St. Louis Magazine – July 2019

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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