StitchCast Studio

StitchCast alumni sit down to reflect on 2023 and consider what’s next in this week’s episode of StitchCast Studio. Recorded live at Story Stitchers’ The Center, St. Louis, Missouri, on December 29, 2023. 

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Copyright, Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2019

Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music. 

Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs is provided by the City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2023, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, and Deaconess Foundation. Saint Louis Story Stitchers’ studio for creative youth development, called The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where we are a proud resident organization.

StitchCast Studio depends on support from individuals like you! To lend your support, please visit storystitchers.org and donate today.

In this episode, members of our StitchCast join Story Stitchers artists Branden Lewis and BlueBeatz to have a conversation about the current state of hip hop. This episode is part  the result of a partnership with Saint Louis Art Museum to promote the exploration by young people of art in the exhibition, "The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century".

Recorded live at Story Stitchers’ The Center, St. Louis, Missouri, on November 2, 2023. 

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Sneaker Tact

KP Dennis and Branden Lewis

Copyright, Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2020

Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music. 

Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers programs is provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2023, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Deaconess Foundation, and the Arts & Education Council. Saint Louis Story Stitchers and The Center is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation as a resident organization.

Our StitchCast sits down to have a conversation with Andre Norman, a professional motivational speaker, leadership development and communications expert, in this week’s episode, Conversation with Andre Norman, Part II.

Recorded live at Story Stitchers’ The Center, St. Louis, Missouri, on October 26, 2023. 

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Who’s Ready?

Copyright, Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2018

Andre Norman’s visit to Saint Louis Story Stitchers courtesy of Entrepreneurs Organization, St. Louis Chapter.

Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music. 

Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs is provided by the City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2023, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, and Deaconess Foundation. Saint Louis Story Stitchers’ studio for creative youth development, called The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where we are a proud resident organization.

StitchCast Studio depends on support from individuals like you! To lend your support, please visit storystitchers.org and donate today.

In this week’s episode our StitchCast sits down to have a conversation with Andre Norman, a professional motivational speaker, leadership development and communications expert. 

Recorded live at Story Stitchers’ The Center, St. Louis, Missouri, on October 26, 2023. 

Pick the City UP Art Interlude

Who’s Ready?

Copyright, Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2018

Andre Norman’s visit to Saint Louis Story Stitchers courtesy of Entrepreneurs Organization, St. Louis Chapter.

Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music. 

Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs is provided by the City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2023, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, and Deaconess Foundation. Saint Louis Story Stitchers’ studio for creative youth development, called The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where we are a proud resident organization.

StitchCast Studio depends on support from individuals like you! To lend your support, please visit storystitchers.org and donate today.

In this week’s episode our StitchCast veteran podcasters Branden Lewis, Emeara Burns and Llord Brown have a conversation about their favorite horror movies that are based on true events.

Happy Halloween!

Recorded live at Story Stitchers’ The Center, St. Louis, Missouri, on October 19, 2023. 

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Gun Shots!!

KP Dennis 

Copyright, Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2015

Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music. 

Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers programs is provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2023, Trio Foundation, Deaconess Foundation, and the Arts & Education Council. Saint Louis Story Stitchers and The Center is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation as a resident organization.

Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective presents Peace in the Prairie, an original presentation exploring the concepts of peace and violence, juxtaposing urban life as experienced by African American people living in the city of St. Louis, Missouri and the state’s endangered prairie lands.

Is the path towards peace through Missouri’s native prairies?

At Shaw Nature Reserve, the StitchCast gathers at a picnic table to talk about their first day at the Nature Reserve in this Special Edition: Podcasts in the Park X, of StitchCast Studio.

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Prairie Therapy

Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2020

Recorded live at Shaw Nature Reserve, Missouri Botanical Gardens,  September 23, 2023.

Story Stitchers is supported by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music. 

Support for Saint Louis Story Stitchers is provided by Prop S and City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant, and by Kranzberg Arts Foundation.

Additional support is provided by individuals like you.

Special thanks to our listeners who have lifted StitchCast Studio to Feedspot's #9 in the St. Louis region!

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Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective presents Peace in the Prairie, an original presentation exploring the concepts of peace and violence, juxtaposing urban life as experienced by African American people living in the city of St. Louis, Missouri and the state’s endangered prairie lands.

Is the path towards peace through Missouri’s native prairies?

At Shaw Nature Reserve, the StitchCast gathers at a picnic table near a campfire to talk about adapting to nature in this Special Edition: Podcasts in the Park IX, of StitchCast Studio.

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To The Prairie

KP Dennis and Ntegrity with Troy Anthony on bass, Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2018

Recorded live at Shaw Nature Reserve, Missouri Botanical Gardens,  September 22, 2023 around a campfire.

Story Stitchers is supported by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music. 

Support for Saint Louis Story Stitchers is provided by Prop S and City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant, and by Kranzberg Arts Foundation.

Additional support is provided by individuals like you.

In this light-hearted episode of StitchCast Studio, youth leaders of Stitchers Youth Council join Branden Lewis, to discuss their favorite animals, living and animated. Recorded live at Story Stitchers’ The Center, St. Louis, Missouri, on July 27, 2023. 

Join Saint Louis Story Stitchers at the Saint Louis Zoo for Climate Solutions Day on Sunday, September 24th for live performances of Peace in the Prairie at 12:00 noon and 1:00 PM, watch a screening of “Peace in the Prairie For All Ages” and visit our booth in Schnuck Family Plaza from 10:00-3:00.

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Copyright, Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2023

Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music. 

Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs is provided by the City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2023, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, and Deaconess Foundation. Saint Louis Story Stitchers’ studio for creative youth development, called The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where we are a proud resident organization.

StitchCast Studio depends on support from individuals like you! To lend your support, please visit storystitchers.org and donate today.

In this episode host Branden Lewis and youth leaders sit down with Sultan Muhammed aka Brother Self Love to discuss youth and violence in this Special Edition of StitchCast Studio LIVE! Recorded live at High Low in St. Louis, Missouri on May 23, 2023.

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Gunshots!!

KP Dennis 

Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2016

Youth, ages 16-24 years old, discuss current topics in live podcast recordings on stage. Live art interludes are incorporated into the presentations. Learn about the community through the words of young leaders. Join Stitchers Youth Council by filling out the form at storystitchers.org.

Saint Louis Story Stitchers' StitchCast Studio LIVE! is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.

Support for Story Stitchers creative youth development programs is provided in part by The Lewis Prize for Music 2021 Accelerator Award.

Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, Arts & Education Council, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Deaconess Foundation, and Kranzberg Arts Foundation.

This week host Branden Lewis and our StitchCast sit down with “Green Jean” Ponzi, Green Resources Manager at EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden and host of the KDHX podcast Earthworms, to discuss the great outdoors in this Special Edition of StitchCast Studio LIVE! Recorded live at High Low in St. Louis, Missouri on June 6, 2023.

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To The Prairie

KP Dennis and Ntegrity

Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2019

Story Stitchers Branden and BlueBeatz are featured on Jean Ponzi's KDHX Earthworms podcast with Jean Ponzi on May 31, 2023.

Youth, ages 16-24 years old, discuss current topics in live podcast recordings on stage. Live art interludes are incorporated into the presentations. Learn about the community through the words of young leaders. Join Stitchers Youth Council by filling out the form at storystitchers.org.

Saint Louis Story Stitchers' StitchCast Studio LIVE! is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.

Support for Story Stitchers creative youth development programs is provided in part by The Lewis Prize for Music 2021 Accelerator Award.

Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, Arts & Education Council, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Deaconess Foundation, and Kranzberg Arts Foundation.