Elaine Cha
“St. Louis on the Air” Host/ProducerElaine Cha is the host/producer for "St. Louis on the Air" at St. Louis Public Radio. Her past work includes journalistic storytelling and producing engagement programming/content for Southern California Public Radio; Nine Network (now Nine PBS); the Ferguson Commission; Regional Arts Commission; Forward Through Ferguson; and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri, through which she co-edited the Humans of St. Louis book. Elaine joined St. Louis Public Radio in November 2022.
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Refugee and immigrant community advocates say more, and more accurate, resources and data are vital to overcoming the stigma and rising death toll from the opioid crisis. -
Great Rivers Greenway’s Dallas Adams talks about Greenway Quest, an all-ages scavenger hunt for painted bee rocks hidden along St. Louis region greenways, and how the event activates ongoing greenway efforts.
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Three St. Louisans share insights into challenges around fundraising for Black-led, Black-serving nonprofits.
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The Very Asian Foundation issued guidance for reporting on transracial adoptees, birth search and belonging — topics that are rarely discussed or represented in media.
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St. Louis food writer and trained chef Holly Fann talks about what inspired her TEDxStLouis talk about the illusion of “authentic” food, and how candid conversation about it can make us better, more informed diners.
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Photographer Tyler Small uses his camera as “a compass” to discover parts of his hometown he otherwise wouldn’t access and to support Black fathers’ access to mental health services.
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Edwardsville educator, social worker and writer Stephanie Malia Krauss and her mother, Laurie Nalani Kilstein, share what it’s like to maintain and build strong cultural ties to a vital part of their Native Hawaiian identity.
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Shelly Tochluk’s book “Witnessing Whiteness” is a tool white St. Louisans have used for more than a decade to explore white racial identity and racism’s impacts. Tochluk discusses the purpose of her newest book, “Being White Today.”
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The new children’s book “This Is Not My Home” was written by Washington University undergraduates and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
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The documentary is screening at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
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“Work/life balance” is elusive because it’s an invention.
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Andy Taylor, son of Enterprise Holdings founder Jack Taylor, talks about a documentary and his father’s life and legacy.
