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September 24, 2009

KGOU Connects to Capitol Hill

Crowded and contentious town hall meetings and landmark legislation pending in Congress underscore the importance of staying informed about happenings in Washington. KGOU and Capitol News Connection provide you with additional perspectives about the legislation Congress is considering and how our elected officials are voting on national issues.

Each Friday during All Things Considered, KGOU and CNC bring you "This Week in Congress," a four-minute briefing on the activities of the U.S. House and Senate. On Saturday and Sunday mornings, News Director Kurt Gwartney focuses on Oklahoma's Congressional delegation with analysis from CNC's Matt Laslo.

If you have questions about Congressional matters, or topics that you would like to hear more about, please send them to news@kgou.org. Matt also writes a blog for the CNC's Ask Your Lawmaker website and has a growing following on Twitter.

Fall Membership Drive Update

More News
Less Noise

Listeners often tell us how much they value KGOU's programming. Some of the phrases they use include: "factual news coverage", "civil discussion", and "the whole story".

Listeners can trust what they hear on KGOU to be accurate, thorough and respectful. KGOU trusts that listeners will support the station – even without a full week-long on-air funding marathon.

KGOU's fall membership drive is coming up next month – only two days long – so that you can get more of the news that is important to you. Our goal for this fall drive is $165,000, and to date, listeners have donated or pledged just over $47,000.

If you haven't yet pledged your support for KGOU, use our secure online pledge form to make your tax-deductible donation.

Phone Volunteers Needed!

We're anticipating a fun, but busy, time as new and renewing members call in during KGOU's two-day membership drive, October 8 and 9, and we'll need a full slate of volunteers to help answer the phones. Sign up for a shift from our volunteer page, or call Membership Director Laura Knoll at 325-0022 if you can help anytime during those days.

Ticket Giveaway!
World of the Pharaohs Museum Exhibit

Three thousand years of Pharaohs' rule is revealed in a new exhibit, World of the Pharaohs: Treasures of Egypt Revealed, at the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. KGOU is giving away family packages to this new exhibit, to be used anytime before the exhibit closes next summer. Each package includes free admission for two adults and two youth and an audio tour. Get more information, and enter the drawing here.

Highlights from the Networks

ATC Friday ~ Ken Burns on "America's Best Idea"

On Friday, September 25, NPR's Robert Siegel will interview Ken Burns, whose latest documentary, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, starts on PBS this Sunday. Burns' film explores the colorful characters who helped create the nation's 58 parks and 333 national monuments. Tune in to All Things Considered for the interview.

Rediscovering Natural Gas By Hitting Rock Bottom

In recent years, natural gas producers in the United States have struggled to be taken more seriously in the energy world. But they now have numbers on their side with advances in drilling techniques to get natural gas out of shale rock. This energy-related story from Morning Edition on September 22 ranks high on the Most Commented list at NPR.org.

The opportunities and challenges facing American natural gas producers was also the focus of The Diane Rehm Show on Wednesday, September 23. The program is archived online as well – listen here.

Unseen Hemingway Photographs Discovered

In 1952, Life magazine sent Alfred Eisenstaedt to Cuba to photograph Ernest Hemingway. The photographs were to accompany Hemingway's novella The Old Man and the Sea, that was to be published in the magazine. But most of the photos were not published – until now. The Picture Show blog at NPR.org has a few of them, and a link to more.

Wait, Wait... It's Now In Your Inbox!

Now the best of Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! is available in a newsletter. A summary of the show can be delivered to your inbox every Sunday, along with the week's best audio clips. And coming soon to those who subscribe – "NPR without the dignity" delivered daily from the Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! Blog and a daily news quiz. Subscribe at NPR.org.

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