What's on the radio today: Oct. 25, 2019
Here’s the radio lineup for Friday, Oct. 25.
9 a.m. — National News Roundup
House Republicans barge in on the impeachment inquiry. Teachers go on strike in Chicago. Mark Zuckerberg talks about Facebook's “American values.” Time to catch up on the biggest stories of the week on the Friday News Roundup on 1-A.
10 a.m. — International News Roundup
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President Trump doubles down on his decision to pull troops from Northern Syria. He says America is done trying to police the world. Also, protests rock Chile, Spain, Iraq and Lebanon and China draws up a plan to replace Hong Kong's embattled leader.
11 a.m. — MPR News with Angela Davis
Asian-American women are expected to be submissive and quiet. Funny Asian Women Kollective, also known as FAWK, is a Twin Cities-based comedy group out to change that stereotype. The group will perform Saturdayat the Ordway.
Then: New Orleans-born jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard is much more than a musician. A few years ago he released an album called “Breathless,” titled after Eric Garner’s last words. He recorded another album in Minneapolis, Cleveland and Dallas, three cities where encounters with police and African Americans ended in shooting deaths. He will perform “Caravan: A Revolution on the Road” at the Ordway on Saturday night.
Noon — MPR News Presents
What began as a love affair, is now a relationship on the rocks. Will there be a BIG TECH breakup? That’s next time on The Takeaway’s Politics with Amy Walter.