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
- Radiolab
Airtimes vary, check below for upcoming programs.
Recently on Radio Specials:
Love's Labors: For Valentine's Day -- This special program is hosted by Amy Dickinson of the Chicago Tribune's "Ask Amy" column. It features lovelorn letters to "Ask Amy," tales of what Nancy Updike calls "cringe love" and a parent and child discussion between Jessica and Scott Carrier on what makes a good marriage, from This American Life.
Is homosexuality compatible with Christianity? This question is debated fiercely in this documentary narrated by Peter Coyote and hosted by Scott Shafer. It takes viewers behind the scenes of the United Methodist Church's global convention in Tampa, Florida. At stake is the church's official policy on gays and lesbians. Progressive Methodists want to amend church doctrine declaring homosexuality incompatible with Christian teaching, but conservative Methodists want to retain the church's stance calling homosexuality a sin.
Love's Labors: For Valentine's Day -- This special program is hosted by Amy Dickinson of the Chicago Tribune's "Ask Amy" column. It features lovelorn letters to "Ask Amy," tales of what Nancy Updike calls "cringe love" and a parent and child discussion between Jessica and Scott Carrier on what makes a good marriage, from This American Life.
Love's Labors: For Valentine's Day -- This special program is hosted by Amy Dickinson of the Chicago Tribune's "Ask Amy" column. It features lovelorn letters to "Ask Amy," tales of what Nancy Updike calls "cringe love" and a parent and child discussion between Jessica and Scott Carrier on what makes a good marriage, from This American Life.
This special program features conversations with Maya Angelou and African-American winners from the Olympics, Grammys, Academy Awards, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize categories. Presidential Medal of Freedom Award, Tony and Grammy Award-winner Maya Angelou will weave the stories of current African-American accomplishments together with our history. Angelou will include her unique, poetic insights regarding the history of the recognition of successful African-Americans nationally and internationally.
This special program features conversations with Maya Angelou and African-American winners from the Olympics, Grammys, Academy Awards, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize categories. Presidential Medal of Freedom Award, Tony and Grammy Award-winner Maya Angelou will weave the stories of current African-American accomplishments together with our history. Angelou will include her unique, poetic insights regarding the history of the recognition of successful African-Americans nationally and internationally.
