Inside The Post-dispatch

Jefferson City reporter Jack Suntrup, St. Louis City Hall reporter Mark Schlinkmann and editorial writer Kevin McDermott sit down to discuss the March 10 Democratic presidential primary in Missouri, as well as the state of play of politics in Missouri this election cycle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board members Tod Robberson and Kevin McDermott interviewed Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar by phone on Wednesday morning, Feb. 26, only hours after Democratic presidential contenders squared off for their latest televised debate. This Inside the Post-Dispatch episode is a slightly edited version of that interview. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Post-Dispatch reporter Bryce Gray and classical music critic Sarah Bryan Miller talk with new St. Louis Symphony Orchestra music director Stéphane Denève about the differences between the job in Europe and the United States, about Denève's first season with the SLSO, about outreach efforts, and why Powell Hall needs a pipe organ. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's host, Bryce Gray, discusses the murder investigation saga surrounding Pamela Hupp with reporter Robert Patrick, and Beth O’Malley, who helped with coverage and has been intrigued by the case, as many have. After pleading guilty last week, Hupp, a St. Charles County woman, will spend life in prison for the 2016 murder of a mentally disabled man. But her story also includes ties or unanswered questions related to a 2011 murder of one of her friends, and the 2013 death of Hupp’s mother. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's host, Bryce Gray, speaks with reporters Kim Bell and Christine Byers about charges emerging in the abduction and murder of 9-year-old Angie Housman, who disappeared from the suburb of St. Ann in November 1993. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talking with this week's host, David Hunn, reporters Jeremy Kohler and Jacob Barker discuss the indictment of former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger and the fallout after. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Post-Dispatch metro columnist Tony Messenger talks about his Pulitzer-prize winning series on rural Missouri courts that use fees to perpetuate the cycle of poverty. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's host, David Hunn, speaks with Treasurer Tishaura Jones - City of St. Louis See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's host, Bryce Gray, speaks with crime reporter Christine Byers to break down her recent story about "Who investigates after police shootings in St. Louis?" — a seemingly simple question with answers that, apparently, are anything but. As she found, it's "almost anyone's guess" about who handles that aspect of police oversight in St. Louis, despite reforms geared toward transparency and consistency that were adopted more than four years ago. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The fifth annual edition of the STL 100 is here! It's a list of the best restaurants in St. Louis, and there's a new No. 1 this year. Post-Dispatch restaurant critic Ian Froeb talks about compiling the list, and designer Josh Renaud and photographer Hillary Levin give insight on making that list accessible to our readers through search options and photos. To see the full list, go to graphics.stltoday.com/apps/stl100-2019/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reporter David Hunn and metro columnist Tony Messenger interview former city and county official Mike Jones on Better Together’s impact on African-Americans in St. Louis, and how black leaders should react if the city-county consolidation plan passes. Jones says Better Together could bring "protests in the streets." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's host, David Hunn, is joined by Post-Dispatch reporter Jeremy Kohler in an exclusive hour-long podcast with Municipal League director Pat Kelly and Better Together research chief Dave Leipholtz as they argue about police, jobs, city debt and other key points in Better Together’s city-county consolidation proposal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's host, Jeremy Kohler, is joined by Post-Dispatch reporter David Hunn and Pat Kelly, executive director of the Municipal League of Metro St. Louis. Pat has been the voice of St. Louis County municipalities' opposition to pro-merger advocacy group Better Together. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.