Collateral Damage

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 Music (4:35) How to Prepare (11:30) Note taking (13:00) Set Lists (16:00) Deadlines (17:25) How to choose a concert to review (22:18) Tom Petty (23:42) Concert Etiquette (24:50) Neil Young (34:10) B.B. King (45:25) Chris Cornell (49:00) Worst Interviews (57:50) Band you most want to see (61:40) The Great Guns N Roses Riot of 91 (63:00)

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 Association? (It's the largest group of digital journalists in the world!) 5:15-13:00 - Why can't DJ find that article from his print edition of the Post online? What are the differences between online platforms and their traditional partners? 14:00-19:45 - What drives people to digital platforms? "We're all just testing the waters constantly," says Moffitt. 19:45-24:30 - What's a Newsroom Developer? How did a journalist from Toronto find his way into writing code for the Post-Dispatch? 24:30-27:00 - How do our local publications compare to national media brands? Learning about what we're great at. 27:00-37:00 - How is this medium being monetized? Publications ask "Can we tackle this?" 37:00-50:00 - Changing expectations

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 an awful lot of ground, but here's a rough outline of how it went: 1:30-24:00 - What is a Middle Neighborhood? Swanstrom discusses housing policy, race, economic diversity, and why focusing on these diverse neighborhoods is vital to sustaining strong communities. 24:00-31:00 - The G-word: Gentrification is "a slippery term," says Swanstrom. 31:00-37:15 - Institutionalizing Collaboration: DJ and Professor Swantsrom discuss the fractured nature of the St Louis region and how we can move forward together. 37:15-end - How St Louis Compares Nationally: Of course DJ has to discuss media, but he and his guest also talk about the region's strengths and weaknesses as they compare to the rest of the US.   Links: There were a co

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 conversation went: 1:30-7:15 - How things are going in Spencer's 20th Ward 7:15-21:45 - Background on the $67.5 million allocated for renovations to the Scottrade Center. "This was never meant to be a bargaining chip."  21:45-37:00 - The grounds for a lawsuit against this financing model and the cities unmet needs. "I certainly haven't seen the lease." 37:00-44:00 - Lots of legislating still going on in city hall. 

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 of the Rams leaving town, the proposed soccer stadium, and the city funding upgrades to the Scottrade Center, where the Blues play. Here's a rough breakdown of how the conversation went:   3:00-6:30 - How the referendums got passed and "A stupid judge's decision"  6:30-15:00 - The Rams and the proposed soccer stadium 15:00-23:00 - Funding renovations to the Scottrade Center and its implications 23:00-25:00 - What's next and a timetable for pending lawsuits 25:00- end - Reflecting on the state of media and Fred's time at the Post Tune-in to our follow-up to this conversation with Alderwoman Cara Spencer who is questioning the constitutionality of $67.5 million in public funds being used to pay for renovations to

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 two years of following DJ's advice, Fefer is headed to Law School at NYU. DJ and Nahuel talk about the minimum wage, public transportation, the mayoral election, economic policy, and regionalism -- they even find a few moments to discuss India and Nepal, too. See if you can count how many times Fefer uses the word "Externalities." Here's how the conversation went -- roughly: 3:00-11:30 - StL Minimum Wage: Why Fefer likes this policy and what state politics have to say about it. 12:00-19:00 - Props 1 & 2: Slay's big initiatives in his final year in office 19:00-25:00 - Metrics: What tools should we use to make decisions in City Hall? 25:00-27:00 - A New Mayor: Is there reason for hope? 29:00-39:00 - Looking Ahead

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 interview if you'd like to skip around: 2:30-8:00 - Regional Flooding: The newsroom's responsibility 8:10-25:00 - New Mayor Lyda Krewson: The race, her team, and her prospects 25:00-33:30 - Homelessness in St. Louis: Closing the NLEC, opening of the Biddle House, and how we got here 33:45-38:15 - NGA: What it took to move the spy agency to the North Side 38:20-50:30 - The Newsroom: Changes at hand and headlines on the horizon

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, families and community groups." Colorbridge Arts is hosting a fundraiser on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at the Colorbridge Studio at 5832 Macklind Ave, 63109. Jenna helped found SCOSaG, now known as Artscope, which is based in Tower Grove Park. Ms Bauer's work isn't limited to visual arts and arts education, she is an artist in residence at Cherokee Street's Yaquis restaurant and bar, where she sings jazz standards on Tuesday evenings.

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 Europe, and how Trump is viewed abroad.

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.

Virvus Jones, former comptroller and alderman as well as father of recent mayoral candidate Tishaura Jones, joins DJ in studio to talk about national, state and local news. He also discusses the recent city election. 

Tim O'Neil, recently retired from the Post Dispatch, talks about his time at the paper, where journalism could be headed and something about losing a bit of his finger.

Matthew Carroll-Schmidt, with Team TIF, talks the downside of Proposition 2, the April 4th ballot proposal, which supports a soccer stadium and why he thinks St. Louis shouldn't use public money for the stadium. 

Former mayoral Chief of Staff Jeff Rainford explains the upside of Proposition 2, the April 4th ballot proposal, which supports a soccer stadium and why he thinks its passage would be good for the city and the region. Tom Michler of New Dimensions Soccer talks about how his non-profit is bringing the game to underserved urban youth and how it helps them both on and off the field.   

Andrew Jones, Republican candidate for mayor of St. Louis, joins DJ in studio to talk about why he decided to run, his plans to combat crime in the city and updating the city's way of creating economic development. 

Stacy Ross and Alvin Willis of Neighbors4StableSTL.org join DJ in studio to talk about Prop NS (neighborhood stabilization) and how it can help St. Louis take care of its vacant building problem. Funds from the bond issue, up to $6 million per year, would be used to stabilize vacant residential buildings and increase the chances that they would be rehabbed and re-used. 

City Treasurer Tishaura Jones talks about her school days in the desegregation program, her two terms in Jefferson City as a state representative, taking over for Larry Williams as city treasurer....and her decision to run for mayor -- why she's doing it, what she wants to do and how she hopes to pull it off. 

Ald. Antonio French discusses why he's running for mayor of St. Louis in the March 7 primary and what he thinks needs to be done to improve public safety, neighborhoods, and economic opportunities in disadvantaged neighborhoods. And he talks about Fergustan, yes.  

Jeffrey Boyd has been alderman from the 22nd Ward for 14 years. The father of three spent 23 years in the Army, retiring as a Master Sergeant. He is running to be mayor of the city of St. Louis and is a candidate in the Democratic Primary on Tuesday, March 7. 

Gloria Muhammad, aldermanic candidate in St. Louis's Third Ward, and Megan Betts, aldermanic candidate in the 5th Ward discuss their campaigns and the issues in preparation for the upcoming elections.