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Today On KRPS For Friday July 14

Program highlights today on KRPS include SymphonyCast and week one of eight of a summer tradition, the BBC Proms.

Also…

Tonight at 6 on Marketplace, we’ll take a look at whether the Fed will continue interest rate hikes. Or will they take a wait and see approach?

Today On KRPS For Friday July 14

5 AM - 9 AM - 

Morning Edition from NPR News

9 AM - 10 AM - 

1A

HOST: Amna Nawaz of The PBS News Hour (Friday Host)

HOUR 1: The Domestic News Roundup.

Vermont and New York are bracing for more rain and flooding.

The capital of the Green Mountain state, Montpelier, was swamped this week after storms dumped two months’ worth of water on the city in two days.

President Joe Biden declared an emergency in the state and authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency to begin distributing aid. And more.....

10 AM to 11 AM - 

On Point 

Host: Meghna Chakrabarti

HEADLINE: Behind K-Beauty: Consumerism And The Pursuit Of Flawlessness

The South Korean beauty industry has popularized ten-step skincare routines, and products made from snail mucus.

K-beauty, consumerism, and the pursuit of flawlessness

11 AM to 1 PM - 

Performance Today

Host - Fred Child

Hour 1 and hour 2 playlists

1 PM to 3 PM - Symphonycast 

Nicholas Collon leads the BBC Philharmonic on an epic mountain journey in Strauss’s An Alpine Symphony, plus a world premiere by Tom Coult, and Berg’s Seven Early Songs, featuring soprano Francesca Chiejina.

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

4 PM - 6 PM

All Things Considered from NPR News

Earlier this year severe flood devastated California's Central Valley.

Among those most affected... immigrant farm workers.

We check in with one hard-hit community on the next All Things Considered from NPR News.

6 PM - 6:30 PM

Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal

While inflation cooled in June, will it be enough to change the Fed’s plans to hike interest rates? A look at the latest economic data, and more. 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

How Clarence Thomas Came to Reject Affirmative Action

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the second Black justice to sit on the court after Thurgood Marshall, has spent years opposing affirmative action.

When the high court struck down the policy last month, Justice Thomas was one of the most influential figures behind the ruling.

Abbie VanSickle, who covers the Supreme Court for The Times, explains the impact affirmative action has had on Justice Thomas’s life and how he helped to bring about its demise.

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

Five up and coming pianists. One prestigious prize.

We’re in Indianapolis for the American Pianists Association Cole Porter Fellowship finals on this very special episode of Jazz Night in America.

We’ll hear from the competitors, past winners, judges and more.

10 AM - 12 AM Saturday

World Cafe

12 AM to 5 AM Saturday

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.