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GamePlay Mondays, starting Aug. 2 7PM | 90.5 FM

NPR’s & Life Kit Sundays, starting Aug. 15 11AM | 90.5 FM

Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Sundays, Aug. 29–Sep. 12 8PM | HD 23.1

Wicked In Concert Sun., Aug. 29 | 9PM | HD 23.1 From the smash hit musical 11:00 Austin City Limits: WKAR HD Trombone Shorty & WKAR E-Newsletters Channel 23.1 Orleans Avenue PRIMETIME 8 | SUN 8:00 In Their Own Words: SUBSCRIBE Princess Diana = original wkar.org/subscribe 9:00 Unforgotten S4 = Pledge 10:00 Professor T: Sophie Knows 17 | TUE 1 | SUN 11:00 The Tunnel: Sabotage 8:00 Underground 9 | MON Railroad: The William 8:00 Secrets Of Royal Still Story Travel: Secrets Of 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: 9:30 Ken Burns: The Royal Flight Hotel Del Coronado 9:00 Unforgotten S4 9:00 Downing Of A Flag Hemingway 10:00 Professor T: Mother 10:00 POV: Minding The 11:00 Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Love Gap Uncovering America 11:00 The Tunnel: Sabotage 10 | TUE 18 | WED 2 | MON 8:00 Finding Your Roots: 8:00 Nature: Pandas 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Hard Times 9:30 Ken Burns: The 9:00 Downing Of A Flag: 9:00 Frontline: In The National Parks Part One Shadow Of 9/11 19 | THU 10:00 POV: Pier Kids 11:00 Amanpour And 8:00 This Old House 3 | TUE Company 8:30 Under The Radar 8:00 Finding Your Roots: 11 | WED 10:00 Death In Paradise Freedom Tales 8:00 Nature: Super Cats 11:00 All Creatures Great 9:00 Jesse Owens: 9:00 NOVA: Operation And Small: Between American Experience Rescue The Pages 10:00 Fight: American 10:00 Secrets Of The Dead: 20 | FRI Cleopatra’s Experience 8:00 Washington Week 11:00 Amanpour And Tomb 11:00 Amanpour And 8:30 Off The Record Company 9:00 American Masters: 4 | WED Company 12 | THU Ballerina Boys 8:00 Nature: Super Cats 10:30 Liza With A “Z” 8:00 This Old House 9:00 NOVA: Emperor’s 21 | SAT Ghost Army 8:30 Ask This Old House 9:00 Michigan Out Of 9:00 Death In Paradise 10:00 Secrets Of The Dead: 10:30 Mary Chapin Viking Warrior Queen Doors Carpenter: One Night 11:00 Amanpour And 9:30 Under The Radar Company Michigan Lonely 5 | THU 10:00 Death In Paradise 22 | SUN 8:00 This Old House 13 | FRI 8:30 Atlantic Crossing: A 8:30 Ask This Old House 8:00 Washington Week Queen Returns 9:00 Michigan Out Of 8:30 Off The Record 10:00 In Their Own Words: Doors 9:00 Icon: Music Through Princess Diana 9:30 Under The Radar The Lens 11:00 The Tunnel: Sabotage Michigan 10:00 Icon: Music Through 23 | MON 10:00 Death In Paradise The Lens 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 11:00 Amanpour And 11:00 Democracy Now! 9:00 Bird: Not Out Of Company 14 | SAT Nowhere 6 | FRI 9:00 Death In Paradise 10:00 POV: America 8:00 Washington Week 10:00 Country Pop Legends 24 | TUE 8:30 Off The Record (My Music) 8:00 Native America: From 9:00 Icon: Music Through 15 | SUN Caves To Cosmos The Lens 9:00 Unforgotten S4 9:00 Big Burn: American 10:00 Classic Albums: Pink 10:00 Professor T: The Experience 10:00 Frontline: China’s Floyd–The Dark Side Dutiful Child COVID Secrets Of The Moon 11:00 The Tunnel: Sabotage 11:00 Democracy Now! 25 | WED 16 | MON 7 | SAT 8:00 Nature: Natural Born 8:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Rebels Awaits 9:00 Death In Paradise 9:00 When Whales Walked: 10:00 Halifax: Retribution 10:00 Rick Steves’ Journeys In Deep European Christmas Time 11:00 Amanpour And a Company DAYTIME WORLD 26 | THU Channel 23.2 8:00 This Old House WEEKDAYS PRIMETIME 8:30 Ask This Old House 6:00 Fitness 9:00 Michigan Out Of 6:30 PBS KIDS Nature & Doors 12:00 Explore Michigan = 9:30 Under The Radar (Mon.) Evironment Michigan 12:00 Creative And 1 | SUN 10:00 Death In Paradise Culinary (Tue.) 8:00 Nature: Super Cats 11:00 Amanpour And 12:00 Green Living (Wed.) 9:00 Our Gorongosa Company 12:00 Stay Informed (Thu.) 10:00 Doc World: Road 27 | FRI 12:00 Celebrate The Arts Runners 8:00 Washington Week (Fri.) 2 | MON 8:30 Off The Record 2:00 PBS KIDS 8:00 Spy In The Wild: A 9:00 Great Performances: 5:30 Curious Crew (Mon.) Nature Miniseries Vienna Philharmonic 6:00 BBC World News 9:00 The Good Road Summer Night 7:00 PBS NewsHour 9:30 Stories From The Concert 2021 SATURDAYS Stage: Experience 10:30 Beyond The Canvas: 10:00 PBS NewsHour 10:30 Curious Crew World Of Writers 3 | TUE 11:00 Democracy Now! 11:00 Into The Outdoors 8:00 America ReFramed: 28 | SAT 11:30 ’s Places To Love Where The Pavement 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 12:00 Rick Steves’ Europe Ends 9:00 Death In Paradise 12:30 Garden Smart 9:30 Justice In Chester 10:00 Cobra 1:00 Under The Radar 10:00 PBS NewsHour 11:00 Austin City Limits: Michigan 4 | WED The Best Of Spoon 1:30 This Old House 29 | SUN 8:30 POV: Pier Kids 2:00 Ask This Old House 10:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Lucy Worsley’s 2:30 MotorWeek Royal Myths & 3:00 Start Up 5 | THU Secrets: Henry VIII’s 3:30 Chef’s Life 8:00 Secrets Of The Dead: Viking Warrior Queen Reformation 4:00 Tastemakers 9:00 Prehistoric Road Trip: 9:00 Wicked In Concert 4:30 Michigan Out Of Welcome To Fossil 11:00 The Tunnel: Sabotage Doors Country 30 | MON 5:00 Ageless Living 10:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 5:30 Curious Crew 9:00 Right To Read 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6 | FRI 9:30 Big Ideas For Little Weekend 8:00 Death In Paradise Kids: Teaching 6:30 Growing Bolder 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Philosophy Through 7:00 Lawrence Welk Vintage Portland Picture Books 10:00 PBS NewsHour SUNDAYS 10:00 POV: The Song Of 7 | SAT 10:30 Curious Crew The Butterflies 8:00 Secrets Of Royal 31 | TUE 11:00 Off The Record Travel: Secrets Of The 8:00 Native America: 11:30 Spotlight On The Royal Flight News Nature To Nations 9:00 Unforgotten S4 12:00 Firing Line 9:00 Generation 9/11 10:00 Professor T: Mother 12:30 To The Contrary 11:00 Amanpour And Love Company 1:00 Great British Baking Show 11:00 The Tunnel: Sabotage 2:00 Foodie 8 | SUN SAVE A STAMP & 2:30 In Julia’s Kitchen 8:00 Nature: Super Cats DONATE NOW! With Master Chefs 9:00 In Their Own Words: 3:00 Baking With Julia Chuck Berry Use your smart phone camera to scan the QR code 3:30 Steven Raichlen’s 10:00 American Masters: Project Fire Buddy Guy 4:00 Downton Abbey 9 | MON 5:00 Downton Abbey 8:00 Spy In The Wild: A 6:00 PBS NewsHour Nature Miniseries Weekend 9:00 The Good Road 6:30 Washington Week 9:30 Stories From The Stage 10:00 PBS NewsHour 10 | TUE 11:00 DW The Day 8:00 America ReFramed: 21 | SAT CREATE Pyne Poynt 9:00 Unforgotten S4 Channel 23.3 9:30 POV Shorts: There’s 10:00 Professor T: The PRIMETIME No Place Like Home Dutiful Child 10:00 PBS NewsHour 11:00 The Tunnel: Sabotage 1 | SUN 11 | WED 22 | SUN 8:00 Great Estates Scotland 8:00 Frontline: In the 8:00 Nature: Pandas 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s Shadows 9/11 9:30 American Masters: Milk Street Television 10:00 PBS NewsHour Ballerina Boys 9:30 Christopher Kimball’s 12 | THU 11:00 Easy Yoga For Milk Street Television 8:00 Secrets Of The Dead: Arthritis With Peggy 10:00 Rick Steves’ European Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb Cappy Travel Tips And Tricks 9:00 Prehistoric Road Trip: 11:00 To Dine For With Kate 23 | MON Sullivan We Dig Dinosaurs 8:00 Forces Of Nature: 10:00 PBS NewsHour Motion 2 | MON 13 | FRI 9:00 The Good Road 8:00 America’s Test Kitchen 8:00 Death In Paradise 9:30 Stories From The 8:30 Kitchen Queens: New Orleans 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Stage 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s 10:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 PBS NewsHour Milk Street Television 14 | SAT 24 | TUE 9:30 Christopher Kimball’s 8:00 In Their Own Words: 8:00 America ReFramed: Milk Street Television Personal Statement Princess Diana 10:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 9:00 Place To Stand 9:00 Unforgotten S4 10:30 Seeing The USA 10:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 Professor T: Sophie 11:00 Born To Explore With Knows 25 | WED Richard Wiese 11:00 The Tunnel: Sabotage 9:00 Frontline 3 | TUE 15 | SUN 10:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Christopher Kimball’s 8:00 Under The Radar: 26 | THU Milk Street Television Great Lakes Getaway 9:00 NOVA: Rise Of The 8:30 Kitchen Queens: New 9:30 Ken Burns: Baseball Mammals Orleans 11:00 Forever Painless With 10:00 PBS NewsHour 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s Miranda Esmonde- 27 | FRI Milk Street Television White 8:00 Death In Paradise 9:30 Christopher Kimball’s 16 | MON 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Milk Street Television 8:00 Ken Burns: The 10:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 Rick Steves’ Europe National Parks 11:00 DW The Day 10:30 Joseph Rosendo’s 10:00 PBS NewsHour 28 | SAT Travelscope 11:00 Two For The Road 17 | TUE 8:00 Independent Lens: 8:00 Build A Better Wrestle 4 | WED Memory Through 9:30 POV Shorts: Drawing 8:00 Lidia’s Kitchen Science On Experience 8:30 Kitchen Queens: New 10:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 America ReFramed: Orleans 18 | WED Personal Statement 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s 8:00 American Masters: 11:00 The Tunnel: Sabotage Milk Street Television Ballerina Boys 29 | SUN 9:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 9:30 Journey On The Trans- 8:00 Big Pacific: Mysterious 10:00 Rick Steves’ Europe Siberian Railway 9:00 Big Pacific: Violent 10:30 Curious Traveler 10:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 Big Pacific: Voracious 11:00 Canvasing The World 19 | THU 11:00 Big Pacific: Passionate With Sean Diediker 8:00 Underground Railroad: 30 | MON The William Still Story 5 | THU 8:00 Ireland’s Wild Coast 9:30 Charlie’s Place 8:00 Christopher Kimball’s 9:00 The Good Road 10:00 PBS NewsHour Milk Street Television 9:30 Stories From The 8:30 Kitchen Queens: New 11:00 DW The Day Stage 20 | FRI Orleans 10:00 PBS NewsHour 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s 8:00 Death In Paradise 31 | TUE 9:00 Easy Yoga For Milk Street Television 8:00 America ReFramed: 9:30 Christopher Kimball’s Arthritis With Peggy Pahokee Cappy Milk Street Television 10:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 10:30 Joseph Rosendo’s 12 | THU 9:30 Dishing With Julia Travelscope 8:00 Christopher Kimball’s Child 11:00 Afro-Latino Travels Milk Street Television 10:00 Rick Steves’ Europe With Kim Haas 8:30 How She Rolls 10:30 Curious Traveler 6 | FRI 9:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 11:00 Canvasing The World 8:00 America’s Test 10:30 Joseph Rosendo’s With Sean Diediker Kitchen Travelscope 19 | THU 8:30 Kitchen Queens: New 11:00 Outside: Beyond The 8:00 Christopher Kimball’s Orleans Lens Milk Street Television 9:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 13 | FRI 8:30 How She Rolls 9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 8:00 America’s Test 9:00 In Julia’s Kitchen With 7 | SAT Kitchen Master Chefs 8:00 Great Estates 8:30 How She Rolls 9:30 In Julia’s Kitchen With Scotland 9:00 Baking With Julia Master Chefs 9:00 Best Of The Joy Of 9:30 Baking With Julia 10:00 Rick Steves’ Europe Painting 10:00 : Cooking 10:30 Joseph Rosendo’s 9:30 Best Of The Joy Of With Master Chefs Travelscope Painting 10:30 Julia Child: Cooking 11:00 Outside: Beyond The 10:00 Rick Steves’ With Master Chefs Lens Andalucia: Southern 11:00 French Chef Classics 20 | FRI Spain 14 | SAT 8:00 America’s Test 11:00 Essential Pépin 8:00 Under The Radar: Kitchen 8 | SUN Great Lakes Getaway 8:30 How She Rolls 8:00 Great Estates 9:30 Best Of The Joy Of 9:00 Craft In America Scotland Painting 10:00 Craft In America 9:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 10:00 Rudy Maxa’s World: 11:00 Craft In America 9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Escape To French 21 | SAT 10:00 Rick Steves’ Best Of Polynesia 8:00 The Legacy List With The Alps 11:00 Essential Pépin Matt Paxton 11:00 To Dine For With Kate 15 | SUN 9:00 Best Of The Joy Of Sullivan 8:00 ’s Painting 9 | MON Ultimate Retirement 9:30 Best Of The Joy Of 8:00 America’s Test Guide Painting Kitchen 10:00 Rudy Maxa’s World: 10:00 Chesapeake Bay By 8:30 Kitchen Queens: New The Taste Of Japan Air Orleans 11:00 To Dine For With Kate 11:00 Essential Pépin 9:00 Rick Steves’ Europe Sullivan 22 | SUN 9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 16 | MON 7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 10:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 8:00 America’s Test Awaits 10:30 Seeing The USA Kitchen 9:30 Rick Steves’ European 11:00 Born To Explore With 8:30 How She Rolls Christmas Richard Wiese 9:00 Julia Child: Cooking 11:30 Food Flirts 10 | TUE With Master Chefs 23 | MON 8:00 Christopher Kimball’s 9:30 Julia Child: Cooking 8:00 America’s Test Milk Street Television With Master Chefs Kitchen 8:30 Kitchen Queens: New 10:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 8:30 How She Rolls Orleans 10:30 Seeing The USA 9:00 Craft In America 9:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 11:00 Born To Explore With 10:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Richard Wiese 10:30 Seeing The USA 10:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 17 | TUE 11:00 Born To Explore With 10:30 Joseph Rosendo’s 8:00 Longevity Paradox Richard Wiese Travelscope With Steven Gundry, 24 | TUE M.D. 11:00 Two For The Road 8:00 Christopher Kimball’s 11 | WED 9:30 French Chef Classics Milk Street Television 8:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 10:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 8:30 How She Rolls 8:30 How She Rolls 10:30 Joseph Rosendo’s 9:00 Craft In America Travelscope 9:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 10:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 11:00 Two For The Road 9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 10:30 Joseph Rosendo’s 10:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 18 | WED Travelscope 10:30 Curious Traveler 8:30 How She Rolls 11:00 Two For The Road 11:00 Canvasing The World 9:00 Dishing With Julia 25 | WED Child With Sean Diediker 8:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 8:30 How She Rolls 3:30 Xavier Riddle And The 9:00 Craft In America KIDS 24/7 Secret Museum (Sat.– 10:00 Rick Steves’ Europe Channel 23.4 Sun.) 10:30 Curious Traveler MORNING 4:00 Donkey Hodie 11:00 Canvasing The World 4:00 Molly Of Denali (Sat.– 6:00 Cat In The Hat Knows With Sean Diediker Sun.) A Lot About That! 26 | THU 4:30 Curious George 6:00 Clifford The Big Red 8:00 Christopher Kimball’s Dog (Sat.–Sun.) 4:30 Arthur (Sat.–Sun.) Milk Street Television 6:30 Ready Jet Go! EVENING 8:30 How She Rolls 6:30 WordWorld (Sat.–Sun.) Note: Fri.–Sun. program varies 9:00 Craft In America between 6PM–10PM due to Family 7:00 Peg + Cat Night. 10:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 7:00 Splash And Bubbles 10:30 Joseph Rosendo’s 5:00 Curious George Travelscope (Sat.–Sun.) 5:00 Odd Squad (Sat.–Sun.) 11:00 Outside: Beyond The 7:30 Super WHY! 5:30 Xavier Riddle And The Lens 7:30 Peep And The Big Secret Museum Wide World 5:30 Wild Kratts (Sat.–Sun.) 27 | FRI (Sat.–Sun.) 6:00 Molly Of Denali 8:00 America’s Test 8:00 Daniel Tiger’s Kitchen 6:30 Hero Elementary Neighborhood 8:30 How She Rolls 6:30 Wild Kratts (Sat.–Sun.) 8:00 Sid The Science Kid 9:00 Simply Ming 7:00 Wild Kratts (Sat.–Sun.) 8:00 Odd Squad 9:30 Simply Ming 8:30 Daniel Tiger’s 10:00 Simply Ming 9:00 Arthur Neighborhood 1 0:00 Cyberchase 28 | SAT 9:00 Sesame Street 10:30 Pinkalicious & 8:00 The Legacy List With 9:00 Donkey Hodie (Sat.– Peterrific Matt Paxton Sun.) 10:30 WorldGirl (Sat.–Sun.) 9:00 Best Of The Joy Of 9:30 Elinor Wonders Why 11:00 Pinkalicious & Painting 10:00 Clifford The Big Red Peterrific 9:30 Best Of The Joy Of Dog 11:00 Hero Elementary (Sat.– Painting 10:00 Sesame Street Sun.) 10:00 Real Rail Adventures: (Sat.–Sun.) 11:30 Elinor Wonders Why Swiss Winter Magic 10:30 Dinosaur Train 11:30 Xavier Riddle And The 11:00 Essential Pépin 10:30 Super WHY! Secret Museum (Sat.– 29 | SUN (Sat.–Sun.) Sun.) 8:00 The Legacy List With 11:00 Let’s Go Luna! Supported in part by Matt Paxton 11:00 Clifford The Big Red 9:00 Simply Ming Dog (Sat.–Sun.) 9:30 Simply Ming 11:30 Nature Cat 10:00 Real Rail Adventures: 11:30 Pinkalicious & Swiss Grand Tour Peterrific (Sat.–Sun.) 11:00 To Dine For With Kate AFTERNOON Sullivan 12:00 Nature Cat 30 | MON 12:00 Dinosaur Train (Sat.– Channel 23.5 8:00 America’s Test Sun.) Kitchen 12:30 Xavier Riddle And The MORNING 8:30 How She Rolls Secret Museum 7:00 PreK–1st Grade 9:00 Simply Ming 12:30 Let’s Go Luna! (Sat.– 8:00 Kindergarten 9:30 Simply Ming Sun.) 9:00 1st Grade 10:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 1:00 Molly Of Denali 10:00 2nd Grade 10:30 Seeing The USA 1:00 Martha Speaks (Sat.– 11:00 3rd Grade 11:00 Born To Explore With Sun.) AFTERNOON Richard Wiese 1:30 Hero Elementary 12:00 PreK–3rd Grade 31 | TUE 1:30 Nature Cat (Sat.–Sun.) Morning Schedule 8:00 Christopher Kimball’s 2:00 Cyberchase Repeats Milk Street Television 2:30 Pinkalicious & EVENING 8:30 How She Rolls Peterrific 5:00 3rd–8th Grade 9:00 Simply Ming 2:30 WordGirl (Sat.–Sun.) 6:00 PreK–1st Grade 9:30 Simply Ming 3:00 Pinkalicious & 7:00 6th–12th Grade 10:00 Rick Steves’ Europe Peterrific 3:00 Hero Elementary (Sat.– Livestream the channel, find video 10:30 Joseph Rosendo’s lessons on demand and download Travelscope Sun.) lesson plans and related activities 11:00 Two For The Road 3:30 Elinor Wonders Why at MichiganLearning.org. WKAR is a division of College of Thank You WKAR Radio Day Sponsors! Communication Arts and Sciences Programming this month is made possible, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY in part, by these contributions: Dean Prabu David SUN | 1 • from Sara MON | 23 • from Girts Director of Broadcasting and Stech in celebration of and Arija Austrins WKAR General Manager Susi Elkins the birthday of Emma supporting the Senior Director of Development Henry. Singing Revolution Melanie McGuire TUE | 3 • from John commemoration in the Senior Director of Content and Thornburg in celebration name of the Latvian Communication community in Lansing • Julie Sochay of Trena’s 80th birthday from John remembering Senior Director of Radio Strategy • in honor of the many and Operations devoted teachers Nancy Elizabeth Hand on Drew Henderson during the recent and their 50th anniversary. Senior Director of TV Production Never forgotten. Forever and Operations continuing pandemic. • Brant Wells from Richard H. Scheel loved. Eternally grieved. 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A wonderful, musical life together. For more information, please call: MSU is an Affirmative-Action/ Equal-Opportunity Employer. (517) 884-4747 90.5 FM WEEKDAYS 12 a Classical Music GamePlay With Keith Brown 5 a Mondays | 7pm | 90.5 FM 9 a Classical Morning Starting August 2, explore the world of music from video 1 p Classical Afternoon games, which has come a long way in their 2 p The Cleveland games’ 40+ years of entertainment. We talked with host, Orchestra (F) Keith Brown, about the program 4 p W Sophia Saliby Q: What do you think is the biggest preconceived 7 p GamePlay (M) notion about “video game music?” 7 p The Interlochen Host Keith Brown: I’d say it’s the perception that video game Collection (T) music is all “beeps and boops:” repetitive lo-fi chip sounds, 7 p The Fugue (W) catchy tunes without substance. 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SUNDAYS She combines a chamber 12 a Classical Music music feel with gorgeous 8 a Weekend Edition vocal writing for chorus in a 10 a Hidden Brain W soundtrack partly inspired by Shankar Vedantam Vaughan Williams, Delius and 11 a Code Switch Durufle. Life Kit 12 p The Fugue Nobuo Uematsu/Masashi 1 p Michigan Matinee Hamauzu: Final Fantasy. It’s 2 p Chicago Symphony a treasure trove of amazing 4 p Fiesta! W Elbio Barilari melodies for Tchaikovsky/ 5 p ATC Weekend sweeping orchestra/classic film score fans. 6 p Folk W Matt Watroba Jazz fans! Kristofer Maddigan’s Cuphead is a three-hour score 9 p Thistle And Shamrock of original ragtime/’30s style swing played by utterly fab 10 p Classical Music musicians and contains tributes to artists from Cab Calloway to Duke and way more. It’s utterly infectious and brilliant. 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Celebrating the life and legacy Each episode will highlight a of the late James Horner, born milestone or important initiative August 12, 1953, with an hour of The Cleveland Orchestra of his music, from the anvil- during these first 100 years of an laden suspense of Aliens to the orchestra situated right next to romance of Braveheart, and of Lake Erie. course, his ever-popular score to Titanic. Aug. 19 Aug. 21 2 p The Forum We’re checking the polls to Baroque on Beaver Orchestra More Or Less hear various presidential scores plays Handel; Lansing Symphony 3 p The World This Week like James Newton Howard’s performs the Brahms 3rd The Conversation doppelgänger comedy, , Symphony and Jackson 4 p Reveal and the duality of John Williams’ Symphony plays Busoni’s 5 p National Writers Series Amistad and Nixon music. Comedy Overture. 6 p Weekend ATC Aug. 26 Aug. 28 7 p The Inquiry Our monthly feature Francis Poulenc: Concerto for 2 In The Studio highlighting newly released Pianos & Orchestra is played by 8 p The World This Week film scores and a selection of Pascal Rogé, Ami Rogé and the In The Balance listener requests. Email yours Jackson Symphony; Ensemble Global Business to [email protected]. Florestan plays Beethoven’s 9 p The Newsroom Archduke Piano Trio from The Story WKAR E-Newsletters an Academy of Early Music Over To You program. 10 p W’end Doc/Book Club 11 p FOOC SUBSCRIBE Heart & Soul wkar.org/subscribe NEWSTALK SUNDAYS AM 870 & 105.1 FM 6 a The Newsroom NPR’s Code Switch & Outlook Weekend 7 a The Tom Matt Show Life Kit WEEKDAYS Sundays | 11am | 90.5 FM 8 a Travel W Rick Steves 6 a The Newsroom 9 a MSU Today Starting Aug. 15, NPR’s important The Why Factor (M) 10 a Weekend Edition Code Switch makes the jump More Or Less (M) 12 p Wait Wait Don’t Tell from podcast to a weekly show. 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Haydn: Symphony No. 104 11 p The Real Story (F) and Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and A culinary, cultural and lifestyle Juliet is performed by Lansing SATURDAYS program, it has hosted our Symphony. 6 a The Newsroom nation’s conversations about The Food Chain cooking, sustainability and food Aug. 14 7 a The Real Story culture and has introduced us to Ann Arbor Symphony plays 8 a BBC Newshour generations of food dignitaries. Mozart’s Symphony No. 29; 9 a Latino USA Under Francis, listeners can flutistsNancy Stagnitta and 10 a Weekend Edition expect a modern multicultural Tess Miller play Beethoven in a 12 p It’s Been A Minute snapshot of the food world, Traverse Symphony chamber 1 p The Splendid Table exploring different cultures, concert and Saginaw Bay With Francis Lam cuisines, ideas and personal Symphony and chorus perform stories. Bruckner’s Te Deum. PERIODICAL SAVE A STAMP & DONATE NOW!

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