KPBS Midday Edition

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Midday Edition uplifts voices in San Diego with fearless conversations about intriguing issues. Host, Jade Hindmon, cuts through the noise with questions that give listeners a deeper understanding of themselves, people and the community they live in. Guests share diverse perspectives from their expertise and lived experience. In a city and world that's rapidly changing, Jades interviews inspire, inform and make you think. New episodes drop Monday - Thursday afternoons.
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Local jazz vocalist celebrates Jazz Day in six languages
Thursday, 30 April, 2026

Growing up in San Diego, Allison Adams Tucker started singing before she could speak.Over the years, she's done it all: pop, folk, gospel, punk and jazz — a genre she sings in six languages.On KPBS Midday Edition, we sit down with Tucker ahead of her International Jazz Day performance at Dizzy's Jazz in San Diego to talk about her musical journey.Then, our Midday Movies critics highlight films they feel reflect America in different ways, as America celebrates the 250th anniversary since the Declaration of Independence was signed.Plus, our weekend preview of local arts and culture events around town.Guests:Allison Adams Tucker, jazz vocalistBeth Accomando, arts reporter, KPBSYazdi Pithavala, host, MoviewallasJulia Dixon Evans, arts reporter and host of "The Finest" podcast, KPBS