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Spotlight: Dark Sky Missouri, Holiday Mental Health, Killers of the Flower Moon

In this week’s episode, why light pollution is bad and what you can do at home to help; how to best avoid the holiday blues and put your mental health first this time of year; a unique survey that tested the effects of radiation exposure on children; a nationwide movement to help kids without access to dental care; bold and colorful works of art that the whole family can enjoy at the St. Louis Art Museum; an interview with the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a New York Times Best Seller turned box office hit; and get into the holiday spirit with Shadale from “The Voice.”

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Spotlight: Team USA in Coding, Blue Light Exposure & Danny Liston

In this week’s episode, a book with six suggested walking tours of Kirkwood to help you discover stories of the town, a local student learns to code and now competes around the world with team USA, how the infamous Dred Scott case came to be and what resulted from it, what experts have to say about protecting your skin from blue light exposure, an artist more interested in the process of his work than the result, and Danny Liston of the 70’s STL band “Mama’s Pride” has a new uplifting album.

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Spotlight: Giving Thanks

In this week’s episode, a group giving back and helping connect kids with sports even if they can’t afford the equipment, how Saint Louis University’s football team helped change the game as we know it, an organization providing fresh local greens to families during the holidays and year round, find out why Thanksgiving Day can be one of the busiest days for Emergency Rooms and Urgent Cares, the history of the iconic “Joy of Cooking” and it’s connection to St. Louis, a movement to be thankful for that is making kid’s rest a priority.

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Spotlight: Wainwright Tomb, Zoo Railroad Turns 60 & Weekly Jazz Jams

In this week’s episode, why architects fly in from around the world to see this tomb in St. Louis; a local startup gets 3 million dollars to advance a vaccine for an infection that affects newborns around the world; why “The Hill” neighborhood is responsible for the bricks that built St. Louis, a one-of-a-kind creative conference, brought together research, arts, and culture; the largest miniature railroad operation in North America turns 60; and 10 years of free weekly jazz concerts uniting generations.

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Spotlight: Your Face Belongs to Us, Florence Biennale & Katarra

In this this week’s episode, the future of facial recognition technology and the scary implications of this new reality, a cutting edge housing project that partially instigated the rent strike of 1969, two St. Louis artists were given the opportunity of a lifetime to display in Italy, a look at what happens to utility poles after they are taken down, a hard-edge abstractionist takes inspiration from South Western landscapes, and a self-taught musician making waves in the STL music scene.

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Spotlight: Halloween 2023

In this special Halloween episode discover how a STL theater owner’s insult pushed Master illusionist Harry Houdini to take his stunts to the next level, a look at St. Louis’ lost cemeteries and body snatchers, a man building horror movie worthy body parts for medical training at Mizzou, an artist who uses found objects to create spooky and not so spooky creations, an oddities museum in one of the most haunted cities in America, and the story of a woman and a spirit who authored several books together.

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Spotlight: Celebrating World Opera Day, Rare Bumble Bee & Black Girls in White Coats

In this week’s episode, in honor of World Opera Day a look back at two empowering operas from the 2023 Opera Theatre of Saint Louis season, children pooled their pennies in 1916 to buy the Saint Louis Zoo their very first elephant, a rare parasitic bumblebee sighting near St. Louis is creating a real buzz, a new book is giving young women an honest look at what it’s like to work in medicine, and detailed botanical work brings to life the fall colors of Missouri.

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Spotlight: Broadway Producers, Karin Slaughter and Bob Costas

In this week’s episode, three broadway shows produced by St. Louisans are celebrated with numerous nominations and wins at the Tony Awards, a look at an important dress in St. Louis fashion history, women are twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and a Washington University study shows one of the reasons why, Author Karin Slaughter talks about her new novel and hit ABC TV show Will Trent, an exhibition examines the complex relationships between opposites, and veteran sportscaster Bob Costas shares his story and advice for others.

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Spotlight: Shifting Arts & Arts Funding, Adapting Birds & PorchFest STL

In this week’s episode, a look at how the arts and arts organizations are adapting as funding and the arts themselves continue to shift, a history lesson on a prominent judge that was named the first African American municipal judge for City Court #2 in 1965, a pediatric neurosurgeon and his book about his young patients and their stories of grace and resilience, the fall/winter exhibits that compliment the Pulitzer’s architecture and neighborhood, how some of the world’s smallest creatures thrive and adapt to extreme heat and cold, five regional artists exploring landscape at the Green Door Art Gallery, a music fest taking place on residential porches and a song from that event.

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Spotlight: What Your Social Media Use Says About You, STL Browns American League Pennant Win & Hip Hop and Art

In this week’s episode, a best-selling author’s novel gives St. Louis a starring role, how the St. Louis Browns shocked the baseball world by beating the New York Yankees in 1944, an STL fall tradition that’s been around for 30 years, a study reveals what your social media activities really say about you, a look at St. Louis architecture beyond the Arch, hip hop, art and fashion at the Saint Louis Art Museum, and a local hip hop, art and fashion artist.

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