Today on KRPS for Saturday August 25
5 AM - On The Media - Also heard Sunday at 5 pm
HOST: BROOKE GLADSTONE
The Mystery of Havana Syndrome
In the fall of 2016, just two years after Obama reopened diplomatic relations with Cuba, a few American diplomats started hearing high-pitched, eerie buzzing sounds in their houses and at a nearby hotel.
Shortly thereafter, some of them experienced debilitating symptoms such as headaches, fatigues, trouble reading, bloody noses, and brain fog. The mysterious affliction, dubbed 'Havana Syndrome,' seemed to spread among American diplomats, and then across the globe.
Then, the questions burst forth: what happened to them? Were they being attacked, and if so, by whom? Was there a weapon involved, or were the patients undergoing a collective stress response?
6 AM - Fresh Air Weekend - Also heard Sunday at 6 pm
HOST: TONYA MOSLEY
INTERVIEWS BY TERRY GROSS & TONYA MOSLEY
RODNEY CARMICHAEL and SIDNEY MADDEN host the NPR hip hop podcast Louder Than A Riot.
The current season is about misogyny, homophobia and transphobia in hip hop, and the new generation of performers who are not standing for that.
7 AM - 9 AM Weekend Edition Saturday with Scott Simon
Angie Kim didn’t know English when she and her family first moved to the U-S from Korea.
Feeling like she couldn’t speak later moved her to create characters with the same issue – like the teenager in her novel, “Happiness Falls.”
Hear from Kim Saturday on Weekend Edition.
9 AM - Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me…. Also heard Sunday afternoon at 4.
This week on “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me”, Negin Farsad is filling in for Peter Sagal. Joining her are panelists Alzo Slade, Luke Burbank, and newcomer Shantira Jackson. Plus musician – slash – producer Mark Ronson joins us to play Not My Job. Cool off with us.
10 AM - Radiolab -
The Average Show
What is the most average size thing, if you take into account everything in the universe?
In this episode, we soar through the universe and into the tinies particles of all things, to see if we can reach a guesstimate of what is the middle size of Everything.
Then, we travel through history to a moment when the world tried to find the "average" human body. In this quest, we ask, Why do we have a butt and is there such a thing as an "average" or "normal" one?
11 AM - TED Radio Hour -
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
What is the most average size thing, if you take into account everything in the universe?
In this episode, we soar through the universe and into the tiniest particles of all things, to see if we can reach a guesstimate of what is the middle size of Everything.
Then, we travel through history to a moment when the world tried to find the "average" human body. In this quest, we ask, Why do we have a butt and is there such a thing as an "average" or "normal" one?
12 PM - This American Life -Also heard Sunday at 2 pm
The Super
Stories of the mysterious hold supers have on their buildings, or their buildings have on them.
1PM - Freakonomics Radio Ep. 1250
Host - Stephen Dubner
Ep. 1252
The famously profane politician and operative Rahm Emanuel is now U.S. ambassador to Japan, where he’s trying to rewrite the rules of diplomacy.
But don’t worry: When it comes to China, he’s every bit as combative as you’d expect.
2 PM - Milk Street Radio - Episode 716
Host - Christopher Kimball
Ep.620 - We chat with Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood about the best and worst parts of his job, his secret to perfect scones and what a bin lid is—and why it's so delicious. Plus, journalist Alex Beggs tells us about cookbooks for pets; J. Kenji López-Alt takes wok cooking outdoors; and we make Spicy Chinese Beef Skewers
3 PM - Listening to America - Formerly The Thomas Jefferson Hour -
The Titan and the Titanic
This week, Clay Jenkinson’s interview with David Nicandri in the aftermath of the disaster of the submersible Titan in the north Atlantic. Nicandi reflects on the spirit of exploration, the risks taken by those who would go where no man has gone before.
Were the five men who died when the submersible imploded just billionaire tourists or adventurers in the spirit of Lewis and Clark and Captain James Cook? How can we make sense of the continuing lure of the Titanic?
Where does undersea tourism go from here?
4 PM - The New Yorker Radio Hour - Ep. 403
Host - David Remnick
Today on the New Yorker Radio Hour, contributor Parul Sehgal talks with the author of “Braiding Sweetgrass” – a surprise bestseller about nature and our place in it. Plus, a look at the effects of extreme heat on the body.
5 PM - 7 PM Mountain Stage -
Host -Larry Gross and Kathy Mattea
Headliner - Roseann Cash
7 AM - 9 PM American Routes -
Host - Nick Spitzer
Living With The Blues
With Bill Ferris, Eden Brent, Little Freddie King, and a visit to Teddy’s Juke Joint
9 PM - Soulsations -
Yuna, Barry White, Ashford & Simpson, Ledisi, and Earth Wind & Fire
Coming up on Soulsations Sidibe brings us her latest single, “Sunshine”. Also hear the soulful sounds of Omar, Chicago, Phyllis Hyman and Junior Walker & The Allstars.
William “WAK” King talks about the Commodores’ hit “Lady” and Gospel star Brian Courtney Wilson shares new music from his live project, “Transitions” and the meaning behind his first gospel contract with Beyonce’s Dad, Matthew Knowles.
Plus, “Let’s Groove” to this week’s DoubleTake by the legendary band, Earth Wind and Fire and a delightful cover by Brazilian singer, Cris Delanno.
10 PM - Blue Dimensions -
Host - Johnny Meister
Newly issued recordings featuring the late Joey DeFrancesco recorded shortly before his death
Recordings of the late Joey DeFrancesco made shortly before he died on albums with guitarist George Freeman and with singer Jack Jones
11 PM - Notes From The Jazz Underground - Episode 231
Host - Paul Abella
This week, new music from Alfredo Rodriguez and Joel Goodman, and an epic live jam from the Marc Ribot Trio!
BBC World Service 12 AM - 5 AM Sunday
