Today On KRPS For Friday September 8, 2023
5 AM - 9 AM -
Morning Edition from NPR News
9 AM - 10 AM -
HOST: Sarah McCammon of NPR (Friday Host)
HOUR 1: The Domestic News Roundup.
Another government shutdown is looming as the calendar shifts to the month of September. Congress has until the 30th to settle on a short-term funding bill that would keep the lights on in Washington. There is a twist. The Biden administration is asking that an extra $44 billion be tacked onto whatever agreement Congress comes up with.
A federal judge ordered the state of Texas to remove floating barriers state officials erected in the middle of the Rio Grande River to thwart border crossings. Now, the state has until September 15.
Special Counsel Jack Smith is not making Donald Trump’s life any easier. Smith has charged the former president with four counts over his attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 election. But a new court filing from Smith on Tuesday is alleging that Trump is making daily statements that “threaten to prejudice the jury pool in Washington.”
10 AM to 11 AM -
Host: Meghna Chakrabarti
HEADLINE: What can the Korean Armistice agreement teach us about achieving peace in Ukraine today?
Observers are asking whether the conflict in Ukraine has reached a stalemate.
Could the Korean Armistice agreement, signed 70 years ago, serve as a model for Ukraine and Russia now?
11 AM to 1 PM -
Performance Today
Host - Fred Child
1 PM to 3 PM - Symphonycast
Iván Fischer, his Budapest Festival Orchestra, and soprano Anna-Lena Elbert celebrate the 100th anniversary of Ligeti’s strikingly original Mysteries of the Macabre.
Meanwhile, Sir András Schiff is the featured soloist in Bartók’s elegiac Third Piano Concerto, and the program concludes with Beethoven’s heroic Third Symphony.
3 PM - 4 PM
The World with host Marco Werman
New Delhi rolls out the welcome mat! Leaders arrive for the G20 summit. Greeted with billboards of India's Prime Minister plastered all over the city.
Narendra Modi's moment and message projecting global strength. ...next time on The World.
4 PM - 6 PM
All Things Considered from NPR News
Melissa Etheridge is a queer rock icon. But she’s also endured significant loss over decades in the public eye.
A new memoir from Melissa Etheridge — on All Things Considered
6 PM - 6:30 PM
Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal
In a week full of speeches Fed officials have had a lot to say. But did they give any nod to how they'll vote on interest rates?
The week that was Next time on Marketplace.
6:30 PM to 7 PM
Today, Explained from Vox News
Hosts - Noel King and Sean Rameswaram
Capitalism has got critics. From politicians as varied as Bernie Sanders and Vivek Ramaswamy.
And from regular people - particularly young people.
How - and why - Americans began to sour on our system. That’s coming up on Today, Explained.
7 PM - 9 PM -
The Retro Cocktail Hour with Darrell Brogdon
Episode #916 (rebroadcast)
The music is served "shaken, not stirred" every week on The Retro Cocktail Hour. Here you'll find vintage recordings from the dawn of the Hi-Fi Era - imaginative, light-hearted (and sometimes light headed) pop stylings designed to underscore everything from the backyard barbecue to the high-tech bachelor pad.
Among the artists featured on The Retro Cocktail Hour are lounge legends like Frank Sinatra and Juan Esquivel; tiki gods Martin Denny and Les Baxter; swinging cocktail combos featuring The Three Suns and Jack "Mr. Bongo" Costanzo; and mambo king Perez Prado. The series also spotlights up and coming lounge/exotica artists, including Waitiki, Ixtahuele, the Tikiyaki Orchestra, Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack, the Voodoo Organist and many more.
9 PM - 10 PM
Jazz Night in America profiles Myra Melford – a multi-dimensional pianist and composer. She takes us on a musical journey across the spectrum – from the avant-garde to the blues.
10 AM - 12 AM Saturday
World Cafe
12 AM to 5 AM Saturday
BBC World Service
