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Airs December 18, 2024Louisiana and Texas rank 4th and 5th in the nation in terms of having the most wetlands. However, it’s estimated that half of our wetlands have already been lost. Laura-Ashley Overdyke of the Caddo Lake Institute, talks to Dr. Rachel Fern, the Statewide Wetland Program Manager for Texas Parks and Wildlife, about our unique and irreplaceable wetlands. -
Join us Tuesday December 10th at 6 PM for the next episode of Bird Calls where our guest will be Shelly Plante, Nature Tourism Manager for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in Austin. She will discuss the Great Texas Birding Classic, an annual birdwatching tournament of nearly 3-decades and what it’s meant to both birds and birdwatchers. Cliff will also be profiling the Black-necked Stilt plus taking your calls live on the air. -
Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, at 6 p.m. According to the CDC, the average number of adults getting enough sleep has stayed the same from 2013 to 2022. Anywhere from 30 to 46 percent of people in the U.S., depending on the region in which they live, report not getting enough sleep. What does quality sleep mean and how can it affect our health? How much sleep do we need for our age? Dr. Anand Bhat hosts this Health Matters with guest Dr. Sheila Asghar, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Neurology and Sleep Medicine Fellowship Faculty at LSU Health Shreveport. Dr, Asghar will explain the role sleep plays in our health, provide tips on steps to take for better sleep, and take your sleep questions during the show at 1-800-552-8502. -
It’s Fall and while nature may look less green, this is actually a good time to transplant or plant your garden or backyard with native plants. Volunteers Heather Warner-Finley, Lawrence Rozas, Jackie Duncan, and Linda Auld provide advice and resources about native plant gardening and improving butterfly habitat. Learn what organizations in Louisiana are doing to promote native plants to benefit wildlife on the next Conserving Earth on November 20th at 6pm.
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Red River Radio's Kermit Poling speaks with SSO Music Director Michael Butterman about this weekend's SSO Holiday Celebration with special guest Michael Feinstein.
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December 19 -21 7:30 PM
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Carrefour Collaborative Music Project's Spring 2025 Season begins with a sonic exploration of the forces of light and darkness inside us and around us. Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov's "Tenebrae" for string quartet is paired with the piece that inspired it: French Baroque composer François Couperin's "Leçons de Ténèbres." The program also features the regional premiere of American composer Eliza Brown's "the light that blurred the stars" for soprano and string quartet, a work exploring human survival and renewal. It's an afternoon of music you won't get to hear live anywhere else in the area and it's coming to you for FREE. -
Music will include Corelli's Christmas Concerto, Handel's Organ Concerto in F Major, a Biber Mystery Sonata ("The Nativity"), Corrette's Concerto Suisse Noel, and "Song of the Birds" Catalan Christmas Carol. A reception with cookies and wassail in the church parlour will follow. -
Would you like to visit the castle of the Wicked Witch of the West – or the Parthenon in Rome? How about going on a journey with Alice in Wonderland or a visit to the castles of Westeros? Before there were digital creations, 3-dimensional images were produced with paper in the form of pop-up books and printed peepshows (also known as tunnel books). The Noel Collection’s latest exhibit features examples of these intricate and fascinating works of art from the mid-1800s to the present. We invite you to go on this journey with us as we explore places both real and imaginary.
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On Wednesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency to streamline the state's response to avian flu. More than half of the human cases in the U.S. so far have been in California.
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The 2024 election was widely considered to be run fairly by majorities of political parties. But so-called "election integrity advocates" who think 2020 was stolen are already making plans for 2025.
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Saturday (December 21) is winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. In many pagan religions, the day is marked by Yule: a holiday that's a time of both reflection and celebration
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Police in Germany say they've closed a Christmas market after reports of a car driving at speed into a crowd. Authorities say the driver has been apprehended, but have not confirmed it was an attack.
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NPR's Scott Detrow talks to NPR producer Marc Rivers about the 50th anniversary of The Godfather Part II and what makes a good movie sequel.
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Researchers in Germany have developed algorithms to differentiate between Scotch and American whiskey. The machines can also discern the aromas in a glass of whiskey better than human testers.
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Deportations under President Biden have hit their highest point in almost a decade. The number of removals conducted in 2024 by ICE has surpassed those conducted during the first Trump administration.
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It's been a year for Israel's Netanyahu. He's prosecuted the deadliest war since Israel's creation and become the first sitting prime minister to face trial in a long running corruption investigation.
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We're in the thick of holiday movie season. One New England state has been the backdrop for lots of these films in recent years and this year it's capitalizing on that role.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Philip Goldberg, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea, about the tension surrounding President Yoon Suk Yeol's political future after he declared martial law.
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