Live & Kern

Sometimes I write things for St. Louis Public Radio. Here’s what I wrote this week.

• Turkish journalist: “When the media is silenced, countries become deaf and blind”
• Author follows a raindrop down the Mississippi River
• “St. Louis on the Air” host named media person of the year
• Legal roundtable previews Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage cases
• What should Nixon say? “St. Louis on the Air” listeners weigh in
• Panel analyzes Nixon’s State of the State address
• Dance company takes over the Pageant
• Guitarist who inspired The Beatles, Beach Boys, Hendrix returns to St. Louis
• Photographer documents life in Bhutan

This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL.

Comedian Kurt Braunohler kicked off his Jet Ski for goats campaign Mississippi River journey over the weekend, which included a stop in St. Louis.

To promote his fundraiser, which will buy goats and chickens for families in Africa, Braunohler is riding a Jet Ski down the Mississippi River from Chicago to New Orleans, and documenting the trip on social media using the hashtag #GetWet4Goats.

Braunohler and Jon Daly stopped Saturday at Big Daddy’s on the Landing to tell a few jokes and pose for photos.

.@jondaly & @kurtbraunohler's target demo: rib fans Jane & Bob from Not Louisville, Kentucky. #GetWetForGoats #ribs pic.twitter.com/d8icyUYIl5

— Zack Stovall (@ZStovall) May 31, 2014

Today's brush with celebrities: Day-drinkin' with @ironstef and @kurtbraunohler almost knocked me over… while moon-walkin'

— Hot Soup (@CashewChicken) May 31, 2014

They also rode the Jet Ski under the Arch (thanks to some help from about 30 fans).

Me & jondaly after I helped make history. He and kurt braunohler rode a jet ski UNDER THE ARCH! http://t.co/zpImkjwwMc

— ironstef (@ironstef) May 31, 2014

Photo: Under the arch, jetski ready 2 rock, were livin the dream 2 the max, it’s all happening so fast!… http://t.co/0xphUA1xZ2

— Jon Daly (@jondaly) May 31, 2014

Auspicious day! #getwet4goats #roustabout #stl250 first philanthropist #jetski under the arch! http://t.co/Vpjg0g4zuN

— Adam McDaniel (@dimpledseed) May 31, 2014

After St. Louis, Braunohler stopped in Kaskaskia, Ill., and Cape Girardeau. He plans to arrive in New Orleans on Thursday. The fundraiser continues until July 29.