It’s been 10 years since Michael Brown Jr. was killed and the Ferguson Uprising that followed. To honor that history and reflect on where St. Louis is today, St. Louis Public Radio is bringing back the podcast “We Live Here” for a special season.
In the show, host Chad Davis and producer Danny Wicentowksi reflect on some of the truths that Ferguson exposed, why there still is an open wound a decade later, and how community members continue to push for a better future.
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It’s been 10 years since Michael Brown was killed and the Ferguson Uprising that followed. To honor that history, We Live Here is returning for a special season with host Chad Davis and producer Danny Wicentowski. They reflect on some of the truths that Ferguson exposed, why there still is an open wound a decade later, and how community members continue to push for a better future.
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Previous We Live Here Episodes
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We didn’t want to just tell another story about the inequalities that exist in our region. We wanted to tear into the issues, break apart the theory from the reality, demonstrate how the systemic problems that plague our region play out in real people’s lives. And we want to know why we still have these problems — no matter how much academic research and scholarly material there is available to explain the existence of racial inequality, why does it still exist? And so, we came up with We Live Here.
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Within St. Louis' system of municipalities, people are largely divided — white, black, rich and poor. They rarely live next to each other. -
Now that we've looked at the jigsaw puzzle of St. Louis County, we consider the children. In a place where people from different backgrounds — and especially different races — seldom live next to each other, we ask the question: What does that mean for kids? -
This episode of We Live Here is all about talking about race without actually talking about race. -
We Live Here spent the last several weeks ramping up to explore race in St. Louis and, specifically, how systems intersect with people to create a lot of the inequality in our region ... and around the country. Now, we are moving from the general to the specific. We will spend the next several months exploring the criminal justice system.
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On this episode of We Live Here we introduce you to four police officers who discuss not only what life is like during the day-to-day grind of work, but also the question of whether or not race makes a difference for African-American officers in majority white police departments. -
In this episode of We Live Here, we explore the price and perils of our public defender system. -
Even pleading guilty to a misdemeanor can come with some other penalties. These are called collateral consequences, and they're the focus of this episode of We Live Here.
We Live Here Seasons
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Season 1
(Mar 2015 - Jan 2016)
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Season 2
(Apr 2016 - Jan 2017)
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Season 3
(Jun 2017 - Dec 2017)
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Season 4
(Apr 2018 - Dec 2018)
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Season 5
(Oct 2019 - Dec 2019)
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Season 6: COVID-19
(Mar 2020 - Jun 2020)
Lauren Brown and Jia Lian Yang
We Live Here puts a racial and economic equity lens on the outbreak of COVID-19… and recovery from it.
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Season 7: Uprising
(Jul 2020 - Dec 2020)
Lauren Brown and Jia Lian Yang
Season 7 of We Live Here examines how people are rising up for Black lives around the world. For every moment captured on the news, there are a series of decisions that led us here to a time when record numbers of people are discontent with the status quo.
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Season 8: Environmental Racism
(Feb 2021 - Jun 2021)
Lauren Brown and Jia Lian Yang
How do we achieve a healthy life? And what kind of world do we want to leave for the next generation? These are profound questions for a region that boasts some of the most prestigious hospitals in the nation and is home to residents with some of the worst health outcomes.
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Season 9
(Aug 2021 - Nov 2021)
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Season 10: 10 Years after the Ferguson Uprising
(Coming Aug 2024)
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We Live Here Auténtico!
(May 2022 - Jan 2023)
Alejandro Santiago Ortega, Gabriela Ramirez-Arellano, and Jade Harrell
Created by St. Louis Latinx professionals, the “Auténtico!” podcast is committed to shaping Latinx identity. Each episode reveals stories and lessons learned from bilingual Latinx professionals and small business owners.
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We Live Here Women
(Jan 2023)
We Live Here centers the voices, concerns, perspectives and experiences of Women.
Awards
2020 - Empower Missouri Media Award
2019 - Kaleidoscope Award
