Episodios

  • Friday's deadly tornado rocks St. Louis – and prompts elected officials into action

    Friday's deadly tornado rocks St. Louis – and prompts elected officials into action
    May 19 2025
    On the latest episode of the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, St. Louis Public Radio's talks with STLPR's Chad Davis about the deadly tornado that ripped through St. Louis and St. Louis County on Friday. It's placing more of a focus on how local, state and federal elected officials are planning to respond to what could be a long rebuilding process. Rosenbaum also talks with STLPR's Sarah Kellogg, as well Reps. Ian Mackey and Jim Murphy, about the 2025 Missouri General Assembly session.
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    50 m
  • How Trump's first 100 days made a mark on St. Louis and Missouri

    How Trump's first 100 days made a mark on St. Louis and Missouri
    May 2 2025
    On the latest episode of the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum explores how President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office affected Missouri, Illinois and the St. Louis region. Rosenbaum talks with ProPublica's Jeremy Kohler about former Missourian Ed Martin's controversial nomination as U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. And he also talks with Trump fans and foes, and STLPR reporters, about his first few months in office.
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    50 m
  • National Planned Parenthood President says Missouri provided spark to abortion rights movement

    National Planned Parenthood President says Missouri provided spark to abortion rights movement
    Apr 25 2025
    On a special edition of Politically Speaking, STLPR's Jason Rosenbaum talks with Planned Parenthood President and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson and Planned Parenthood Great Rivers President and CEO Margot Riphagen about Missouri's place in the movement for abortion rights. Rosenbaum interviewed McGill Johnson and Riphagen after the two spoke at a Planned Parenthood Great Rivers fundraiser in Clayton.
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    14 m
  • George Hruza (2025)

    George Hruza (2025)
    Apr 22 2025
    On the latest episode of Politically Speaking, state Rep. George Hruza, R-St. Louis County, returns to the show to talk about his first impressions of the Missouri House. Hruza also talked about his capital gains tax cut bill, his legislation aimed at curbing anti-Semitic behavior at schools, and why he voted for a ballot item that could repeal constitutional protections for abortion rights.
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    40 m
  • Cara Spencer is St. Louis' new mayor. Can she navigate the city's complicated political environment?

    Cara Spencer is St. Louis' new mayor. Can she navigate the city's complicated political environment?
    Apr 18 2025
    On the latest episode of the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum talks with St. Louis Alderman Rasheen Aldridge about his expectations for Mayor Cara Spencer. Rosenbaum also talked with Missouri Children's Division director Sara Smith about her vision for the challenging agency, and the release of documents showing that child abuse investigators visited a Fredericktown mother multiple times before her child died last year.
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    50 m
  • Joe Vollmer (2025)

    Joe Vollmer (2025)
    Apr 11 2025
    Joe Vollmer helped lead the board through the criminal conviction of three of its members, and oversaw the drawing of the map that cut its numbers from 28 to 14.
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    36 m
  • Betsy Fogle (2025)

    Betsy Fogle (2025)
    Apr 10 2025
    On the latest episode of Politically Speaking, state Rep. Betsy Fogle talked with St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Kellogg and Jason Rosenbaum about the Democratic view of the 2025 budgetary process. The Springfield Democrat was first elected to the Missouri House in 2020, and is the ranking Democratic member of the House Budget Committee. That gives her more insight, and arguably more power, into affecting the trajectory of the state budget process.
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    41 m
  • Why Donald Trump's news deluge soured St. Louisans on social media

    Why Donald Trump's news deluge soured St. Louisans on social media
    Apr 4 2025
    On the latest episode of the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, STLPR's Jason Rosenbaum and Sarah Kellogg discuss this year's less robust state budgetary process. Rosenbaum also talks about how he's cut down on social media usage recently — and examines whether Donald Trump's return to the White House prompted people to tune in or tune out more. Texas State University professor Amber Hinsley also joins the show to talk some recent trends around social media and current events.
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    41 m
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