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KQED Public Radio Highlights

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Radiolab

Words

Today at 1:00pm

It's almost impossible to imagine a world without words, but the program tries to do just that. Meet a woman who taught a 27-year-old man the first words of his life, and hear a firsthand account of what it feels like to have the language center of your brain wiped out by a stroke.

  • Lead hazard sign

Moyers & Company

The Toxic Politics of Science

Today at 2:00pm

Bill Moyers explores why lead and other toxins continue to threaten America with David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz, public health historians who've been taking on the chemical industry for years.

  • Chicken coop

Living on Earth

Arsenic in Chicken

Today at 4:00pm

A new study from Johns Hopkins University shows excess levels of arsenic in U.S. poultry. The Center for Food Safety has been petitioning the FDA to stop the use of arsenic in chicken feed for the past four years.

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A Prairie Home Companion

Once More From the Top

Today at 6:00pm

The program rebroadcasts the season's opener from The Fitzgerald Theater. The Derailers bring Texas honky tonk, Ira Glass appears in an episode of "Guy Noir," Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele bring the house down and Holly Jones sings "Duquesne Whistle."

 

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KQED Productions

  • The California Report

    The California Report

    Daily news and a weekly newsmagazine, produced by KQED in partnership with stations statewide.

  • The Do List

    The Do List

    Cy Musiker and David Wiegand on the hottest tickets and shows in Northern California.

  • Forum

    Forum

    KQED's live call-in program presents wide-ranging discussions and in-depth interviews.

  • KQED News

    KQED News

    KQED's local news program reporting on the latest happenings in Northern California.

  • Perspectives

    Perspectives

    Our series of daily listener commentaries since 1999.

  • Quest

    Quest

    Science and nature for and about the Bay Area. Do you know what's in your own backyard?

 

KQED Series

Climate Watch

Climate Watch

KQED's multimedia series providing in-depth coverage of climate-related science and policy issues from a California perspective.

KQED Collaborations

The Kitchen Sisters

The Making Of...

The Kitchen Sisters and KQED present a new radio and multimedia collaboration that captures the art, creativity and innovation going on in the Bay Area.

Public Insight Network

Public Insight Network

Public Insight Network

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