Thanksgiving Day on KGOU is full of holiday cheer, with a couple of special programs. At 9 a.m. we'll broadcast Third Coast's Best of the Best, an annual storytelling festival and competition, with 11 winning stories that will intrigue, inform and inspire. Then at 11 a.m., dynamic duo Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Francis Lam provide some last-minute advice to save your turkey dinner from disaster -- or at least minimize the cook's embarrassment -- with The Splendid Table's annual Turkey Confidential.

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On this Thanksgiving weekend, Hearing Voices presents an encore episode featuring leaders of several First Nations. NPR's Alex Chadwick rides into the Bitterroot Mountains with Natives and Forest Service workers. Paddle the Pacific Coast with the Canoe Nations of the Northwest. And native poets Henry Real Bird, Joy Harjo, John Trudell and Keith Secola sing us the stories of their homes and ancestors. It's KGOU's Sunday Radio Matinee at 12 p.m. on Nov. 26.

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As NPR Music celebrates its 10th anniversary, music editors are looking back at its first decade year by year. It was born in 2007, as technology was changing how we bought, sold, carried, listened to, and understood music; some of the developments that were seen as revolutionary in the moment almost feel quaint today. In this retrospective, editors have picked the songs, albums, events, trends, and happenings that linger in their minds, and draw them back in time.

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Traditional Thanksgiving fare can be a bit on the bland side. If you yearn for something spicier, The Splendid Table recently featured chef Vikram Sunderam and David Hagedorn with several recipes from their cookbook to add a kick to your Thanksgiving menu.

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