KCCU QUARTERLY ISSUES AND PROGRAMS REPORT April 01 - June 30, 2021
ABOUT KCCU / SIMULCAST KCCU is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Cameron University in Lawton, OK. KLCU-Ardmore, KMCU-Wichita Falls and KOCU-Altus simulcast the KCCU-Lawton signal.
NATIONAL PROGRAMMING The KCCU Network (“KCCU”) airs some of the most prominent programs in public media, such as Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Performance Today. KCCU carries seven hours of national news programming from NPR Monday through Friday and four hours on Saturdays and Sundays. KCCU also carries other news and information programs that air at various times throughout the week. KCCU carries cultural and entertainment programs from NPR, American Public Media, and other entities.
LOCAL PROGRAMMING KCCU airs locally- and regionally-produced news programs, public service announcements, live classical music, and specialty programs daily. Local news programming includes The Texoma Report, a newscast covering the KCCU network broadcast area, and feature stories covering topics from around the area. KCCU also airs regional news content developed by sources such as the StateImpact program, the Oklahoma Public Media Exchange and the collaborative outlet AudioTexas.
Specialty programming includes cultural programs such as Classical Music Today, highlighting notable historical events from each day in the world of classical music, and Slice of Life, a weekly commentary; informational programs such as the public affairs program Community Focus; and special news coverage, such as for elections and important breaking news. Enclosed is a list of topics covered by NPR, PRI, StateImpact Oklahoma and KCCU news during the fourth quarter of 2020.
Gerald D. Cole Director of Broadcasting, KCCU July 8, 2021
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NPR’s Morning Edition is aired on KCCU Monday through Friday from 5 - 9 a.m. Date - Time Cumulative Length (in minutes)
04/01/21 05:07 & 07:07am 07:29 POLITICS - BIDEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN - President Biden has laid out an ambitious, $2T plan to rebuild roads and bridges and create millions of job. But how will we pay for it? NPR's Noel King asks Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. 07:29
04/02/21 06:07 & 08:07am 14:49 COVID-19 - Noel King speaks with Dr. Anthony Fauci about the state of the COVID-19 pandemic and worries over a new surge as millions more Americans get vaccinated. 07:20
04/05/21 06:07 & 08:07am 22:42 MILITARY - EXTREMISM IN RANKS - The military nears a deadline for mandatory talks about extremism in the ranks after the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the so-called "stand downs." 07:53
04/06/21 06:07 & 008:07am 34:02 FOREIGN AFFAIRS - IRAN NUKES - NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Robert Malley, the Biden administration's special envoy to Iran, as talks resume this week over Iran's nuclear program. 11:20
04/07/21 06:10 & 08:10 40:02 POLICE REFORM - CHAUVIN TRIAL - NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Nekima Levy Armstrong, a Minneapolis civil rights lawyer, about the trial of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, who's accused of killing George Floyd. 06:00
04/08/21 05:12 & 07:12am 47:06 POLITICS - VOTING RIGHTS - Missouri is one of the states where Republican legislators are trying to impose new voting restrictions. Voting advocacy groups are fighting against that. The divide has deep roots. 07:04 Cumulative Morning Edition Feature time this page: 47:06
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04/13/21 05:07 & 08:07am 58:34 FIRST AMENDMENT - DISINFORMATION & YOUTUBE - Disinformation and conspiracy theories are rampant on the Internet. One platform that's seen a surge in that content and disinformation is YouTube. We explore what the company is doing in response. 11:28
04/14/21 06:22 & 08:22am 65:41 IMMIGRATION - Thousands of desperate Central Americans trying to get to the U.S. for better lives face a treacherous journey. The first 100 miles take them through jungles. NPR's Carrie Kahn, who recently followed them on this trek has the report. 07:04
04/15/21 06:22 & 08:22am 72:46 CONGRESS - NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Karen Gibson, who is in her first month as the U.S. Senate's sergeant-at-arms. Protecting senators and their staff is a key focus. 07:05
04/16/21 05:07 & 07:07am 78:01 POLICE REFORM - CHAUVIN TRIAL - The defense and prosecutors have rested their cases in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd while he was in custody. 05:15
04/19/21 05:07 & 07:07am 83:31 COVID-19 - Rachel Martin speaks to Dr. Anthony Fauci about the state of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout on the day when all American adults become eligible to get the vaccine. 05:30
04/21/21 06:07 & 08:07am 94:46 POLICE REFORM - CHAUVIN TRIAL VERDICT - The conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd is a major moment in the push for police to face accountability in the killings of Black men. Chris Stewart, a lawyer for the Floyd family, talks about what the murder conviction of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin means for George Floyd's family and Black communities across America. 11:15
Cumulative Morning Edition Feature time: 94:46
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04/26/21 05:07 & 07:07am 102:37 POLICE REFORM - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says the trial of Derek Chauvin puts other police on notice: if they break the law, they may see their chief and colleagues testify against them. 06:51
05/03/21 05:22 & 07:22am 109:39 SOCIAL SECURITY - FOSTER CARE - When kids age out of foster care, they face high rates of unemployment and homelessness. An NPR investigation finds that many of these youths were entitled to federal funds that could have helped. The investigation, conducted by NPR along with The Marshall Project, finds that tens of thousands of children in foster care aren't getting their Social Security benefits. 07:01
05/06/21 06:22 & 08:22am 116:35 IMMIGRATION - More families are fleeing Honduras than any other country for the U.S. southern border. They're escaping hunger, violence and catastrophic flooding. NPR's John Burnett introduces us to three Hondurans, whose lives are inextricably tied to the migrant experience. 06:56
05/11/21 06:07 & 08:07am 125:20 CYBER TERRORISM - The Biden administration says Russian cybercriminals are the likely suspects in a ransomware attack on a gas pipeline. This hack is different from another big intrusion blamed on Russia last year. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Amy Myers Jaffe of Tufts University's Fletcher School and author of the book Energy's Digital Future about the cyberattack on a critical U.S. oil pipeline. 08:45
05/13/21 06:22 & 08:22 131:54 INFRASTRUCTURE - LEAD PIPES - Part of President Biden's infrastructure proposal calls for replacing all lead water service lines in the country. The experience of Flint, Michigan, shows both the need for that, and the challenge. 06:34
Cumulative Morning Edition Feature time: 131:54
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05/14/21 05:07 & 07:07am 140:39 COVID-19 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say fully vaccinated people against COVID- 19 can resume activities indoors or outdoors, in gatherings large or small, without masks or distancing. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Leana Wen, emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University, about the CDC's new mask guidelines for people vaccinated against COVID-19. 08:45
05/17/21 05:07 & 08:07am 147:39 COVID-19 - Many Americans are baring their faces in public again, following the CDC recommendation that fully vaccinated people don't need them in most settings. But there are critics who say it's too soon. 07:00
05/19/21 05:22 & 07:22pm 154:36 MILITARY - A third of potential U.S. Army recruits are rejected because they are overweight. Recruiters are offering unofficial exercise programs to help wanna be soldiers lose enough weight so they can enlist. 06:53
05/20/21 05:22 & 07:22am 161:38 POLICE REFORM - Oakland is preparing to launch a new program that will send mobile teams of civilians, not police, to some 911 calls related to mental health or substance-use crises and lower-level non- criminal cases. 07:02
05/24/21 05:07 & 07:07am 170:38 RACISM - Survivors and their descendants say confronting the truth of the Tulsa Race Massacre is essential in the nation's struggle to confront racial injustice and violence against Black people. 09:00
05/25/21 06:22 & 08:22am 177:56 POLICE REFORM - It's been one year since George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police. In this encore interview with NPR's Noel King, two former Minneapolis police officers react to George Floyd's autopsy report. 07:18
Cumulative Morning Edition Feature time: 177:56
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05/26/21 06:22 & 08:22am 183:46 EDUCATION - MENTAL HEALTH - As rates of anxiety, depression and suicide in children have been rising in recent years, only 20% of kids have access to mental health care. To change that, a hospital joined with school districts. 06:50
05/27/21 06:07 & 08:07am 192:16 COVID-19 - President Biden has asked for a 90-day probe into how the COVID-19 pandemic started -- and whether it's possible that the virus leaked from a lab in China. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with NYU professor Dr. Céline Gounder, who served on President Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board, about the theories surrounding the origins of COVID-19. 8:30
05/31/21 06:12 & 08:12 198:43 RACISM - A study finds that Pretium Partners, a corporate landlord, has filed four times as many evictions in predominantly Black counties in Georgia than it has in white counties in Florida. 06:27
06/01/21 06:07 & 08:07am 210:11 RADICM - RENAMING SCHOOLS - U.S. schools are debating removing Confederate names. As part of NPR's series on democracy, We Hold These Truths, we examine the debate at Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Florida. 11:28
06/02/21 05:35 & 07:35am 218:05 ELECTIONS - VOTING RIGHTS - A walkout by Texas Democrats over the weekend prevented a final vote on a bill that would have cut back polling hours and reduce access to mail-in voting. Where do things stand now? 07:12
06/04/21 05:12 & 07:12am 224:35 FOREIGN AFFAIRS - HARRIS TRIP - Vice President Harris heads to Guatemala and Mexico on her first foreign trip -- a journey that President Biden made when he had the job, but that has considerably higher political stakes for Harris. 06:30
Cumulative Morning Edition Feature time: 224:35
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06/07/21 05:35 & 07:35am 231:50 COVID-19 - U.S. COVID-19 cases have dropped 95% since January. At least 65% of adults have had a least one vaccine shot. President Biden aims to have 70% of adults vaccinated with at least one shot by July 4. 07:15
06/09/21 05:07 & 07:07am 243:05 POLITICS - INFRASTRUCTURE - NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about the bipartisan infrastructure negotiations between the Biden administration and Republicans. Then NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) about why bipartisan infrastructure negotiations have ended and what Republicans need in order for a bill to pass. 11:15
06/10/21 05:07 & 07:07am 254:20 FOREIGN AFFAIRS - NPR's Noel King talks to White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield about the challenges President Biden is faced with as he aims to shore up alliances on his first trip overseas as president. But some in Europe say it’s not quite that easy. NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to Wolfgang, Germany's former ambassador to the US, for the European point of view. 11:15
06/14/21 05:35 & 07:35am 261:50 FOREIGN AFFAIRS - NATO SUMMNIT - President Biden heads to a NATO summit in Brussels on Monday, meeting with key allies before he squares off with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva on Wednesday. 07:30
06:15/21 06:07 & 08:07am 273:18 IMMIGRATION - Some of the migrant families who were separated at the U.S. border during the Trump administration are back together. A Salvadoran father and son share their experience. 11:28
06/17/21 05:35 & 07:35am 281:15 POLITICS - WAR ON DRUGS - Fifty years after President Nixon declared a war on drugs and addiction, the U.S. is rethinking policies that led to mass incarceration and shattered families without curbing drugs' availability. 07:53 Cumulative Morning Edition Feature time: 281:15
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06/21/21 05:07 & 07:07am 292:30 COVID-19 - About a million shots a day need to be administered to reach President Biden's goal of getting 70% of adults vaccinated with first dose by July 4.Vaccine makers are planning for the possibility that boosters will be needed, and they're pushing ahead with research into new-generation flu shots and mRNA cancer vaccines. NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Timothy Sheahan, a virologist and Assistant Professor for the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina about the government’s plans to pour more than 3 billion dollars into making antiviral treatments for the coronavirus and other dangerous viruses. 11:15
06/28/21 05:22 & 07:22am 299:38 MEDICINE - PRICE OF CARE - A mother and daughter in Colorado were outraged when they got a $722 hospital bill each time a nurse pushed a syringe into an IV. What should you do when you believe you got an unreasonable bill? 07:08
Total Cumulative Morning Edition Feature time 04/01/2021 - 06/30/2021: 299:38
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NPR’s Weekend Edition is aired on KCCU Saturday & Sunday from 7 - 9 a.m. Date - Time Cumulative Length (in minutes)
04/03/21 07:42am 07:29 RACISM - NPR's Scott Simon talks to three high schoolers from New York City about their experiences with anti-Asian hate: Joyce Jiang, Amanda Chen, and Lily Zheng. 07:29
04/04/21 07:07am 18:52 POLICE REFORM - NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with columnist Michele Norris and writer Charles Blow about the significance of the Derek Chauvin trial. He is charged in the killing of George Floyd last May. 11:24
04/11/21 07:07am 29:59 COVID-19 - NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Georgetown University law professor and global health law expert Lawrence Gostin about the promise and pitfalls of vaccine passports. Then, Dr. Jorge Moreno of the Yale School of Medicine tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about confronting vaccine hesitancy. 11:07
04/18/21 08:19am 35:18 FOREIGN AFFAITRS - CUBA - NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Lillian Guerra, professor of Cuban and Caribbean history at the University of Florida, about Cuba after the Castros.
04/24/21 08:24am 40:39 IMMIGRATION - HUMAN SMUGGLING - There's an increase of human smuggling across the Texas border. Federal agents, busy processing asylum seekers, are frustrated they don't have time to catch them. 05:21
Cumulative Weekend Edition Feature time this page: 40:39
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04/25/21 07:07am 52:08 IMMIGRATION - NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Susan Davis speak with journalists Maria Martin and Valerie Gonzalez about the surge of migrants to the southern border. 11:29
05/01/21 07:21am 66:32 COVID-19 - OPIOIDS - NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Kaiser Health News reporter Liz Szabo about the use of opioids to treat patients suffering from long-haul COVID-19 symptoms. 14:24
05/09/21 08:07am 73:30 POLITICS - SHIFTING GOP - NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Tim Alberta of "The Atlantic" about the Republican Party's identity crisis as former president Donald Trump continues to exercise his influence over it. 06:58
05/16/21 07:07am 84:07 FOREIGN AFFAIRS - MIDEAST - The conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians is long and complex. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro explains what has lead up to the latest attacks, and how it's different than before. Then, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro gets the latest Mideast news from CNN's Ben Wedeman, who's reporting from the West Bank. 10:37
05/23/21 07:07am 95:07 FOREIGN AFFAIRS - MIDEAST - Days of airstrikes have left thousands of Gazans homeless and grieving. With the ceasefire now in effect, they're assessing the damage. The latest Israeli-Palestinian fighting did not resolve the core issues in the decades-old dispute. But it did reveal several new dynamics likely to influence the conflict in the coming years. 11:00
06/05/21 08:39am 100:56 RACISM - TEACHING HISTORY - NPR's Scott Simon talks with historian Julian Hayter, of the University of Richmond, about Republican push-back on using Critical Race Theory to teach American history. 05:49
Cumulative Weekend Edition Feature time this page: 100:56
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06/19/21 07:21am 110:17 POLITICS - WAR ON DRUGS - American communities were devastated by addiction and the war on drugs. Now they're struggling for a future but the damage runs deep. Healing and hope often clash with overdose deaths and poverty. 09:21
06/20/21 08:07am 116:47 COVID-19 - Andy Slavitt, former senior adviser to President Biden's White House pandemic response team, discusses his new book, “Preventable," about the U.S. government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 06:30
06/27/21 07:07am 129:19 INFRASCRUCTURE - FLA CONDO COLLAPSE - NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Susana Alvarez, who lived on the tenth floor of the building that collapsed on Thursday in Surfside, Florida. 10:32
Total Cumulative Weekend Edition Feature time 04/01 - 06/31/21: 129:19
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PRI’s The Takeaway is aired on KCCU Monday - Thursday from 1 - 2 p.m. Date - Time Cumulative Length (in minutes)
04/01/21 01:07pm 13:28 INFRASTRUCTURE - On Wednesday afternoon, President Joe Biden travelled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to unveil his two-trillion dollar plan to boost the economy and rebuild infrastructure across the U.S. The sweeping proposal, called the American Jobs Plan, is part of President Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda and will tackle everything from the ongoing climate crisis to job creation to improving infrastructure like roads, bridges, and highways. 13:28
04/05/21 01:07pm 34:22 COVID-19 - The Takeaway takes a look at the global fight against COVID-19. Then, The Takeaway continues their look at the disparities in vaccine access between high and low income countries globally and what this could mean for the fight against COVID-19. 20:56
04/15/21 01:30pm 43:52 FOREIGN AFFAIRS - This week, President Joe Biden announced his plans to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 11th, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Coming up, The Takeaway looks at Biden’s plans, the likelihood of this happening, how it compares to plans of his predecessors, what it will mean for the Afghan people, and more. Then, The Takeaway continues their look at President Biden’s plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by September 11th, with Robin Wright, columnist at The New Yorker and Wilson Center Distinguished Fellow. 09:30
04/20/21 01:07pm 47:30 GUN VIOLENCE - On Thursday, a gunman shot and killed eight people working in a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis. Of the eight killed, four of the victims were Sikh. While law enforcement has yet to identify a motive for the violence, some believe the attack targeted the Sikh community and should be treated as a hate crime. 13:28
Cumulative The Takeaway Feature time this page: 47:30
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04/21/21 01:07pm 60:58 POLICE REFORM - On Tuesday, the jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin reached its verdict: guilty of all charges. The Takeaway reflects on the verdict and what it means to Black communities in Minneapolis and beyond, as well as where the fight for racial justice and criminal justice reform goes from here. 13:28
05/03/21 01:07pm 74:26 COVID-19 - On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new COVID-19 guidelines relaxing the wearing of masks outdoors as vaccinations continue and cases decline in the U.S. While it’s still recommended that people wear masks in crowded outdoor areas, the CDC says those who are fully vaccinated no longer need to wear masks in small gatherings, or while walking, running, and more outdoors. The Takeaway looks at the new guidance, why it could be confusing, the possible consequences of mixed public health messaging, and more. 13:28
05/11/21 01:34pm 87:24 EDUCATION - On Monday, researches from MIT released a new study, having tracked pre-kindergarten education in Boston, to see the long-term effects of having a pre-k education. In the late 1990’s, Boston expanded its pre-K program for students in the city, giving researchers the opportunity to see how similar students fared in schooling and life with, and without, pre-k education. The results were very positive, with pre-k students less likely to be sent to juvenile jail, and more likely to graduate college. With President Biden, in his address to congress, calling on universal pre-k education in the U.S., The Takeaway breaks down the lessons from Boston and if it can be applied nationally. 12:58
05/17/21 01:07pm 100:56 FORREIGN AFFAIRS - MIDEAST - For more than a week now, Israel has continued to ramp up airstrikes against Palestinians. In the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army has killed more than 120 Palestinians, including over 30 children. And according to the AP, thousands of Palestinians left their homes on Friday, seeking refuge from the violent attacks. The Takeaway has the latest details. 13:28
Cumulative The Takeaway Feature time: 100:56
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05/18/21 01:07pm 114:24 IMMIGRATION - POLITICS - As some outlets celebrate the declining number of children detained in Border Patrol jails, the number of children held in Health and Human Services centers continues to rise. To start the hour, The Takeaway speaks with a reporter on the rising number of children arriving in the U.S., the opaque facilities in which they are being held, and the Democratic Party’s approach to the detention of migrant children. 13:28
05/20/21 01:07pm 127:52 CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s District Attorney was branded a “progressive prosecutor” when he was elected in 2017. Krasner promised to reform the criminal justice system from within by doing things like getting rid of cash bail for misdemeanor and non violent felonies and not prosecuting people for marijuana possession. And on Tuesday, his vision for the office was put to the test during a primary where he prevailed. The Takeaway has a conversation with Krasner about his primary election and what it means to be a “progressive prosecutor.” 13:28
05/26/21 01:30pm 140:50 WOMENS HEALTH - Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed a bill into law that would ban abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Texas is one of several states that is moving to restrict access to reproductive rights, like abortion. A conversation with a Texas-based abortion provider about what the law means for people seeking abortion in Texas and how it fits into a national trend. 12:58
06/02/21 01:07pm 154:18 VOTING RIGHTS - The legislative session in Texas came to a dramatic end over the weekend with Democrats walking out in order to prevent a vote on SB 7... a Republican sponsored bill that would restrict the right to vote in Texas. The Takeaway has a conversation about what led up to this moment and what might happen next in Texas. 13:28
Cumulative The Takeaway Feature time: 154:18
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06/10/21 01:07pm 167:46 ECONOMICS - WEALTH GAP - The average white family has 10x more wealth than the average Black family in the United States. It’s a gaping disparity built on decades of racist policies and practices. Earlier this month, President Joe Biden announced a set of actions he hopes will help close this racial wealth gap, although a number of advocates pushing for progress on the wealth gap felt these plans didn’t go far enough. The Takeaway will examine what’s in the plan, what’s missing and what it all means for closing the gap. 13:28
06/14/20 01:07pm 181:14 FOREIGN RELATIONS - Over the weekend, world leaders gathered at the G7 summit in England for the first in-person gathering of world leaders since the start of the pandemic. The gathering of the leaders from the richest countries included an announcement that they will make roughly one billion vaccine doses available to poorer nations. The Takeaway looks at how these countries are planning for the deployment of more vaccines and what it means for the global fight against COVID-19. 13:28
Total Cumulative The Takeaway Feature time 01/01/21 - 03/31/21: 181:14
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PRI’s The World airs on KCCU Monday through Thursday from 2 – 3pm.
Date - Time Cumulative Length (in minutes) 04/01/21 02:30pm 08:00 COVID-19 - Across Africa, new daily cases are rising at an alarming rate. Healthcare systems are already stretched to the limit, and delays in vaccine shipments are raising concerns throughout the continent. Host Carol Hills speaks with Dr. John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 8:00
04/06/21 02:11pm 16:05 POLICE REFORM - The trial in Minneapolis of the former police officer charged with killing George Floyd raises questions not only about policing and race in America, but also about the capacity of US courts to put police officers on trial. Host Marco Werman speaks with Peter Herbert, OBE, who served on London's Metropolitan Police Authority and is part of an independent international commission of experts studying police brutality in the U-S. 8:05
04/08/21 02:36pm 22:30 FOREIGN AID - The Biden administration announced yesterday that it would restore hundreds of millions of dollars in American aid to UNRWA, the aid agency that provides economic and development assistance in the West Bank and Gaza. It is the strongest move yet to reverse President Trump’s policy toward the Palestinians. Host Carol Hills speaks with Hussein Ibish, a Senior Resident Scholar at The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, about how U-S aid would be used and what this resumption of aid means for US-Palestinian relations going forward. 6:25
04/12/21 02:50pm 31:28 SPACE EXPLORATION - In Russia and around the world Yuri Gagarin is seen as a hero. He was the first man to venture out into space. Today marks 60 years since that first voyage. Host Marco Werman speaks with author Stephen Walker, whose new book about Yuri Gagarin is called, "Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space." 8:58
Cumulative The World Feature time this page: 31:38
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04/21/21 02:30pm 39:56 POLICE REFORM - Host Marco Werman speaks with Peter Herbert, a retired judge who served on London's Metropolitan Police Authority. He’s also part of an independent international commission of prominent experts studying police brutality in the US. 8:58
4/26/21 02:07pm 49:16 COVID-19 - The United States made an about face on the export of raw materials, ones that India needs to make more vaccines. The raw materials had been prioritized for making vaccines in the U-S. But the shift in policy comes amid an outbreak in India that is pushing that country’s health system to the brink. 9:20
05/05/21 02:14pm 55:46 FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting Kyiv, Ukraine. He plans to meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, to "reaffirm unwavering U-S support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russia’s ongoing aggression." Last month, Russia amassed tens of thousands of troops close to Ukraine's border. Host Marco Werman speaks with former U-S ambassador to Ukraine, William Taylor, who's now based at the United States Institute of Peace. 6:30
05/06/21 02:07pm 62:51 COVID-19 - In October, South Africa and India jointly proposed to the World Trade Organization that all patents for COVID-19 products be lifted for the duration of the pandemic. The idea was to free up manufacturers around the globe to scale up urgently needed vaccines. Many in the vaccine industry warn that a waiver does not actually address the underlying problems of vaccine shortages, and may even undermine it. 7:05
05/10/21 02:50pm 69:11 IMMIGRATION - More than 600 migrants have died or disappeared in the Mediterranean this year on route to Europe. Most migrants come from African countries. Recent deadly shipwrecks off the coast of Libya has brought renew attention to how European policies are impacting migrants, and on the dangerous conditions of migrants who are returned to Libya. 6:20 Cumulative The World Feature time: 69:11
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05/13/21 01:07pm 78:11 FOREIGN AFFAIRS - As deadly exchanges of rocket fire and air strikes between Hamas militants in Gaza and the Israeli military continue, violent riots between Jewish and Arab mobs have erupted in numerous Israeli towns. Attempted lynchings by both sides, three Synagogues and a Muslim cemetery were set on fire, shops were vandalized and looted. Host Marco Werman speaks with Mohammad Darawshe, a political analyst and expert on Jewish-Arab relations in Israel. 9:00
05/17/21 01:07pm 85:31 FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Pressure is building for President Biden to do more to try to halt Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip. That pressure is from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and also, increasingly, from the center - where there’s much more vocal criticism of civilian casualties. Carol Hills speaks with Ilan Goldenberg, former Chief of Staff to the US Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations. 7:20
05/19/21 02:50pm 91:46 COVID-19 - They’re known as the Visegrad four: a cultural and political alliance of four countries in Central Europe, consisting of Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. But that's not all they have in common. When the pandemic first hit Europe in March last year, these four countries escaped the worst of it. But by the time a third wave hit the continent earlier this year, these four nations had the worst infection rates in Europe. 6:16
05/24/21 02:07pm 102:21 FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Yesterday a commercial flight from Athens to Vilnius, Lithuania was diverted to Minsk, Belarus. Several passengers including Belarusian dissident Roman Protasevich were detained by Belarusian authorities in an operation that was approved by Alexander Lukashenko, the man often referred to as “Europe’s last dictator.” 10:35
Cumulative The World Feature time: 102:21
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05/25/21 02:21pm 110:49 FOREIGN AFFAIRS - On Sunday a Ryanair flight, on its way to Lithuania from Athens, was diverted and forced to land in Minsk, by a Belarusian fighter jet. Belarusian dissident, Roman Protasevich was taken off the flight and arrested. About 24 hours later, he appeared in a video, saying that he is in good health and is being treated well. Possibly under duress, he also confesses to plotting riots in Minsk, crimes that carry a 15-year prison sentence. Host Carol Hills speaks with Franak Viačorka, a political advisor with the Belarusian opposition. 8:28
06/03/21 02:50pm 117:14 FOREIGN RELATIONS - When Vice President Kamala Harris travels to Central America next week she hopes to solidify a partnership with Guatemala’s conservative government. But working alongside that country’s top officials won’t be easy, according to Claudia Escobar. The former judge tells The World’s Marco Werman why so many anti-corruption crusaders have had to flee Guatemala in recent years. 6:25
06/07/21 02:21pm 125:29 COVID-19 - Scientists around the world don’t seem to be reaching any sort of consensus on the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. Lack of transparency from China’s government is a key reason for all the uncertainty. It’s an issue Lawrence Wright examines in his newest book, "The Plague Year." Wright talks with The World’s Marco Werman about how China’s government continues to control the narrative on how the outbreak began. 8:15
06/08/21 02:07pm 134:39 CRIME - Officials in the US, Australia and Europe on Tuesday revealed details on a global criminal gang bust operation called, “Trojan Shield.” It entailed tricking suspected criminals around the world into using an encrypted messaging app that was being secretly run by the FBI. Officials said the operation has led to hundreds of arrests and tens of millions of dollars in asset seizures. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou has the story. Then, John Scott-Railton, senior researcher at Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto talks with The World’s Marco Werman about the potential for overreach in the monitoring operation. 9:10 Cumulative The World Feature time: 134:39
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06/17/21 02:20pm 142:29 FOREIGN RELATIONS - US-Russia relations over the years have been defined by altercation and disagreement. After yesterday's summit meeting in Geneva, both President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed a desire to turn a page, and better relations between the two countries. Host Marco Werman speaks with Alina Polyakova, the president and CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis, and Maxim Suchkov, the Director of the Center for Advanced American Studies at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.7:50
06/23/21 02:07pm 150:49 FOREIGN AFFAIRS - The Apple Daily, Hong Kong’s biggest and only mass-circulation pro-democracy newspaper is publishing its final issue. The move comes a week after authorities froze the outlet’s bank accounts, raided its offices and arrested top editors. We hear from a reporter at the paper. The World’s Carol Hills also talks with Tom Grundy, the editor of the Hong Kong Free Press about the chilling effect the closure has had on the island’s media landscape. 8:20
Total Cumulative The World Feature time 04/01 - 06/31/21: 150:49
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NPR’s All Things Considered airs Monday through Friday from 4 - 7 p.m. It is aired on Saturday from 4 - 6p.m. and on Sunday from 5 – 7p.m.
Date - Time Cumulative Length (in minutes) 04/01/21 05:21pm 08:24 COVID-19/EDUCATION - From dorm room COVID-19 safety to virtual office hours, graduating high school seniors have lots of question about college in a pandemic. We've invited current college students to answer some. 8:24
04/02/21 05:21pm 14:32 RACISM - NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author Kim Tran about the history of solidarity between Asian and Black Americans and how their movements interact. 6:08
04/03/21 04:10pm 22:44 POLICE REFORM - After George Floyd's death, a majority of the Minneapolis City Council pledged to defund the police. Ten months later, it hasn't happened, but the debate about police reform in the city continues. 8:12
04/04/21 05:21pm 29:09 NATIVE AMERICANS - A new unit of the Bureau of Indian Affairs will begin to investigate missing and murdered Native Americans. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Connie Walker, a journalist who has spent years covering the cases of missing and murdered indigenous women. 6:25
04/07/21 05:06pm 37:54 INFRASTRUCTURE - NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh about the American Jobs Plan, the Biden administration's $2 trillion infrastructure proposal. 08:45
Cumulative All Things Considered Feature time: 37:54
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04/09/21 05:07pm 49:12 ECONOMY/WOMEN - NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with three women who are shaping U.S. economic policy about how the Biden administration plans to tackle economic losses suffered by women in the pandemic. 11:16
04/11/21 05:07pm 56:18 COVID-19 - NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Krishna Udayakumar, founding director of the Duke Global Health Innovation Center, about vaccine surpluses in the U.S. and what might be done with extra doses. 07:06
4/19/21 05:36pm 68:28 INTERNET HACKING - A look at the run-up to and aftermath of the SolarWinds breach, described as America’s biggest hack. SolarWinds executives, investigators and officials reveal what happened behind the scenes. 12:10
04/28/21 05:21 76:52 FOREIGN AFFAIRS - NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Afghan general Sami Sadat about the upcoming U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. 08:24
05/05/21 04:07 & 06:07pm 85:22 FIRST AMENDMENT - Facebook's Oversight Board has upheld the company's ban on former President Trump, but said Facebook must reinstate Trump or ban him permanently within six months -- the ban cannot be "indefinite." 06:28
05/11/21 05:22pm 93:46 POLICE REFORM - Last June, NPR's Ari Shapiro spoke to three police officers about being Black in law enforcement. We revisit those officers to talk about the Chauvin verdict and what's next for police reform. 08:24
Cumulative All Things Considered Feature time: 93:46
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5/19/21 05:22pm 102:10 COVID-19 - How do we all return to society after over a year of isolation? NPR's Ari Shaprio talks with Dr. Lucy McBride and theologian Ekemini Uwan about what the future post-pandemic may look like for us all. 08:24
05/25/21 04:22 & 06:22pm 108:48 RACISM - Republican state lawmakers across the country are advancing bills that limit how public school teachers can talk about race in the classroom. 06:38
06/03/21 04:07 & 06:07pm 114:18 INTERNET HACKING - NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Colonial Pipeline CEO Joe Blount on ransomware attacks and the decision to pay the hackers of the pipeline cyberattack. 05:30
06/05/21 05:41pm 122:33 COVID-19/EMPLOYMENT - NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jim Essey, CEO of the TemPositions Group of Companies, about why employers are having difficulty finding workers despite millions of Americans who remain unemployed. 08:15
06/14/21 05:07pm 129:43 FOREIGN AFFAIRS - As Benjamin Netanyahu ends the longest term for any Israeli prime minister, 12 years, he leaves the role having sent his country in a right-wing direction. 07:10
06/22/21 05:12pm 135:55 RACISM/POLITICS - Legislators are calling Critical Race Theory divisive and pushing to ban it in classrooms. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Gloria Ladson-Billings, one of the first to apply the theory in education. 06:12
Cumulative All Things Considered Feature time: 135:55
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05/26/21 04:21pm 143:10 FOREIGN AFFAIRS - NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Primrose Riordan of the Financial Times about China's increasingly tight grip on Hong Kong - and what it might mean for one of the world's busiest financial centers. 07:15
05/28/21 05:50pm 150:48 WOMENs RIGHTS/SEXISM - NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with director Andrea Nix Fine and soccer player Jessica McDonald about their new documentary "LFG," which follows the U.S. Women's Soccer Team struggle for equal pay rights. 07:38
Total Cumulative All Things Considered Feature time 04/01 - 06/31/21: 150:48
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State Impact Oklahoma is produced by a consortium of public media outlets in Oklahoma: KGOU, KOSU, KWGS & KCCU. Together these four station compromise the Oklahoma Public Media Exchange. The exchange secures funding to produce the StateImpact Oklahoma reports. StateImpact stories are aired at 4:44 & 5:44 p.m. on Thursdays and at 6:45:35 & 7:45:35 a.m. on Fridays on KCCU.
STATEIMPACT OKLAHOMA SUMMARIES:
Date - Time Cumulative Length (in minutes) 04/01/21 04:44 & 05:44 pm 4:21 EDUCATION - Robby Korth reports a recent resolution announced by Oklahoma’s State Board of Education will transform education funding in Oklahoma by equalizing funding for charter and traditional public schools. 4:21
04/08/21 04:44 & 05:44pm 8:59 HEALTH - Empty appointments at mass vaccination sites mark a new priority: hesitant and hard-to-reach Oklahomans. Catherine Sweeeney reports health officials are starting a new chapter in the state's pandemic response. 4:38
04/15/21 04:44 & 05:44pm 13:26 HEALTH - Oklahoma prisons ahead in vaccinations but advocates say earlier access could have saved lives. Quinton Chandler reports 53% of Oklahoma prisoners received at least one shot by mid-April. 4:27
04/22/21 04:44 & 05:44pm 17:36 EDUCATION/COVID-19 - Robby Korth reports how Oklahoma’s only school for children experiencing homelessness fought through the coronavirus pandemic. Positive Tomorrows educates Oklahoma City's most vulnerable students. 4:10
Cumulative StateImpact Feature time this page: 17:36
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04/29/21 04:44 & 05:44pm 21:46 EDUCATION - Gov. Kevin Stitt's top health priority has been SoonerSelect, a program that would bring insurance companies into Medicaid. Catherine Sweeney reports House Republicans have joined the fight against it. 4:10
05/06/21 04:44 & 05:44pm 25:36 HEALTH - StateImpact gets a haircut: Oklahoma City barber talks about covid effects while trimming ungroomed reporter’s hair. Robby Korth has the report. 3:50
05/13/21 04:44 & 05:44pm 30:03 HEALTH - ‘Every day is a great day’: Quinton Chandler reports that women in Oklahoma prisons encourage people struggling through the pandemic. 4:27
05/20/21 04:44 & 05:44pm 34:19 HEALTH - Catherine Sweeney reports that thousands of volunteers turn out for Oklahoma’s COVID-19 vaccine effort. Local health officials say that vaccine clinics would be impossible without the volunteers who did everything from administering shots to monitoring bathrooms. 4:16
05/27/21 04:44 & 05:44pm 38:41 EDUCATION - Robby Korth reports Oklahoma continues to battle teacher shortage, but pandemic hasn’t caused a mass exit yet. 4:12
06/03/21 04:44 & 05:44pm 43:10 HEALTH - Quinton Chandler reports that Oklahoma paid for more addiction treatment and providers say its saving lives. 4:29
Cumulative StateImpact Feature time this page: 43:10
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06/11/21 04:44 & 05:44pm 47:21 HEALTH - Medicaid expansion and new safe syringe program will curtail Oklahoma’s Hepatitis C deaths. Catherine Sweeney reports that Oklahoma has long struggled with Hepatitis C and remains third in the nation for deaths from the viral infection. 4:11
06/17/21 04:44 & 05:44pm 51:49 HEALTH - Catherine Sweeney reports that Oklahoma legalized its clean needle exchange program. Lawmakers focused on the policy's public safety benefits to ensure its passage out of Oklahoma's conservative statehouse. 04:28
06/24/21 04:44 & 05:44pm 55:50 EDUCATION - Oklahoma schools boost summer offerings to combat negative effects of COVID-19 on learning. Robby Korth reports that districts across the state see major growth in summer enrollment thanks to federal funding. 4:01
Total Cumulative StateImpact Feature time 04/01 - 06/31/21: 55:50
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Total Feature Time from All Sources: mm:ss Cumulative Morning Edition Feature time: 299:38 Cumulative Weekend Edition Feature time: 129:19 Cumulative The Takeaway Feature time: 181:14 Cumulative The World Feature time: 150:49 Cumulative All Things Considered Feature time: 150:48 Cumulative State Impact Oklahoma Feature time: 55:50 Total Cumulative Feature time: 967:38
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