Today on KRPS for Wednesday August 23
5 AM - 9 AM -
Morning Edition from NPR News
9 AM - 10 AM -
HOST: Jenn White (from the studios of Louisville Public Media)
HOUR 1: A SEGMENT-Maui and The Missing.
There are still more than 800 people unaccounted for in the aftermath of the wildfire in the Hawaiian village of Lahaina.
The intensity of the heat from the fire melted metal and makes locating and identifying human remains difficult.
Lynn Goldman led an independent review of fatalities of Hurricane Maria in 2017 and 2018.
She joins Jenn White and discusses the challenges posed to local and federal officials as they attempt to locate any signs of the remains.
B & C SEGMENTS - When Forensic Science isn’t so scientific.
When you think of forensic science, perhaps you imagine a scene from CSI or Law & Order.
But in real life forensic science is much more complicated.
According to reports from the U.S department of Justice and The Innocence Project, forensic science has contributed to anywhere between 39 percent and 46 percent of wrongful convictions.
10 AM to 11 AM -
Awe: Science's answer to your search for happiness (REBROADCAST)
How do you find deep happiness? Researcher Dacher Keltner says the answer is to find everyday wonder.
The science behind why we all need to seek and experience more awe.
On Point’s Week of Wonder continues.
11 AM to 1 PM -
Performance Today
Host - Fred Child
1 PM to 3 PM -
Pittsburgh Symphony Radio
Sir Mark Elder conducts music of Wagner, Strauss, Mozart and Elgar.
3 PM - 4PM
The World with host Marco Werman
Single moms in Mexico are taking to the streets, protesting lax laws that allow dads to avoid paying child support.
Holding fathers accountable in Latin America, that's next time on The World.
4 PM - 6 PM
All Things Considered from NPR News
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people come to Cali, Colombia to celebrate Afro-Colombian music and culture.
We’ll hear a musical postcard, on All Things Considered.
6 PM - 6:30 PM
Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal
The reality is women and girls are often shut out of the ways in which men learn to get ahead.
There's a nonprofit that's tryna change that. Texas Hold 'em is the game. Ante upNext time on Marketplace.
6:30 PM to 7 PM
Today, Explained from Vox News
Hosts: Noel King and Sean Rameswaram
The first 2024 Republican presidential debate is here.
Eight candidates are taking the stage, but the frontrunner slash former president isn’t gonna be there.
What to make of the elephant in the room at the big kickoff elephant debate, next time on Today, Explained.
7 PM - 8 PM -
HOST: Tonya Mosley
INTERVIEW BY: Tonya Mosley
Author JUSTIN TINSLEY talks about the legacy of the late hip-hop pioneer Christopher Wallace – also known as Biggie Smalls.
Tinsley has a new book about Biggie. He talks about Biggie’s life in the context of not only rap, but the forces that shaped him -- including Jamaican immigration, Reagan era politics, the war on drugs, and mass incarceration.
8 PM - 9 PM -
Jazz Inspired with Judy Carmichael
Judy Carmichael interviews Tony Bennett Part 1 of 2
9 PM - 11 PM
11 PM - 5 AM Thursday
BBC World Service
