Special Coverage: Jan. 6 committee hearings |
The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol has scheduled two public hearings, with more possible. The first is at 7 p.m. tonight, with a second hearing confirmed for Monday, June 13 to begin at 9 a.m. NPR will provide live coverage with context and analysis, and you can hear it all on KGOU. We'll also carry a live video feed on our website.
Still to come this month is special coverage following rulings from the current term of the U.S. Supreme Court, including in the case of Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization concerning abortion. The rulings could come at any time before the end of the month, and at a moment's notice. Stay tuned.
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Jazz in June: Concerts in the park! |
Norman's premier outdoor summer music festival Jazz in June will stage three nights of blues and jazz at Andrews Park Thursday, June 16 through Saturday, June 18. The free live concerts feature headline acts JW-Jones, Marquis Hill & the Blacktet, and Ghost-Note, plus Mark Lettieri, Nth Power, and the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors. Bring your lawn chairs and cooler and listen to some great music in the park!
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Throughline wins Peabody Award
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Throughline has won a Peabody Award for its three-episode series Afghanistan: The Center of the World. The series aired in 2021, twenty years after 9/11, and just weeks after U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan, and the Taliban took control of the country. While many other news outlets focused coverage on this pivotal moment from a U.S. perspective, Throughline took a different approach, shifting the narrative to center on Afghanistan and its people. Congratulations to Ramtin Arablouei and Rund Abdelfatah and the NPR team!
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KGOU Readers Club: Oklahoma Beer |
The KGOU Readers Club selection for June is Oklahoma Beer: A Handcrafted History by Brian Welzbacher. Oklahoma came into the Union as a dry state, and carried prohibition into the late 1950s. In the shadow of bootlegging and choc beer brewers, a few pioneers found ways to produce quality local beers in a resurgent craft beer industry. Join us for the next Readers Club discussion Monday, June 27 at 1 p.m. on KGOU.
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Summer reading: 50 Books for 50 States |
NPR asked poets laureate, state librarians, bookstore owners and other literary luminaries from all 50 states to recommend quintessential reads that illuminate where they live. Oklahoma’s poet laureate, Joe R. Kreger, recommended Tears of Sorrow, Tears of Joy by Granvil L. Hays, a historical novel about a woman's struggle for independence in Oklahoma Territory. See all the recommendations:
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Nixon at War: How Vietnam Led to Watergate |
Fifty years after the Watergate break-in comes a fresh, provocative telling of the story of Richard Nixon's use of the Vietnam War to get elected and re-elected, his ultimate fall from grace and opening of a political and cultural chasm still dividing Americans today. Nixon at War is the KGOU Sunday Radio Matinee this week, June 12 at 12 p.m.
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More awards: Have you heard of the 'Rustys?' |
They're not exactly the Peabodys, but the CARS vehicle donation program hands out Rusty Hubcap awards to local public radio stations every year. During 2021 the Most Valuable Vehicle was a 1997 Porsche 911 that won a 'Rusty' -- and provided nearly $40,000 in funding -- to station KDFC in San Francisco. Across town, KQED won the Oldest Car Rusty for a 1923 Ford Model T, pictured above. If we'll take a car that's almost 100 years old, we'll take your old heap, too. Be sure to name KGOU as the beneficiary and help pay for the shows you love.
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More tickets for James Taylor in OKC! |
KGOU has more tickets to see singer-songwriter and icon James Taylor & His All-Star Band at the Paycom Center on July 21. Next week we'll be holding a random drawing for another pair of tickets just for e-Newsletter subscribers -- put in your entry at the link below:
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Congratulations to Our Winner
In our last issue we gave away a pair of tickets to the James Taylor concert to lucky winner Katie. Join our growing list of winners by entering above for your chance to win!
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