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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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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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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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Perspectives on crime in Washington, D.C., differ depending on where you are. Overall, though, residents seem to think President Trump's approach isn't the right one.
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Many Ukrainians want an end to years of war, but are reacting with wariness to President Trump's upcoming meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin.
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Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics head. In Argentina, the government manipulated the inflation rate. Economists went rogue to calculate the real rate, and people lost trust in the numbers.
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The Trump administration's decision to end Temporary Protected Status for people from a number of countries has rattled health care workers who tend to the sick and elderly.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with former US trade representative and Council on Foreign Relations President Michael Froman about how global trade moves forward in the midst of President Trump's tariffs.
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When more humans participate in a game of tug-o-war, each individual puts in less effort. But the opposite is true in weaver ants, according to new research in the journal Current Biology.
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Within Israel's prime minister pushing for a full occupation of Gaza, some of Israel's exhausted soldiers are pushing back and calling for an end to the war.
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The Boston Public Library is launching a project in collaboration with Harvard University and OpenAI to increase public access to hundreds of thousands of historically significant documents.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Dr. Catherine Crosland, who works directly with people experiencing homelessness in Washington, D.C., following President Trump's law enforcement actions in the capital.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to actor Daniel Dae Kim about his upbringing and training for action scenes in his new TV series, Butterfly.
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