Show highlights today on KRPS focus on the environment. This morning at 10, On Point Milwaukee, Wisconsin has big plans to cut its carbon emissions. Many other cities large and small in the US have made similar pledges. Although very few have been successful.
And tonight at 6 in Marketplace,
The crisis of contaminated drinking water in Black communities didn't start with Flint, Michigan. A closer look at what clean water access... can tell us about inequality.
Today On KRPS For Monday June 19, 2023
5 AM - 9 AM -
Morning Edition from NPR News
9 AM - 10 AM -
Topic - George Shirley: A life in music.
George Shirley is a trailblazer — an award-winning operatic tenor who helped change and shape some of the nation’s most powerful cultural institutions.
He’s now in his late 80s. His voice still captivates audiences throughout the country. Shirley was the first African American tenor to sing in a leading role at the Metropolitan Opera.
10 AM to 11 AM -
Topic -Milwaukee's Climate Plan And How Cities Can Do Better In Reaching Their Climate Goals.
The city of Milwaukee has an ambitious climate plan to cut its carbon emissions. Hundreds of U.S. cities have similar plans. Very few have met their goals.
11 AM to 12 PM -
Performance Today
Host - Fred Child
1 PM to 2 PM - Live From The Bicknell Center
2 PM - 3 PM -
Classical from the KPRS 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 - It's been a year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending legal access to abortion in many states across the United States. Ahead on Today Explained, a conversation with a pre-Roe abortion activist about the consequences of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision.
4 PM - 6 PM
All Things Considered from NPR News
Promoted story - Kirstie Ennis has scaled six of the seven highest summits on each continent. All that remained was Everest. She was just 200 meters from that peak when she made the difficult decision to turn around.
6 PM - 6:30 PM
Promoted story - The crisis of contaminated drinking water in Black communities didn't start with Flint, Michigan. A closer look at what clean water access... can tell us about inequality.
6:30 PM to 7 PM
The Daily from the New York Times
Topic - TODAY ON THE DAILY. AN ANONYMOUS MUSIC PRODUCER JOLTED THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO IMPERSONATE DRAKE. MY COLLEAGUE JOE COSCARELLI ON WHAT AI COULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF MUSIC. I’M SABRINA TAVERNISE. THAT’S TODAY ON THE DAILY...FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES.
7 PM - 8 PM -
Host: HOST: TONYA MOSLEY
INTERVIEW BY: Tonya Mosley
Guest: BLAIR KELLEY is director of the Center for the Study of the American South, and a Joel R. Williamson Distinguished Professor of Southern studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This Juneeteenth we explore the contributions of the black working class in America in her new book titled “Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class.”
Also, rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews Janelle Monae’s new album The Age of Pleasure.
8 PM - 9 PM -
Jazz at 100
Topic - Hour 90.
As the 1970s came to a close, many musicians searching for alternatives to jazz-rock fusion or free jazz found a home in straight-ahead acoustic jazz.
9 PM - 11 PM
Jazz with David Basse
11 PM - 5 AM Tuesday
BBC World Service
