Today on KRPS for Saturday July 29
5 AM - On The Media - Also heard Sunday at 5 pm
HOST: BROOKE GLADSTONE
20 Days In Mariupol: A Look Behind the Documentary
In February of 2022, Mstyslav Chernov, a video journalist for the Associated Press, director, and novelist, decided to go to Mariupol — the critical port city on Ukraine’s southeastern edge, just 35 miles from the Russian border.
He arrived an hour before the first bombs hit the city. What Chernov chronicled over the next three weeks is captured in the new documentary “20 Days in Mariupol.”
He was there as a reporter, but only a small fraction of his footage made it to the outside world. This week, Brooke sits down with Chernov about what didn't make it to American newsreels, and where he finds hope in the midst of war.
6 AM - Fresh Air Weekend -
Sam Briger Hosts - Fresh Air Weekend
On the next Fresh Air Weekend, we’ll talk about two new crime novels.
First we’ll hear from Pulitzer prize winner Colson Whitehead. After writing The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, he started writing crime novels set in Harlem.
His new one is Crook Manifesto. Also, southern noir writer S. A. Cosby will talk about his new book “All the Sinners Bleed”. Join us.
7 AM - 9 AM Weekend Edition Saturday with Scott Simon -
9 AM - Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me…. Also heard Sunday afternoon at 4.
HOST: Karen Chee
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Bill Kurtis
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Randall Park
PANELISTS: Zainab Johnson, Josh Gondelman and Tom Bodett
NOT MY JOB: Actor and director of the upcoming film “Shortcomings” Randall Park plays our game about the Randall Park Mall.
10 AM - Radiolab -
Radiolab - Man Versus Horse
This is a story about your butt. It’s a story about how you got your butt, why you have your butt, and how your butt might be one of the most important and essential things for you being you, for being human.
We talk to two reporters who followed the butt from our ancient beginnings, through millions of years of evolution, and all the way to today, out to a valley in Arizona, where our butts are put to the ultimate test.
11 AM - TED Radio Hour -
The Age of Fraud
Fraud is everywhere around us — but not everyone steals for the same reasons.
This hour, forensic accountant Kelly Richmond Pope explores the motivations and implications of why we cheat the system.
12 PM - This American Life - Episode 801 - Also heard Sunday at 2 pm
Why Can’t I Quit You?
People on the verge of a big change, not wanting to let go. And the people who give them the final push.
1PM - Freakonomics Radio Ep. 1245
Host - Stephen Dubner
Ep. 1248
Whaling was, in the words of one scholar, “early capitalism unleashed on the high seas.”
How did the U.S. come to dominate the whale market? Why did whale hunting die out here — and continue to grow elsewhere?
And is that whale vomit in your perfume?
(Part 1 of “Everything You Never Knew About Whaling.”)
2 PM - Milk Street Radio - Episode 716
Host - Christopher Kimball
Sri Lanka, Meet Kentucky!: Sam Fore Mixes It Up
Sam Fore, the chef behind the pop-up Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites, tells us about the similarities between Sri Lankan and Southern cuisine.
Plus, Analiese Gregory teaches us how to hunt and forage in the wilds of Tasmania, Dan Pashman tells us about his mission to create a new pasta shape, and we learn how to make the Portuguese Sponge Cake known as pão de ló
3 PM - Listening to America - Formerly The Thomas Jefferson Hour -
The Death of Great Salt Lake
This week, Clays interview with Scott Baxter of Salt Lake City, UT.
They discuss the possibility that the lake will die well before it dries up entirely. Baxter has spent decades monitoring the lake as it diminishes thanks to over-allocation and the recent prolonged drought.
With his son-in-law, Baxter circumnavigated the lake. The toxic dust that is exposed by declining lake levels represents a respiratory problem for nearby citizens.
That dust finds its way to the snowfields in the mountains east of Salt Lake City, damaging the ski industry and causing the snowpack to melt sooner than ever.
4 PM - The New Yorker Radio Hour - Ep. 403
Host - David Remnick
Today on the New Yorker Radio Hour, a conversation with the singer and songwriter Regina Spektor. Spektor performs songs from her most recent album, which is called “Home, Before and After.”
5 PM - 7 PM Mountain Stage -
Host - Kathy Mattea
Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar
7 AM - 9 PM American Routes -
Host - Nick Spitzer
New Orleans Traditional Jazz Live with Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band–Jazz Manouche from Christine Tassan et les Imposteures
9 PM - Soulsations -
Coming on up on Soulsations, a new single by Latin R&B singer Ferraz, also classics from KC & the Sunshine Band, The Dramatics and gospel greats Mary Mary.
ConFunkShun founder Michael Cooper talks about creating a song that’s the identifier for the band.
Plus, this week’s DoubleTake is “Let’s Stay Together”, by the incomparable Al Green and a flavorful cover by Pete Escovedo featuring Sy Smith.
10 PM - Blue Dimensions -
Host - Johnny Meister
Nite Bjuti, and Tony Allen's "Jazz Is Dead" album
11 PM - Notes From The Jazz Underground - Episode 226
Host - Paul Abella
This week, we'll hear from The Allman Brothers, Santana, Wayne Krantz, Tom Ze and more!
BBC World Service 12 AM - 5 AM Sunday
