It's always a fun occasion when the next generation of community broadcasters visits the station! Lizzy Price stopped by WDIY this past weekend with her aunt Cheryl Haughney who is president of the board and station co-founder.

Our Musikfest features for this year may be over, but you can browse our archive of live performances recorded here at the WDIY studios anytime with our online Studio Sessions archive! Hear all of this year's live performances as well live sets going back six years including Serene Green, the Jake Shimabukuro Trio, Trouble City All-Stars, and more!

Host: Dave Pandl

Dave Pandl will be pinch hitting for Arnie on the Monday Blend. Expect songs about rain, dog walking, being up and at 'em and down and out. A set of blues here ... a set of strings there ... a polyphonic mix to kick off the week.

Host: Marcie Lightwood and Karen El-Chaar

This week, Lehigh Valley Arts Salon asks if ..a rose by any other name would smell as sweet? WDIY showcases two Lehigh Valley rose gardens with Marcie Lightwood sharing the story of the 90 year-old Bethlehem Rose Garden and Karen El-Chaar featuring the Malcolm Gross Rose Garden in Allentown. Stop and smell the roses!

Host: Paul Willistein

Monday, 6:28 p.m. during Lehigh Valley Arts Salon

Free Guy stars Ryan Reynolds as Blue Shirt Guy, a character in Free City, a fictional video game. As Guy develops his own game plan, the video game company CEO (Taika Waititi) targets Guy, whose plan may prevent the release of Free City 2. Shawn Levy directs Ryan Reynolds, Taika Waititi and Jodie Comer as Molotov Girl. Paul Willistein of the Lehigh Valley Press reviews the action comedy science fiction film.

Host: Greg Capogna

Host Greg Capogna, together with Rider-Pool Foundation and Trust Executive Director Edward Meehan and Program Officer Ronald Dendas, tackle food insecurity and nutrition as a social determinant of health and how it affects many in our shared community here in the Lehigh Valley.

Host: Rob Reagan

Some big names from the jazz world once again for Milestones tonight, including Charles Mingus, Horace Silver, and Wynton Marsalis. Singers Andy Bey, Allan Harris, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Kevin Mahogany will be featured, plus tunes with intense guitar work from Carlos Santana and Pete McCann.

Host: Steve Capwell

On this week's Blues Cruise, we feature Isaac Hayes doing Burt Bacharach, a tribute to John Lee Hooker, a nice set of early blues women and a hymn (?) by Jerry Lee Lewis, the last man standing. All of this along with the regular stuff and nonsense with Capwell & Fuzzy. Voot.

Host: Brooke Gladstone

This week's show: Maligned Women

Cries to free Britney Spears from her conservatorship this summer have prompted a reevaluation of how the pop star was covered by the press decades ago. This week, On the Media looks at how the maligned women of the '90s and 2000s help us understand our media — and ourselves. Featuring:

Host: Dave Fry

Dave Fry features archived sets from Jim Weider and Project Percolator ('20), Cliff Eberhardt ('19), Tom Rush ('03), Bill Miller ('17), Vance Gilbert ('17), Catie Curtis ('17), Peter Mayer ('03), Stan and Garnet Rogers ('77), Anne Hills (16), Nashville Bluegrasss Band ('88), and more.

Host: Doug Ashby

Roots After Hours this week returns to Minnesota to celebrate the Replacements, Paul Westerberg, Tommy Stinson, and their solo careers. One of the most influential bands of the 1980s, the Replacements blazed a trail and forged a sound and style that still resonates in American music today. Roots Reggae segment is going to feature the Slickers!

Hosts: Rodman Young, CPA/PFS, CFP® and Jaclyn Cornelius, CFP®, EA

On this week's edition of Your Financial Choices, guest hosts Rodman Young, CPA/PFS, CFP® and Jaclyn Cornelius, CFP®, EA discuss pension options. This is a repeat show, originally aired on May 26, 2021. Listeners can submit questions for the next live broadcast anytime through yourfinancialchoices.com.

Host: John Pearce

Host: Bill Fox

The Special Focus for August is Finite Element, a.k.a. Rich Kennicutt who is a keyboard-based electronic musician from upstate NY. Rich’s music combines ambient, industrial, classical, minimalist, and rock elements with a heavy dose of Berlin School synth sequences and textures.

On the next Galactic Travels™, the month-long focus on Finite Element concludes. The Featured CD at Midnight will be Binary Approach / EVAC.

You will also hear new music by Jim Ottaway, by Sam Genovese, and by Nigel Mullaney on DiN Records.

Host: Manoush Zomorodi

This week's show: Elise Hu — The Beauty Ideal

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But it's also shaped by global norms. This hour, journalist Elise Hu reflects on what's considered beautiful now, and how we'll think about beauty in the future.

Host: Jeff Biro

Host: Ophira Eisenberg

This week's show: Javier Muñoz And David Harbour — The World Turned Upside Down

Javier Muñoz from the musical Hamilton teaches us about presidential pets. And David Harbour from Stranger Things plays Dungeons & Dragons. This episode originally aired on October 14, 2016.

Host: Bill Rudman

In this third installment of a four-part mini-series, Bill Rudman and author Rick Pender explore selections from Merrily We Roll Along, Pacific Overtures, Follies, Sweeney Todd and A Little Night Music.

Don't forget...all of WDIY's music programs are available after they air for two weeks at our website and on the WDIY App!