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Today On KRPS For Tuesday August 1

Today's KRPS show highlights include:

The World’s coverage of how Russia’s war in Ukraine is damaging the country's environment, at 3pm.

Today, Explained examines whether the US economy is headed for a recession or a “soft landing”, and what a soft landing looks like, at 6:30pm.

Tune in for these and other great shows on KRPS!

5 AM - 9 AM - 

Morning Edition from NPR News

9 AM - 10 AM - 

1A

Host: Jenn White

Know It All: ChatGPT in the classroom (Rebroadcast).

ChatGPT is incredibly popular online, boasting more than 100 million monthly active users within just two months of its launch last November.

It took Instagram two and a half years to reach that number.

10 AM to 11 AM - 

On Point 

Host: Meghna Chakrabarti

The Death Of 'Deliverism'

Many Democrats think delivering tangible economic benefits to working class and lower-income voters will help them win more elections.

But evidence shows that may not be true.

11 AM to 1 PM - 

Performance Today

Host - Fred Child

Hour 1 and hour 2 playlists

1 PM to 3 PM - 

Modern Times with host Alan Chapman

3 PM - 4 PM 

The World with host Marco Werman

Damage to the environment from the war in Ukraine. Industrial sites shelled. Harmful chemicals in rivers and soil.

The environmental cost of Russia's war on Ukraine. All this week on The World.

4 PM - 6 PM

All Things Considered from NPR News

Ann Patchett's new novel tackles family... and maternal love... and the secrets a mother may choose NOT to share with her children.

TOM LAKE, on All Things Considered.

6 PM - 6:30 PM

Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal

Building a greener America will take time and money. And in this economy developers are finding it hard to get clean energy projects off the ground.

That's next time on Marketplace.

6:30 PM to 7 PM

Today, Explained from Vox News

Host - Sean Rameswaram and Noel King

For months, economic forecasters predicted there would be a recession this year. Now, they’re predicting a “soft landing.”

No recession.

It’s not just that we avoided the worst outcome; it’s that if an economy isn’t contracting, it’s actually growing.

Good news ahead on Today, Explained.

7 PM - 8 PM - 

Fresh Air 

HOST: Tonya Mosley

INTERVIEW BY: Tonya Mosley

Award-winning actor RICHARD E. GRANT joins us to talk about his new memoir “A Pocketful of Happiness” which chronicles his 35 year marriage to the late acclaimed dialect coach to the stars Joan Washington.

8 PM - 9 PM

Sound Ideas with Clay Ryder

#364 - In this hour, we will continue our exploration of recently reissued Tone Poet Heavyweights.

9 PM - 11 PM

Jazz with David Basse

11 PM - 5 AM Wednesday

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.