - Cote Brilliante Church looks to the future

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2025 10:40


    Cote Brilliante Presbyterian Church is one of several Black churches in north St. Louis destroyed or severely damaged by the May 16th tornado.

    Wednesday, July 2 - The Big Beautiful Bill and Missouri Medicaid

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 9:22


    The wide-ranging budgetary package making its way through Congress curbs a key funding mechanism that Missouri uses to help pay for its Medicaid programs.

    Tuesday, July 1 - Tariffs could hurt Midwest ag exports

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2025 11:14


    China is a major buyer of U-S agricultural specialty products. Some producers worry the on-and-off tariffs with the country could hurt America's reputation as a reliable seller.

    Monday, June 30 - Rolla activists support ICE detainees

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2025 11:41


    “Abide in Love” is a group of 50 that help detainees with contacting their families and small acts of comfort and kindness as the jail has become part ICE holding facility.

    Friday, June 27 - 8th Ward election and music healing after a tornado

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 15:16


    Tuesday is the special election in the 8th ward and IN UNISON members reflect on how music is helping them post tornado.

    Thursday, June 26 - Returning ancestral lands in the Midwest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 9:44


    Over the past decade, there's been more momentum behind the “land back” movement -- where native tribes try to regain ancestral lands.

    Wednesday, June 25 - A Stuckey's in Rural Missouri is a halal rest stop

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 9:49


    A Stuckey's just outside of Rolla is trying to meet the needs of an increasing number of Muslim truck drivers and road trippers.

    Tuesday, June 24 - Building temporary housing and training teenagers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 9:21


    As tornado recovery efforts continue across St. Louis, one person is trying to provide alternative housing for victims while teaching trades to a new generation.

    Monday, June 23 - Area animal shelters are struggling

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2025 9:43


    Housing insecurity and May's tornado are straining St. Louis city and county animal shelters.

    Friday, June 20 - Missouri farmers want health care

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 9:36


    A bill currently on Governor Mike Kehoe's desk would enable the Missouri Farm Bureau to offer its members a health plan. But the policies are not technically insurance and therefore aren't subject to federal Affordable Care Act regulations.

    Friday, June 20 - Missouri farmers want health care

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 10:18


    A bill currently on Governor Mike Kehoe's desk would enable the Missouri Farm Bureau to offer its members a health plan. But the policies are not technically insurance and therefore aren't subject to federal Affordable Care Act regulations.

    Wednesday, June 18 - Strengthening hospital care for sexual assault survivors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 10:58


    Lawmakers have strengthened Illinois' nearly 50-year-old sexual abuse survivors law in an effort to make sure patients get critical care after sexual assault. The changes come after an investigation last year revealed that dozens of hospitals violated that law.

    Tuesday, June 17 - Bullet clinic steps up despite loss in funding

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 10:03


    The Bullet Related Injury Clinic in St. Louis, known as The BRIC, is helping the community heal through acupuncture in the aftermath of the tornado that tore through St. Louis last month. The nonprofit is one of dozens of organizations that lost half of their federal funding just before the storm, but organizers say that isn't stopping them from getting resources to residents who need them.

    Monday, June 16 - It's been a month since a deadly tornado hit St. Louis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 9:15


    Today marks one month since a deadly tornado blew through parts of St. Louis. Since the storm, relief efforts led by the community and organizations have filled a much-needed gap.

    Friday, June 13 - Why is earthquake insurance so expensive in the Missouri Bootheel?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2025 9:48


    The price of earthquake insurance in Missouri's bootheel has skyrocketed over the last 25 years. There are some possible government solutions to the problem, but the will to implement them is lacking.

    Thursday, June 12 - How this ghost story turned into an opera

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 11:44


    This month the Opera Theatre of St. Louis is producing a new opera by one of the world's most-celebrated living playwrights. Lynn Nottage — the only woman so far to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice — wrote the libretto for “This House” with her daughter, Ruby Aiyo Gerber. The opera looks at African American history through the intersecting powers of memory and place.

    Wednesday, June 11 - The future of KDHX

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 10:25


    A bankruptcy judge approved the sale of community radio station KDHX for $8.75 million to Christian broadcast network Gateway Creative Broadcasting. We sort through the judge's decision, and what happens next.

    Tuesday, June 10 - Trump is "giving out pardons like candy"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2025 10:26


    The decade-long criminal pursuit of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan finally comes down to this. On Friday, a man once regarded as the state's most powerful politician will be sentenced for multiple corruption convictions. If Madigan gets a long prison term, could his next step be to seek relief from President Trump?

    Monday, June 9 - Trapped under rubble while calls to help went unanswered

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 12:16


    Centennial Christian Church sits in the heart of Fountain Park. It's the lifeline of the north St. Louis neighborhood. But last month, an EF-3 tornado destroyed the 121-year-old church. Three people were trapped inside buried beneath the rubble for nearly two hours. One of them did not make it out alive. Repeated calls from a victim inside Centennial to the city's 911 emergency line went unanswered.

    Friday, June 6 - Hawley pushes Trump on FEMA

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2025 12:22


    Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley called for swift federal help for victims of the May 16th tornado in St. Louis. But President Donald Trump hasn't signed Gov. Mike Kehoe's major disaster declaration request, which would unlock direct aid to St. Louis and St. Louis County residents.

    Thursday, June 5 - A look into legendary house shows in Columbia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 11:18


    You might remember the alt-rock band The All-American Rejects and lead singer Tyson Ritter from their handful of turn of the century hits such as “Dirty Little Secret.” As University of Missouri seniors graduated this spring, the band played the latest in a series of pop-up shows it's been doing at people's houses. We hear what the band, concertgoers and even the police think about this diversion from the current era of arena concerts.

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