Tuesday show highlights on KRPS include the State of Baseball in 2024. New rules this season include the designated hitters in both leagues, larger bases and a pitch clock but are they helping draw new fans to the game? This morning at 9 on 1A with Jenn White.
Also, this afternoon at 3:30 on Today, Explained, back in 2021, you’ll remember, Mark Zuckerberg made a big pivot. He wanted to bet big on the Metaverse – so big he changed the name of his company to Meta. It didn’t go well.
Today On KRPS For Tuesday June 6
5 AM - 9 AM -
Morning Edition from NPR News
9 AM - 10 AM -
Topic -A SEGMENT-The already-crowded GOP ticket for 2024.
With recent announcements from former Vice President Mike Pence and former NJ Governor Chris Christie, the GOP Presidential ticket for 2024 is already crowded at eleven.
It's reminiscent of the 17 Republican hopefuls back in the 2016 field.
B & C SEGMENTS-The State of American baseball.
Baseball’s known as America’s Pastime. But is it still?
10 AM to 11 AM -
Host: Host: Meghna Chakrabarti
Topic - Two of the biggest tech companies in the world, Microsoft and Google, are warning about the dangers of unregulated A.I. development.
At the same time, they’re racing each other to push A.I. into their most popular products. How will the so-called “Microsoft-Google AI war” change us?
11 AM to 1 PM -
Host - Fred Child
1 PM to 3 PM - Classical Music from the KRPS Library
3 PM - 3:30 PM
BBC World Service Newshour
3:30 PM - 4 PM
Today, Explained from Vox News
Host - Sean Rameswaram
Topic -Back in 2021, you’ll remember, Mark Zuckerberg made a big pivot. He wanted to bet big on the Metaverse – so big he changed the name of his company to Meta.
It didn’t go well.
But now Apple is announcing it wants in on the meta action.
Why on earth they’d want that, next time on Today, Explained.
4 PM - 6 PM
All Things Considered from NPR News
Promoted Story - As Nardeep Khurmi drove around LA, hybrid Indian-Mexican restaurants caught his eye.
They inspired Land of Gold, his new film about intersecting immigrant experiences, on All Things Considered, from NPR News.
6 PM - 6:30 PM
Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal
Promoted story -More than a tenth of immigrant women in the U-S are entrepreneurs.
But going into business for yourself is no common feat, especially in this tricky economy.
That's next time on Marketplace.
6:30 PM to 7 PM
The Daily from the New York Times
Hosts - Sabrina Tavernise and Michael Barbaro
Topic - She Taught Millions of Kids the Wrong Way to Read
Description - Over the past three decades, Lucy Calkins helped create a set of strategies for teaching children how to read, known as balanced literacy.
It was widely adopted in the United States, including in New York, the country’s largest public school system.
7 PM - 8 PM -
Host - HOST: DAVE DAVIES
Guest - MICHAEL WALDMAN is president and CEO of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, a nonpartisan law and policy institute that works to revitalize the nation’s systems of democracy and justice.
8 PM - 9 PM -
Sound Ideas #359 - Gettin’ Out And About
9 PM - 11 PM
11 PM - 5 AM Tuesday
BBC World Service