KMOX Birthday wishes for Feb 19, 2026

'So many new shows' will hit the air on Monday following the end of the Olympics says TV Guide's Matt Roush. He joins Debbie with a preview of Sterling K. Brown's, 'Paradise' which returns to Hulu.

Wash U Medicine infectious diseases specialist Dr. Steven Lawrence joins KMOX Health Editor Fred Bodimer. They discuss the recent unprecedented spread of measles.

Maria Keena visits with the Executive Director of Arch City Defenders, Blake Strode. The group has settled a lawsuit over conditions at the former St Louis City workhouse. Victims of the conditions will have 120 days to make claims.

Matt Barton is a St Louis Audubon Society Urban Conversation Specialist. He joins Debbie Monterrey with a look at the deaths of birds in downtown St Louis and Clayton through collision with buildings. He says recent research shows St Louis as the 5th most dangerous location nationally in the spring migration period.

Ben Szalinski, Statehouse Reporter, with Capitol News Illinois, joins Megan Lynch. He expects Gov JB Pritzker to include messaging counter to President Donald Trump. Szalinski says there is a deficit that the state will have to address in the coming years. Could tax hikes fill those holes?

KMOX Birthday wishes for February 18, 2026

TV Guide's Matt Roush says yes, US viewers and those worldwide are tuning in to watch the Winter Games from northern Italy. He joins Debbie Monterrey to discuss viewing habits for the games and a pair of new Netflix docu-series.

Michael Calhoun visits with CBS legal analyst Thane Rosenbaum as Bayer is working toward a $7.25 billion settlement over future claims that its Roundup weed killer causes cancer. Rosenbaum says Bayer is hedging its bets ahead of a possible Supreme Court ruling that could wipe out previous settlements.

Author and ghostwriter Joshua Lisec joins Megan Lynch. He's ghostwritten more than 100 books and is a persuasive-writing coach. He says 'AI composition is pretty obvious,' to the reader.