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The Messthetics dig into the “DMV DNA” of their new jazz album Deface the Currency

Tamika Smith, Jackson Sinnenberg — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:58:55 +0000

Drummer Brendan Canty and guitarist Anthony Pirog of the Messthetics speak with WAMU about new jazz album with saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, "Deface the Currency."

The Happy Pod: From a small town, to the moon

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000

The mayor of Ingersoll beams with pride at the Canadian town being represented on Artemis II. Ingersoll is home to 15,000 people, including the astronaut Jeremy Hansen - who is the mission specialist. Also, we speak to two former NASA astronauts about why the Artemis II mission has gripped people around the world.

Plus, the garden designed to support people with Parkinson's disease. It will go on display in May at the British Chelsea Flower Show, and then find its roots at a specialist hospital. The woman who has a memorial bench in honour of her survival. The couple who held a sustainable wedding in Utrecht Central Station and, the rescue operation in New Zealand which reunited Molly the dog with her owner Jessica, one week after they were separated.

Presenter: Holly Gibbs. Music composed by Iona Hampson.

April 11, 2026

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000

Games People Play – KING CURTIS

Reconsider Me – JOHNNY ADAMS

Hard Way – T BONE WALKER

I Just Want to Make Love to You – ETTA JAMES

Dinero – The TEXAS TORNADOS

Cocaine Blues – ROY HOGSHED

Sam Hall – JOHNNY CASH

Love Shy – SANDY ROGERS

Lonesome Man – SANDY ROGERS

You’re Gonna Miss Me (When I’m Gone) – CHUCK BRADFORD

Reconsider Baby – ELVIS PRESLEY

Guitar Boogie – ARTHUR SMIT

Brand New Heartache – EVERLY BROTHERS, The

Hot Burrito # 1 (I’m Your Toy) – The FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS

Grab This Thing – The MAR-KEYS

Somerton’s Chavez changes, Yuma data centers and student entrepeneurs

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:30:00 +0000

In this week's Arizona Edition, Somerton changes Cesar Chavez Avenue to honor farmworkers, Yuma residents discuss data centers and Yuma student entrepreneurs.

Ep. 18:Someone Loves You Honey

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:18:05 +0000

Charley Pride and John Prine live side-by-side on the record shelf, their names separate by only one letter. They died the same year, of the same cause. RIP Pride and Prine.

Soprano and Director of Opera at KU Stella Markou, trumpeter Aaron Romm and pianist Ellen Sommer play selections on April 9, 2026 from Markou’s upcoming faculty recital at Swarthout Hall, 7:30 April 14, 2026

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:57:01 +0000

This concert is presented in honor of Stella’s beloved teacher of 20 years, Mary Kay Schmidt, who passed away in December. The program features works she loved for Markou’s voice and repertoire they studied together throughout the years.

The Big Broadcast: April 12, 2026

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:09:44 +0000

Taxes are taxing and full of confusing syntaxes... but we've got the remedy! Tax Day humor from Fred Allen and Jimmy Durante, and Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn on The Marriage. Plus the 1961 Space Race kick-off, deep cut noir with That Hammer Guy, and a frenchman asks "Where Could I Be Better Off?" in Democracy In America.