In this week’s episode, inside the pickleball craze, how you play and why so many are obsessed with the sport; meet one of the country’s premiere designers who lives right here in St. Louis; a book hoping to set the record straight about Ulysses S. Grant and how he fought for civil rights; uncovering expressionist paintings at the Saint Louis Art Museum; The Fagin Building – horrible design or before it’s time?; and dive deeper into St. Louis architecture.

Pickleball-The Friendliest Game in Town
You may have heard people talking about the Pickleball craze, but what’s it all about? Why do players enjoy it as much for the “social” aspects as the exercise?

Mary Engelbreit
Mary Engelbreit is one of the country’s premier designers and artists whose illustrations you know from greeting cards, books, and calendars.

KLAN WAR: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction
Author Fergus Bordewich shares his quest to set the record straight regarding President Grant and his tactics to destroy the Ku Klux Klan after the Civil War.

Concealed Layers at the Saint Louis Art Museum
Concealed Layers is a new exhibit at the Saint Louis Art Museum presenting discoveries made within the museum’s collection of German Expressionist paintings.

History Spotlight: Fagin Building
The Fagin Building, completed in 1888 in St. Louis, stirred controversy due to its eccentric design. Was it a horrible design or before it’s time?

Look Up: Stories Behind St. Louis Architecture
From a historical perspective, there is much more to St. Louis architecture than the Arch, from the native clay bricks and limestone used to create it.