Today on KRPS for Wednesday August 9
5 AM - 9 AM -
Morning Edition from NPR News
9 AM - 10 AM -
HOST: Jenn White
In Good Health: COVID’s summer surge.
COVID is surging across the globe for the fourth consecutive summer.
In the United States, the latest tracking data from the CDC shows a 12 percent rise in hospitalizations due to the virus.
Dr. Paul Offit is the director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
He’s also on the FDA Vaccine Advisory Panel.
10 AM to 11 AM -
Host: Meghna Chakrabarti
The No Labels Agenda: Will Their Bipartisan Initiative Ensure A Partisan Result?
The political organization No Labels says it wants to unite Americans around a third-party presidential candidate.
But critics say their efforts are more likely to lead to the re-election of Donald Trump.
The No Labels agenda.
11 AM to 1 PM -
Performance Today
Host - Fred Child
1 PM to 3 PM -
KRPS Classical
3 PM - 4PM
The World with host Marco Werman
Trawling the waters off Peru, some fishing boats are chasing a lucrative but illegal catch: They change the names of their vessels, and turn off their transponders, all in pursuit of sharks.
4 PM - 6 PM
All Things Considered from NPR News
A lot of alfalfa is being grown for export by Middle Eastern agricultural companies in the middle of the
Arizona desert. And that requires a LOT of water. A new investigation reveals who's profiting.
6 PM - 6:30 PM
Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal
Congress is in its annual round of spending talks. And with a shrinking budget the road to avoiding a government shutdown is looking rocky. That's next time on Marketplace.
6:30 PM to 7 PM
Today, Explained from Vox News
Hosts: Noel King and Sean Rameswaram
Shein, the multi-billion dollar Chinese fast-fashion company has drawn the ire of designers, environmental activists, even Congress.
Why Shein is in so much trouble. Ahead on Today, Explained.
7 PM - 8 PM -
HOST: Tonya Mosley
INTERVIEW BY: Tonya Mosley
Poet and author SHANE MCCRAE talks about his new book “Pulling the Chariot of the Sun.”
It’s an unflinching test of a child’s memory – how he came to understand that his maternal grandparents, who were white supremacists, kidnapped him from his father, who is Black.
8 PM - 9 PM -
Jazz Inspired with Judy Carmichael
Judy Carmichael interviews Don Stiernberg
9 PM - 11 PM
11 PM - 5 AM Thursday
BBC World Service
