Alex Heuer
“St. Louis on the Air” Executive ProducerAlex Heuer joined St. Louis Public Radio in 2012 and is the executive producer of St. Louis on the Air. Alex grew up in the St. Louis area. He began his public radio career as a student reporter at Tri States Public Radio in Macomb, Illinois and worked for a few years at Iowa Public Radio. Alex graduated summa cum laude from Western Illinois University with a degree in history and earned a teaching certificate in 6 - 12th grade social studies. In 2016, he earned a Master of Public Policy Administration with a focus in nonprofit organization management and leadership from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He has won local and national awards for reporting and producing and his stories have been featured nationally on Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
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The manufacturing of every Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine dose produced to date has started in Chesterfield, Missouri. The company also tests every batch. Justin Sperry, head of R&D at the site, joined "St. Louis on the Air" to explain how and what it took to develop the vaccine. -
ZZ, an Afghan interpreter who arrived in the U.S. last week, plans to write a book about her experiences and get a master's degree in St. Louis. She detailed her journey on "St. Louis on the Air." -
About 138,000 outstanding bench warrants exist in St. Louis' municipal court. On Friday's St. Louis on the Air, Judge Newton McCoy joined the show to talk about next week's Warrant Forgiveness Days. -
Collinsville native Michelle Bartsch-Hackley reflects on the U.S. women's volleyball team winning its first gold medal at the Olympics in Tokyo. She joined "St. Louis on the Air" to talk about her path to Olympics. -
Poet Naomi Shihab Nye attended Central Elementary School in Ferguson. Jeremy D. Goodwin talked with her on Friday's "St. Louis on the Air." -
On Tuesday's "St. Louis on the Air," we explored French connections to St. Louis culture and talked about a new exhibit at the Missouri Botanical Garden that addresses how Missouri plants helped save French wine. -
Male dragonflies are adapting to climate change, but that might make it more difficult to mate with females. We talked about new research on Thursday's "St. Louis on the Air." -
An all-white jury is hearing arguments in the federal trial of two former St. Louis police officers who are accused of beating their undercover colleague at a protest in 2017. We discussed what led to an all-white jury being seated on "St. Louis on the Air." -
Retails stores would be prohibited from selling cats and dogs. That and a host of other animal welfare bills await Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's signature. Listen to the discussion from "St. Louis on the Air." -
Homes in the St. Louis area continue to move quickly, and they often sell for way above asking price. Thursday's "St. Louis on the Air" talked about this trend with two real estate agents and heard homebuying experiences. -
Stéphane Denève and Marie-Hélène Bernard of the St. Louis Symphony joined "St. Louis on the Air " to discuss the effects of the pandemic on the organization, a return to Powell Hall and their vision for the future. -
StoryCorps is featuring the stories of Black residents of Alton, Illinois. "St. Louis on the Air" explores why StoryCorps is turning its attention to the river town and got a preview of one of the conversations that will be featured in a virtual event on Friday.
