On Air Now Playing KGOU-FM PM NewsBrief: September 4 2026 AM NewsBrief: Sept. 4, 2026 U.S. envoys visit Kyiv for first time after meeting Putin in Moscow Joanna Kakissis, Joel Rose US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff made their first trip to Kyiv, one day after meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Listen • 3:18 The price of diesel is showing up in the price of almost everything Stephan Bisaha Diesel has hit a record high. Stephan Bisaha visits an Alabama truck stop to talk with drivers and business owners about how high prices are changing what they spend and charge. Listen • 2:32 A trucker explains what record diesel prices mean for his business Joel Rose, Henry Larson Monte Wiederhold runs a trucking company in northwest Ohio. He explains how problems overseas affect businesses at home. Listen • 1:20 Shipping companies are putting sails back on cargo ships Henry Larson One of the world's largest logistics companies plans to fit one of its ships with a strange type of sail, the latest in a small but growing number of cleaner sailing shipping vessels. Listen • 3:56 Politics and Government State pension funds invest small amount in Oklahoma companies Dick Pryor A new report indicates that almost all state pension fund investments are with companies not based in Oklahoma. Listen • 5:49

On the Scene: World Literature Today celebrates 100 years with art show, anthology Brett Fieldcamp On the Scene w/Brett Fieldcamp, Sept. 3, 2026 Listen • 5:49 Manager's Minute Make KGOU your local news source Dick Pryor Research shows that local news organizations obtain high levels of trust. So, we encourage you to make KGOU your source for news about Oklahoma and your community. Listen • 1:00 Indigenous News Muscogee Nation increases minimum wage for tribal employees Thomas Pablo, OPMX The Muscogee National Council approved a minimum wage increase for tribal employees on Saturday, which will grow to $20 per hour over the next two years. World What Russia and China learned from America after 9/11 Vincent Ni, Sarah Robbins, Joel Rose, Daniel Ofman, Kathryn Fink Journalists Mikhail Zygar and Cindy Yu explain how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan helped reshape Russia and China's ambitions. Listen • 7:56 Five dead after Amazon cargo plane crashes at Miami airport Chandelis Duster Video showed thick smoke rising from the plane crash of the Boeing 767 that the Federal Aviation Administration says overran the airport runway in Miami. World German exit polls suggest far-right party has big lead in regional election Esme Nicholson Exit polls show Germany's AfD taking a commanding lead in a regional election, but it remains unclear whether the far-right party can form the country's first state government since World War II. A year after Charlie Kirk's death, TPUSA is still influencing young conservatives Ayesha Rascoe NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Ali Breland, who covers the far-right for The Atlantic, about the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, now one year after Charlie Kirk's assassination. Listen • 5:18 American Muslims are giving Texas barbecue a halal makeover Ulaa Kuziez Even as anti-Muslim rhetoric rises in Texas, Muslim pitmasters are winning over diners and reshaping one of the state's most iconic culinary traditions. Politics and Government Witkoff and Kushner call Kyiv talks 'substantive' after Moscow Putin meeting Willem Marx U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held meetings in Kyiv with Ukraine's President Zelenskyy on Sunday, a day after lengthy conversations with Russian President Putin in Moscow.