Sarah Fenske
Sarah Fenske joined St. Louis Public Radio as host of St. Louis on the Air in July 2019. Before that, she spent twenty years in newspapers, working as a reporter, columnist and editor in Cleveland, Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles and St. Louis. She won the Livingston Award for Young Journalists for her work in Phoenix exposing corruption at the local housing authority. She also won numerous awards for column writing, including multiple first place wins from the Arizona Press Club, the Association of Women in Journalism (the Clarion Awards) and the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. From 2015 to July 2019, Sarah was editor in chief of St. Louis' alt-weekly, the Riverfront Times. She and her husband, John, are raising their two young daughters and ill-behaved border terrier in Lafayette Square.
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Former Sports Illustrated staff writer (and St. Louis native) Joan Niesen discussed her new podcast on the 1998 home run race and its aftermath, "Crushed," on "St. Louis on the Air."
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St. Louis soul singer Gene Jackson talked about his new album "The Jungle" and recent battle with COVID-19 on St. Louis on the Air.
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Washington University sociologist Jake Rosenfeld's new book, “You’re Paid What You’re Worth And Other Myths of the Modern Economy," explores the complicated questions of who makes what and why. He discussed it on "St. Louis on the Air."
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Andrew J. Theising argues that Ernest Hemingway's "great adventures" are directly linked to St. Louis, with three wives (and their family fortunes) all playing key roles in the author finding his way. Theising discussed "Hemingway's St. Louis: How St. Louisans Shaped His Life and Legacy" on "St. Louis on the Air. "
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Federal prosecutors said yesterday they will again try two former St. Louis Metropolitan Police officers accused of beating undercover colleague Luther Hall. Attorney Javad Khazaeli, who closely observed the first trial, provided his analysis to "St. Louis on the Air."
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Attorneys Bill Freivogel, Eric Banks and Nicole Gorovsky discuss the ongoing federal trial of three St. Louis police officers charged with beating colleague Luther Hall while he was working undercover. They explain how the officers' fate was nearly decided by an all-white jury.
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Adrian Bracy, CEO of the YWCA of Metro St. Louis; Danette Greer of World Wide Technologym, and Zundra Bryant of Centene Corp. discussed the challenges they faced as Black women in corporate America and their journey to the C-suite.
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Carolyn Cox discussed her book, “The Snatch Racket: The Kidnapping Epidemic That Terrorized 1930s America" and St. Louis' role as the "Kidnap Capital of America" on "St. Louis on the Air."
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Detainees in the City Justice Center last year waited an average of 146 days before getting a preliminary hearing. District Defender Matthew Mahaffey discussed how practices by the Circuit Attorney's Office have contributed to long stays at the jail, which has been cited as a factor in recent unrest there.
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With a new mayor incoming in St. Louis, progressives have announced their intention to "flip the board" to create a new progressive majority on the Board of Aldermen. Candidates Anne Schweitzer and Shedrick Kelley discussed the effort on St. Louis on the Air, with analysis from Rachel Lippmann.