Red River Radio News
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Cultural, Community, Information
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Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, at 6 p.m. This week on Health Matters, we’re talking about the nation’s most common cancer—skin cancer. Most cases are preventable, and if caught early, it can be highly treatable. -
Airs August 18, 2025 - Tamara Crane, Executive Director of the Bossier Council on Aging, brings over 30 years of expertise in gerontology, nonprofit leadership, and healthcare advocacy. A Certified Dementia Practitioner and award-winning community leader, Tamara is passionate about creating inclusive, supportive environments for seniors and individuals with disabilities throughout Bossier Parish. -
Tuesday August 12, 2025, at 6 p.m. On this episode, Dr. Sara Wyckoff, wildlife veterinarian with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in Austin, joins host Cliff Shackelford to discuss avian flu. Cliff profiles the Yellow-breasted Chat. -
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.
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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The Lufkin VFW is a nonprofit organization that supports veterans, their families, and members of the community in need. This is our fall fundraiser that continues to help us help our community. Carnival Times are Thursday 6-10, Friday 5-10, Saturday 1-11, and Sunday 2-10.
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SFA Gardens to host fruit research field day
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host a fruit research field day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 19 featuring kiwifruit, muscadine grapes, blueberries, figs, feijoas and other fruits.
Speakers will include Dr. David Creech, director of SFA Gardens with “The SFA Gardens’ Fruit Research Plots”; and Dr. Tim Hartmann of Texas A&M University’s Department of Horticultural Sciences with a talk on “Alternative Fruits for the Home Orchard or Commercial Field.”
The day will start at 9 a.m. with presentations at the Brundrett Conservation Education Building in the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, located at 2900 Raguet St. There will be a break for attendees to leave for lunch. After the break, participants will then go to the fruit research plots at SFA Gardens around 1 p.m.
The cost of the field day is $15 per person. Register on-site the day of the event or in advance online at sfasu.edu/sfagardens.
For more information, email sfagardens@sfasu.edu. -
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
Tickets on sale Tuesday, August 5th at 10:00 a.m. local time OR subscribe now to secure your seats today!
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News Feed
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NPRNPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz and NEPM listener Alison Triebwasser of East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. -
After the Trump administration took over control of the police department in Washington, D.C. last week, experts attending a conference on authoritarianism in the capital said they recognized some of the president's tactics.
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This weekend, people in Washington, D.C., have been adapting to their police department being under federal control as the Trump administration has taken over policing.
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Israelis are holding protests calling for their government to end the war in Gaza. Palestinian leaders have also condemned a far-right Israeli politician for berating a notable Palestinian prisoner.
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As part of a tourism campaign, Michigan has developed fragrances inspired by some of the state's aromas – including its coastline, flowers and vineyards. But what do people make of the fragrances?
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Iran is in the grip of a devastating drought. Searing heat and government mismanagement have left water levels in the country's dams, rivers and lakes at record lows.
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At Vermont's famed Middlebury Language School, opera singers perfect their German — right down to mastering the elusive umlaut.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with filmmaking duo, Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin, about their new comedy, "Splitsville."
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Artificial intelligence is driving a data center building boom across rural America, including in central Washington. But critics say the centers do not produce enough jobs — and drain resources.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Ashley Cullins about the "Scream" franchise. Cullins writes about it in her book "Your Favorite Scary Movie."
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