Today On KRPS For Friday July 7
5 AM - 9 AM -
Morning Edition from NPR News
9 AM - 10 AM -
HOST: Niala Boodhoo of Axios Today (Friday Host)
HOUR 1: The Domestic News Roundup.
A federal judge told the Biden administration officials and several federal agencies this week to stop communicating with social media platforms.
The decision is in response to a lawsuit brought by several states against the administration concerning efforts to combat misinformation.
10 AM to 11 AM -
Host: Meghna Chakrabarti
How California's Public Colleges Learned To Diversify Their Campuses Without Affirmative Action
Decades before the Supreme Court's recent ruling striking down Affirmative Action, voters in California did the same, ending affirmative action in the nation's largest state higher ed system.
Lessons learned from California’s attempts to diversify its campuses without using race in admissions.
11 AM to 1 PM -
Performance Today
Host - Fred Child
1 PM to 3 PM - Symphonycast
Gabriela Montero makes her Minnesota Orchestra debut, performing her own Latin Piano Concerto, in a program featuring repertoire inspired by Spanish and Latin America musical traditions.
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
Cody Easterday was ranching royalty in Washington state until he was sentenced to 11 years in prison for swindling two companies out of $244 million.
KUOW’s Anna King — host of the Ghost Herd podcast — explains
4 PM - 6 PM
All Things Considered from NPR News
Violence erupted across France after the fatal police shooting of a teen. President Macron has, in part, blamed video games for the clashes.
A history of world leaders using this widely debunked theory -- on All Things Considered from NPR News.
6 PM - 6:30 PM
Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal
The June jobs report comes from highly anticipated economists, the Fed and we all wanna know.
Are those rate hikes working yet? That's next time on Marketplace.
6:30 PM to 7 PM
The Daily from the newsroom of the New York Times
Host - Natalie Kitroeff
The Complicated Future of Student Loans
Last week, the Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s sweeping plan to cancel billions of dollars in student loan debt.
Stacy Cowley, a finance reporter for The New York Times, explains what the decision means for borrowers now facing their first payments since a coronavirus pandemic-related pause and how an alternative plan could still ease their burden.
7 PM - 9 PM -
The Retro Cocktail Hour with Darrell Brogdon
The music is served "shaken, not stirred" every week on The Retro Cocktail Hour. Here you'll find vintage recordings from the dawn of the Hi-Fi Era - imaginative, light-hearted (and sometimes light headed) pop stylings designed to underscore everything from the backyard barbecue to the high-tech bachelor pad.
Among the artists featured on The Retro Cocktail Hour are lounge legends like Frank Sinatra and Juan Esquivel; tiki gods Martin Denny and Les Baxter; swinging cocktail combos featuring The Three Suns and Jack "Mr. Bongo" Costanzo; and mambo king Perez Prado. The series also spotlights up and coming lounge/exotica artists, including Waitiki, Ixtahuele, the Tikiyaki Orchestra, Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack, the Voodoo Organist and many more.
9 PM - 10 PM
Jazz Night in America talks to pianist and composer Sean Mason about his musical journey from Find out how a couple of jazz students from Toronto went rogue from performing jazz standards to becoming the darling instrumental ensemble of the hip-hop elite.
It’s the fascinating story of BadBadNotGood.
10 AM - 12 AM Saturday
World Cafe
12 AM to 5 AM Saturday
BBC World Service
