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WUOT Recognizes New and Renewing Underwriters 

The following organizations became new underwriters or renewed their support of WUOT programming in May. You'll find a complete list of WUOT's sponsors with links to their websites on the Sponsors page of our websitePlease thank these organizations for supporting WUOT Public Radio!

 

If you'd like to raise awareness for your organization or a special event by becoming a WUOT underwriter, contact Cindy Hassil at (865) 974-6167.  

  

  

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 From the National Desk

  

  

Guilty and Charged
The NPR News investigative series discovers startling evidence that a growing trend in the criminal justice system often places an unequal financial burden on poor Americans.
http://www.npr.org/2014/05/24/314866421  

Photo:  Tom Barrett returned to the convenience store where he stole a can of beer. He spent time in jail, not for the crime, but because he couldn't afford the fines and fees that went along with wearing an electronic monitoring device.
Photo credit: Joseph Shapiro/NPR
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Would You Plant a Blue Tomato?
For the fashion-conscious gardener, The Salt looks at the most colorful and flavorful new edibles. This year's picks include glass gem corn, the indigo tomato, wasabi and a pineapple-flavored berry.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/05/13  

Photo: Glass Gem Corn
Photo credit: Greg Schoen/Native Seeds  
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What's Your Go-To Windows-Down Song?
We asked how you celebrate the beautiful weather by telling us your favorite songs for driving with the windows down. We got hundreds of suggestions...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2014/05/19

  


 

Dialogue

  

DialogueWUOT's monthly live call-in program; hosted by a member of WUOT's News Staff. 

 

We'll take your calls at 865-974-5050; tweet us @WUOTFM or submit your question on WUOT's Facebook page


Wednesday, June 4, at 1 p.m.

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Studio 865/Flipside

Studio 865 button WUOT's monthly program featuring regional music and musicians, hosted by Todd Steed.
 

 This month on Studio 865, we're featuring Emi Sunshine (right).  Emi is a talented nine-year old who plays ukulele, banjolele, and mandolin and sings like a trained pro. Her band features her dad on bass guitar, her uncle, Bobby, on drums and percussion, and her older  brother, John, on mandolin, plus an ever-changing cast of friends and musicians. (Previously scheduled for May)

  


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Lyric Opera of Chicago
Saturdays at 1 p.m.

June 7 - Verdi's "La Traviata"
June 14 -
Johann Strauss, Jr.'s "Die Fledermaus"
June 21 - Rossini's "The Barber of Seville"
June 28 - Dvorak's "Rusalka" 

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Featured Programs on WUOT-2  

  

Radiolab

Saturdays at 2 p.m.


June 7 - 
"Who Are You?"

June 14 - "New Normal" 

June 21 -  "Musical Language"

June 28 -  "Mortality"  

 

 

  
Afropop Worldwide
Sundays at 4 p.m.

June 1 -  Kickin' it in Cabo Verde
June 8 -  Summer 2014 Concert Previews

June 15Hip Deep Ghana 2: 21st Century Accra from Gospel to Hiplife 

June 22Rumba Para Bebo
June 29Witchcraft, Conflict, and Popular Music in Sierra Leone

  

 

Riverwalk Jazzwith The Jim Cullum Jazz Band

Sundays at 5 p.m.


June 1 - RW #22: 
Harlem to Hollywood: The Music of Harold Arlen

June 8 - RW #23: Beautiful Changes: The Whiteman Years

June 15 - RW #24Diga Diga Do: Jazz Standards of Jimmy McHugh 

June 22 - RW #25: I Wish I Were Twins: The Fats Waller Bluebird Sessions

June 29 - RW #26Jazz on the Move from Chicago to New York

 

 

  

Mountain Stage

Sundays at 6 p.m.


June 1 -
Amy Ray, The Teetotallers, Della Mae, Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, and Karen Staley
June 8 -
Keb' Mo', Joan Osborne, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and Tommy Malone
June 15 -
Rodney Crowell, Infamous Stringdusters, Elephant Revival, The Sea The Sea, and Tattletale Saints
June 22 -
Sonny Landreth, Lucius, Garland Jeffreys, Johnnyswim, and James Maddock

June 29 - Jason Isbell, Stephen Kellogg, Amanda Shires, The Fields of Gettysburg, and Lora Faye