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Today on KRPS for Thursday June 1, 2023

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Program highlights today include 1A this morning at 9, digging deep into what the House debt deal means for the rest of us. Talk to 1A with their Vox Pop app available for iPhone and Android. 

Also, you don’t want to miss Marketplace with Kai tonight at 6. We’ll hear about how this year's graduation ceremony was the last for some universities. So, what happens to college towns when they're not college towns anymore?

Today On KRPS For Thursday June 1

5 AM - 9 AM - 

Morning Edition from NPR News

9 AM - 10 AM - 

1A

Host - Jenn White

Topic - Segment A -What does the debt deal drama mean for the US?

Congressional leaders are racing to secure backing for a cross-party deal to raise the US debt limit and avert a historic financial default. The deal goes to a vote in the House on Wednesday night.

Segments B & C - Rachel Louise Snyder and ‘Women We Buried, Women We Burned’

There is never a right time to lose a parent. But losing a parent at a young age can mean a lifetime of searching for ways to fill a hole that never gets smaller.

10 AM to 11 AM - 

On Point 

Host: Meghna Chakrabarti

Topic - A Mother’s Journey To Understand Her Daughter’s Diagnosis Of Congenital CMV

One virus causes more birth defects in American babies than any other non genetic disease – but most don’t know it exists.

A mother’s journey to understand her daughter’s diagnosis of congenital CMV – and why she wasn’t warned.

11 AM to 1 PM - 

Performance Today

Host - Fred Child

Hour 1 and hour 2 playlists

1 PM to 3 PM - Classical with KRPS’s Matt Witt

3 PM - 3:30 PM 

BBC World Service Newshour

3:30 PM - 4 PM

Today, Explained from Vox News

Hosts - Noel King and Sean Rameswaram

Topic - Ukraine vowed to mount a counteroffensive against Russia. Drone attacks on Moscow might signal it has begun.

Coming up on Today, Explained - have we entered into a new phase of the Russia-Ukraine war?

4 PM - 6 PM

All Things Considered from NPR News

Promoted Story - Tupperware long ago sealed its spot in American kitchens as a synonym for storage. But it's struggling to keep its business fresh as it teeters on financial ruin.

6 PM - 6:30 PM

Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal

Promoted story - This year's graduation ceremony was the last for some universities. What happens to college towns when they're not college towns anymore?

6:30 PM to 7 PM

The Daily from the newsroom of the New York Times

Host - Michael Barbaro

Topic - Why The G.O.P. Is So Focused on Trans Kids

7 PM - 8 PM - 

Fresh Air

INTERVIEW BY: Terry Gross

Guest - KWAME ALEXANDE. His new memoir is about his life as a father, and as the son of a Baptist preacher of Black liberation theology. It’s about falling in love and divorce.

This is Alexander’s first book for adults.

He won the Caldecott Medal for his book “The Undefeated.”

8 PM - 9 PM - 

Atomic Age Cocktail Party with Jason Croft

Theme - We're In The Money

9 PM - 11 PM

Jazz with David Basse

11 PM - 5 AM Tuesday

BBC World Service

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.