Living St. Louis
Season 21
Nine PBS's longstanding, magazine-style series has proudly showcased the people and places of the region since 2004.
Where to Watch Living St. Louis • Season 21
27 Episodes
- January 8, 2024E1
January 8, 2024Controlled burning is being used as a land management tool in Forest Park. A look back at 2023 and ahead to 2024. Excerpts from the St. Louis mayor's appearance on Listen, St. Louis with Carol Daniel podcast. In 1904 city officials invited newsboys to a free lunch and things got out of control. Horses, with their empathetic traits, are being put to work alongside mental health professionals. - January 15, 2024E2
January 15, 2024New monuments mark the grave sites of Dred and Harriet Scott. Missouri files its first petitions for statehood in 1818. The MSD is cleaning debris from the River Des Peres under Forest Park. John Goodman talks about why he returned home to St. Louis in December to help raise money for the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. A domestic abuse shelter is adding facilities for family pets. - January 22, 2024E3
January 22, 2024These all-metal houses were created to meet the post-war demand for new housing. This Mississippi River town is getting a floodwall that can be raised and lowered as needed. Artist Shinique Smith was inspired by St. Louis' people and history to create a commissioned work for the Commerce Bank headquarters. A local yoga instructor has developed classes to introduce young Black children to yoga. - January 29, 2024E4
January 29, 2024Plans for the turning the popular ice skating rink in Forest Park into a year-round attraction are moving forward. NyshaunHarvey turned her dream of opening a coffee shop into a reality called Latte Lounge. The strongest of the series of earthquakes happened in January 1812. Operation Food Search's Nourishing Healthy Starts program is helping boost the health of low-income pregnant women. - February 5, 2024E5
February 5, 2024How snowmaking technology allows the local ski resort to stay in business. Aaron Young, Manager of Sustainability Planning at East-West Gateway, talks about work developing the St. Louis Climate Change Plan. Sixty years ago, a new St. Louis flag was put on public display for the first time. A profile of Jean Carnahan, the former U.S. Senator and Missouri First Lady. - February 19, 2024E6
February 19, 2024Discarded Christmas trees are submerged into Spanish Lake and other Missouri lakes to provide habitat for fish and improve fishing. In February 1943, St. Louis went dark as part of World War II blackout drill. A local dialect of French survived in the Old Mines community well into the 20th century. Excerpts from the performance and panel discussion at the Nine PBS event. - March 14, 2024: 314 Day SpecialE7
March 14, 2024: 314 Day SpecialOur Living St. Louis 314 Day Special will remind you why living here is so great. Stories include: Origins of 314 Day, Skate King Skate Center, Social Influencer Is All in on St. Louis, Nine PBS 70th Birthday, St. Cecilia's Fish Fry, Landmarks That Aren't the Gateway Arch. - March 18, 2024E8
March 18, 2024DayStar Filters in Warrensburg, Missouri is working to fill orders for eclipse viewing glasses in advance of April 8. The Foley, Missouri teenager talks about the experience of coming second place and how she got started singing and yodeling. Profile of the Marissa, Illinois native, who passed away in February. His audio inventions and innovations revolutionized the sound of rock concerts. - April 8, 2024E10
April 8, 2024St. Louis native Kathleen Nolan talks about lessons she learned performing on the Goldenrod Showboat. Irene Dunne was a popular Hollywood star, but said nothing in her career rivaled steamboat trips as a child in St. Louis. Chris Ryan talks about why he tells stories about the people who make St. Louis special. We talk with the Columbia, Missouri couple behind the Now Hear This music series. - April 15, 2024E11
April 15, 2024You can expect a lot of cicadas this spring, but likely not the "cicadapocalypse" some have predicted; efforts to recover and restore millions of military records damaged in a 1973 fire continue at the National Archives at St. Louis; how the Blues and Cardinal organist, Jeremy Boyer, got the job; and Johnnie Johnson, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, who played with Chuck Berry, is remembered. - April 22, 2024E12
April 22, 2024Celebrated jazz singer Denise Thimes talks about her musical journey, which began in St. Louis; New Earth Farm is working to keep food waste out of landfills; a 2003 interview with the Hall of Fame baseball manager Whitey Herzog, who passed away last week; and this week in 1961: 18-year-old Barbra Streisand opens for The Smothers Brothers at the Crystal Palace. - April 29, 2024E13
April 29, 2024CityPark is striving to become a zero-waste soccer stadium; former soccer star and organ recipient Jim Tietjens on the heart that keeps him alive; a commercial lavender farm in Edwardsville, IL; API Innovation Center is bringing the production of pharmaceutical ingredients back to the U.S.; and a look back at two prominent public art installations: Richard Serra's Twain and Albert Paley's Animals. - May 13, 2024E14
May 13, 2024The Missouri Historical Society's revamped 1904 World's Fair exhibit explores its legacy; a look inside Remains, a used clothing and textile recycling operation; the Lake Sturgeon, a fish once common in Missouri lakes and streams, is making a comeback; and this week in history: the Great Fire of 1849. - May 20, 2024E15
May 20, 2024Since the civil unrest after the killing of Michael Brown 10 years ago, Cathy's Kitchen in Ferguson has not only survived but thrived as part of an economic revival; Murphy the Eagle, who became a viral sensation last spring, has been given another orphaned eaglet to raise; Unlimited Play, a nonprofit that designs and builds accessible playgrounds so children of all abilities can play together. - May 27, 2024E16
May 27, 2024Elementary students in Edwardsville are participating in Bike Bus, an adult-led, group bike ride that serves as a healthy alternative to getting to and from school; the Justice for Celia Coalition is working toward an official exoneration of Celia, a slave who was hanged in 1855 for killing her rapist; the Sophia Project, a nonprofit dedicated to engaging, educating, and empowering young women. - June 10, 2024E17
June 10, 2024Air Canada, Transportation, Airline, Airport, Flight, Travel, Economic Growth, Michael Brown, Ferguson, Fantasy Literature, Books, Fragile Threads of Power, Shades of Magic, 1896 Republican Convention, Great Cyclone of 1896, Lambert International Airport, St. Louis Development Association, St. Louis County Library District, World Trade Center St. Louis, Chosen for Change, Rhonda Hamm-Nieubruegge, Mayor Tishaura Jones, Neal Richardson, Kristen Sorth, Tim Nowak, Cal Brown, Michael Brown Sr., V.E. Schwab, Cassie Brand, Jeremy Boyer, Organ, Cardinals, Blues, Music. - June 17, 2024E18
June 17, 2024Delmar Loop businesses are working to increase ridership on the Loop Trolley; ceramist Kahlil Robert Irving's pieces are currently on exhibit at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum; the head of the Wellness Unit for the St. Louis County Police Department talks about prioritizing health and wellness and what has changed since Ferguson 10 years ago; and Harriet Scott died June 17, 1876. - Ferguson 10 Years Later: A Living St. Louis SpecialE19
Ferguson 10 Years Later: A Living St. Louis SpecialThis Living St. Louis special showcases the community's journey toward healing and progress, focusing on key areas such as economic revitalization, police-community relations, education, youth empowerment, and cultural expression. Through a combination of interviews, archival footage, and visual storytelling, Ferguson 10 Years Later paints a picture of Ferguson's and our region's transformation. - September 16, 2024E20
September 16, 2024St. Louisan Adjo Honsou won PBS's Great American Recipe competition and introduced her West African culture and cooking to a wider audience. KETC went on the air 70 years ago this week. Students at Marian Middle School are running their own aeroponic farm. Artwork that was created on boarded up buildings ten years ago in Ferguson was saved and is now exhibited at the Delmar Divine. - September 23, 2024E21
September 23, 2024The purple martin birdhouses in Forest Park. How a chance meeting with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis helped propel Joshua William's music career. University of Missouri-St. Louis professor Matthew Henry discusses the importance of music education and music teachers. U.S. Army Captain Sam McNeal discuss the 1997 Nova documentary about the Clark Bridge in Alton that inspired him to be a better student. - September 30, 2024E22
September 30, 2024The town of Piedmont proudly claims the title of Missouri's UFO capital, Sonia Manzano talks about playing Maria on Sesame Street for 44 years and her work on PBS KIDS's Alma's Way; efforts are underway to help people properly get rid of hard-to-recycle objects; this week history is a visit with The Real McCoys actor Kathleen Nolan, who turned 91 last week. - October 7, 2024E23
October 7, 2024Construction continues at the St. Louis Zoo's WildCare park, slated to open in 2027. Alisha Blackwell-Calvert's science degree and restaurant experience led her to a career in wine. Interview with Dr. Shephali Wulff on the outlook for this year's flu season and COVID. A restaurant in the Grove has its own in-house hydroponic farm. Telescopes with solar filters get a closeup look at the sun. - October 21, 2024E24
October 21, 2024Election-related stories about journalist Gabe Fleisher's popular political newsletter; how yard signs are big business for one local printing company; how AI can widen the information/disinformation divide; and this week in history, the 1858 Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas U.S. senate debate in Alton made Lincoln a national figure. - November 4, 2024E25
November 4, 2024In the 1960s, The Aerovons band made up of St. Louis teenagers was in London cutting a record and meeting the Beatles; the origins of the St. Louis tradition of telling Halloween jokes; Lucas Harger is an accomplished film editor working in St. Louis; and as a mentor and chess coach at Normandy High School, Phil Berry teaches students to make the right moves in chess and in life. - November 11, 2024E26
November 11, 2024This week in history, delays and accidents push back the opening of the Poplar Street Bridge in 1967; Queer Fight Club teaches self-defense to LGBTQ+ people; Got Your Six Support Dogs trains service dogs for veterans and first responders; and The Freedom Suits exhibit at the Civil Courts Building's law library focuses on the hundreds of cases of St. Louisans who sued for freedom from slavery. - November 25, 2024E27
November 25, 2024The effort to keep pumpkins out of landfills; the new 21c Hotel in the old YMCA building downtown is also an art gallery and gathering place; finding themselves the only people of color on stage, local performers formed the Some Black People improv troupe; St. Louis had the closest thing to a royal wedding in 1949 when a widowed secretary married Alben Barkley, the U.S. Vice President.