Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy has spent the past 30 years producing television programs for PBS, both locally and nationally. A five-time Emmy award winner, he has created documentaries, weekly series, and musical variety shows. For the past 22 years he has hosted the St. Louis Speakers series from Powell Hall, interviewing more than 150 of the world's most renowned artists, writers, adventurers, and political leaders. Patrick is the author of Candy Men: The Story of Switzers' Licorice and The Irish in St. Louis: From Shanty to Lace Curtain. He is also a working artist, exhibiting his collection of woodcut prints in galleries throughout the St. Louis region.
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