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Today On KRPS For Thursday, June 8

Show highlights today on KRPS include why Houston Public Schools were recently taken over by the state of Texas on Today, Explained at 3:30.

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Tonight at 6 on Marketplace, Kai Ryssdal speaks with Mary Barra, the CEO of General Motors about the company's transition to EV’s.

5 AM - 9 AM - 

Morning Edition from NPR News

9 AM - 10 AM - 

1A

Host - Jenn White

Topic -The New Era of UFO Research.

It seems like UFOs (or UAPs, unidentified aerial phenomena) are having a moment in Washington.

NASA is enlisting the public’s help to gather more data and destigmatize research around unknown objects in our skies.

10 AM to 11 AM - 

On Point 

Host: Meghna Chakrabarti

Topic -Why There Is No Interest In Updating CITES

In 1973 countries came together and signed a historic treaty to stop the international trade of endangered species.

But, fifty years later, the CITES agreement has never been updated, even as species are going extinct faster than ever.

11 AM to 1 PM - 

Performance Today

Host - Fred Child

Hour 1 and hour 2 playlists

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

Hosts - Noel King and Sean Rameswaram

Topic - The state of Texas has taken over control of the Houston Independent School District.

Parents are divided over the move, in which an APPOINTED school board replaces an ELECTED board.

4 PM - 6 PM

All Things Considered from NPR News

In California, volunteers are taking a census of the state's bumblebees to help document and conserve them.

Hear a close encounter with a bee.

6 PM - 6:30 PM

Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal

You run a giant legacy heavy industry company. Now you need to put it on sustanability's front line. Mary Barra, the CEO of General Motors on EVs and more.

6:30 PM to 7 PM

The Daily from the newsroom of the New York Times

Host - Michael Barbaro

Topic - A Guide to the Suddenly Crowded Republican Primary

Candidates for the Republican presidential nomination keep entering the field, despite the fact that Donald Trump polls consistently as the front-runner and Ron DeSantis has emerged as the clear No. 2.

Why do so many lesser-tier Republicans think they have a real shot?

7 PM - 8 PM - 

Fresh Air

HOST: Tonya Mosley

INTERVIEW BY: Tonya Mosley

Guest - DAVID HOGG. He became a prominent gun reform activist after surviving the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida which killed 17 of his classmates and injured 17 others.

We talk with him about the mental health challenges that come with experiencing gun violence and his efforts to change public perception about guns.

8 PM - 9 PM - 

Atomic Age Cocktail Party with Jason Croft

Theme Pleasurable Piano's

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.