Radio Specials
Every week, KQED airs some of the best programs from independent radio producers and public radio networks around the world.
- Regular Specials Providers
- Hearing Voices
- America Abroad
Airtimes vary, check below for upcoming programs.
Recently on Radio Specials:
Crossing Borders: From Mexico to the U.S. (Hearing Voices) -- In this Hearing Voices special, Scott Carrier talks to immigrants on their hazardous, illegal desert crossing and to the border patrol waiting for them in Sasabe, Arizona. Luis Alberto Urrea also reads from "The Devils Highway," his book about death in the desert. Guillermo Gomez-Pena imagines Maquiladoras of the Future," and Ann Heppermann and Kara Oehler present a sound-portrait of Mexicans who risk their lives to find better-paying jobs in the United States.
Audio currently not available for this program.
Labor Day - The Right to Work -- The program talks with people who are fighting for a fair deal at work: choice of employment, just conditions of work, protection against unemployment and simply the right to hold a job -- something many in the world cannot take for granted. This program was produced by Radio Netherlands and WAMU.
Audio currently not available for this program.
Hearing Voices: Crossing Borders: From Mexico to the U.S. -- In this Hearing Voices special, Scott Carrier talks to immigrants on their hazardous, illegal desert crossing and to the border patrol waiting for them in Sasabe, Arizona. Luis Alberto Urrea also reads from "The Devil's Highway," his book about death in the desert. Guillermo Gomez-Pena imagines "Maquiladoras of the Future," and Ann Heppermann and Kara Oehler present a sound-portrait of Mexicans who risk their lives to find better-paying jobs in the United States.
Audio currently not available for this program.
