Under The Arch
78 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them.
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Under the Arch | S5 Ep. 3: "Growing Food, Building Community" ft. Nick Speed
April 16, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this episode, Nick Speed, Founder & Executive Director of Ujima, joins us to talk about food apartheid, community engagement with environmental and food justice issues, and how local Black resid...
Under the Arch | S5 Ep. 2: "Powerful People, Worthy Places" ft. Dara Eskridge
April 02, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this episode, our hosts speak with Invest STL CEO Dara Eskridge about the good, the bad, and the ugly of community development in St. Louis. Some efforts prioritize residents’ histories, resourc...
Under the Arch | S5 Ep. 1: "Taking Action for Abortion Rights in Missouri" ft. Mallory Schwarz
March 19, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis return with Season 5 of the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch,” where your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. To kick off our fifth season, we talk about an issue permeating our political landscape and personal lives: abortion. Blake and Kayla talk to Mallory Schwarz, Executive Directo...
Under the Arch | S4 Ep. 10: "Justice and Repair from STL to Congress" ft. Cori Bush
August 08, 2023 13:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBFor the final episode of Under the Arch season four, we wanted to end with a bang by bringing back one of our favorite guests: Congresswoman Cori Bush. Our hosts speak with Congresswoman Bush about her latest efforts to fight white supremacy on the federal level, including two bills introduced this summer: the Reparations Now Resolution and the End Solitary Confinement Act. We hear from Congresswoman Bush firsthand what each of these bills seeks to accomplish, why they’re imperative now, ...
Under the Arch | S4 Ep. 9: "Year of the Tenant" ft. Kristian Blackmon
July 25, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, “Under The Arch.” Hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Executive Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this episode, our hosts speak with Kristian Blackmon, coalition coordinator for Homes for All St. Louis, about the movement’s efforts to achieve housing justice and her personal experience ...
Under the Arch | S4 Ep.8: "Who's Afraid of Black Studies?" ft. Christopher Tinson
July 04, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 48.7 MB“Happy” 4th of July to America, where 36 states have adopted laws that restrict teaching about race and racism. Instead of promoting the unquestioning jingoism that often characterizes this holiday, we want to share this conversation on the role of Black Studies as a critically important lens in the academy and broader society. Our hosts speak with Dr. Christopher Tinson, Associate Professor of African American Studies and History at Saint Louis University, about the obsessive demonization ...
Under the Arch | S4 Ep. 7 "Fighting for Trans Rights and Dignity" ft. Shira Berkowitz
June 20, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBOne of the most salient political issues of this moment is the sustained attack on queer and trans rights. Across the nation, conservative legislatures have coordinated and implemented dangerous policies such as bans on gender-affirming healthcare, youth sports participation, and more. Our hosts speak with Shira Berkowitz, PROMO’s Senior Director of Public Policy and Advocacy. Shira leads statewide strategy for LGBTQ+ public policy, organizing, and advocacy, and is a founder of Camp Indigo...
Under the Arch | S4 Ep. 7 "Fighting for Trans Right and Dignity" ft. Shira Berkowitz
June 20, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBOne of the most salient political issues of this moment is the sustained attack on queer and trans rights. Across the nation, conservative legislatures have coordinated and implemented dangerous policies such as bans on gender-affirming healthcare, youth sports participation, and more. Our hosts speak with Shira Berkowitz, PROMO’s Senior Director of Public Policy and Advocacy. Shira leads statewide strategy for LGBTQ+ public policy, organizing, and advocacy, and is a founder of Camp Indigo...
S4 Ep. 7 Fighting for Trans Right and Dignity ft. Shira Berkowitz
June 20, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBOne of the most salient political issues of this moment is the sustained attack on queer and trans rights. Across the nation, conservative legislatures have coordinated and implemented dangerous policies such as bans on gender-affirming healthcare, youth sports participation, and more. Our hosts speak with Shira Berkowitz, PROMO’s Senior Director of Public Policy and Advocacy. Shira leads statewide strategy for LGBTQ+ public policy, organizing, and advocacy, and is a founder of Camp Indigo...
Under the Arch | Playback: S3 Ep.10 "St. Louis is Resistance"
June 13, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 48.5 MB2023 has been full of political backlash, social and economic challenges, and attempts to reverse progress. In moments like these, it’s important to remember the vanguard role that Black-led movement has held in our historic development. As such, today’s episode returns to evergreen lessons from Season 3 Episode 10: St. Louis is Resistance. This episode features a live recording from the national conference "Lawyering for Liberation: Defending Black Lives, Building Black Power" held in St...
Playback: S3 Ep.10 St. Louis is Resistance
June 13, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 48.5 MB2023 has been full of political backlash, social and economic challenges, and attempts to reverse progress. In moments like these, it’s important to remember the vanguard role that Black-led movement has held in our historic development. As such, today’s episode returns to evergreen lessons from Season 3 Episode 10: St. Louis is Resistance. This episode features a live recording from the national conference "Lawyering for Liberation: Defending Black Lives, Building Black Power" held in St...
Under the Arch | S4 Ep. 6: "Negotiating Conflict" ft. Whitney Benns & Sam Straus
May 30, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBFor four seasons and counting, you’ve listened to us talk about the major issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this episode, we take a refreshing detour to talk about what it actually takes to perform this work, and one transformative tool that can help us navigate it all: negotiation. Our hosts speak with Conflict Workers and Harvard Educators Whitney Benns and Sam Straus, who bring their expertise to shed light on fugitive negotiation and generative ...
S4 Ep. 6 Negotiating Conflict ft. Whitney Benns & Sam Straus
May 30, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBFor four seasons and counting, you’ve listened to us talk about the major issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this episode, we take a refreshing detour to talk about what it actually takes to perform this work, and one transformative tool that can help us navigate it all: negotiation. Our hosts speak with Conflict Workers and Harvard Educators Whitney Benns and Sam Straus, who bring their expertise to shed light on fugitive negotiation and generative ...
S4 Ep. 5 Failing on Jail Oversight ft. Janis Mensah
May 16, 2023 13:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBAfter years of uprisings and demands to improve St. Louis City’s jail conditions, Mayor Jones created the Detention Facilities Oversight Board (DFOB) to investigate misconduct, ensure safe and sanitary conditions, and advise shifts in jail policies and procedures. In practice, however, board members say the work “is going poorly” due to obstruction from jail staff and the very administration that authorized their existence. Our hosts speak with Janis Mensah, Chair of the DFOB, about the exp...
Under the Arch | S4 Ep. 5: "Failing on Jail Oversight" ft. Janis Mensah
May 16, 2023 13:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBAfter years of uprisings and demands to improve St. Louis City’s jail conditions, Mayor Jones created the Detention Facilities Oversight Board (DFOB) to investigate misconduct, ensure safe and sanitary conditions, and advise shifts in jail policies and procedures. In practice, however, board members say the work “is going poorly” due to obstruction from jail staff and the very administration that authorized their existence. Our hosts speak with Janis Mensah, Chair of the DFOB, about the exp...
S4 Ep. 4 Let's Talk Reparations ft. Dr. William Ross
May 02, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 51.4 MBIn this episode, Dr. William Ross joins our co-hosts in a timely conversation about reparations in St. Louis. In March 2023, the City of St. Louis announced the formation of a nine-member Reparations Commission, naming Dr. Ross as Vice Chair and Kayla Reed as Chair. This announcement stemmed from 50 local organizations unified grassroots advocacy that began in December 2021. Dr. Ross, the Associate Dean for Diversity of Washington University School of Medicine, and a social justice trailb...
Under the Arch | S4 Ep. 4: "Let's Talk Reparations" ft. Dr. William Ross
May 02, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 51.4 MBIn this episode, Dr. William Ross joins our co-hosts in a timely conversation about reparations in St. Louis. In March 2023, the City of St. Louis announced the formation of a nine-member Reparations Commission, naming Dr. Ross as Vice Chair and Kayla Reed as Chair. This announcement stemmed from 50 local organizations unified grassroots advocacy that began in December 2021. Dr. Ross, the Associate Dean for Diversity of Washington University School of Medicine, and a social justice trailb...
S4 Ep. 3 Defending Direct Democracy ft. Ashli Bolden & Richard von Glahn
April 18, 2023 14:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this episode, our hosts speak with Political Director of Missouri Jobs with Justice, Richard von Glahn, and Deputy Director Ashli Bolden. We talk about the initiative petition process, direct d...
Under the Arch | S4 Ep. 3: "Defending Direct Democracy" ft. Ashli Bolden & Richard von Glahn
April 18, 2023 14:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this episode, our hosts speak with Political Director of Missouri Jobs with Justice, Richard von Glahn, and Deputy Director Ashli Bolden. We talk about the initiative petition process, direct d...
Under the Arch | S4 Ep. 2: "Unpacking Local Control" ft. Brendan Roediger
April 05, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this episode, our hosts speak with professor and attorney at Saint Louis University School of Law, Brendan Roediger, about state takeover of SLMPD. We break down the debate around local control,...
S4 Ep. 2 Unpacking Local Control ft. Brendan Roediger
April 05, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this episode, our hosts speak with professor and attorney at Saint Louis University School of Law, Brendan Roediger, about state takeover of SLMPD. We break down the debate around local control,...
S4 Ep. 1 Resetting the Board ft. Megan Ellyia Green
March 21, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this episode, our hosts speak with the President of the St. Louis Board of Alderman, Megan Green about what her position is responsible for, how she became interested in politics, the values tha...
Under the Arch | S4 Ep. 1 "Resetting the Board" ft. Megan Ellyia Green
March 21, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this episode, our hosts speak with the President of the St. Louis Board of Alderman, Megan Green about what her position is responsible for, how she became interested in politics, the values tha...
S3 Bonus Episode: Getting Out the Vote feat. Kerry Washington
November 04, 2022 15:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. The 2022 midterms are quickly approaching and the stakes have never been higher. Join us for a special “election edition” of Under The Arch, where we discuss the ballot in Missouri. We are joined by...
S3 Ep. 10 St. Louis is Resistance
August 16, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. This week’s episode is a special live recording from the national conference Lawyering for Liberation: Defending Black Lives, Building Black Power, hosted in St. Louis. Our hosts speak with Michael ...
S3 Ep. 9 Shifting the Narrative Around Housing Insecurity ft. Ramona Curtis
August 09, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. This week, our hosts speak with former journalist and founder of Unhoused STL, Ramona Curtis, about the worsening condition of houselessness in St. Louis and how developing a community-based structu...
S3 Ep. 8 The Promise of Education ft. Alisha Sonnier
June 07, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. This week, our hosts speak with activist, organizer, and newly elected member of the St. Louis Board of Education Alisha Sonnier about the structure of St. Louis's education system and how education...
S3 Ep. 7 Exposing Fatal State Violence ft. Emanuel Powell
April 28, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this episode, our hosts speak with ArchCity Defenders Staff Attorney and Skadden Fellow Emanuel Powell about his personal experience being affected by fatal state violence through the loss of a f...
S3 Ep. 6 Interrupting Violence & Building Community ft. Mike Milton
April 12, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. This week, our hosts speak with returning guest Mike Milton, Founder and Executive Director of Freedom Community Center to talk about the origins of his organization, how he defines restorative and ...
S3 Ep. 5 Faith in Action ft. Rev. Michelle Higgins
March 22, 2022 15:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. This week, our hosts speak with Rev. Michelle Higgins, co-founder of Action St. Louis, Executive Director at Faith For Justice, and pastor at St. John’s Church - The Beloved Community in North St. L...
S3 Ep. 4 Formation of a Life ft. Dr. Donald Suggs
March 08, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 46 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this week's episode, our hosts speak with Dr. Donald Suggs, long-time publisher of the St. Louis American, a well-known news publication in the St. Louis region. As its leader for the past severa...
S3 Ep. 3 The Broken Heart of America ft. Walter Johnson
February 22, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. Our next episode features a special conversation with author and professor Walter Johnson discussing his book "The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States," w...
S3 Ep. 2 Always Create Community ft. Dr. Angela Y. Davis
February 08, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. Our 2nd episode of the season features an audio recording of the 2021 Racial Equity Summit keynote discussion featuring Dr. Angela Y. Davis moderated by our podcast hosts. The conversation follows t...
S3 Ep. 2 Always Create Community ft. Dr. Angela Y. Davis
February 08, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. Our 2nd episode of the season features an audio recording of the 2021 Racial Equity Summit keynote discussion featuring Dr. Angela Y. Davis moderated by our podcast hosts. The conversation follows t...
S3 Ep. 1 Top 10 of 2021: Year in Review
January 25, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 47 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. Season 3 is here and we're kicking things off with an hour-long episode about our Top 10 Moments of 2021. Join the conversation around this week's episode using #UnderTheArch and send us your feedb...
Season 3 Teaser
January 19, 2022 00:00 - 49 seconds - 628 KBUnder The Arch is back! Join us next Tuesday, January 25th for the first episode of Season 3 featuring a countdown style of our top 10 major events of 2021. Catch up with us by tuning in next Tuesday wherever you get your podcasts.
S2 Ep. 14 Leading With Purpose ft. Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson
November 24, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. We close out the season with a moment of introspection, recalling what the past year has meant for our community through a moving conversation with returning guest Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson. Our hosts...
S2 Ep. 13 Cori in the House ft. Cori Bush
November 10, 2020 16:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this episode, our hosts speak with Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush on a range of topics including her reaction to the election, her plans to represent her district in Congress, building Black polit...
S2 Ep. 12 Housing Justice ft. Kennard Williams & Jacki Langum
November 03, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this episode, our hosts join Director of Advocacy at ArchCity Defenders , Jacki Langum, and Lead Organizer at Action St. Louis, Kennard Williams, to discuss the relevant conversation around housi...
S2 Ep. 11 Defunding the Police ft. Montague Simmons & David Dwight IV
October 20, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this episode, our hosts discuss the movement to defund the police with guests David Dwight IV, Executive Director & Lead Strategy Catalyst at Forward Through Ferguson, and Montague Simmons, Campa...
Ep. 11 Defunding the Police ft. Montague Simmons & David Dwight IV
October 20, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this episode, our hosts discuss the movement to defund the police with guests David Dwight IV, Executive Director & Lead Strategy Catalyst at Forward Through Ferguson, and Montague Simmons, Campa...
S2 Ep.10: MO Money, MO Problems ft. Nicole Galloway
October 06, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. This episode features Missouri State Auditor and gubernatorial candidate, Nicole Galloway, in a discussion about her current role as Auditor, recent St. Louis audits, and her platform for the upcomi...
S2 Ep.10: MO Money, MO Problems ft. State Auditor Nicole Galloway
October 06, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. This episode features Missouri State Auditor and gubernatorial candidate, Nicole Galloway, in a discussion about her current role as Auditor, recent St. Louis audits, and her platform for the upcomi...
S2 Ep. 9 St. Louis County Executive Debate
July 17, 2020 20:00 - 2 hours - 82.7 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this episode, we share an audio translation of the St. Louis County Executive Debate, hosted by our podcast co-hosts. The County Executive is elected by its citizens to lead St. Louis County simi...
S2 Ep. 8 St Louis City Circuit Attorney Debate
July 17, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them In this episode, we present an audio replay of the St. Louis Circuit Attorney virtual debate hosted by our podcast hosts. Incumbent Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner and her opponent Mary Pat Carl ta...
S2 Ep. 7 Close The Workhouse NOW
June 23, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In this episode, our hosts return with critical updates in the growing movement to Close The Workhouse, specifically giving insight to the progress of gaining aldermen support to permanently defund ...
S2 Ep. 6 (Live): Defending Black Lives ft. Rasheen Aldridge
June 16, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 53.9 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. This special Facebook livestream episode features returning guest Missouri State Representative Rasheen Aldridge in a conversation around heavy, timely topics - from police killings, to the uprising...
S2 Ep. 5 COVID-19 in St. Louis ft. Dr. Jason Purnell
April 28, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. This special episode features returning guest Dr. Jason Purnell, Director of Health Equity Works (formerly For The Sake of All) and associate professor in the Brown School at Washington University i...
S2 Ep. 4 WHM Special: Women in Politics ft. Tishaura Jones
March 03, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 49.9 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. Tune in during the month of March for episodes featuring local female leaders in honor of Women's History Month. This week's episode features St. Louis City Treasurer Tishaura Jones in a conversatio...
S2 Ep. 3 BHM Special: Black Art ft. Ron Himes & Tef Poe
February 27, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 49.1 MBArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. We're launching Season Two with a focus on Black History Month, celebrating Black Now, Black History, and Black Art. This week's episode features Ron Himes, the Founder and Producing Director of The...