Evie Hemphill
“St. Louis on the Air” ProducerEvie Hemphill served as a producer for St. Louis on the Air from February 2018 to February 2022. After earning a bachelor’s degree in English literature in 2005, she started her career as a reporter for the Westminster Window in Colorado. Several years later she went on to pursue graduate work in creative writing at the University of Wyoming and moved to St. Louis upon earning an MFA in the spring of 2010. She worked as writer and editor for Washington University Libraries until 2014 and then spent several more years in public relations for the University of Missouri–St. Louis before making the shift to St. Louis Public Radio.
-
Local shop owner Debra Hunter and the Federal Reserve’s Bill Rodgers joined “St. Louis on the Air” to discuss why local shopping makes good sense, especially as communities seek to recover from economic crisis. -
Christine Brewer’s show delves into her journey from enjoying music as a child, to attending McKendree University in the town where she still lives today, to the Metropolitan Opera and beyond. -
Food Outreach provides nutritious meals to people living with cancer or HIV. Now the nonprofit is piloting a project to help veterans with uncontrolled diabetes. -
The futuristic, sustainability-focused legacy of the late American architect Buckminster Fuller lives on, including in the St. Louis region. A replica of his 1933-built Dymaxion Car stopped by SIUE’s Fuller Dome last week. -
Law firms across St. Louis are volunteering their services to help Legal Services of Eastern Missouri’s Neighborhood Vacancy Initiative. The initiative helps neighborhoods in north St. Louis. -
The lingering COVID-19 pandemic prompted Molly Wilson to seek a deeper understanding of vaccine hesitancy — and the possibilities for breaking through such hesitancy. She joins “St. Louis on the Air” as many parents are now weighing a big decision about vaccinating their kids. -
Metro Transit plans to suspend six MetroBus routes and reduce the frequency of service along 31 others later this month in response to an ongoing operator shortage. Local Metro operator union rep Catina Wilson and rider Mitch Eagles joined "St. Louis on the Air" to share their concerns and ideas for a way forward. -
St. Louis University honors Zadie Smith this week as the 2021 recipient of the St. Louis Literary Award. Smith’s 2019 story collection, “Grand Union,” is this year’s campus read. -
Martin Scorsese and his childhood cathedral, St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in New York City, are at the center of a new PBS documentary co-produced, co-written and co-directed by St. Louis-area native Mary Anne Rothberg. -
Zadie Smith comes to St. Louis this week to receive an award from St. Louis University. She’s in good company: From Shelby Foote and Eudora Welty to George Plimpton and Chinua Achebe, the annual award has drawn heavy literary hitters to town since 1967. -
Twenty months into the COVID-19 crisis, many businesses and organizations have found ways forward — including colleges and universities. But the students served by those institutions? Many of them are really struggling. -
Ten pedestrians recently lost their lives on city streets over the course of just 11 weeks. Tiffanie Stanfield and Xandi Barrett offer ideas for putting an end to such traffic violence.
