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Thursday, July 21, 2022, at 6 p.m. Dr. Mark Vigen hosts this discussion on alcoholism with Dr. Paul Wilson, Medical Director of CADA, Stephen S., Public Information Committee Member for Alcoholics Anonymous Central Office Steering Committee: Shreveport/Bossier, and Margaret T., Public Information Committee Chairperson for Alcoholics Anonymous Central Office Steering Committee: Shreveport/Bossier. Questions will be taken during the show at 1-800-552-8502.

Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. November is awareness month for both Lung Cancer and COPD. Tune in for Health Matters, Thursday at 6 p.m. Dr. Sanford Katz will be joined by Dr. Ahmed Virani, pulmonologist and critical care physician, and Dr. Sergio Jaramillo, radiation oncologist, with Willis Knighton Health System and Jarrod Mitchell, Cardiac Rehab Coordinator at Willis Knighton Health System to talk about lung health and smoking cessation. Questions will be taken at 1-800-552-8502.

Airs Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 6 p.m. You probably know what nature means to you personally, but it’s becoming increasingly important to be able to really quantify the value of nature. Host Laura-Ashley Overdyke of the Caddo Lake Institute, talks to Shelly Plante, head of Texas Parks and Wildlife’s Nature Tourism division, and Dr. Roel Lopez, director of the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, about a new paper about the economics of ecosystem services.

Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, at 6 p.m. Are there secrets to a successful marriage? Dr. Mark Vigen will be joined by Carole Pruitt, social worker and marriage and family therapist, and attorney Nyle Politz, who has 45 years of experience in family law. They will provide their tips on what to do—and not to do—within a marriage partnership to help ensure a lasting relationship. Also Joining in the conversation will be Ashley, who will share her insights from her personal marriage experience.

As NPR's senior national correspondent, Linda Wertheimer travels the country and the globe for NPR News, bringing her unique insights and wealth of experience to bear on the day's top news stories.

Host Kermit Poling speaks with choreographer Laura Beeman Nugent and music director Adam Philley about Shreveport Little Theatre's presentation of the musical Anything Goes, by Cole Porter.

Thursday, March 19, 2026, at 6 p.m. On this episode of Health Matters, Red River Radio Assistant General Manager and producer Ranae Moran is joined by Bharat Sachdeva, M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine, Chief of Nephrology, and Director of Dialysis at LSU Health Shreveport, along with Shawna Calhoune Choyce, APRN, FNP-C, a nurse practitioner in the Nephrology Division of Internal Medicine at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport.

Immigrants, Border Patrol agents and the first beneficiary of a new criminal justice law will be among those attending President Trump's prime-time address.

Six months ago, California's deadliest wildfire almost completely destroyed the town of Paradise. Survivors are still struggling to find places to live in a region with a chronic housing shortage.

The advice for keeping the virus at bay in wealthy countries won't necessarily work in low-income countries and in poor communities. So what might help?