Collateral Damage

Daniel Durchholz from the St. Louis Post Dispatch stopped by the studio to share stories of what it is like to review music, how he believes people should behave at a concert, and a variety of tales from his decades covering music and doing concert reviews.

The Riverfront Times (3:50)

Reviewing Music (4:35)

How to Prepare (11:30)

Note taking (13:00)

Set Lists (16:00)

Deadlines (17:25)

How to choose a concert to review (22:18)

Tom Petty (23:42)

Concert Etiquette (24:50)

Neil Young (34:10)

B.B. King (45:25)

Chris Cornell (49:00)

Worst Interviews (57:50)

Band you most want to see (61:40)

The Great Guns N Roses Riot of 91 (63:00)

DJ speaks with the conveners of the local chapter of the Online News Association.

Nguyen is the Newsroom Developer at the St Louis Post-Dispatch.

Moffitt is an Online Producer with St Louis Public Radio.

Here's a rough summary of how the conversation went:

1:00-5:00 - What is the Online News Association? (It's the largest group of digital journalists in the world!)

5:15-13:00 - Why can't DJ find that article from his print edition of the Post online? What are the differences between online platforms and their traditional partners?

14:00-19:45 - What drives people to digital platforms? "We're all just testing the waters constantly," says Moffitt.

19:45-24:30 - What's a Newsroom Developer? How did a journalist from Toronto find his way into writing code for the Post-Dispatch?

24:30-27:00 - How do our local publications compare to national media brands? Learning about what we're great at.

27:00-37:00 - How is this medium being monetized? Publications ask "Can we tackle this?"

37:00-50:00 - Changing expectations for journalists and publications. Why are newspapers hiring SnapChat Editors?

50:00-end - How can people get involved in the ONA? Upcoming events July 13 and again in August.

Swanstrom joins DJ Wilson to talk professorially about the idea of middle neighborhoods and how approaching community development with a public health lens -- as opposed to that of an ICU -- can be a better model for sustaining diverse neighborhoods.

This sweeping conversation seamlessly covers an awful lot of ground, but here's a rough outline of how it went:

1:30-24:00 - What is a Middle Neighborhood? Swanstrom discusses housing policy, race, economic diversity, and why focusing on these diverse neighborhoods is vital to sustaining strong communities.

24:00-31:00 - The G-word: Gentrification is "a slippery term," says Swanstrom.

31:00-37:15 - Institutionalizing Collaboration: DJ and Professor Swantsrom discuss the fractured nature of the St Louis region and how we can move forward together.

37:15-end - How St Louis Compares Nationally: Of course DJ has to discuss media, but he and his guest also talk about the region's strengths and weaknesses as they compare to the rest of the US.

Links:

There were a couple of mentions of DJ's conversation with 20th Ward Alderman Cara Spencer. Here's a link to that program.

While discussing regional issues, DJ mentions a recent article focusing on "Better Together" initiatives. Here's a link to "Krewson, Stenger back latest push for city-county coordination."

Towards the end of the program, DJ mentions Richard Florida, who writes for the Atlantic Magazine. Here's a link to the City Lab author's credits.

Alderwoman Cara Spencer joined DJ in the studio following his conversation with Coalition Against Public Funding for Stadiums' Fred Lindecke to discuss her opposition to the city authorizing spending $67.5 million for renovations to the Scottrade Center.

Here's a rough glance at how the conversation went:

1:30-7:15 - How things are going in Spencer's 20th Ward

7:15-21:45 - Background on the $67.5 million allocated for renovations to the Scottrade Center. "This was never meant to be a bargaining chip."

21:45-37:00 - The grounds for a lawsuit against this financing model and the cities unmet needs. "I certainly haven't seen the lease."

37:00-44:00 - Lots of legislating still going on in city hall.

This week, DJ talks to a retiree from the Post-Dispatch, Fred Lindecke, who played a big roll in getting referendums passed requiring public votes to approve financing Coalition Against Public Funding of Stadiums.

Lindecke appeared on Collateral Damage in 2015 and returns to discuss the aftermath of the Rams leaving town, the proposed soccer stadium, and the city funding upgrades to the Scottrade Center, where the Blues play.

Here's a rough breakdown of how the conversation went:

3:00-6:30 - How the referendums got passed and "A stupid judge's decision"

6:30-15:00 - The Rams and the proposed soccer stadium

15:00-23:00 - Funding renovations to the Scottrade Center and its implications

23:00-25:00 - What's next and a timetable for pending lawsuits

25:00- end - Reflecting on the state of media and Fred's time at the Post

Tune-in to our follow-up to this conversation with Alderwoman Cara Spencer who is questioning the constitutionality of $67.5 million in public funds being used to pay for renovations to the Scottrade Center

A 2015 graduate of Washington University, Nahuel Fefer met with DJ Wilson at the end of his undergraduate career. The Collateral Damage host encouraged the bright young man to get a look at how policy is made in the sausage factory of City Hall rather than going straight to graduate school. After two years of following DJ's advice, Fefer is headed to Law School at NYU.

DJ and Nahuel talk about the minimum wage, public transportation, the mayoral election, economic policy, and regionalism -- they even find a few moments to discuss India and Nepal, too.

See if you can count how many times Fefer uses the word "Externalities."

Here's how the conversation went -- roughly:

3:00-11:30 - StL Minimum Wage: Why Fefer likes this policy and what state politics have to say about it.

12:00-19:00 - Props 1 & 2: Slay's big initiatives in his final year in office

19:00-25:00 - Metrics: What tools should we use to make decisions in City Hall?

25:00-27:00 - A New Mayor: Is there reason for hope?

29:00-39:00 - Looking Ahead: Opportunities and threats for StL

39:00-45:00 - What's Next for Nahuel: Law school, international travel, "Cultural Whiplash"

Doug Moore has spent 17 years with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Moore recently interviewed the new St. Louis City mayor, Lyda Krewson, in an article titled, "New St. Louis mayor on her to-do list, political foes and getting 'remarried' to the county."

Here's a quick, approximate breakdown of the interview if you'd like to skip around:

2:30-8:00 - Regional Flooding: The newsroom's responsibility

8:10-25:00 - New Mayor Lyda Krewson: The race, her team, and her prospects

25:00-33:30 - Homelessness in St. Louis: Closing the NLEC, opening of the Biddle House, and how we got here

33:45-38:15 - NGA: What it took to move the spy agency to the North Side

38:20-50:30 - The Newsroom: Changes at hand and headlines on the horizon

Jenna Bauer is an artist, arts educator, and breath of fresh air in St Louis. She talks this week about her work with the Colorbridge Arts Collective, a "grassroots arts collective dedicated to providing inspired thematic curricula and studio art education opportunities for individuals, schools, families and community groups."

Colorbridge Arts is hosting a fundraiser on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at the Colorbridge Studio at 5832 Macklind Ave, 63109.

Jenna helped found SCOSaG, now known as Artscope, which is based in Tower Grove Park.

Ms Bauer's work isn't limited to visual arts and arts education, she is an artist in residence at Cherokee Street's Yaquis restaurant and bar, where she sings jazz standards on Tuesday evenings.

Former SLU Urban Affairs Professor George Otte along with his wife, Françoise Otte, who worked in St Louis City Hall before joining Southwestern Bell and then IBM, return for their annual conversation with Collateral Damage to discuss the recent French presidential elections, the present state of Europe, and how Trump is viewed abroad.

Jason Rosenbaum of St. Louis Public Radio and Maria Keena of KMOX join DJ in studio to discuss the latest election, the failed soccer stadium, safety concerns on the metro and the state of radio.