Show highlights today on KPRS include a discussion of whether the US and the World should take Russia’s nuclear threats more seriously, this morning at 10 On Point.
Followed by Performance Today at 11 and the weekly Piano Puzzler with Fred and Bruce. This morning they welcome Brandon Martin calling from Minneapolis, MN
Today On KRPS For Wednesday June 21, 2023
5 AM - 9 AM -
Morning Edition from NPR News
9 AM - 10 AM -
Topic -Local Spotlight: Addiction recovery, harassment, and investigative journalism.
Three people were arrested and charged in connection to vandalism targeting journalists at New Hampshire Public Radio.
The crimes began after the station aired an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against a well-known figure in the addiction recovery community in the state.
10 AM to 11 AM -
Host: Meghna Chakrabarti
Topic -Taking Russia’s Nuclear Threats More Seriously
Russian officials have warned NATO since the start of the war in Ukraine that it could resort to nuclear weapons.
Most observers think that's just bellicose bluster. But one former defense attache to Moscow takes what he's hearing very seriously.
11 AM to 1 PM -
Performance Today
Host - Fred Child
1 PM to 3 PM -
Classical from the KRPS Library
3 PM - 3:30 PM
BBC World Service Newshour
3:30 PM - 4 PM
Today, Explained from Vox News
Host - Noel King
Oklahoma offered people 10-thousand dollars to move to Tulsa. Around 24-hundred people took the state up on it.
Coming up on Today, Explained: hear from people who relocated, and from native Tulsans - some of whom wonder why there aren’t more incentives to prevent locals from leaving.
4 PM - 6 PM
All Things Considered from NPR News
Promoted story -
6 PM - 6:30 PM
Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal
Last year's muffin that cost $4.50, is now $5.50 this year. Both crazy, if you ask me, but nobody's buying fewer banana-nuts. That's next time on Marketplace.
6:30 PM to 7 PM
The Daily from the newsroom of the New York Times
Host - Michael Barbaro
Topic -The Re-Militarization of Germany
In the decades after World War II and the atrocities of the Holocaust, Germany deliberately underinvested in its military. But that’s about to change.
7 PM - 8 PM -
HOST: DAVE DAVIES
INTERVIEWS BY TERRY GROSS.
We remember ROBERT GOTTLIEB, perhaps the most acclaimed editor of his time. He died last week at the age of 92. His first real job was at the publishing house Simon & Schuster in 1955.
Also, book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews two new books: The Late American by Brandon Taylor and Such Kindness by Andre Dubus the Third.
8 PM - 9 PM -
Jazz Inspired with Judy Carmichael
Guest -Joe LaBarbera
9 PM - 11 PM
11 PM - 5 AM Thursday
BBC World Service
