In St. Louis, it doesn’t take much to find a divide. There are the invisible lines we draw around politics, high schools — even what toppings belong on a pizza. And then, there are the big divides, like the 150-year-old split between St. Louis city and county. “Meet Me” is all about connecting across divides to find a way forward.
Parents share insights on navigating St. Louis' complex school system to make informed educational choices for their children.
5 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Update: MO Supreme Court Historic Redistricting Decision
Host Luis Antonio Perez and STLPR politics correspondent Jason Rosenbaum discuss the Missouri Supreme Court's historic redistricting decision and its impact on the upcoming November ballot.
27 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Drawing Divides II
Host Luis Antonio Perez interviews STLPR politics correspondent Jason Rosenbaum about Missouri's confusing redistricting impacting voter uncertainty and upcoming elections.
31 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Rams’ Final Gift
St. Louis residents share innovative community investment strategies in this interview.
25 Jun 2026
Drawing Divides
America's lines of representation are redrawn every decade after the Census. But in 2025 several states moved to redraw their congressional maps mid-decade. The result is a high-drama scramble that could reshape who controls the U.S. House. In this episode, host Luis Antonio Perez sits down with St. Louis Public Radio politics correspondent Jason Rosenbaum to break down the "what, how, and why" of Missouri's new 2025 map and how the movie “Air Bud” explains part of this saga.
29 May 2026
Other Side of the Arch
Host learns about a man who dedicated his life to expanding Gateway Arch National Park to the eastern bank in Illinois
15 May 2026
Bonus: Tornado Open Mic Montage
Collage of stories eleven months after an EF3 tornado ripped through St. Louis
30 Apr 2026
Tornado Open Mic
Eleven months after a deadly tornado tore through St. Louis the “Meet Me” team organized a community open mic event. Residents were invited to share experiences and reflections about the tornado almost a year later. Their stories in their words.
26 Mar 2026
Pizza, family and the cheese that binds
1-on-1 conversation between a father and son about working together in the family business and their futures
12 Mar 2026
Update: Getting Back Together?
During a surprise press conference on Thursday, March 12, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said the region’s residents should embark on a discussion about combining aspects of St. Louis and St. Louis County government — including the city reentering the county as a municipality.
26 Feb 2026
Better Together
What happens when a border becomes more than a line on a map? In this episode of “Meet Me,” residents living near the St. Louis city-county line describe what it means to live along a divide that shapes daily life. We also dive into one of the most ambitious attempts to reunite St. Louis city and county, the Better Together plan from 2019. Through interviews with civic leaders, elected officials, and longtime political voices, host Luis Antonio Perez explores how the plan gained momentum, why it failed, and what its collapse reveals about power, trust, race, and regional identity in St. Louis.
29 Jan 2026
The Great Divorce
150-years ago, St. Louis chose to split itself in two. The decision created an enduring divide that still shapes the region today.
6 Jan 2026
Introducing “Meet Me”
In St. Louis, it doesn’t take much to find a divide. There are the invisible lines we draw around politics, high schools — even what toppings belong on a pizza. And then, there are the big divides, like the 150-year-old split between St. Louis city and county. “Meet Me” is all about connecting across divides to find a way forward.
Inside a recent episode
To Choose A School
Published 29 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And that's just within the public school system. Correct. Let's explore how things got this way. The education landscape in St. Louis today was shaped in large part by two court cases. The first you've probably heard of, Brown v. Board of Education, a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1954 that ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional. Then, two decades later, in Liddell v. Board of Education, parents in St. Louis argued that the school district was still running a segregated and unequal school system. As a result of both cases, St. Louis developed programs that bussed thousands of students all over the region, but especially out of the city and into St. […]
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