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Collateral Damage
by KDHX
Collateral Damage is a news and chat show produced by KDHX Community Media in St. Louis, MO dealing with local and state politics, how national issues affect the region and what role the media plays in determining how reality is perceived in Metro Saint Louis. Veteran journalist D.J. Wilson is your host and guests include members of the mainstream media as well as bloggers, politicians and activists.
Episodes
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149: Candidate for Alderman President Megan Green
Host DJ Wilson sits down with Alderwoman Megan Green, discussing her plans for the future of St. Louis.
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148: Virvus Jones and the upcoming Alderman elections
Host DJ Wilson discusses the upcoming Board of Alderman elections with regular guest Virvus Jones, former comptroller of the Board of Alderman, and Assessor for the City if St. Louis.
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147: Toby Weiss and Byron Kerman on the City/County
Dj Wilson talks with long time colleague Byron Kerman, writer for St. Louis Magazine and the RFT, and photographer, writer, blogger, and musician Toby Weiss about plots and plans for St. Louis City and County reunification.
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146: The Year in Review with Byron Kerman
Dj Wilson talks with lime time colleague Byron Kerman, writer for St. Louis Magazine and the RFT, about the year in Missouri politics, and healthy dose of holiday humor.
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145: City Issues with Virvus Jones
DJ Wilson speaks with Virvus Jones, former comptroller of the Board of Alderman, and Assessor for the City if St. Louis - topics include city issues such as the proposed privatization of the STL airport, water, and the move to bring a new Major League Soccer stadium and franchise to the area.
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144: Cara Spencer - St. Louis Alderman
DJ Wilson talks with Alderman Cara Spencer about various issues including airport issues and about her experiences as an Alderman.
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143: Les Sterman - Former Executive Director of East - West Gateway Council of Governments
Host DJ Wilson and Les Sterman, former Executive Director of The East - West Gateway Council of Governments, discuss previous efforts to raise funds through the gas tax and otherwise to repair the roads. Other issues are discussed as well.
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142: Mike Jones - Missouri State Board of Education
Mike Jones, member of the State Board of Education joins DJ in studio to talk about various issues of the day, including the proposed new soccer stadium.
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141: Virvus Jones and "Stalking Horse"
Host DJ Wilson talks with former St. Louis City former comptroller Virvus Jones and about his new novel "Stalking Horse."
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140: Dr. Jian Campian Discusses Immunotherapy
DJ Wilson sat down with Dr. Jian Campian from the Siteman Cancer Center to discuss immunotherapy and how it has helped DJ in his own battle with brain cancer. The two talk about the ways in which immunotherapy and its awareness has progressed and the ways in which it differs from chemotherapy....
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139: Jason Sibert: Executive Director of The Peace Economy Project
DJ Wilson talks with Jason Sibert, Executive Director of the Peace Economy Project, about his letter to the editor in the Post Dispatch, and about the Peace Economy Project in general.
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138: Steve Ehlmann, Executive Director of St. Charles County
St. Charles County Executive Director Steve Ehlmann has been involved in local and state politics in numerous roles, and wrote the book Crossroads: A History of St. Charles County, Missouri. DJ Wilson hosts this conversation about the similarities and differences between St. Louis and St.…
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137: West Lake Landfill Community Advisory Group
DJ hosts this conversation with Harvey Ferdman, chair of the West Lake Landfill Community Advisory Group (CAG), and Susan Folle, also with the CAG and STL Toxic Aware. Ferdman and Folle are actively working for public awareness of the multitude of problems related to top secret Manhattan Project...
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136: DJ Talks Media and Journalism with Post Dispatch Enterprise Editor Roland Klose
Roland Klose's first paid writing gig was right here in St Louis in the early days of the Riverfront Times; he is now the Enterprise Editor for the St Louis Post-Dispatch. Working inside and out of the St Louis area over the course of his career has provided Klose with great insights into the...
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135: DJ Returns with Frequent Guest, Prof. Todd Swanstrom
After some 5 months battling brain cancer, DJ Wilson returns to the studio with a friend of the show, Professor Todd Swanstrom. DJ starts his interview by discussing a conversation he had with Swanstrom just hours before the St Louis region learned that there would be no trial for Officer Darren...
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134: Guest Host Hank Thompson Discusses Urban Education with Pat Washington and Richard Gaines
"I have some great guests this evening," host Hank Thompson texted to Collateral Damage Engineer Andy Heaslet. "Richard Gaines of the SAB for the St Louis Public Schools and Pat Washington, former aid to Charlie Dooley and mayor Freeman Bosley Jr, and a candidate for the University City School...
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133: Guest Host Hank Thompson Talks Civic Engagement and Volunteerism with Hattie and Ronald Jackson
While Hank reads much of these bios within the show, it's worth checking out the full bios of both Ronald and Hattie Jackson (Click on each name to read more about their backgrounds). From civil rights to poverty to education to black empowerment, the Jackson's have spent their lives fighting for...
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132: St Louis Director of Public Safety, Judge Jimmie Edwards, Joins Guest Host Hank Thompson
As the City of St Louis' website explains, "Judge Edwards earned an undergraduate degree in 1978 and a law degree in 1982 from St. Louis University. He rose through private and public legal positions to the legal staff of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in 1990. From there he was appointed to...
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131: Progressive St Louis Alderwoman, Megan Green Joins Guest Host, Hank Thompson
Alderwomen Green, according to the website that bears her name, "first was elected in represent the 15th Ward in a Special Election in October of 2014 and was later re-elected in March of 2016." "Since assuming office, her bio continues, "Alderwoman Green has become the progressive champion of…
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130: Jamala Rogers of the Organization for Black Struggle Explains the Difference Between Protest, Activism, and Organizing
Jamala Rogers, according to the website bearing her name, grew up in a working class neighborhood Kansas City, MO, coming "of political and cultural age during the tumultuous 60's... She's been organizing and raising hell ever since." "Jamala currently resides in St. Louis, MO where she has…
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129: KMOX's Mike Claiborne Talks St Louis Sports and More with Guest Host Hank Thompson
According to his bio, Mike Claiborne is "a 30-year market veteran, including more than 10 years at KMOX, has done pre- and post-game shows for the St. Louis Cardinals and the St. Louis Blues over the years." Mike shares great stories about Cardinals heroes including Bob Gibson, Willie McGee, Mike...
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128: The Bosman Twins Make Guest Host Hank Thompson Roar with Laughter
Liner notes from the album, When Lions Roar read: "Classrooms & clubs, symphony & social halls, workshops & record shops... all are part of the Bosman's dossier of elegance... in pursuit of their aim: 'educate to elevate.'" - Dr. Eugene Redmond This is one of the liveliest conversations featured…
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127: Rev. Starsky Wilson Joins Guest Host Hank Thompson
As described by his church, "The Reverend Starsky D. Wilson is a pastor, philanthropist and activist pursuing God's vision of community marked by justice, peace and love. He is president & CEO of Deaconess Foundation, pastor of Saint John's Church (The Beloved Community) and former co-chair of…
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126: The Black Rep's Linda Kennedy and Ron Himes join Guest Host Hank Thompson
Ron Himes founded The Black Repertory Theater Company in 1976 and he continues to serve as the company's Producing Director. Linda Kennedy has been an accomplished actor for 40 years, spending much of that time performing with the Black Rep. Get tickets for the next performance by calling the Box...
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126: Guest Host Hank Thompson Talks Politics, Protest, and Sexual Harassment with Art Perry and Dr. Malaika Horne
This week on DJ Wilson's Collateral Damage, Hank Thompson and his guests tackle the difficult topic of sexual harassment and misconduct. Dr. Malaika Horne, is the founder and Director of the Executive Leadership Consortium at the University of Missouri, St Louis (UMSL). The consortium seeks "to...
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125: Guest Host Hank Thompson Speaks with Bill Monroe
This week on DJ Wilson's Collateral Damage, Hank Thompson sits down with education activist Bill Monroe who shares decades worth of stories of shaking up the status quo. In addition to an animated guest, we're trying a a couple new things this week. First, you may notice some smokey saxophone...
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124: Guest Host Hank Thompson talks No Justice No Profits Boycott
Hank Thompson hosts Collateral Damage once again while DJ Wilson is away. Guests this week are Rev. Dinah Tatman and Minister Donald Muhammad, leaders from the No Justice No Profits movement, a non-violent community action coalition seeking to gain equal justice under the law for African…
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124: Guest Host Hank Thompson with 28th Ward Alderwoman Heather Navarro
Everyone at 88.1 KDHX is wishing DJ Wilson a speedy recovery from his illness. **************** Alderwoman Heather Navarro was elected this July to fill the seat left open following Lyda Krewson's victory in the river city's mayoral election last spring. Navarro, a licensed attorney, is also the...
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123: Guest Host Hank Thompson with Better Family Life's James Clark
Hank Thompson is back in the host's chair this week as DJ Wilson tackles some health issues. Check out Thompson's usual show, "Voices," Sundays at 6pm on 88.7 WSIE. James Clark is the VP of Community Outreach for Better Family Life, a 31-year-old St. Louis-based organization looking "To establish...
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122: Guest Host Hank Thompson with Virvus Jones
This week's guest host, according to DJ Wilson, "has the best voice in radio." Hank Thompson usually hosts the weekly show "Voices," Sunday evenings at 6pm on 88.7 WSIE, but this week he's also recording at the KDHX studios with guest Virvus Jones. Jones, a frequent guest on Collateral Damage…
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121: Mothers in Charge - Responding to Violence in Our Community
In 2014, Valerie Dent lost her two youngest sons, ages 24 and 31, to gun violence. That same weekend, Edith Williams lost her great nephew. A few months later, her pastor asked her to help start a local chapter of Mothers in Charge. Nationally, this organization is known as "a violence…
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120: Tony Messenger from The St.Louis Post Dispatch on Stockley and the city.
Here is a rough breakdown of how the conversation went. Stockley Trial= 3:00-35:00 Amazon in St.Louis? = 36:35-42:00 Scottrade renovations= 42:01-45:00 Metro Link Crime= 45:22-49:22
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119: Remembering radio host Lizz Brown's ardent political zeal
For 15 years, four hours every morning, Lizz Brown woke up the St Louis region with her WGNU show, "The Wakeup Call." The title of her talk radio program was more than a witty double entendre, it was a way of life for the firebrand host who wasn't afraid to declare that she was "liberal and…
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118: Jeanette Mott Oxford Puts the POW in Empower Missouri
Jeanette Mott Oxford is the executive director of Empower Missouri, an organization that "envisions Missouri becoming a more just, equitable and democratic society that assures every person's health, safety, security, independence, human rights, dignity and the opportunity to reach full…
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117: Excerpts from the autobiography of Dick Gregory
With the passing of comedian, civil rights activist, and cultural icon Dick Gregory, d.j. pays homage to the life of the St. Louis native, by reading excerpts of Gregory's 1964 autobiography, "nigger." Gregory attended Cote Brilliante elementary school, graduated from Sumner High School, and...
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116: Glenn McGowan talks St. Louis Soccer, and the search for a North Side pitch
What follows is a rough breakdown of how the conversation went down. What inspired you to stat this academy? (3:00-8:00) Soccer in STL (9:00-10:30) The Field (10:40-13:00) Youth Soccer in STL (14:00-17:30) How to get a coach (17:45-19:00) Why Soccer? (19:30-30:00) Challenges of soccer…
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115: 3rd Ward Alderman Brandon Bosley Talks Realistic Change
If the name Bosley rings a bell, that's because the new 3rd Ward alderman is the son of Freeman Bosley Sr. who served the third for 39 years. Brandon's brother served as the city's first black mayor from 1993 to 1997. The young alderman was narrowly elected in April of 2017, inspired by the...
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114: Great Rivers Environmental Law Center
Kathleen Henry and Bruce Morrison from the Great Rivers Environmental Law Center join D.J. in the KDHX studios to discuss a variety of federal, state, and local environmental issues and what they mean to us here in the St. Louis region. Here's a glance at how the conversation goes: 1:30-8:15…
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113: John Ammann, Catherine Frizell on law suit to protect foster children
John Amman, SLU law professor, and Catherine Frizell, staff attorney for Children's Rights, discuss the federal class action suit against Missouri to stop the over-prescription of psychotropic drugs to the state's foster children.
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112: Virvus Jones on the 4th of July, the new city budget & electric cars
Virvus Jones stopped by to speak with DJ about many issues facing the city of St. Louis, including crime, the budget, the national economy, the guaranteed annual income, and many other topics effecting the entire country on this episode of Collateral Damage. 4th of July : 3:00 VP Fair : 5:20 Gina...
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111: Daniel Durchholz: Music, Concert Etiquette, & the '91 Guns N Roses Riot
Daniel Durchholz from the St. Louis Post Dispatch stopped by the studio to share stories of what it is like to review music, how he believes people should behave at a concert, and a variety of tales from his decades covering music and doing concert reviews. The Riverfront Times (3:50) Reviewing...
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110: The Online News Association with Andrew Nguyen and Kelly Moffitt
DJ speaks with the conveners of the local chapter of the Online News Association. Nguyen is the Newsroom Developer at the St Louis Post-Dispatch. Moffitt is an Online Producer with St Louis Public Radio. Here's a rough summary of how the conversation went: 1:00-5:00 - What is the Online News...
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109: Professor Todd Swanstrom Discusses Middle Neighborhoods
Swanstrom joins DJ Wilson to talk professorially about the idea of middle neighborhoods and how approaching community development with a public health lens -- as opposed to that of an ICU -- can be a better model for sustaining diverse neighborhoods. This sweeping conversation seamlessly covers…
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108: Scottrade Center Upgrades with Alderwoman Cara Spencer
Alderwoman Cara Spencer joined DJ in the studio following his conversation with Coalition Against Public Funding for Stadiums' Fred Lindecke to discuss her opposition to the city authorizing spending $67.5 million for renovations to the Scottrade Center. Here's a rough glance at how the...
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107: Former Post-Dispatch Writer Fred Lindecke Talks Stadium Financing
This week, DJ talks to a retiree from the Post-Dispatch, Fred Lindecke, who played a big roll in getting referendums passed requiring public votes to approve financing Coalition Against Public Funding of Stadiums. Lindecke appeared on Collateral Damage in 2015 and returns to discuss the aftermath...
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106: Mayor Slay's economic director, Nahuel Fefer, exits City Hall
A 2015 graduate of Washington University, Nahuel Fefer met with DJ Wilson at the end of his undergraduate career. The Collateral Damage host encouraged the bright young man to get a look at how policy is made in the sausage factory of City Hall rather than going straight to graduate school. After...
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105: Doug Moore From the Post Dispatch
Doug Moore has spent 17 years with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Moore recently interviewed the new St. Louis City mayor, Lyda Krewson, in an article titled, "New St. Louis mayor on her to-do list, political foes and getting 'remarried' to the county." Here's a quick, approximate breakdown of the...
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104 - Jenna Bauer - Teaching the Color Wheel Analogy
Jenna Bauer is an artist, arts educator, and breath of fresh air in St Louis. She talks this week about her work with the Colorbridge Arts Collective, a "grassroots arts collective dedicated to providing inspired thematic curricula and studio art education opportunities for individuals, schools,...
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103: Annual Conversation with our French Bureau
Former SLU Urban Affairs Professor George Otte along with his wife, Françoise Otte, who worked in St Louis City Hall before joining Southwestern Bell and then IBM, return for their annual conversation with Collateral Damage to discuss the recent French presidential elections, the present state of...
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102: Jason Rosenbaum & Maria Keena talk about radio, radio
Jason Rosenbaum of St. Louis Public Radio and Maria Keena of KMOX join DJ in studio to discuss the latest election, the failed soccer stadium, safety concerns on the metro and the state of radio.
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Collateral Damage is a news and chat show produced by KDHX Community Media in St. Louis, MO dealing with local and state politics, how national issues affect the region and what role the media plays in determining how reality is perceived in Metro Saint Louis. Veteran journalist D.J. Wilson is your host and guests include members of the mainstream media as well as bloggers, politicians and activists.
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