Red River Radio News
A message from our General Manager Kermit Poling about the rescission of federal funds to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Cultural, Community, Information
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Aug. 7, 2025, at 6 p.m. On this episode of Health Matters, our host Dr. Anand Bhat is joined by family medicine physicians Dr. Ammar Husan and Dr. Kaitlyn Bland for a discussion on childhood nutrition, the importance of nutrition for children throughout the school year, and childhood obesity. Questions will be taken live at 1-800-552-8502. -
Lynn Bryan, Executive Director of Keep Bossier Beautiful, leads innovative efforts to eliminate litter, promote recycling, and enhance community spaces across Bossier Parish. Under her leadership, KBB launched the state's only recycling-in-corrections program and developed environmental education seminars for students, with plans underway for an outdoor classroom initiative. -
Airs Mon., Aug. 4, 6:30 p.m. This week Community Connections features Gregory Kallenberg, Founder and Executive Director of the Prize Foundation. Kallenberg has transformed the cultural and economic landscape through groundbreaking programs like the Louisiana Film Prize, Startup Prize, and Music Prize. A celebrated filmmaker and visionary leader, his work has earned national recognition for its innovative impact on creativity, entrepreneurship, and community development. -
Airs Mon., July 28, 6:30 p.m. This week Community Connections talks with Rev. Dr. Evan M. Dolive, Executive Director of Greater Longview United Way. Reverend Dolive is a dynamic leader dedicated to advancing community well-being through health, education, and advocacy. With a background in theology, nonprofit leadership, and public policy, he brings a passionate, justice-driven approach to addressing critical local issues and empowering underserved populations across East Texas. -
Airs Mon., July 14, 6:30 p.m. Community Connections talks with Martha Marak, who serves as the Executive Director of the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana in Shreveport. Marak leads efforts to address hunger across multiple parishes, including Caddo and Bossier. Under her leadership, the organization launched “Martha’s Market,” a combined food pantry and learning center that empowers clients through healthy-food selection and educational programs.
Spotlights
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Kermit Poling speaks with Dr. Shane Rasmussen, the director of the Natchitoches - NSU Folk Festival about the coming 45th annual festival. -
Red River Radio's Kermit Poling speaks with cast members Tessa Vanderkuy and Adam Philley from the upcoming production of Guys and Dolls at Shreveport Little Theatre. -
Red River Radio's Kermit Poling speaks with cast members Tessa Vanderkuy and Adam Philley from the upcoming production of Guys and Dolls at Shreveport Little Theatre.
Local Events
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Great Romantics
Kinga Augustyn is a versatile New York City-based virtuoso concert violinist and recording artist. Ms. Augustyn has performed as a soloist with orchestras in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. In addition to concerts with orchestras and recitals with piano, Ms. Augustyn frequently performs unaccompanied solo violin recitals. She also plays baroque violin.
Kinga Augustyn will perform Antonin Dvorak's Violin Concerto in A. The Marshall Symphony Orchestra will be performing Caroline Shaw's Punctum, a version for string orchestra (2022), and Franz Schubert's Symphony #5, conducted by Kermit Poling -
PROKOFIEV Suite from Lieutenant Kije
RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Yizhen Chen, piano (2025 Wideman Piano Competition Winner)
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet Suite
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This course provides practical tools and techniques to help individuals effectively manage their finances. Students will learn key budgeting strategies, including setting financial goals, tracking income and expenses, prioritizing spending, and building savings. The course will explore different budgeting methods to help learners find an approach that fits their lifestyle. Participants will also gain insights into financial planning, debt management, and smart spending habits. By the end of the course, students will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to create and maintain a budget that supports financial stability and long-term success.
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Our latest exhibit features science illustrations from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, when scientific study was becoming more encouraged than ever before. Come and see engraved images of scientific techniques used to harness and use natural phenomena. Hand-colored representations of flowers and insects bring these wonders of nature to life. Some of the illustrations are lifelike, some imaginative, and some endearingly whimsical, depicting the fun side of science. From an earth science book imagining life on the moon to the loveliness of nature, there is something fascinating about every aspect of this special collection.
News Feed
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NPR's Adrian Ma speaks to Jamie Butters, Detroit bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, about how President Trump's tariffs are hitting the automotive market.
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Each year for the past 89, Galax, Va., has hosted what it proclaims is the world's oldest and largest fiddler's convention. People come from all around to keep alive a rich American musical tradition.
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NPR's Adrian Ma speaks to Shibley Tehlahmi, Anwar Sadat professor for peace and development at the University of Maryland, about Israel's plan to take Gaza City, and who can govern the Gaza Strip after Hamas.
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NPR's Adrian Ma speaks to Sam Levine, former director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, now at UC Berkeley, about the use online data to charge some customers more for products and services.
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We have a remembrance of astronaut Jim Lovell, who died on Thursday at the age of 97. Lovell never landed on the moon, but he gave us one of the most iconic moments in American astronomy.
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President Trump says he'll meet President Putin in Alaska on Friday. To get a peace deal, President Trump has indicated some territory needs to be "switched." We look to Ukraine for reaction.
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As California plans to counter the redistricting attempt by the Texas GOP, NPR's Adrian Ma talks with Katie Fahey, Executive Director of The People, about independent redistricting commissions.
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NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with Rikke Holm Petersen, director of marketing for Wonderful Copenhagen, about CopenPay, the city's new tourism program.
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We look at what's on the line for the Trump administration in the meeting between President Trump and Russia's President Putin, as well as what it means for the president to "federalize" Washington.
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NPR's Books We Love list has lots of great reads, as recommended by our staffers, including Stephen Graham Jones' latest novel and Fredrik Backman's summer story about the friendship of four teens.
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