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October 13, 2022

Planning for coverage of the general election Oklahomans head to the polls this fall to decide statewide and local races, including for governor and both U.S. Senate seats. KGOU is ramping up election coverage over the next few weeks including: interviews with candidates for governor on Capitol Insider later this month re-broadcast of a gubernatorial debate on the Sunday Radio Matinee election night results anchored by NPR on Nov. 8, on the air and online Stay tuned as we finalize our plans for election coverage before, during and after; in the meantime see if you missed any current stories: Oklahoma election coverage

Oct. 26 is Public Radio Music Day The third annual Public Radio Music Day will be celebrating public radio music stations, artists, and fans to highlight the contributions of public radio to local and national noncommercial music. KGOU will be highlighting our locally produced music shows The Weekend Blues, Tonic: The Funky Groove Show, and Global Sojourn, along with syndicated shows you hear evenings and weekends. Stay tuned!

KGOU Readers Club: Sooner Saucers For the month that ends with a day for the otherworldly, the KGOU Readers Club will ponder whether we've been visited by any beings outside our world. Sooner Saucers: Oklahoma UFO's 1947-1969 by Marilyn A. Hudson is the book up for discussion on Monday, Oct. 24 at 1 p.m. Join KGOU Managing Editor Logan Layden for this informal book club conversation, and he'd welcome your questions, thoughts, or tales of strange encounters: Tell us about your sighting

Who's hungry?

Simplify holiday baking with sheet pan recipes Does fall bring out the baker in you? Even a casual baker will excel with sweets made on a single sheet pan, thanks to cookbook author Molly Gilbert. She shared four sweet recipes with Here & Now's Robin Young featuring low-mess baking: Sheet pan sweets *Prepare* 3 fresh pear recipes for fall Here & Now's resident chef Kathy Gunst laments how pears don't get nearly as much attention as apples -- but are every bit as versatile for your fall table. She shares three recipes that show off pears in every course of a meal: Pear recipes

Turning October into 'Cartober' Nonprofits nationwide began a campaign this month highlighting vehicle donations to fund your favorite causes, like KGOU. If you've been thinking about donating that old clunker, 'Cartober' is a great time to send it rolling out of your way. Start the process before the end of the year, and you'll reap a tax deduction for 2022. You benefit and KGOU benefits, turning your old car into the programs you love! Learn more

Ticket Giveaway

OU Theatre presents Radium Girls In 1926 radium was considered a miracle cure and luminous watches made with the newly discovered element were the latest rage. Then the women employed in watch-making started getting sick. OU Theatre stages Radium Girls Nov. 4 - 13, dramatizing ever-relevant themes of corporate greed, personal integrity, and one woman's fight for her day in court. We'll hold a drawing for one pair of tickets to the winner's choice of performance. Enter drawing

Congratulations to Our Winners In our last issue we gave away a pair of tickets to OU Theatre's production of Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 to our lucky winner Joan. And we gave away a pair of tickets to Canterbury Voices singing Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah to winner Linda. Congratulations!

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