Today On KRPS For Monday May 28
5 AM - 9 AM -
Morning Edition from NPR News
9 AM - 10 AM -
1A
Host - Jenn White
Topic - What’s changed a decade after the Rana Plaza collapse? (rebroadcast)
The accident killed more than 1,100 people and injured at least 2,500. It’s considered the deadliest accident in the history of the modern garment industry.
It’s been a decade, but the garment industry is still far from safe for workers.
Factories like the one in Rana Plaza aren’t unique to Bangladesh.
And safety for these workers is not just an issue overseas.
10 AM to 11 AM -
On Point
HOST: Meghna Chakrabarti
Topic - ‘The Last Supper’: How A 1993 Pentagon Dinner Reshaped The Defense Industry (REBROADCAST)
Thirty years ago, a secret dinner at the Pentagon led to a flurry of consolidation in the defense industry.
The story of that so-called "last supper" and what it means for the Pentagon's $800 billion dollar budget today.
11 AM to 12 PM -
Performance Today
Host - Fred Child
1 PM to 2 PM - Live From The Bicknell Center
2 PM - 3 PM -
Special for Memorial Day - Host Paul Ingles
A Music Mix for America
A stand-alone hour of music curated by public radio music host Paul Ingles that celebrates the word AMERICA or AMERICAN or USA in every title.
Artists featured include Chuck Berry, Beach Boys, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Elvis Presley, Mark Knopfler, David Bowie, James Brown, Crosby & Nash, Simon & Garfunkel and more.
3 PM - 3:30 PM
BBC World Service Newshour
3:30 PM - 4 PM
Today, Explained from Vox News
Host - Sean Rameswaram
Topic - The fight to seize Russian yachts
4 PM - 6 PM
All Things Considered from NPR News
6 PM - 6:30 PM
Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal
Promoted story - The FDA requires potentially harmful products to tell you on the label what you're in for and some think risky financial products... should have big orange warning labels, too.
"It's letting you know, you're getting yourself deeper and deeper in debt."
6:30 PM to 7 PM
The Daily from the newsroom of the New York Times
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7 PM - 8 PM -
Fresh Air
Singer SAMARA JOY. Her latest album –her second–is called Linger Awhile.
It won this year’s Grammy for best jazz vocal recording.
Samara won this year’s Grammy for best new artist.
She's 23. While she was in college she won the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, which helped launch her career.
Accompanying her today are Cameron Campbell at the piano, Michel Migliore, bass and Evan Sherman, drums.
8 PM - 9 PM -
Jazz at 100
Topic - Hour 88 of 100
Acoustic Jazz Lives
9 PM - 11 PM
Jazz with David Basse
11 PM - 5 AM Tuesday
BBC World Service
