Backstory STL #13: Jerry Naunheim

Backstory STL #14: Jason Korner

Jason Korner is a criminal defense attorney with his own firm in St. Louis County.

Backstory STL #13: Jerry Naunheim

Jerry Naunheim was a photographer at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for 25 years and covered several historical events locally and abroad.

Backstory STL #12: John Perkins

This week's guest on Backstory STL is John Perkins. He used crack for decades and struggled to make it by. But through his lows, he found a light. Now, he wants to give back to St. Louis-area youth and be a role model he didn't have.

Backstory STL #11: Ralph Zuke

Ralph Zuke is on a 2,200-mile bike ride from St. Louis to Calgary, Canada, to raise awareness for the eradication of polio.

Backstory STL #10: Julie Smith

Julie Smith is a communications professor at Webster University and author of “Master the Media: How Teaching Media Literacy Can Save Our Plugged-In World.”