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.
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The new documentary highlights the first USS St. Louis’ role fighting piracy and the slave trade, “Lucky Lou’s” escape from Pearl Harbor and the current crew’s reflections on the vessel and the city it honors. -
In this audio version of her new essay “Not With a Whimper but With a Bang” for the Common Reader, longtime St. Louis journalist Jeannette Cooperman inspects the surreal contrasts between “our quiet, lamp-lit private life” and “the shadows outside our window” in the contemporary world. -
The acclaimed comic joined "St. Louis on the Air" to discuss his return to touring and the ongoing enthusiasm for his groundbreaking podcast. -
Carol Diaz-Granados, along with her husband, James Duncan, have devoted years of time and anthropological research to Picture Cave and were appalled by the prospect of its auction. They would like to see the property in the care of the Osage Nation. -
The original Paul Artspace is located just over a mile from a busy thoroughfare in north St. Louis County. While founder Mike Behle says the group will still host bonfires and other occasional events on the property, the actual artist residencies will take place elsewhere moving forward. -
In 2015, Jeff Harris and his sister Leigh Harris founded the nonprofit with a goal to turn 10% of city parks into native prairie restorations in the next 10 to 20 years. -
Twenty years later, the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and the response to the attack still define America in many ways — and continue to shape the world far beyond U.S. borders. St. Louisans share their reflections in this episode of "St. Louis on the Air." -
Hampton, a formerly four-lane thoroughfare, now limits traffic to one lane in each direction, with the addition of a center turning lane, plus wider parking lanes on the sides. The city has plans for a somewhat similar transformation along Lindell Boulevard by Forest Park. -
More than 300 artifacts and artworks comprise the current exhibition at the Mercantile, which is the oldest extant library west of the Mississippi River. -
On Monday’s "St. Louis on the Air," Sharon Smith of the Missouri Historical Society joined us to discuss the bridge’s history. We also heard from Great Rivers Greenway about big plans for the site. -
This weekend’s event is the fourth iteration of a natural hair and beauty celebration Leslie Hughes first launched in 2017. -
As Maria Ellis waited Monday afternoon to meet her students and help kick off a brand-new arts and activism focus at the recently saved school, Chuck Berry tunes played quietly through a speaker.
