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Today on KRPS for Sunday May 28, 2023

Sunday show highlights include the debut of Performance Today Weekend from 5 AM to 7 AM and the return of Weekend Edition Sunday starting at 7 AM. Also, KRPS's special programming hour at 3 PM. This week, Surviving The Bataan Death March.

Today on KRPS for Sunday May 28, 2023

5 AM - 7 AM - 

Performance Today Weekend

Hour 1 

Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1

Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra; Donald Runnicles, conductor

Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY

Music: 15:40

Piano Puzzler

Contestant: Margaret Chan calling from Carmel, NY

Music: 13:16

Aaron Copland: Piano Sonata - I. Molto moderato - AllegroMolto moderato - Allegro

Conrad Tao, piano

Album: American Rage

Warner Classics 9029535477

Music: 9:10 (short excerpt)

Joachim Stutschewsky: Hassidic Fantasy

Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio

Lillian & Robert Utsey Chamber Music Series, Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Music: 13:34

Hour 2 

James Lee III: Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet

Anthony McGill, clarinet; The Pacifica Quartet

UGA Presents, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA

Music: 20:19

Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs: 3. Beim Schlafengehen

Jessye Norman, soprano; Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig; Kurt Masur, conductor

Album: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs

Philips 411052

Music: 6:06

Richard Lamb: I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free

Nina Simone, vocals and piano

Album: Silk & Soul

RCA 3837

Music: 03:07

Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata Op. 120, No. 1: Movement 2 Andante un poco adagio

Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano

Album: Here With You

Cedille 207

Music: 05:04

7 AM to 9 AM - 

Weekend Edition Sunday -

9 AM to 10 AM - 

Zorba Paster On Your Health

RECIPE: Cobb Salad Wraps

THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS:

Medicinal cannabis can safely relieve cancer pain and curb total meds and opioid use.

How artificial intelligence may change medicine

10 AM to 11 AM - 

The People’s Pharmacy

Topic - How Can We Make Sick Buildings Healthy?

11 AM to 12 PM - 

You Bet Your Garden

Topics - A Fresh Look: Fighting Bugs, Butterflies and Slugs-in Scotland On this 'fresh look' at an episode of last seasons YBYG, Mike McGrath heads to the British Isles to solve International pest problems!

And gives you great info on PHS and their Gardening Contest - PLUS your Fabulous Phone calls!!

12 PM to 1 PM - 

Travel with Rick Steves

Topic - Explore the traditions of Scotland with folk musicians Jim and Susie Malcolm, in a special studio concert on the next Travel with Rick Steves.

We'll also look at some of the quirkier festivals you can find in England.

And we'll get you ready to cruise the inland back roads of California and the Pacific Northwest, on scenic drives in search of farm stands, and gentle touches of Americana.

1 PM to 2 PM - 

Pipedreams

Theme - The Creative Spirit . . . inspired and inspiring music in many styles, old and new, composed on themes for the Feast of Pentecost.

2 PM - 3 PM - 

This American Life

Theme - Episode 800: Jane Doe

Also heard, Saturdays at 12 PM

3 PM - 4 PM - KRPS Special Programming Hour

Surviving The Bataan Death March

Veteran Ken Porwoll’s story recounts his inhumane treatment & riveting story of survival as one of 10,000 American & roughly 50,000 Filipino soldiers on the Bataan Death March of WW II and his ensuing 3+ years as a Japanese prisoner of war.

4 PM - 5 PM - 

Also heard Saturday morning at 9.

Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me…

This week “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me,” is traveling to New Orleans and bringing panelists Maeve Higgins, Hari Kondabolu, and Mo Rocca along for the ride.

Plus, we invite special guest John Goodman to play our quiz.

5 PM - 6 PM - 

On The Media

Also heard Saturday morning at 5.

Topic: OTM Reporter Became Part of One of the Biggest January 6th Trials

On January 6th, 2021, OTM reporter Micah Loewinger recorded the secret communications of the Oath Keepers on a walkie-talkie app called Zello, right as they were swarming the Capitol.

After reporting on his findings, Micah received a subpoena that called on him to testify in the first Oath Keepers criminal trial last year.

This week, in conversations with OTM host Brooke Gladstone, host of Death, Sex, & Money Anna Sale, and senior editor of Lawfare Roger Parloff, Micah grapples with the consequences of his reporting, and explores what happens when a journalist is forced to testify.

6 PM - 7 PM - 

Live From The Bicknell Center

7 PM - 8 PM - 

Ozark Highlands Radio

OHR Presents: Stringband!

A collection of stringbands and stringband music both traditional and modern recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas.

Also, commentary by musicians from these stringed outfits. OHR producer Jeff Glover offers an archival recording of Ozark originals Lloyd & Floyd Armstrong.

Also, in his segment “Back in the Hills,” writer, professor and historian Dr. Brooks Blevins explores how to speak Ozarkian.

8 PM - 9 PM - 

Thistle and Shamrock

It is always good to re-visit artists from New Releases shows whose music is well deserving of more airtime. There is so much to offer.

9 PM T0 10 PM - 

Putumayo World Music Hour

10 PM to 11 PM - 

World Cafe

Guest:

Graham Nash

Since 2017 Fred Fletcher-Fierro has driven up Highway 171 through thunderstorms, downpours, snow, and ice storms to host KRPS’s Morning Edition. He’s also a daily reporter for the station, covering city government, elections, public safety, arts, entertainment, culture, sports and more. Fred has also spearheaded and overseen a sea change in programming for KRPS from a legacy classical station to one that airs a balance of classical, news, jazz, and cultural programming that better reflects the diverse audience of the Four States. For over two months in the fall of 2022 he worked remotely with NPR staff to relaunch krps.org to an NPR style news and information website.

In the fall of 2023 Fred was promoted to Interim General Manager and was appointed GM in Feburary of 2024.