Podcasts about St. Louis, Missouri

In A Blue St. Charles County? A glimpse into the future of the fast-growing county, Politically Speaking reports what Rachel Lippmann heard when she asked city residents how St. Louis is doing. At a community garden in North St. Louis, Bob Hansman said, "I think the city as a whole is underappreciated and maligned." Near City Hall, Carlos Naylor was among those who felt St. Louis isn't working for them. The episode states the stakes plainly: residents expect Mayor Spencer to deliver the services she promised.

That gap between a promise and what arrives runs through the city's podcasts. The first voices a listener meets, though, are mostly arguing about a ballclub: a front office's plan, a roster budget, who gets to run the team. The seasons give them plenty to work with. The Cardinals' 2026 season table ended at 77–85 in September 2026. That same month, a local soccer reference records St. Louis CITY SC winning a U.S. Open Cup semifinal 3–0 to reach the club's first title game. Away from the stadiums, a north St. Louis development map reported in September 2026 counted at least $337 million in projects under construction or in design, alongside approximately $252 million in projects with funding gaps.

What St. Louis is

St. Louis, Missouri, stands on the western bank of the Mississippi River. It is an independent city, and its figures are separate from those of its region. The Census estimated 279,695 city residents on July 1, 2024, while an older regional workforce plan puts the Missouri–Illinois metropolitan population above 2.8 million. Its economy includes services, manufacturing, trade, transportation and aviation, and the Gateway Arch is its best-known landmark.

City hall, heard from two studios

Politically Speaking comes from St. Louis Public Radio, with Jason Rosenbaum, Rachel Lippmann and Sarah Kellogg as hosts. It treats politics as machinery. The St. Charles County episode follows voters who rejected a property tax freeze and conservative Francis Howell School Board candidates. In it, Carl Bearden suggests the gap between issue votes and office results may have a lot to do with who is moving in.

The metro reaches into Illinois, and so does the show. In Raja Krishnamoorthi, STLPR's Metro East reporter Will Bauer hosts a conversation that presses the Senate candidate on endorsements. A March episode asks Washington University political scientist Carly Wayne to read Missouri's delegation on Iran, then turns to the court fight over the state's congressional map. The recent In Missouri, people power overcomes Trump-backed redistricting push is another place to start.

NewsTalk STL describes its lens as conservative and libertarian. Its feed plays like a radio day cut into hours. On the Vic Porcelli show, David Stokes of the Show Me Institute is introduced as "the heavyweight champion of municipal policy." He argues that Flock cameras are even worse than red-light cameras, and the hosts bring up TIFs because, they tell him, he loves them. In H1: BOB ONDER: FISA extended for 10 days 04.17.2026, Onder opposes a five-year FISA extension without reforms while still praising the administration. Later in that episode the hosts line up Lisa Crow of the Jefferson Review on possible misuse of transportation development funds in Arnold.

The Mark Milton Show with The Smash, with episodes from 2022, is an archive worth hearing in sequence. In Ep. 100, Seg. 1: St. Louis County Executive Candidate Mark Mantovani, the candidate argues that fear of crime has pushed people out of downtown and toward St. Charles or Jefferson County. Later, Ep. 101: Emergency Podcast: STLTaxLawyer Falls Victim to Crime Wave has Milton describing a break-in at his office and the theft of his logo-bearing truck.

The Cardinals, on front-office time

Baseball talk here is mostly about decisions rather than games. In Derrick Goold, beat writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, BK & Ferrario lets its guest explain how a rainout spared the club a roster move. Goold describes a bullpen that has been "chasing, chasing, chasing innings since Kansas City." It suits a listener who wants the reasoning behind a lineup card.

Meet Me At Musial: A St. Louis Cardinals Podcast is made from farther off. Daniel Shoptaw in Arkansas and Allen Medlock in Oklahoma meet virtually at the Musial statue. In The Trades That Made The Cardinals, guest Rich recounts how Ozzie Smith answered San Diego's request for a lifetime contract: a 25-year, $1 million-a-year proposal running through his age-51 season. In The Legend Returns, guest Bernie, now back working for KMOX, relays Bill DeWitt's story of Bloom's presentation on what it would take to fix the club.

For faster reactions, Dealin' the Cards: A St. Louis Cardinals Podcast called an emergency episode for the Dustin May signing. Locked On Cardinals - Daily Podcast On The St. Louis Cardinals treated Jordan Walker's April 4 grand slam in Detroit as the moment "the light bulb finally went off."

Blues and CITY: a goodbye and a supporters' section

Lets Go Blues Radio - St. Louis Blues Hockey Podcast is a fan show running since 2011, and its spring episodes include Se15, Ep30: Series Finale: The Final Lets Go Blues Radio. Its trade-deadline episode shows its character. The hosts knock down a chatroom claim that Robert Thomas had been traded to Chicago: "Comment of the Show is a liar, and we all know it."

Other shows carry on the Blues talk. Net Front Presence pairs Post-Dispatch beat writer Matthew DeFranks with columnist Jeff Gordon. Kerbside offers next-day reaction from Blues radio voice Chris Kerber, with the game calls played back. In an older Hockey Sense interview, Andy Strickland asks Ken Hitchcock what the city meant to him: "the one word I would use for St. Louis is home."

Red Smoke Rising: A St. Louis CITY SC Podcast sounds like the supporters' section talking. Tom Franklin and Jeremy Clements hand out place-name nicknames, such as Chris Gebhardt, "the dog leash of the Metro East." In Hartel's Heartstopper Seals 1st St. Louis CITY Win in Damet Era | Red Smoke Rising, March 24, 2026, Clements explains he was on the capo stand during a goal, so he can only describe the replay. Guest Cole of Inside CITY Limits joins the expected-goals argument. Before the Tulsa cup tie, the hosts invite a Tulsa podcaster to explain why he thinks his side is likelier to win with less of the ball. Flyover Footy: A St. Louis CITY SC and Soccer in STL Podcast handles the bookkeeping, setting a loan fee against the league's budget charge.

Friday nights and older ground

The Gateway Sports Venue Show has John Huff and Roman Bishop picking St. Louis area high school games as if they had watched every snap. In STATE SEMIFINAL REVIEW: St. Louis goes 0-for-6 in Classes 4-6, Lift For Life & St. Pius X Statebound, IHSA Classes 5-8 Titles Snowed In, one host warns against underrating Carthage's win over Ritter: "just because there's a lot less people there does not mean they're not as good."

History arrives through the church. In St. Louis: From Canoe to Cathedral, V.1, Msgr. Michael Witt and Theresa Holman reach Episode 24: The Battle of Saint Louis (June 10, 2019). There they note that Cardinal Avenue honors the trader Jean-Marie Cardinal "rather than a prince of the church or their baseball team." Its sequel, St. Louis: Lion and the Fourth City, V.2, tells in Episode 52: Parks, Phones, Faulty AC and Visitors how steamboat fares were paid for some 450 people at least as far as Kansas City.

After the Uprising investigates deaths among Ferguson activists and includes accounts of murder. In Season 2 Episode 05: The Bonnie Situation, a mother repeats her son's suspicion about a companion. The reporters say plainly that they "didn't know what to make of" it, and they keep the claim a claim.

The calendar: stages, trails, tables

Saint Louis In Tune, hosted by Arnold Stricker and Mark Langston, is neighborly and full of jokes. In its Great Rivers Greenway episode, a guest explains how seven-lane streets might be narrowed to make room for paths. A host then calls the Kings Highway crossing on the ride to Forest Park "a real risk." In another episode, harmonica player Sandy Weltman recalls being asked to stand by for Stan Musial: "are you asking me to pinch hit for Stan Musial?"

The Gateway, from STLPR, follows Stages St. Louis co-founder Jack Lane's Karate Kid musical, which was tweaked with audience input in Kirkwood. St. Louis on the Air hears Abby Llorico call the Arch "the world's biggest magnet." Her older Abby Eats St. Louis finds bar founders testing frozen drinks on a machine in a basement.

Where to start

• If you follow local politics: Politically Speaking, A Blue St. Charles County? A glimpse into the future of the fast-growing county, for residents' verdicts and a suburban electorate in motion.
• If you want a supporters' section in your ears: Red Smoke Rising: A St. Louis CITY SC Podcast, Hartel's Heartstopper Seals 1st St. Louis CITY Win in Damet Era | Red Smoke Rising, March 24, 2026.
• If you love baseball lore: Meet Me At Musial: A St. Louis Cardinals Podcast, The Trades That Made The Cardinals, starting with the Ozzie Smith story.
• If you care about the city's oldest stories: St. Louis: From Canoe to Cathedral, V.1, Episode 24: The Battle of Saint Louis (June 10, 2019). Listen for which names the streets kept.

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