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Dinner with NPR Correspondent Provides Insight
 NPR Correspondent Ari Shapiro (pictured, center) and the KGOU staff dined with listeners at our 26th Anniversary dinner on February 20 at the Faculty House. Ari spoke about ethics and the decisions NPR makes on listeners' behalf every day, and he proved he's an accomplished storyteller off the air, too!
Intelligence Squared Debates Financial Crisis in March Specials
 Intelligence Squared U.S. panelists will debate two financial-related motions this month on KGOU. The first airs Sunday, March 8 at 11 a.m., on the motion "The Art Market is Less Ethical Than the Stock Market". The second debate in March is titled "Blame Washington More than Wall Street for the Financial Crisis", broadcast on Sunday, March 29 at 11 a.m.
Other specials in March include: • Terror, Tribes and the Taliban, from America Abroad, March 1 at 11 a.m. • Radio Lab explores "Choice", March 15 at 11 a.m. Check our Sunday specials page every week for details on the limited run programs that make up our Sunday Radio Matinee.
More Awards for KGOU from OAB, OBEA
KGOU was named the recipient of the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters' 2008 Outstanding Achievement Award for a single feature report in the OAB's Metro Radio Division. The winning entry was a Joe Wertz on Arts & Entertainment feature about the documentary movie Young @ Heart.
Our student broadcasters also did well in the Oklahoma Broadcast Education Awards, which were announced recently. Lisa Janssen won First Place in the Radio Magazine/Talk Show category for her Assignment: Radio piece, "Medieval Fair Knights". And Logan Layden picked up Third Place honors in the Radio Newscast category. Congratulations! KGOU Produces Short Features on OU History
 KGOU has produced a new daily radio feature on the early history of the University of Oklahoma that will air weekdays in March. OU Rising is the title of the 20-part series, adapted from a book by OU history professor David W. Levy, The University of Oklahoma: A History, Volume I, 1890-1917.
OU's history was made by colorful characters and high drama, from how the territorial legislature chose Norman as the site for the university, to the people whose names adorn the buildings and streets on campus, to football, which was a prominent part of OU even in the earliest years. The installments are short, less than two minutes long, and each one airs twice a day, at 8:59 a.m. and 5:59 p.m., every Monday through Friday, March 2 – 27. More details are on our programming page. Tune in and brush up on your OU history! New Semester = New Season for Assignment: Radio
The new college semester is underway, and a new group of students have begun production for Assignment: Radio,  KGOU's public affairs
program focusing on issues and events on the OU campus.
Producer/Host Graham Lee Brewer and reporter/producers Andrew Brown, Will Holland and Gernethia Rich have completed their first program of the semester, and it airs Sunday, March 1 at noon. Tune in to hear how this next generation of broadcasters is honing the skills they'll need in the "real" world. MQ2 Announces Grant Recipients
The public radio Maker's Quest 2.0 has announced nine grant recipients who have been tasked with shaping the sound of tomorrow and leading public radio into the digital age. Supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR), this contest involved more than 500 participants from virtually every region in the United States and from seven countries. The field was whittled to 30 finalists, and now to nine talented producers and other professionals who will receive grants of up to $40,000 each to pursue their projects. The grantees are: Jenny Asarnow, Jacob Brancasi, Alex Gallafent, Anyi Howell, Anita Johnson, Queena Kim, Kara Oehler, Lu Olkowski, and Shea Shackelford. You can see a brief bio for each of them, plus the rest of the finalists, at the MQ2 website. Someday their projects may be on a radio or website near you!
Highlights from the Networks:
NPR Covers Politics with Online Chats, Blog
 Going through withdrawal now that the election and inauguration are over? Get a weekly fix from NPR's Political Junkie Ken Rudin in an online chat every Tuesday at NPR.org. Or maybe you'd like a daily dose of political insight – Ken's Political Junkie blog may be more your speed.
NPR also has coverage of President Obama's speech to Congress last night compiled in one spot, including analysis, the Republican response, and a photo gallery for those craving visuals to go along with the audio. NPR also has an interactive timeline of the new administration's first 100 days, the Obama Tracker, which charts significant actions as the new president settles into the job. NPR Book Tour ~ So Damn Much Money : The Influence Of Lobbyists
 When former DNC Chair Robert Strauss said about political lobbying, "There's just so damn much money in it," Robert Kaiser knew he had a title for his book. The resulting work from this veteran Washington Post reporter and editor is a Beltway insider's look at how lobbying, a legal and legitimate activity, has helped create what Kaiser calls a "corroded culture" in Washington.
Read an excerpt at NPR.org.
BBC Profiles Kitchen Sisters
For 30 years, the Kitchen Sisters, Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson, have explored how communities come together through food in their award-winning radio series Hidden Kitchens.
The BBC caught up with the Sisters not long ago – you can hear the interview here.
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