Tonight will be the big debut of the 12th edition of the Chelsea Film Festival in New York City. Hopefully, I’ll get to be there again next year to speak with the filmmakers and actors from around the world once again. I’m looking forward to not only the new crop of films from this year, but the ones that should crop up next year that I will hopefully get to see in person.
Read MoreI had the chance to sit down and speak with the CEO and President of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Marie-Hélèn Bernard during that evening's show’s intermission.
By this time in the program, Marie-Hélèn had already talked to the audience in a pre-concert address where she updated everyone on the progress of the Powell Hall construction and refurbishment. We talked about other construction details, the coming season's programming, and continued community evolvement all around the St. Louis area.
Read MoreI had the chance to talk to neuroscientist Dr. Rebecca Schwarzlose. She’d just released her first general audience book, “Brainscapes: The Warped, Wondrous Maps Written In Your Brain - And How They Guide You” by HarperCollins and Mariner Books. Dr. Schwarzlose holds a Ph.D from MIT, is a researcher at Washington University in St. Louis and is the past chief editor of the journal “Trends in Cognitive Science”.
The book explores how the neural pathways in the human brain are actually hard written maps that can be measured electrically and occupy specific physical spaces in all brains.
Read MoreAnyone that is going to be in the St. Louis area this Thursday can come to a set of small group discussions about racial, gender, and socio-economic issues that have long plagued the St. Louis area with the goal of making the region a better place.
I’m going to take part in this discussion by being one of the facilitators so that the station can record the thoughts and discussions of community members so that the station can be more informed about the state of where things stand in the region on these important topics.
Read MoreIt’s time for the start of the 2024 - 2025 season of broadcasts of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra on St. Louis Public Radio!
I’m back for my 3rd season as one of the broadcast hosts along with my co-host Dr. Lauren Eldridge Stewart. This year I’m going to try a little something different and post a preview video like this on social media!
Well…for many reasons, things have certainly slowed down on the site update front. But, hopefully, things will be getting back to normal and I’ll be able to post more regular content on the site and on the social media pages.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, December 13, 2022) at 7pm Central Standard Time (8pm Eastern / 1am GMT), I’ll be hosting a conversation on Zoom with NPR’s Brian Mann about his time in Ukraine reporting on the war there against Russia. The talk, “Inside Covering the War in Ukraine”, is due to cover Brian’s time on the front lines from the Ukrainian side and what he saw behind the lines as the bombing and killing accelerated.
Read MoreDistinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth College, Dr. Matthew Delmont, has researched and penned his fifth book, “Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad”. In this interview, he talks with Rod Milam about the book and his research process.
Read MorePulitzer Prize winner and journalist for “The New York Times Magazine”, “Vanity Fair” and other publications, Buzz Bissinger has penned a true story profiling the lives of some of the Allied fighters in World War II and tells the story of a football game that took place before one of the bloodiest battles in the war. His book, “The Mosquito Bowl” is not a book about sports like his creation “Friday Night Lights”. Even though college football players, their backgrounds, and a Big Game played on Guadalcanal before the battle of Iwo Jima is part of the setting, this book is very much a profile of how the US entered and prosecuted WWII in the Pacific Ocean. In this interview, he talks with Rod Milam about the book and his research process.
Read MoreI’ve been invited to speak after a screening of the 2017 South Korean film “A Taxi Driver” by the Gateway Korea Foundation on Thursday, May 19, 2022. In this movie based on a true story set in 1980, a down-on-his-luck taxi driver from Seoul is hired by a foreign journalist who wants to go to the town of Gwangju for the day. They arrive to find a city under siege by the military government, with the citizens revolting. I’ve been told that my contribution would be to talk about my experience of "bearing witness" to the events that I’ve covered as a journalist and documentarian.
Read MoreI’ve been invited by the Alliance Française de St. Louis and the Centre Francophone at Webster University to be part of a panel discussion entitled, “Night of Ideas (Nuit des Idées): Saint Louis” on the main campus of Webster University. The subject of the discussion is “Where is the Lou Headed: Between the Pandemic and the War”. I’ll be one of at least 11 people of various professional backgrounds trying to wrestle this subject as we give our views from our given perspectives.
Read MoreWriter and journalist for “The Atlantic” and “Politico”, Kathy Gilsinan, has penned a reminder of the first year or so of the COVID-19 pandemic as seen in the United States. Her book, “The Helpers: Profiles from the Front Lines of the Pandemic” tells that story via the accounts of six people that she feels went above and beyond the call of duty to try to aid their neighbors, the country and the world during an unprecedentedly difficult time in the nation’s history.
Read MoreHere I am behind the camera this past week initiating shooting video for The Chamber Music Society of St. Louis outreach program entitled “The Language of Music” at University City Senior High School.
Read MoreI’ve been asked to be an announcer and reader of names for the Spring 2022 Commencement Services for my alma mater, the University of Missouri - St. Louis over the weekend of May 14th & 15th. Looks like I’ll be getting dressed up in academic regalia and trying to minimize the butchering the names of newly minted graduates!
Read MoreHere’s my January 2022 interview with Robert Child, author of the book “Immortal Valor: The Black Medal of Honor Winners of World War II”. In this book, he tells the incredible tales of the only 7 Black men that were awarded this highest US military honor…and were only given it in 1997 after intense investigation since it was found that there was an unofficial ban on letting any Black soldier get the award by the Department of Defense.
Read MoreHere’s a little BTS (Behind The Scenes, not the South Korean pop group) of what it looks like behind the mic at a major market public radio station during the NPR Flagship program “Morning Edition” during a random Friday.
Read MoreGetting ready to head out in the early April snow flurries for my 7th author interview with St. Louis based writer for The Atlantic, Kathy Gilsinan about her new book, "“The Helpers: Profiles from the Front Lines of the Pandemic”.
Read MoreFor the second time during the COVID-19 pandemic, I was asked to host an online version St. Louis Theater Circle Awards via HEC Media. This year, the 2022 St. Louis Theater Circle Awards honors outstanding achievements in locally produced professional theater in the years 2020 and 2021. Approximately 75 productions are being recognized in over 30 award categories.
Read MoreWelcome to one and all! This will be a new way for me to put out information about what’s going on in my broadcasting/reporting/hosting/marketing/designing world.
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