Today on KRPS for Wednesday August 16
5 AM - 9 AM -
Morning Edition from NPR News
9 AM - 10 AM -
HOST: Jenn White
Plugged In: How the IRA is changing electric vehicles.
Have you made the switch to driving electric? Cecil, a listener in North Carolina, told us their thoughts on the subject.
“Anyone who test drives an electric and has charging capability at home would never choose an internal combustion engine again!”
Peter in Virginia wrote, “I drive a plug-in EV. Charging stations are getting more, not less difficult to find.”
This week we’re talking about the electrification of America as we hit the one-year mark since the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Despite its name, the Inflation Reduction Act is a multi-billion-dollar piece of legislation packed full of incentives to go green.
10 AM to 11 AM -
Host: Deborah Becker (in for Meghna Chakrabarti)
HEADLINE: How Race Affects Drug Use And Our Response To It
Opioid overdose deaths for Black people in America have skyrocketed.
For younger Black Americans, they’ve almost doubled. What’s driving that increase and what can be done about it.
11 AM to 1 PM -
Performance Today
Host - Fred Child
1 PM to 3 PM -
Pittsburgh Symphony Radio
Christoph Konig conducts music of Brahms and Strauss.
3 PM - 4PM
The World with host Marco Werman
Be careful where you walk in Bogota! Sidewalks in Colombia's capital are cracked and full of potholes.
Activists are pressuring the government to fix them. By painting these trip-hazards bright pink. ... next time on The World.
4 PM - 6 PM
All Things Considered from NPR News
A new Texas law going into effect soon will ban rules guaranteeing water breaks for outdoor workers…and Texans are pushing back.
6 PM - 6:30 PM
Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal
The baby bear porriage of economic conditions, yah know, a not too hot, not too cold economy could come soon.
But how long can it last? That's next time on Marketplace.
6:30 PM to 7 PM
Today, Explained from Vox News
Hosts: Noel King and Sean Rameswaram
Oft-indicted former President Donald Trump is at it again.
Stephen Fowler, host of Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Battleground: Ballot Box podcast, explains the paradox of the Fulton County charges on the next Today, Explained.
7 PM - 8 PM -
HOST: Tonya Mosley
INTERVIEW BY: Tonya Mosley
Writer R. ERIC THOMAS is the author of the new book Congratulations, The Best Is Over! which is a series of humorous essays recounting his journey back to his hometown of Baltimore, after leaving it years before to go to college.
Thomas is a television writer, playwright, and author of the bestselling book Here For It, or, How to Save Your Soul in America, and the young adult novel Kings of B’More.
Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews a new collection of recordings by pianist Sonny Clark recorded in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
He died at the age of 32 of a heroin overdose. Sonny Clark, The Complete Blue Note Sessions.
8 PM - 9 PM -
Jazz Inspired with Judy Carmichael
Judy Carmichael interviews Allegra Levy
9 PM - 11 PM
11 PM - 5 AM Thursday
BBC World Service
