Saint Louis Speaks Podcast

Umar Lee sat down with Gail Delaney at La Mancha Coffee House in Old North St. Louis to talk about her life growing up in Meacham Park to her thoughts on mass incarceration and her work for the Griot Museum of Black History. Also discussed was her family's personal visit to the newly opened installation in Montgomery Alabama that pays tribute to those who lost their lives to lynch mobs.

Host Umar Lee sits down with the Vine brothers, owners of the Cherokee Street clothier, St. Louis Style. Discussion touches on a variety of different topics including ward reduction, Eric Greitens, West County and transit expansion.

In this web exclusive episode, St. Louis Magazine's Stefane Russell guest hosts to talk with former director of the State Historical Society of Missouri St. Louis, Zelli Fischetti. Topics include life as an blue-collar historian, interesting collections at the archive where Zelli worked and gaslight square!

Umar Lee sits down with Sen. Maria Chappelle Nadal to talk everything from politics to north county.

Umar Lee sits down with longtime friend Michael Allen for a discussion of many topics from ward reduction to what it means to be from St. Louis as well as a host of other hot topics.

In this episode, Host Umar Lee sits down with KMOX personality and reporter Debbie Monterrey to discuss her career, St. Louis and where she went to high school.

Umar Lee sits down with longtime friend and Palestinian business owner Ferrahs Abdelbaset about a range of issues from North County to Public Schools and Ramadan.

In this episode host Umar Lee sits down in beautiful Tower Grove Park with St. Louis Post Dispatch columnist and former Editorial Page manager, Tony Messenger for a discussion of a variety of topics from Ferguson and racism to the trials and tribulations of Eric Greitens.

In this episode, Host Umar Lee sits down with Andrew Arkills, a member of Team TIF. What is TIF? What is Andrew's group all about? Find out in this episode where Umar breaks it down and find out why you should care about developer incentives.

On this episode, our first, host Umar Lee interviews former city comptroller Virvus Jones about his life as an activist and politician as well as his foray into the world of publication as a new author. Due to technical difficulties our second segment was cut, our guest Mitch Eagles will discuss in next week's episode bus transit in St. Louis.

Intro Track: Jailhouse Rock by Henry Sease
Outro Track: World wide walk (feat. Daman) by 4bstr4ck3r