PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Fri 05.16 2pm
An intimate glimpse at the most famous marriage in jazz history—Lil
Hardin and Louis Armstrong on Riverwalk
Jazz.
Sat 05.17 8pm
Montana pickers and fiddlers Fred Buckley and Doug Ezell present
old and new recordings of old-time and bluegrass music on Strings & Things.
Sun 05.18 noon
Oskar Eustis reads from Tom Bissell’s personal memoirs, War
Wounds, from The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the
Legacy of Vietnam on Selected
Shorts.
Mon 05.19 2pm
One of the giants of jazz piano, Oscar Peterson joins Marian McPartland
on his own Love Ballad on Piano
Jazz.
Tue 05.20 8pm
Charles Dutoit conducts the New
York Philharmonic in Mozart’s
Overture to The Marriage of Figaro.
Wed 05.21 2pm
Highlights from 2007’s North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands,
known as the biggest in the world, on JazzSet with DeeDee Bridgewater.
Thu 05.22 8pm
One of the world’s foremost commentators on religion, Karen
Armstrong in conversation on City
Arts & Lectures.
Fri 05.23 11am
Tony Morris features music and interviews with leading guitar performers
and composers on Classical
Guitar Alive!.
Sat 05.24 1pm
A sample of some of best songs by American lyricist Sheldon Harnick,
including Fiddler on the Roof, on Broadway
Revisited.
Sun 05.26 6am
Humankind investigates the health care systems of other developed
nations who cover all their citizens at lower cost than the U.S
with impressive results.
Mon 05.26 11am
Pianist/composer/arranger Steven Prutsman performs Three Piano
Preludes by Debussy, and is joined by the St. Lawrence String
Quartet in Mozart’s Piano Concerto in A Major at the Spoleto
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RealTime with
George Cole
Mondays at 6:30pm
May 19
In the conclusion of this two-part program, U.S.
Presidential historian Joan Hoff offers perspective on
recent American presidents and the dangers of an imperial presidency. Dr.
Joan Hoff is a research professor of history at MSU in Bozeman. Hoff's
new book, A Faustian Foreign Policy: From Woodrow Wilson to George
W. Bush, is published by Cambridge University Press. Dr. Hoff is the
former CEO and president of the Center
for the Study of the Presidency and has taught history at Ohio University
and Indiana University.
Home
Ground with Brian Kahn
Tuesdays at 6:30pm
May 20
Montana Bureau of Land Management director Gene Terland discusses
his job and the interface between science and politcs in agency decisions.
Health
Matters w/ Rachel Rockafellow
airing monthly
Wednesday, May 21, 6:30pm
Registered nurse Rachel Rockafellow welcomes three proponents
of the Gallatin Valley Farm
to School Project for a discussion of the connection between diet, health,
and local agribusiness. Rachel welcomes Jamie Shinn, Newsletter
Editor of the Bozeman Community
Food Co-op, Heather Beal, Curriculum Director for the Montana
Outdoor Science School, and Mary Stein of the Department
of Health and Human Development at Montana State University to explain how
the Farm to School idea began and how others may start a similar movement in
their regions to improve both the food choices for their children and the economy
of local agriculture.
Featured Online Audio
Jennifer Lowe-Anker
interviewed by Jackie Yamanaka
  Jennifer
Lowe-Anker (WMA)
 Jennifer
Lowe-Anker (MP3)
Renowned alpinist Alex Lowe of Bozeman died in 1999 during the
American Shishapangma Ski Expedition, leaving behind a wife and three children.
Nearly 8 years after Lowe’s death, his widow, Jennifer Lowe-Anker,
has written a memoir titled Forget Me Not. Lowe-Anker talks with Jackie
Yamanaka about Alex Lowe's career, their children, and emerging from
grief to a new life and love with Conrad Anker—a surviving
member of the Shishapangma expedition and Alex Lowe's best friend.
At
Large with Leni Holliman
airing occasionally
YPR Arts and Humanities Producer Leni Holliman presents a variety
of programs exploring the visual arts, the performing arts, literature, and regional
cultural events. In addition to conducting interviews, Leni records presentations
and special events, capturing the themes and topics and distilling them into
a half-hour or hour of radio.
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