ÿû STLMAG.COM JULY 2019
LOCAL PODCAST
Who Raised You?
Treasure Shields Redmond and
Karen (Jia Lian) Yang’s pod-
cast asks a simple question with
a not-so-simple answer. Each
episode is intended to “explore
how culture, family, and inter-
secting identities pave our way
toward liberation.” Sometimes,
that means taking a look at how
poetry helps grade-schoolers
from opposite sides of the Del-
mar divide understand each
other; others, it’s talking about
race, religion, and sexuality. The
podcast weaves relaxed con-
versations with deeper truths.
whoraisedyoupodcast.com.
OVERDUE EXPANSION
Fitz’s SoCo
No place in St. Louis bottles up
nostalgia like Fitz’s. Watching
the vintage bottling line at the
flagship Delmar Loop location
is almost as much a rite of pas-
sage for young St. Louisans as
visiting The Magic House or
Grant’s Farm. Not coinciden-
tally, when owner Michael Alter
decided to expand, he chose
family-friendly South County.
The centerpiece of the new
location: a dairy bar, where soda
jerks serve up floats, shakes,
and (natch) bottomless mugs of
root beer. 5244 S. Lindbergh.
CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP
The Magic House
@ MADE
It’s fitting that the beloved
children’s museum, where
hands-on educational activities
abound, would open its first
satellite location in a maker
space. The new 7,000-square-
foot shop offers all the tools
necessary for a business-
minded tyke: a maker work-
shop, an art studio, a design lab,
and an entrepreneurial market-
place. 5127 Delmar.
ENTERTAINMENT & AMUSEMENTS
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This summer, Becky Sauerbrunn and Team USA aim to take home
the World Cup once again, as they did in 2015, during the most-
watched soccer match in U.S. history. But the St. Louis native’s also
a star off the pitch, using her platform to fight for equal airtime
and pay. She recently appeared in Adidas’ She Breaks Barriers
campaign to raise visibility for women’s sports, and she and her
teammates filed a federal gender discrimination lawsuit against
the U.S. Soccer Federation advocating for equal pay. “We wanted
to be as visible as possible because we know that in sports and in
other work areas all across the world, there are women who are
being paid less for the same quality of work,” she says. “That’s
something we feel is worth the time and energy.” ussoccer.com.
Photography by Brad Smith/isiphotos.com