KQED Public Radio Highlights
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.
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.
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.
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."
What's on now?
- 11:00am Wait, Wait Don't Tell MePeter Sagal
- 12:00pm This American Life
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KQED Series
Climate Watch
KQED's multimedia series providing in-depth coverage of climate-related science and policy issues from a California perspective.
KQED Collaborations
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.
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