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Today On KRPS For Monday July 31

Show highlights today on KRPS include a new program and a new time for a KRPS favorite.

Join us this afternoon at 3 for the premiere of The World with host Macro Werman.

And…

Today, Explained moves to a new time, weeknights at 6:30.

Today On KRPS For Monday July 31

5 AM - 9 AM - 

Morning Edition from NPR News

9 AM - 10 AM - 

1A

Host: Celeste Headlee (in for Jenn White)

HOUR 1: How Extreme Heat Affects Our Mental Health.

We’re closing out the hottest month ever this July, with the hottest consecutive three weeks on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

Extreme temperatures remind us just how much heat can affect our physical health in dangerous, and sometimes deadly ways.

More than 600 people die each year in the U.S. from heat-related illnesses.

10 AM to 11 AM - 

On Point 

HOST: Meghna Chakrabarti

Behind the Global South's hesitancy to criticize Russia and align with the West

In the seventeen months since Russia invaded Ukraine countries in the Global south have shied away from criticizing Russia. What’s behind their hesitancy to align with the west.

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 - 

A Joyful Noise 

3 PM - 4:00 PM 

The World with host Marco Werman

4 PM - 6 PM

All Things Considered from NPR News

Hosts: Ailsa Chang and Mary Louise Kelly

Long before actors and writers feared Artificial Intelligence disrupting Hollywood -- movies themselves featured AI villains.

6 PM - 6:30 PM

Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal

Besides the occasional ad or two in your email inbox you may have noticed that some companies have started texting you too.

A look into marketing texts. Next time on Marketplace.

6:30 PM - 7 PM

Today, Explained from Vox News

Hosts - Noel King and Sean Rameswaram

American Muslims, school books and LGBTQ rights

7 PM - 8 PM - 

Fresh Air

HOST: Tonya Mosley

INTERVIEW BY: Tonya Mosley

Comedian LEANNE MORGAN.

After discovering her passion for stand-up later in life and finding the time after raising her kids to pursue it, the Tennessee native has found success by making fun of everyday life -- from motherhood and marriage to menopause and dating on the apps after 50.

Morgan has a self-produced comedy special on Netflix called “I’m Every Woman.”

8 PM - 9 PM - 

Jazz at 100

Highlights of the late 1990s

This is the 96th of 100 programs in the Jazz at 100 series. As we present more recent music, we face the historian’s dilemma - what performances will have lasting value?

What players will be remembered for their contributions to advancing the music? What trends will turn into dominant themes?

We are following the lead of critic Gary Giddins who wrote an essay entitled “Postwar Jazz: An Arbitrary Roadmap (1945 – 2001)” where he told the story of post-war jazz through a discussion of one musical selection from each year.

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.