/tags/death Death en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:47:38 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2025-01-28/how-a-st-louisan-helps-her-community-navigate-death-by-filling-out-advance-directives A member of the Gateway End-Of-Life Coalition helps the Black community navigate death. Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:47:38 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2025-01-28/how-a-st-louisan-helps-her-community-navigate-death-by-filling-out-advance-directives Jada Jones /culture-history/2024-01-30/a-st-louis-man-is-bringing-aqua-cremation-to-missouris-first-crematory A St. Louis family-owned funeral home purchased the 19th-century building and converted it into an operation for performing alkaline hydrolysis — a water-based alternative to traditional cremation. Tue, 30 Jan 2024 11:00:00 GMT /culture-history/2024-01-30/a-st-louis-man-is-bringing-aqua-cremation-to-missouris-first-crematory Sarah Fentem, Holly Edgell /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-10-14/death-positive-meet-ups-provide-safe-spaces-for-taboo-topics Societal norms condition us to fear death and avoid grief, but local groups like the STL Death Cafe encourage people to lean into such topics. Fri, 14 Oct 2022 20:45:52 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-10-14/death-positive-meet-ups-provide-safe-spaces-for-taboo-topics Emily Woodbury, Miya Norfleet /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-05-06/comfort-from-behind-a-glass-how-funeral-homes-are-adjusting-to-death-during-pandemic Although St. Louis-area hospitals haven't been overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients compared to bigger cities, there are enough deaths to keep funeral homes… Wed, 06 May 2020 21:50:59 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-05-06/comfort-from-behind-a-glass-how-funeral-homes-are-adjusting-to-death-during-pandemic Lara Hamdan /health-science-environment/2018-08-22/st-louis-county-public-health-spokesman-killed-in-gunfire-at-metro-station Updated at 6:45 p.m. with comments from Bi-State Development and St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department — The man shot and killed Tuesday evening at the… Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:19:15 GMT /health-science-environment/2018-08-22/st-louis-county-public-health-spokesman-killed-in-gunfire-at-metro-station Sarah Fentem /arts/2018-04-20/curious-louis-answers-what-happens-when-an-animal-at-the-st-louis-zoo-dies Rachel Duncan doesn’t remember the first time she visted the St. Louis Zoo, but she’s pretty sure she was an infant.“There’s not a summer in my life that… Fri, 20 Apr 2018 10:18:39 GMT /arts/2018-04-20/curious-louis-answers-what-happens-when-an-animal-at-the-st-louis-zoo-dies Shahla Farzan /arts/2018-04-06/its-like-art-and-science-together-curiosity-shop-teaches-taxidermy St. Louisans looking for a new date night activity can add taxidermy to the list.The Creaky Crow, a four-month-old curiosity shop on Cherokee Street, now… Fri, 06 Apr 2018 10:03:57 GMT /arts/2018-04-06/its-like-art-and-science-together-curiosity-shop-teaches-taxidermy Shahla Farzan /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-03-15/famed-npr-host-diane-rehm-on-confronting-the-end-of-life-this-country-has-become-death-averse Famed NPR host Diane Rehm has not scaled back the magnitude of the issues she is tackling after she announced her planned retirement from behind the… Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:40:50 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-03-15/famed-npr-host-diane-rehm-on-confronting-the-end-of-life-this-country-has-become-death-averse Kelly Moffitt /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-10-27/dying-alone-in-st-louis-with-no-family-left-what-happens-to-the-vestiges-of-a-persons-life Jake, a caller from St. Louis during Tuesday’s “St. Louis on the Air,” had a question that is, plain and simple, a hard one to ask when looking at… Tue, 27 Oct 2015 22:37:02 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-10-27/dying-alone-in-st-louis-with-no-family-left-what-happens-to-the-vestiges-of-a-persons-life Kelly Moffitt /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-02-26/looking-back-schweich-talks-about-his-love-of-law-finding-purpose Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich died Thursday; he was 54.In June 2003, Schweich was a guest on “St. Louis on the Air,” hosted by Mike Sampson. At the time,… Thu, 26 Feb 2015 22:29:05 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-02-26/looking-back-schweich-talks-about-his-love-of-law-finding-purpose