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StitchCast Studio is a podcast produced by Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective in Saint Louis, Missouri. It’s a show about the streets, gun violence, and finding solutions to issues that are coming at our youth hard. The voices of youth of color are important to hear at this critical time. StitchCast Studio creates a series of leveled conversations about issues that concern youth related to health, safety and violence. This is the place to come to hear real conversations about what’s on the minds of 16-25 year old St. Louis teens and young adults and catch some powerful new ideas for solutions. Programs include original spoken word and music produced by Saint Louis Story Stitchers. Saint Louis Story Stitchers is a nationally recognized Artists Collective know for high quality art ad innovative youth violence prevention programs. StitchCast Studio has received supported from the National Endowment for the Arts, On the web at arts dot gov. Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs has been provided by provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, The Lewis Prize for Music Accelerator Award, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention, March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance, Deaconess Foundation, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Missouri Arts Council, Missouri Humanities Council, Arts and Education Council, and The Divided City, Washington University in St. Louis. To learn more visit storystitchers.org.
Episodes
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
In this week’s episode our StitchCast veteran podcasters Branden Lewis, Emeara Burns and Llord Brown have a conversation about their favorite horror movies that are based on true events.
Happy Halloween!
Recorded live at Story Stitchers’ The Center, St. Louis, Missouri, on October 19, 2023.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
Gun Shots!!
KP Dennis
Copyright, Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2015
Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers programs is provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2023, Trio Foundation, Deaconess Foundation, and the Arts & Education Council. Saint Louis Story Stitchers and The Center is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation as a resident organization.
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective presents Peace in the Prairie, an original presentation exploring the concepts of peace and violence, juxtaposing urban life as experienced by African American people living in the city of St. Louis, Missouri and the state’s endangered prairie lands.
Is the path towards peace through Missouri’s native prairies?
At Shaw Nature Reserve, the StitchCast gathers at a picnic table to talk about their first day at the Nature Reserve in this Special Edition: Podcasts in the Park X, of StitchCast Studio.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
Prairie Therapy
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2020
Recorded live at Shaw Nature Reserve, Missouri Botanical Gardens, September 23, 2023.
Story Stitchers is supported by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Support for Saint Louis Story Stitchers is provided by Prop S and City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant, and by Kranzberg Arts Foundation.
Additional support is provided by individuals like you.
Special thanks to our listeners who have lifted StitchCast Studio to Feedspot's #9 in the St. Louis region!
Friday Oct 20, 2023
Friday Oct 20, 2023
Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective presents Peace in the Prairie, an original presentation exploring the concepts of peace and violence, juxtaposing urban life as experienced by African American people living in the city of St. Louis, Missouri and the state’s endangered prairie lands.
Is the path towards peace through Missouri’s native prairies?
At Shaw Nature Reserve, the StitchCast gathers at a picnic table near a campfire to talk about adapting to nature in this Special Edition: Podcasts in the Park IX, of StitchCast Studio.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
To The Prairie
KP Dennis and Ntegrity with Troy Anthony on bass, Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2018
Recorded live at Shaw Nature Reserve, Missouri Botanical Gardens, September 22, 2023 around a campfire.
Story Stitchers is supported by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Support for Saint Louis Story Stitchers is provided by Prop S and City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant, and by Kranzberg Arts Foundation.
Additional support is provided by individuals like you.
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
In this light-hearted episode of StitchCast Studio, youth leaders of Stitchers Youth Council join Branden Lewis, to discuss their favorite animals, living and animated. Recorded live at Story Stitchers’ The Center, St. Louis, Missouri, on July 27, 2023.
Join Saint Louis Story Stitchers at the Saint Louis Zoo for Climate Solutions Day on Sunday, September 24th for live performances of Peace in the Prairie at 12:00 noon and 1:00 PM, watch a screening of “Peace in the Prairie For All Ages” and visit our booth in Schnuck Family Plaza from 10:00-3:00.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
Pick the City UP
Copyright, Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2023
Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs is provided by the City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2023, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, and Deaconess Foundation. Saint Louis Story Stitchers’ studio for creative youth development, called The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where we are a proud resident organization.
StitchCast Studio depends on support from individuals like you! To lend your support, please visit storystitchers.org and donate today.
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Friday Jul 14, 2023
In this episode host Branden Lewis and youth leaders sit down with Sultan Muhammed aka Brother Self Love to discuss youth and violence in this Special Edition of StitchCast Studio LIVE! Recorded live at High Low in St. Louis, Missouri on May 23, 2023.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
Gunshots!!
KP Dennis
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2016
Youth, ages 16-24 years old, discuss current topics in live podcast recordings on stage. Live art interludes are incorporated into the presentations. Learn about the community through the words of young leaders. Join Stitchers Youth Council by filling out the form at storystitchers.org.
Saint Louis Story Stitchers' StitchCast Studio LIVE! is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Support for Story Stitchers creative youth development programs is provided in part by The Lewis Prize for Music 2021 Accelerator Award.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, Arts & Education Council, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Deaconess Foundation, and Kranzberg Arts Foundation.
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
This week host Branden Lewis and our StitchCast sit down with “Green Jean” Ponzi, Green Resources Manager at EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden and host of the KDHX podcast Earthworms, to discuss the great outdoors in this Special Edition of StitchCast Studio LIVE! Recorded live at High Low in St. Louis, Missouri on June 6, 2023.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
To The Prairie
KP Dennis and Ntegrity
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2019
Story Stitchers Branden and BlueBeatz are featured on Jean Ponzi's KDHX Earthworms podcast with Jean Ponzi on May 31, 2023.
Youth, ages 16-24 years old, discuss current topics in live podcast recordings on stage. Live art interludes are incorporated into the presentations. Learn about the community through the words of young leaders. Join Stitchers Youth Council by filling out the form at storystitchers.org.
Saint Louis Story Stitchers' StitchCast Studio LIVE! is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Support for Story Stitchers creative youth development programs is provided in part by The Lewis Prize for Music 2021 Accelerator Award.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, Arts & Education Council, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Deaconess Foundation, and Kranzberg Arts Foundation.
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
StitchCast Studio Special Edition: The Divided City is a series of four unique conversations in the series will bring historical context around recurring topics chosen by youth in the StitchCast Studio published podcasts, including: the preservation of black history and historical sites and the stories of Missouri's people throughout time.
In this episode, our StitchCast, led by Emeara Burns, was on site and interviewed Lois Conley, Director, The Griot Museum of African American History about preserving local history through caretaking.
Recorded April 15, 2023, on site at The Griot Museum during COUNTERPUBLIC opening activities.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
Be Yourself
Saint Louis Story Stitchers with Triple Tz, 2021
StitchCast Studio Special Edition: The Divided City is funded by The Divided City initiative. The Divided City is a joint project of the Center for the Humanities and the Sam Fox School, College of Architecture and Urban Design at Washington University in St. Louis. The Divided City is funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers programs is provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2023, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Deaconess Foundation, and the Arts & Education Council. Saint Louis Story Stitchers and The Center is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation as a resident organization.
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
StitchCast Studio Special Edition: The WHY of MY City are a series of unique conversations that bring historical context around recurring topics chosen by youth in the StitchCast Studio published podcasts, including: the preservation of black history and historical sites and the stories of Missouri's people throughout time.
In this Special Edition episode of StitchCast Studio for The WHY of MY City, our StitchCast, led by Emeara Burns, sits down with Angela da Silva in Part II of a discussion about preserving local history through community organizing with a focus on the Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing, a landmark riverside site of an 1855 slave crossing on the National Park Service’s Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program.
Recorded live on April 15, 2023 on site at The Griot Museum of Black History in collaboration with Counterpublic, a civic exhibition that weaves contemporary art into the life of St. Louis.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
What’s Your Why?
KP Dennis and Ntegrity for Saint Louis Story Stitchers
Copyright 2021, All rights reserved.
StitchCast Studio Special Edition: The WHY of MY City is supported in part by Missouri Humanities Council, a state agency, which receives support from the State of Missouri.
The Divided City is funded by The Divided City initiative. The Divided City is a joint project of the Center for the Humanities and the Sam Fox School, College of Architecture and Urban Design at Washington University in St. Louis. The Divided City is funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers programs is provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2023, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Deaconess Foundation, and the Arts & Education Council. Saint Louis Story Stitchers and The Center is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation as a resident organization.
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
StitchCast Studio Special Edition: The Why of MY City is a series of unique conversations that will bring historical context around recurring topics chosen by youth for the StitchCast Studio published podcasts, including the preservation of black history and historical sites and the stories of Missouri's people throughout time. The Series dovetails into Story Stitchers’ multi-year signature program, The WHY of MY City, which focuses on the stories and history embedded in St. Louis, Missouri’s historically Black neighborhoods.
Celebrate Juneteenth with The WHY of MY City, a new play by Saint Louis Story Stitchers, written by Mario Farwell and directed by Gregory S. Carr.
The story…Wanda, a young African American, returns to St. Louis after graduating high school. She wants to explore opportunities, but Zoot Suit, a well-known gangster, entices her to come work for him. The community rallies to prevent Wanda from making a serious mistake and with the help of Scott Joplin, Madam CJ Walker, Cool Papa Bell and Tina Turner, they manage to save her from the clutches of Zoot Suit.
June 16 and 16 at 7:00 PM at the .ZACK Theater, St. Louis, MO.
Get your tickets on Metrotix.
In this Special Edition episode of StitchCast Studio for The WHY of MY City, Part II of II, our StitchCast, led by Emeara Burns and Branden Lewis, sits down with Gateway Arch National Park Ranger Doug Harding.
Recorded live at Gateway Arch National Park, St. Louis, Missouri, on January 11, 2023.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
We Cope
Emeara Burns,
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2020
The WHY of MY City captures and documents pieces of black history through written word and art while training the next generation to become active, engaged citizens. Our goal is that programs become a force multiplier, rippling into families, schools, and neighborhoods, offering solutions to common urban problems.
Saint Louis Story Stitchers’ The WHY of MY City is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov. And by Missouri Arts Council, a State Agency, which receives support from the State of Missouri.
The WHY of MY City is supported in part by Missouri Humanities Council, a state agency, which receives support from the State of Missouri.
Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers programs is provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2023, and Trio Foundation of St. Louis.
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
StitchCast Studio Special Edition: The Why of MY City is a series of unique conversations that will bring historical context around recurring topics chosen by youth for the StitchCast Studio published podcasts, including the preservation of black history and historical sites and the stories of Missouri's people throughout time. The Series dovetails into Story Stitchers’ multi-year signature program, The WHY of MY City, which focuses on the stories and history embedded in St. Louis, Missouri’s historically Black neighborhoods.
Celebrate Juneteenth with The WHY of MY City, a new play by Saint Louis Story Stitchers, written by Mario Farwell and directed by Gregory S. Carr.
The story…Wanda, a young African American, returns to St. Louis after graduating high school. She wants to explore opportunities, but Zoot Suit, a well-known gangster, entices her to come work for him. The community rallies to prevent Wanda from making a serious mistake and with the help of Scott Joplin, Madam CJ Walker, Cool Papa Bell and Tina Turner, they manage to save her from the clutches of Zoot Suit.
June 16 and 16 at 7:00 PM at the .ZACK Theater, St. Louis, MO.
Get your tickets on Metrotix.
In this Special Edition episode of StitchCast Studio for The WHY of MY City, Part I of II, our StitchCast, led by Emeara Burns and Branden Lewis, sits down with Gateway Arch National Park Ranger Doug Harding.
Recorded live at Gateway Arch National Park, St. Louis, Missouri, on January 11, 2023.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
America the Beautiful
Recorded with Roland Johnson at Stitchers Storefront Studio for Peace in the Prairie
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2019
The WHY of MY City captures and documents pieces of black history through written word and art while training the next generation to become active, engaged citizens. Our goal is that programs become a force multiplier, rippling into families, schools, and neighborhoods, offering solutions to common urban problems.
Saint Louis Story Stitchers’ The WHY of MY City is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov. And by Missouri Arts Council, a State Agency, which receives support from the State of Missouri.
The WHY of MY City is supported in part by Missouri Humanities Council, a state agency, which receives support from the State of Missouri.
Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers programs is provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2023, and Trio Foundation of St. Louis.