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KNAU update for Oct. 6

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KNAU Insider prEview – October 6th, 2017
 Pledge Drive Success! Thank You!
Thank you to all the generous donors who contributed during this Fall Pledge Drive Lite, we made our goal 4 days early and without interrupting one minute of programming because each and every one of you stepped up and said that real, local journalism matters to you. Thank you!
A Prairie Home Companion kicks off its second season with Chris Thiele
Mandolin player Chris Thiele is a pretty busy guy. He’s recorded Bach with Yo Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer, jazz with pianist Brad Meldau and his own music with The Punch Brothers, his modernist string band. Between a busy recording schedule and extensive tour commitments, it’s a wonder he finds time to host A Prairie Home Companion, a gig he took over last year following a decades-long run by Garrison Keillor. Thiele has clearly found a home in Lake Wobegone, among strong women, good-looking men and exceptional children.

Thiele will be back for his second season of A Prairie Home Companion and has just announced his guests for the first three shows.

October 7th singer Chris Stapleton joins Thiele and his regulars: The First Call Radio Players and The Royal Academy of Radio Actors. A week later on October 14th New Orleans’ Preservation Hall Jazz Band travels upriver to St. Paul to share the stage with Thiele and short-story master George Saunders. Then October 21st singer/songwriter/film composer Randy Newman brings his mordant wit and sardonic songs to the Fitzgerald Theater. You’ll want to make sure your radio is in optimal working order for all of these broadcasts.

Listen to A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thiele every weekend on Arizona Public Radio. Saturday evenings at six, Sunday morning at ten on KNAU News/Talk and Sunday evening at six on Classical KNAU. All of our broadcasts can be heard at our website,KNAU.org.
Blue Cross Backs Off Arizona Health Premium Rise In 2018
The only seller of individual health insurance policies under the Affordable Care Act in 13 rural Arizona counties said Tuesday that it won’t raise premiums next year after all. Learn more at KNAU.org.
Earth Notes: Clark’s Nutcracker

Explorers Lewis and Clark, in Idaho in the early 1800s, observed dapper grey and black birds ripping into pine cones for the seeds. William Clark mistook them for woodpeckers, but Meriwether Lewis correctly identified the species as a cousin of crows, ravens, and jays. Still, ornithologists named the bird Clark’s nutcracker. Learn more at KNAU.org.
Teen Homicide Suspect Arrested In Arizona
Authorities say a 14-year-old boy sought in the shooting death of a woman in eastern Arizona has been taken into custody.Learn more at KNAU.org.
Judge Formally Dismisses Arpaio’s Criminal Case
A federal judge has upheld the validity of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s pardon despite claims from critics that letting his clemency stand would encourage officials to disobey future court orders. Judge Susan Bolton cited U.S. Supreme Court precedent Wednesday when she formally dismissed the criminal case against the former six-term sheriff of metro Phoenix.Learn more at KNAU.org.