Listing of Television/Radio Stories

Dr. Jill Tarter of SETI at the Allen Telescope Array
18:52

Web Extra: Part II of our complete November 2007 interview with astronomer Dr. Jill Tarter of SETI Institute on site at the Allen Telescope Array in Hat Creek, CA.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: Apr 1 2008

firefighters on the front lines of a wildfire
10:54

In dry years, fires in California cost billions of dollars and often result in lost lives. As fire crews rest from a rough year and prepare for this one, QUEST looks at how the history of forest management could be feeding today's flames.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: Sep 25 2007

0:01

KQED's QUEST is a new multimedia series about the people behind San Francisco Bay Area science and environmental issues and how their work is changing the way we live. Do you know what is in your own backyard?

Watch this TV Story Air Date: Jan 25 2007

Solar cells
0:07

Silicon Valley investors are betting that clean power is the Valley's next boom. With solar and other alternative energy industries evolving into big business, how are the faces of the environmental movement changing?

Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: Feb 23 2007

VTA bus at night, downtown San Jose. Source: Michael Patrick.
5:45

Many Bay Area cities are trying to clean up their acts by putting in place new green initiatives. But from San Jose to Berkeley, some city leaders are finding out it's not always so easy to turn over a new leaf.

Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: Mar 13 2008

8:04

How do you prepare someone who is becoming blind? Quest follows seeing adults through their physical and psychological training as they learn to live without sight.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: Mar 27 2007

4:05

Each year Ladybugs fly in by the millions to winter in the East Bay's Redwood Regional Park. We meet naturalist Linda Yemoto who explains this phenomenon. But how these beetles know where to go is still one of nature's mysteries.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: Feb 27 2007

Native California Poppy at Lands End
3:34

The land north of the Cliff House near the old Sutro Baths is getting a multi-million-dollar face life by the National Park Service and local philanthropists.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: May 29 2007

landslide aftermath with condemned blue house
8:00

With its rolling hills and winter storms, the Bay Area has been a landslide hotspot, putting houses and lives at risk. Meet the geologists working to understand and predict these natural disasters.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: Jul 17 2007

4:15

Why do NASA scientists in Mountain View want to crash a rocket on the moon? Watch an animation of the entire mission to find out. Narrated by: Tony Colaprete, Team Leader LCROSS mission.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: Jan 29 2007

QUEST Schedule

  • QUEST TV:

    Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. on KQED 9 and KQED HD, Comcast 709.

  • QUEST Radio:

    Mondays at 6:30 a.m. & 8:30 a.m. on KQED FM 88.5 and KQEI FM 89.3.

  • Nature-Deficit Disorder/ Ugo Conti's Spider Boat

  • Fri, May 16 at 2:00PM, on KQED Channel 9
  • Fri, May 16 at 2:00PM, on KQED HD
  • Fri, May 16 at 8:00PM, on KQED HD
  • Fri, May 16 at 11:00PM, on KQED HD
  • Sat, May 17 at 6:30AM, on KQED Channel 9
  • Sat, May 17 at 6:30AM, on KQED HD

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