July 4th Specials on KALW

DREAMING OF AMERICA – As our country is poised to pick a new administration, what kind of society do Americans yearn for now?  A “Humankind” documentary written and produced by David Freudberg, featuring Adonal Foyle (basketball star and founder of Democracy Matters), James Crosby (U.S. Marine injured in Iraq), and Sarah Van Gelder (Editor of Yes! magazine). Friday, July 4 at 11am (pre-empts Your Call for today only) THE CAPITOL STEPS Political skewering in sketch comedy and song. Friday, July 4 at 6pm

This week on Folk Music & Beyond...

PETE SEEGER A three-hour special in honor of one of America's greatest folk heroes, featuring interviews with Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Judy Collins, and some members of the original Almanac Singers and The Weavers.  Produced by David Dunaway. Saturday, July 5th 3-6pm Followed by a special two-hour edition of BLUEGRASS SIGNAL with Peter Thompson: THE UNCLE OF BLUEGRASS (Charlie Monroe) Host Peter Thompson shares Charlie Monroe’s Bear Family box set as an overview of his music from 1938-1956, in celebration of Charlie’s birthday weekend. Saturday, July 5th 6-8pm

Stay Engaged with What's Happening at KALW

Dear Listener:   These are exciting times at your local public radio station.   On the air, KALW News is poised to launch Crosscurrents, the daily local news magazine that debuts on August 4th.  The show will provide a high-profile platform for creative, in-depth public interest reporting from the KALW News team and will also open the door for listeners to have greater input in the newsmaking process.  Read all about it in the latest KALW program guide, which you can download here.   Behind the scenes, we’re in the midst of the first expansion of our studios since KALW moved to the campus of Burton High School in 1996.  In the coming months, we’ll be creating a space where we can produce more local programming, and where small groups of students from Burton High can learn from and collaborate with KALW staff.    We’ve also expanded the ways you can listen to KALW programming.  All of our local public affairs and listener call-in programs – including Book Talk, Work With Marty Nemko, Your Legal Rights and Minds Over Matter – are now available as podcasts.  And we’ve added an MP3 stream, allowing you to listen to KALW worldwide in the most universal audio format.   Finally, we’re still feeling a sense of uplift from the remarkable response of so many listeners to our recent call to help us make up the shortfall from our spring membership drive.  We were incredibly heartened, not just because the contributions we received means we ended our fiscal year in the black, but because it demonstrated how our listeners step up when we make a direct request for your support.   So, I’m going to make one more direct request:  Please click here to open up a page that gives you several options for greater involvement with KALW.  Whether it’s becoming a member, volunteering for our September membership drive, offering your professional services, or simply signing up for our e-mail newsletter, consider taking a step to increase your engagement with the station.   However you choose to be involved with KALW, we thank you.  You make all our work possible and meaningful.   Sincerely, Matt Martin General Manager matt@kalw.org