KGOU Readers Club: Fatherland by Burkhard Bilger
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As a boy growing up in Oklahoma, Burkhard Bilger often heard his parents tell stories about the Germany of their youth. But as vivid as they were, those stories had strange omissions. Then one day a packet of letters arrived from Germany, yellowed with age, and a secret family history began to unfold.
Fatherland is the story of Bilger’s nearly 10-year quest to uncover the truth about his mother's father, Karl Gönner, a teacher and father of four, and a Nazi Party chief prior to and during World War II. Bilger joins KGOU's Logan Layden for this month's Readers Club discussion on Monday, May 29 at 1 p.m., with an encore on Sunday, June 4 at 12 p.m.
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How Curious: How an Oklahoma music promoter took country artists to the USSR |
On the next episode of How Curious with Rachel Hopkin we'll hear the extraordinary tale of a Tulsa-based impresario who took country music — and concerts featuring the biggest stars of the day — to Cold-War Soviet Union. Spoiler: they were met with a bit of suspicion as well as temperatures of -28 degrees. Listen Tuesdays on the air during the morning and afternoon newsmagazines, or wherever you get podcasts.
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New animations mark StoryCorps's 20th anniversary |
StoryCorps, the national nonprofit
organization dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing the stories of people from all backgrounds and beliefs, will release a new animation series beginning May 29. The collection of four new animations titled, "History Lessons," relates the stories of Americans who have been eyewitnesses to history — during the second World War, the Civil Rights movement, and the Kennedy assassination. Watch the videos as they are released at the link below, and listen for weekly StoryCorps conversations on the air.
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Memorial weekend listening |
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KGOU Sunday Radio Matinee: 'We've Never Been the Same: A War Story' |
At Fort Campbell prior to deployment, Delta was a ragtag bunch, the "leftovers" as one of their fellow soldiers put it, but on the night of March 18, 1968, they became heroes. The company fought a long and devastating battle — not as long or as devastating, however, as the years that followed, after the men of Delta Company came home separately to live alone with the memories. Transom's Adam Piore tells their story in this week's KGOU Sunday Radio Matinee, May 28 at 12 p.m.
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Jazz in June 2022 highlights |
There's nothing like a long weekend to stir yearnings for a great outdoor music festival. KGOU has the next best thing with a weekend of great local festivals: on Saturday we'll re-air highlights from last year's Jazz in June concerts in Norman featuring JW-Jones, Marquis Hill & the Blacktet, Ghost-Note, and more. Listen Saturday, May 27 from 1 to 5 p.m., and get ready for this June's 40th anniversary!
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Summer Breeze 2022 'Revisited' |
Then on Sunday afternoon, KGOU encores last year's community concert series known as Summer Breeze from The Depot in Norman. You'll hear highlights from performers Chanda Graham, Heather Mae & Crys Matthews, BettySoo (an NPR Tiny Desk Contest standout) and more. Summer Breeze 2022 Revisited airs Sunday, May 28 from 1 to 5 p.m.
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Winner crowned in NPR's 2023 Tiny Desk Contest |
NPR Music received nearly 6,000 entries to this year's Tiny Desk Contest, the annual search for the next great undiscovered artist to play a Tiny Desk concert. But Little Moon, a band from Springville, Utah, and their song "Wonder Eye," rose to the top as it surprised the judges, moved them to tears and filled them with hope. Soon the members of Little Moon will play a Tiny Desk concert at NPR's Washington, D.C. headquarters, and headline a mini-tour across the country.
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