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Today On KRPS For Monday June 26, 2023

Show highlights today on KRPS include a discussion this morning at 9 on 1A about the state of Connecticut exonerating witches, 370 years later.

And..

Tonight at 6:30 on The Daily, New York Times reporters examine the 36-hour siege in Russia this weekend and what it means for the war in Ukraine.

Today On KRPS For Monday June 26, 2023

5 AM - 9 AM - 

Morning Edition from NPR News

9 AM - 10 AM - 

1A

Host - Jenn White

370 Years Later, Connecticut Exonerates Accused Witches.

In May, legislators in Connecticut passed a resolution to exonerate accused witches from the seventeenth century.

The resolution passed nearly 376 years to the day Alice “Alsa” Young was put to death in the state.

She was the first to be executed for alleged witchcraft in colonial America, decades before the more well-known Salem witch trials in Massachusetts in 1692.

10 AM to 11 AM - 

On Point 

HOST: Meghna Chakrabarti

Why so many U.S.-educated foreign students don't stay for work

U.S. universities educate thousands of foreign-born students. They graduate with skills the U.S. needs, and they want to stay here. The immigration system makes it hard for them to stay.

11 AM to 12 PM - 

Performance Today

Host - Fred Child

Hour 1 and hour 2 playlists

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

Russian president Vladimir Putin fended off what's been called a "coup" or "insurrection" over the weekend, which saw the head of a powerful mercenary group dispatch forces into Russia.

What happened between Putin and the once-loyal head of the Wagner Group, and what the future holds for both men, ahead on Today, Explained

4 PM - 6 PM

All Things Considered from NPR News

How one man suffering from ALS has built a movement to try and change the future for himself and others with the disease...turning pain into purpose...on All Things Considered.

6 PM - 6:30 PM

Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal

U-I can stand for unemployment insurance and user interface. How those two are connected next time on Marketplace.

6:30 PM to 7 PM

The Daily from the New York Times

Host - Sabrina Tavernise

A 36-hour Rebellion in Russia.

An armed rebellion in Russia over the weekend stunned the world and amounted to the single biggest challenge to President Vladimir V. Putin’s rule since he came to power 23 years ago.

7 PM - 8 PM - 

Fresh Air

HOST: Terry Gross

INTERVIEW BY: Terry Gross

LAURA DERN talks about growing up in the movie world. Her parents are actors Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern. And she'll talk about becoming an actress herself – starring in “Blue Velvet,” “Jurassic Park,” “Enlightened,” “Big Little Lies” and winning an Oscar for “Marriage Story.” Her new book is a series of conversations with her mother.

8 PM - 9 PM - 

Jazz at 100

Jazz at 100 Hour 92: David Murray & the World Saxophone Quartet

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.