Podcast appearances and mentions of tony messenger

For years, the city of St. Louis has fought to keep an internal police audit out of public view. The audit has now been unsealed by a court order: its pages accuse the city's police department of making numerous errors while investigating 50 police shootings. St. Louis Post Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger joins the show to discuss a recent piece he's written about the legal fight over this audit, and why St. Louis fought so hard to keep it secret.

August 12, 2024 Discussion on the book "Profit and Punishment" by Tony Messenger by Dr. Farid Holakouee

Has the debate actually changed anyone's mind as to who to vote for? Also, Jeff finds out what's really happening in the news- by asking his dad.Plus - Thom reads from "Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice" by Tony Messenger.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tony Messenger joins Beth O'Malley to discuss the St. Louis City SC tie with Atlanta United. The two chat about the bright spots on the field (Jay Reid and Hosei Kijima), Klauss' continuing scoring drought and ... or should we say "however" ... the referees.

STL Soccer Talk co-host Beth O'Malley and guest Tony Messenger chat about the St. Louis City SC's most recent tie against the Portland Timbers. The two also discuss the lack of finishing (not chances) that the team's forwards demonstrate, as well as Burki's expertise in the goal.  

THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW  0:00 SEG 1 Yesterday's deluge | Abortion bans in Florida | Trump got his bond lowered 15:53 SEG 2 DAVID STOKES, Director of Municipal Policy at the Show-Me Institute, talks about the city of St. Louis taxing remote workers | Tony Messenger recently wrote a piece about the earnings tax that David would like to discuss | today's elections | Aldermen on Friday overrode a veto from Mayor Tishaura O. Jones and reversed a change to the firefighter pension system adopted years ago to rein in runaway costs | jail system in the city and the county | school choice and expanding the education savings account program | St. Louis Cardinals predictions |  https://showmeinstitute.org/author/david-stokes/   https://twitter.com/DavidCStokes 33:38 SEG 3 CHRIS CORNER is about the LSU women's basketball team skipping the National Anthem https://newstalkstl.com/    FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones    FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps    24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/newstalkstlstream    RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW  0:00 SEG 1 Yesterday's deluge | Abortion bans in Florida | Trump got his bond lowered 15:53 SEG 2 DAVID STOKES, Director of Municipal Policy at the Show-Me Institute, talks about the city of St. Louis taxing remote workers | Tony Messenger recently wrote a piece about the earnings tax that David would like to discuss | today's elections | Aldermen on Friday overrode a veto from Mayor Tishaura O. Jones and reversed a change to the firefighter pension system adopted years ago to rein in runaway costs | jail system in the city and the county | school choice and expanding the education savings account program | St. Louis Cardinals predictions |  https://showmeinstitute.org/author/david-stokes/   https://twitter.com/DavidCStokes 33:38 SEG 3 CHRIS CORNER is about the LSU women's basketball team skipping the National Anthem https://newstalkstl.com/    FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones    FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps    24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/newstalkstlstream    RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tony Messenger, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist and a huge soccer fan, joins St. Louis City SC beat writer Tom Timmermann and co-host Beth O'Malley for a chat about the Open Cup, City's lineup decisions and a few trips down memory lane to the NASL. Messenger won a Pulitzer Prize (not for his work on soccer coverage, but for columns) in 2019.  Questions? Comments? Kudos? Contact us: Tom Timmermann, ttimmermann@post-dispatch.com and Beth O'Malley, bomalley@post-dispatch.com Read more about City SC here.

Book 7: Profit and Punishment by Tony Messenger by

A special SLMPD police unit, created to investigate police shootings, was the subject of a damning audit in 2018. Six years later, only portions of that audit have found their way to the public eye. St. Louis Post-Dispatch metro columnist Tony Messenger obtained portions of the audit, which found problems in all 50 of the unit's investigations between 2014 and 2018. Messenger shares his findings and insights into the ongoing efforts to obtain the full audit.

Missouri gave Iron County more than $3 million to recover after the devastating December 14, 2005 flood triggered by the bursting of the Taum Sauk reservoir. Today, the money is nearly gone. Its funded projects included a coffee shop and bike park, but they made little impact to repair the damage. Tony Messenger, a columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, investigated the fund and found that most of the money has gone to insiders. Whistleblower Erich Jett, who worked for the board overseeing the fund, reveals what he saw as early as 2015 that led him to raise an alarm.

The final hour of the Marc Cox Morning Show: Tony Messenger wants you to believe bipartisanship is alive and well Former U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Jessie Jane Duff joins Marc to discuss the presidential candidate field.  Retired NYPD Lt. Commander Joe Cardinale joins Marc to talk about the "Defund the Police" movement that is still alive and well on America's college campuses  A highly credible FBI source is claiming Biden took bribes    Thanks for listening.

Tony Messenger is the Metro Columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, writing four columns a week in a position he has held since September 2016. He joined the Post-Dispatch in 2008 as a capital correspondent and political columnist in Jefferson City. He is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist for a series of articles written in 2018 on debtors' prisons in rural Missouri. In this episode, Tony joins Eric Reiter and Bethany Copeland, of the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, to discuss conflict, complexity, how journalism relates to democracy, and why the news in St. Louis is so relevant to the rest of the country.

MIKE FERGUSON IN THE MORNING 0:00 SEG 1 9:24 SEG 2  20:12 SEG 3  Mike Miller talks about Republican in-fighting that could affect the Speaker of the House decision. https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2022/11/29/doomsday-scenario-gop-circular-firing-squad-continues-as-house-speaker-race-looms-n665871 30:37 SEG 4 Tony Messenger of the St. Louis Post Dispatch thanks a cop killerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

COLOMBO AND KATIE 0:00 SEG 1 Post Dispatch reporter Tony Messenger's bizarre tweet about an executed Missouri inmate 12:46 SEG 2 Rodney Boyd 34:20 SEG 3 Virginia KrutaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MIKE FERGUSON IN THE MORNING @tonymess - "Journalism ended the death penalty in #Illinois. Journalism can end the #deathpenalty in America. We have to do better. I have to do better. Thank you #KevinJohnson for opening minds about humanity and the dignity of life. You will not be forgotten." - 8:10 PM · Nov 29, 2022See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When you compare Trump's cons with the $50 trillion that the GOP has swindled out of the American working class and given to the top 1 percent since 1980, Trump looks like a piker. Lever News' Julia Rock reports that North Carolina senate candidate Ted Budd helped donors attempting to bypass predatory lending laws? Economist Richard Wolff joins Thom Hartmann to discuss how an international alliance from America's enemies could lead to a disaster at home.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Post-Dispatch Metro Columnist Tony Messenger will share some of the daily ethical challenges he faces as a journalist, and will explore how the profession might change in the future.Tony Messenger is the Pulitzer Prize-winning metro columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In 2019 he won the Pulitzer in commentary for his series of columns on debtors' prisons in Missouri. His first book: Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice, was published by St. Martin's Press in December. Tony lives with his wife and two teenagers in Wildwood. He has four grown children and 9 grandchildren.

Journalist and author Tony Messenger joins host Marty Duren for a troubling look at how poverty is criminalized and exploited for municipal gain.

Metro columnist Tony Messenger joints podcast hosts Beth O'Malley and Liz Miller to discuss some recent columns on abortion, guns and homelessness, as well as his role at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He also talks about how he connects with his readers (even the ones who dislike his positions). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tony Messenger, a reporter for the St. Louis Post Dispatch talks about the issue of fines and fees and is the author of the recent book, Profit and Punishment How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice. In his book, he goes into rural Missouri to follow the lives of poor white people who are victimized by a system of fines and fees that ends up entrapping them into a cycle of poverty and debt from which many cannot escape. The issue ironically caught the attention of Messenger and others following reports on Ferguson which showed how that city financed itself on the backs of poor, mostly Black people who commit minor traffic infractions and then get caught into a system of fines and fees which creates debt. In Missouri though, with its legislature heavily Republican, they have moved away from taxes as a means to finance local government and towards a punitive fines and fees system. Listen as Tony Messenger talks about some of the more egregious stories he tracked in his book demonstrating the problematic nature of fines and fees.

Sam and Emma host Tony Messenger, Metro columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, to discuss his recent book Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes The Poor In The Name Of Justice, on how municipalities across the US have instituted a system of debtors' jail, trapping poor folks into a system of punishment and payment with no way out, solely as a way to help fund their local “justice” infrastructure. Messenger first dives into what he learned after the 2014 protests in Ferguson, and the growing realization of the pervasive nature of courts using fees and fines to lock poor people into a cycle of debt and incarceration, to the point that, throughout the US, it became viewed as simply how criminal justice worked, fundraising from powerless communities rather than wealthy ones. Tony then walks Sam and Emma through the stories of three women across the US – one of Kendalia Killman in Oklahoma, one of Brooke Bergen in Salem, Missouri, and lastly that of Sasha Darby in Colombia, South Carolina – diving into how courts, the legislature, and private debtors manipulate a pervasive presence of invisible fees and fines for going to jail and being arrested to capitalize on the lack of power, free time, money, and legal knowledge of everyday Americans, resulting in years of abuse and extortion, and devastating effects to the health and well-being of them and their families. After touching on the unanimous rejection of these “debtors' jails” at the level of State Supreme Courts, Messenger explores the roles of local legislatures and Courts in breaking the pipeline from poverty to prison, and having to parse through and deconstruct the myriad legal fees and clauses created to entrap the populace into it. Sam and Emma also touch on the building tensions on the Ukraine border with Russia, and the progression of this conflict behind George W. Bush's promise to Ukraine almost two decades ago. And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma take on the legitimacy of discussions around the Overton Window, before unpacking the illegitimacy of the overtime window in the NFL, Lee from southern IL lays some well-deserved compliments on the staff, and Chuck Todd and Elissa Slotkin take on the disgusting and childish nature of pointing out that representatives aren't doing their jobs. Tucker promotes whatever the candy-version of furrydom is, VA school districts attempt to claw some power back, and a parent threatens revolt, David from KC dives into misdemeanor class persecution, and Emily from Wisconsin calls in to chat about the horrors of Social Security disability insurance, and the trappings of government-enforced poverty, plus, your calls and IMs! Purchase tickets for the live show in Boston on May 15th HERE: https://thewilbur.com/artist/majority-report/ Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here:  https://madmimi.com/signups/170390/join Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Check out today's sponsors: sunsetlakecbd is a majority employee owned farm in Vermont, producing 100% pesticide free CBD products. Great company, great product and fans of the show! Use code Leftisbest and get 20% off at http://www.sunsetlakecbd.com. And now Sunset Lake CBD has donated $2500 to the Nurses strike fund, and we encourage MR listeners to help if they can. Here's a link to where folks can donate: https://forms.massnurses.org/we-stand-with-st-vincents-nurses/ Support the St. Vincent Nurses today! https://action.massnurses.org/we-stand-with-st-vincents-nurses/ Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Subscribe to Matt's other show Literary Hangover on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/literaryhangover Check out The Nomiki Show on YouTube. https://www.patreon.com/thenomikishow Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Check out The Letterhack's upcoming Kickstarter project for his new graphic novel! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/milagrocomic/milagro-heroe-de-las-calles Check out Jamie's podcast, The Antifada. https://www.patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at https://www.twitch.tv/theantifada (streaming every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7pm ET!) Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Subscribe to AM Quickie writer Corey Pein's podcast News from Nowhere. https://www.patreon.com/newsfromnowhere  Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn @BradKAlsop The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch metro columnist discusses his new book, "Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice" (https://books.google.com/books/about/Profit_and_Punishment.html?id=oiEQEAAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description).

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tony Messenger, and author of “Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice,” joins this bonus episode of TNA to tell Molly Jong-Fast what people get wrong about cash bail, the only two things the Koch Bros. and the left agree on and why Dems are scaredy cats when it comes to criminal justice reforms.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara, and Myles cover the underreported news of the week—including a Miami Art Basel policy change, Josephine Baker's high honor in France, Black tech entrepreneurs tackling health care's race gap, and the world of underground adoption. DeRay interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tony Messenger on his book PROFIT AND PUNISHMENT: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice. News: Kaya https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/arts/design/art-basel-miami-diversity.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Style Myles https://www.npr.org/2021/11/30/1059776777/josephine-baker-france-pantheon De'Ara https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/11/29/1056494505/how-black-tech-entrepreneurs-are-tackling-health-cares-race-gap DeRay https://www.propublica.org/article/they-took-us-away-from-each-other-lost-inside-americas-shadow-foster-system   Transcript coming soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Author Tony Messenger joins Jess and Zerlina on the show to talk about his new book 'Profit and Punishment!'As a columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Tony Messenger has spent years in county and municipal courthouses documenting how poor Americans are convicted of minor crimes and then saddled with exorbitant fines and fees. In PROFIT AND PUNISHMENT, Messenger exposes the tragedy of modern-day debtors prisons, and how they destroy the lives of poor Americans swept up in a system designed to penalize the most impoverished.

The wealth gap in America creates any number of problems—but perhaps the most pressing is its expansion of poverty. When this poverty intersects with a broken criminal justice system, it becomes criminalized. The cycles of poverty and incarceration can span generations, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tony Messenger of the St. Louis Post Dispatch has spent years covering the stories of the people affected. In his new book Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice, he exposes the tragedy of modern-day debtors' prisons, and how they destroy the lives of poor Americans swept up in a system designed to penalize the most impoverished. Review "Messenger is one of the few columnists―maybe the only one―in America whose beat is the poor who are preyed upon by public officials" ―St. Louise Magazine “With the keen eye and compassionate heart of an award-winning journalist, Messenger shows us that Ferguson is everywhere, putting a human face on the millions of Americans being crushed every year by cash register injustice.” ―Jeffrey Selbin, Chancellor's Clinical Professor of Law "Timely and important... should enrage anyone who comes to understand it―and Profit and Punishment is the perfect place to start that understanding." ―Shelf Awareness "An eye-opening, relevant, and heartbreaking account on the epidemic of criminalized poverty.” ―Kirkus “Explores the byzantine paths of so-called justice… Profit and Punishment is persuasive and enraging, a book that will stir readers from both sides of the aisle to support reform.” ―Booklist “A heartbreaking study of how the American justice system is weighted against the poor. … Interweaving hard evidence with harrowing firsthand stories, this is a powerful call for change.” ―Publishers Weekly "A shocking account... In plainspoken and powerful language, Messenger exposes the unconscionable, unethical and utterly heartbreaking. Read these riveting accounts and be stirred to action!" ―Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Pulitzer Prize Finalist, author of Race for Profit "Tony Messenger's Pulitzer Prize-winning series on debtors' prisons in Missouri made a serious difference in real people's lives and his book will be a must read for a nation seeking a bipartisan path forward on criminal justice reform." ―Claire McCaskill, former US Senator and analyst for MSNBC “An intimate, raw, and utterly scathing look at the ordinary and everyday ways in which America's criminal justice system has directly increased the poverty of the many, and dramatically increased the profits of the few, in recent years. All will have zero doubt after reading this devastating account of the full scale human rights crisis that has been wrought by these policies that they must act, immediately, to overhaul them." ―Heather Ann Thompson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message

Clay is joined by Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and author of “Profit and Punishment” Tony Messenger to look at the ways our criminal justice system has prioritized money, punishment and power over lives during a time when we are finally reevaluating the way our country pursues justice.  How does the system impact the poor?  Is it something that we should all be concerned about?  And what can we do to fight inequity and restore a belief in true fairness and common sense? Get more from Tony Messenger Twitter | STL Today Articles | Pulitzer.org |  Author of “Profit and Punishment” Host: Clay Aiken has sold 6 million albums, authored a New York Times bestseller, and ran for Congress in North Carolina in 2014.  Follow Clay Aiken further on:  Twitter Email your questions to podcast@politicon.com. Follow @politicon and go to Politicon.com

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Tony Messenger discusses his first book, which expands on his columns about debtors prisons and the fight to reform the court fees and fines that trap Americans in a cycle of poverty

Former Missouri State Senator John Lamping discusses Tony Messenger's piece on STLToday.com titled “The future of Missouri politics runs through Cori Bush and Tishaura Jones.” The Open Championship tees off tomorrow at Royal St. George's Golf Course. KMOX Golf Correspondent Dan Reardon has a preview. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The metro columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on former St. Louis Count Executive Steve Stenger being release from prison. Follow Tony on Twitter for more: https://twitter.com/tonymess

The metro columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the recent Missouri Supreme Court ruling that made a $3 court fee to pay for sheriffs' retirement as unconstitutional. Follow Tony on Twitter for more: https://twitter.com/tonymess

The metro columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reacts to Mayor Tishaura Jones and other City lawmakers trying to funnel opportunity to the north side by limiting tax incentives for the central corridor. Follow Tony on Twitter for more: https://twitter.com/tonymess

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch metro columnist on local attorney announcing his candidacy for the U.S. Senate, plus reaction to the latest frustration from Centene CEO Michael Neidorff. Follow Tony on Twitter for more: https://twitter.com/tonymess

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch metro columnist on the huge case won by Robert Fernandez over his repeated run-ins with police enforcing St. Louis County's anti-panhandling laws. Follow Tony on Twitter for more: https://twitter.com/tonymess

The metro columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Missouri lawmakers passing gas tax hike for the first time in 25 years, plus Governor Parson announcing an end to pandemic jobless benefits after June 12. Follow Tony on Twitter for more: https://twitter.com/tonymess

The metro columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reacts to efforts by Missouri lawmakers to expand the state's Medicaid program. Follow Tony on Twitter for more: https://twitter.com/tonymess

The metro columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reacts to the latest allegations against City of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. Follow Tony on Twitter for more: https://twitter.com/tonymess

The metro columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on his latest column on Mark and Patricia McCloskey (https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/tony-messenger/messenger-mccloskey-case-carries-a-lesson-for-st-louis/article_2f27cb4f-81b3-5e98-ab72-1b080a1cbd54.html), seeing St. Louis County Executive Sam Page hold a joint press conference with City of St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones, plus thoughts on Missouri Medicaid expansion probably going to court. Follow Tony on Twitter for more: https://twitter.com/tonymess

A proposal introduced by Missouri Republicans — and its roots within a debate raging among teachers, administrators and parents within the Rockwood School District — is the subject of Tony Messenger’s latest column, “Missouri Republicans embrace racism and censorship in trying to ban the 1619 Project.”

The metro columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the investigation of St County Executive Sam Page as well as Mayor Tishaura Jones keeping a promise to not additionally fund local police. Follow Tony on Twitter for more: https://twitter.com/tonymess

Over the Christmas holiday one of my cousins was locked up for violating the terms of her probation. Due to the holiday's she is still there awaiting a bail hearing. Thought this time she hasn't been provided clean underwear or basic hygiene products. The way we treat people that are held in our "justice system" is terrible. In this episode I talk with Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Messenger about how much we exploit those we jail. We discuss the fees that land you in jail, the fees for being in jail, and the terrible conditions you face once you are in jail.

In January, St. Louis’ regional transit agency considered taking on operation of the embattled Loop Trolley — and ultimately declined to do so. At this month’s meeting of the Bi-State Development board, a totally different project’s future will come before the agency: the two shipping-container-sized grocery stores located along MetroLink in north St. Louis County. The stores are operated by a nonprofit subcontractor, Link Market, which formed about two years ago. They were funded by a grant Bi-State was awarded from the Missouri Foundation for Health and meant to be a pilot project addressing the region’s food deserts. But this past summer, as reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Tony Messenger, Link Market founder Dr. Jeremy Goss learned Bi-State had concerns about their financial viability. After a meeting of various parties in St. Louis County Executive Sam Page’s office, the shipping-container markets got an extension from Bi-State. And as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Andrew Nguyen explains in this segment in conversation with Goss and host Sarah Fenske, Bi-State’s board should vote Feb. 21 on a proposal to donate the shipping containers to the Link Market.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger is the guest on this episode of The Tim McKernan Show. Tim and Tony discuss all the important local and national news stories.   Please support our sponsors: The Home Loan Expert, Ryan Kelley Mark Hannah - Evergreen Wealth Strategies James Carlton Agency (State Farm) Johnny Londoff Chevrolet Design Aire Heating & Cooling   Follow us on Social Media: @TimMcKernanShow or Facebook.com/TheTimMcKernanShow

St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger is the guest on this episode of The Tim McKernan Show. Tim and Tony discuss all the important local and national news stories.   Please support our sponsors: The Home Loan Expert, Ryan Kelley Mark Hannah – Evergreen Wealth Strategies James Carlton Agency (State Farm) Johnny Londoff Chevrolet Design Aire Heating & Cooling   Follow us on Social Media: @TimMcKernanShow or Facebook.com/TheTimMcKernanShow

Post-Dispatch metro columnist Tony Messenger talks about his Pulitzer-prize winning series on rural Missouri courts that use fees to perpetuate the cycle of poverty.

Reporter David Hunn and metro columnist Tony Messenger interview former city and county official Mike Jones on Better Together’s impact on African-Americans in St. Louis, and how black leaders should react if the city-county consolidation plan passes. Jones says Better Together could bring "protests in the streets."

St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger talks with Don Marsh about his reporting series on debtors' prisons in rural Missouri – the practice of jailing people for not paying their court fines. 

Happy new year!  A new interview episode has arrived to help kick off 2019!  On this episode, I had the privilege of speaking with Dolph Lundgren's very own go-to stunt double, Tony Messenger!  Tony Messenger has been doubling for Lundgren since 2010's The Expendables.  Ever since, the two have become a well-oiled machine, collaborating in almost 20 projects!  In this fun discussion, Messenger and I chat his kickboxing background, the genesis of he and Lundgren's working relationship, and what he has in store for 2019!    What are the struggles and benefits of doubling for an action star?  Listen in to find out! Major thanks to Tony Messenger for his time!  Please feel free to rate and review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever else you go to subscribe!

How many couples will be participating in the Dating Game tonight, Iggy isn't happy with the cord on his headphones, he also found an old pic of Anna Cardente, folks are already lining up outside Hotshots in Fenton, more logistical questions, fake accounts continually haunt the Fan Page, discussing online bullying, will people cheat at The Dotem on Friday, Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger joins us to discuss the Eric Greiten's resignation.

How many couples will be participating in the Dating Game tonight, Iggy isn't happy with the cord on his headphones, he also found an old pic of Anna Cardente, folks are already lining up outside Hotshots in Fenton, more logistical questions, fake accounts continually haunt the Fan Page, discussing online bullying, will people cheat at The Dotem on Friday, Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger joins us to discuss the Eric Greiten's resignation.

Discussing the Board of Aldermen do-over vote in light of the Mayor's tweet last night, breaking down the PGA Tour wife who assaulted her husband due to poor performance during The Players Championship, do any pro golfers have homely looking lady friends, debating if Brooks Koepka is the hottest guy on Tour, the Plow Boy is enjoying a muffin, Post-Dispatch metro columnist Tony Messenger joins the show to discuss the Board of Aldermen and Eric Greitens.

Discussing the Board of Aldermen do-over vote in light of the Mayor's tweet last night, breaking down the PGA Tour wife who assaulted her husband due to poor performance during The Players Championship, do any pro golfers have homely looking lady friends, debating if Brooks Koepka is the hottest guy on Tour, the Plow Boy is enjoying a muffin, Post-Dispatch metro columnist Tony Messenger joins the show to discuss the Board of Aldermen and Eric Greitens.

In this episode host Umar Lee sits down in beautiful Tower Grove Park with St. Louis Post Dispatch columnist and former Editorial Page manager, Tony Messenger for a discussion of a variety of topics from Ferguson and racism to the trials and tribulations of Eric Greitens.

Post-Dispatch metro columnist Tony Messenger joined Tim in studio in late January 2018 to discuss Eric Greitens and other civic topics in the region...   Why there's little support for Greitens in the wake of scandal Where does he stand in regards to potential criminal charges Dissecting interviews and assessing the damage to his career How troublesome are Sunshine Law and Confide app issues What is Josh Hawley's role in these legal proceedings so far Contrasting the Governor and Hawley, Senate race preview Why the STL Blues illustrate a broken governmental process Possibility of a City / County merger & how it could happen   Please support our sponsors: The Home Loan Expert, Ryan Kelley James Carlton Agency (State Farm) Gateway Buick GMC Triad Bank   Follow us on Twitter: @McKernanShow   Like us on Facebook: Facebook.com/TheTimMcKernanShow   Thanks to Story of the Year for our theme.  Please rate, review, and subscribe so more people discover the pod.  Feedback is welcome:  tmckernan@insidestl.com

Post-Dispatch metro columnist Tony Messenger joined Tim in studio in late January 2018 to discuss Eric Greitens and other civic topics in the region…   Why there's little support for Greitens in the wake of scandal Where does he stand in regards to potential criminal charges Dissecting interviews and assessing the damage to his career How troublesome are Sunshine Law and Confide app issues What is Josh Hawley's role in these legal proceedings so far Contrasting the Governor and Hawley, Senate race preview Why the STL Blues illustrate a broken governmental process Possibility of a City / County merger & how it could happen   Please support our sponsors: The Home Loan Expert, Ryan Kelley James Carlton Agency (State Farm) Gateway Buick GMC Triad Bank   Follow us on Twitter: @McKernanShow   Like us on Facebook: Facebook.com/TheTimMcKernanShow   Thanks to Story of the Year for our theme.  Please rate, review, and subscribe so more people discover the pod.  Feedback is welcome:  tmckernan@insidestl.com

Here is a rough breakdown of how the conversation went.   Stockley Trial= 3:00-35:00 Amazon in St.Louis? = 36:35-42:00 Scottrade renovations= 42:01-45:00 Metro Link Crime= 45:22-49:22

Doug called an audible on this furniture fiasco, it's Exit Poll time, Post-Dispatch metro columnist Tony Messenger returns to the presentation.

Doug called an audible on this furniture fiasco, it's Exit Poll time, Post-Dispatch metro columnist Tony Messenger returns to the presentation.

Assistant Professor of Strategic Communication Jim Flink interviews St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger, a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in editorials for his work on protests in Ferguson, Missouri.

Tony Messenger, columnist from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, joins DJ in studio to talk about his recent move within the paper, and developing a voice among his readers. He also discusses how the NGA is not as “sexy” as the stadium, but has a bigger potential for growth in the region, the area’s failed river policy as it pertains to recent flooding, and his optimistic outlook on the future of journalism.

Tony Messenger, editorial page editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist for editorial writing, talks about what his newspaper and the rest of the news media can take away from news coverage last August of the death of Michael Brown and subsequent protests and violence in Ferguson, Mo., and the reporting of recent protests and violence after the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore.