Red River Radio News
A severe labor shortage in the semiconductor workforce, during a historic industry boom, are just two of the factors which inspired Louisiana Tech to join a national initiative to be part of the solution to a looming labor crisis.
Cultural, Community, Information
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Megann McDaniel is the Director of Marketing and Development for the YMCA of Northwest Louisiana, where she supports community engagement, fundraising, and awareness of the organization’s programs and growth initiatives. The YMCA offers fitness, aquatics, youth sports, childcare, afterschool programming, and community events designed to strengthen the spirit, mind, and body. -
Stephanie Bookman-Gaston is the President and Executive Director of the Fine Arts Academy of Central Louisiana, a nonprofit she founded to help children and youth explore music, dance, theatre, writing, and visual arts in a safe, inclusive environment. A lifelong musician and experienced health information professional, she brings both creative passion and professional leadership to the organization -
A conversation with Bennie Dotie about Shreveport's MLK Neighborhood Association
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Teresa Stewart serves as Executive Director of Blood Operations at LifeShare Blood Center. LifeShare is a nonprofit community blood center that collects, processes, and distributes blood products to hospitals across Louisiana, East Texas, and South Arkansas, helping ensure lifesaving blood is available when patients need it.
Spotlights
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Red River Radio's Kermit Poling speaks with cast members from Shreveport Little Theatre's new production of the musical Cabaret. -
Red River Radio's Kermit Poling speaks with Dr. Shane Rasmussen about the 46th annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival, taking place on July 18. -
Host Kermit Poling speaks with the Honorable Mayor Tom Arceneaux, mayor of Shreveport, about the many America250 celebrations this year that the city has planned.
Local Events
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Come From Away is based on the true story of the time when the isolated community of Gander, Newfoundland, played host to the world. What started as an average day in a small town turned into an international sleepover, when 38 planes, carrying thousands of people from around the globe, were diverted to Gander’s airstrip on September 11, 2001. Undaunted by culture clashes and language barriers, the people of Gander cheered the stranded travelers with music, an open bar and the recognition that we’re all part of a global family. (www.mtishows.com)
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The winner of six Tony® Awards (including Best Book, Best Score, Best Orchestrations, and Best Musical), the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, and an Olivier Award for Best Musical, Dear Evan Hansen is a deeply personal and profoundly contemporary musical about life and the way we live it, featuring a score by Grammy, Tony and Academy Award winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (A Christmas Story, La La Land, The Greatest Showman).
All his life, Evan Hansen has felt invisible. But when a tragic event shocks the community and thrusts him into the center of a rapidly evolving controversy, Evan is given the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to be somebody else. As his web of well-intentioned lies begins to unravel, though, Evan is forced to confront the fact that the price of belonging may be far steeper than he bargained for.
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Back by popular demand, violinist Kinga Augustyn will commence our season by performing pieces from a trio of American composers, Poling, Copland, and Barber. To the Moon, Mars, and Beyond, composed by our very own Maestro Kermit Poling, encompasses the American spirit of adventure and embracing new frontiers. Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland is one of the most beloved of all American classical works and Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto is both stunningly beautiful and thrilling!
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Vaughan Williams’ luminous Serenade to Music, Haydn’s final “London” Symphony, and Elgar’s deeply introspective Cello Concerto performed by John-Henry Crawford.
News Feed
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Kiichiro Sato/APExperts say AI can get personal finance fundamentals right but may struggle with nuanced questions. -
Voters in a half a dozen states went to the polls Tuesday, report suggests President Trump switch aircraft due to threat as he was leaving NATO, Iraq's leader wants to disarm Iran-backed militias.
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NPR's A Martinez talks with comedian Jeff Arcuri about the stand-up comic art of crowd work, which involves talking to audience members and ad-libbing off what they say.
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Sailors and family members who were evacuated from U.S. bases in the Middle East months ago are waiting for the military to figure out what will happen to the lives they left behind.
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If President Trump's threatened 50% tariffs go through later this month, construction businesses that rely on materials imported from Canada are among those that will suffer.
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The Trump administration announced $2 billion in funding to faith-based groups for global health work. The White House says these groups work more efficiently. Experts question that claim.
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Taiwan is reconsidering nuclear energy as the war in the Middle East and semiconductor industry energy usage expose supply vulnerabilities.
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President Trump boarded Air Force One last month as usual. But the Washington Post reports he was smuggled off the plane in a catering truck and flew on an entirely different aircraft due to a threat.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former Secret Service agent Robert McDonald about reports that President Trump boarded a military aircraft instead of flying aboard Air Force One from Turkey.
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More than 2,000 people have now died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The outbreak is the second-largest ever and shows no signs of slowing.
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