Today On KRPS For Tuesday August 8
5 AM - 9 AM -
Morning Edition from NPR News
9 AM - 10 AM -
Host: Jenn White
The New Fallout from the Trinity Test
A new generation is learning about the world's first nuclear test. The film ‘Oppenheimer’ tracks the events that led up to the historic Trinity test, the codename for the first detonation of the atomic bomb that would later be used by the U.S. army in Japan.
10 AM to 11 AM -
Host: Meghna Chakrabarti
Our Planet In Hot Water
The waters off Florida and across the Caribbean are reaching record-breaking temperatures.
As high as 100-plus degrees Fahrenheit. If warm seawater is here to stay, what will it mean for all that lives in the ocean, and on land?
11 AM to 1 PM -
Host - Fred Child
1 PM to 3 PM -
Modern Times with host Alan Chapman
3 PM - 4 PM
The World with host Marco Werman
Political chaos in Thailand. The country is struggling to secure a new leader MONTHS after an election.
And political parties splinter. The latest from Thailand.
4 PM - 6 PM
All Things Considered from NPR News
Hosts: Juana Summers and Mary Louise Kelly
Excessive heat can be dangerous, especially for people who are older, have certain chronic illnesses or who
work outside.
One program is trying to address this by emailing heat alerts to doctors and nurses -- so they can advise their most vulnerable patients.
6 PM - 6:30 PM
Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal
California wants trucking to go electric. But before the switch can happen, though you gotta have that EV infrastructure.
Building the electric truck future, next time on Marketplace.
6:30 PM to 7 PM
Today, Explained from Vox News
Host - Sean Rameswaram and Noel King
Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company is looking for a “strategic partner” to invest in the massive sports network, which has been struggling in an era of cord-cutting.
Ahead on Today, Explained: what it could mean for fans.
7 PM - 8 PM -
HOST: Terry Gross
INTERVIEW BY: Terry Gross
Writer ANDREW LELAND talks about what it’s like to slowly go blind. Leland has gradually been losing his vision over the past 20 years.
His new memoir ponders questions like: How much perception happens in the eyes and how much takes place in the mind?
8 PM - 9 PM
#365 - Ensemble Singin' that's Swingin'
In this hour, we will dig the sounds of vocal ensembles backed by trios up to big bands, and even nothing at all.
Stay tuned for a vocal exploration extraordinaire.
9 PM - 11 PM
11 PM - 5 AM Wednesday
BBC World Service
