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Radio Daily Schedule

KQED Public Radio: Thursday, November 14, 2002

88.5 FM San Francisco • 89.3 FM Sacramento

Schedule is subject to change. Please visit kqed.org/tv/schedules/daily for the most up-to-date info.

OVERNIGHT

2:00 am

Surviving the Bataan Death March This program examines the experience of U.S. Army veteran Ken Porwoll, who survived the Bataan Death March in 1942. Narrated by Senator John McCain.

3:00 am

Morning Edition with Bob Edwards Lions, tigers and bears -- and chickens, pigs and frogs. Join Bob Edwards and Kermit to celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of television's most unusual variety shows ever. The story of the Muppet Show.

MORNING

9:00 am

Forum The State of Welfare Reform With 100,000 Californians slated to lose their welfare benefits by year's end, Forum examines the state of welfare reform.

10:00 am

Forum Waitressing in America Forum discusses waitressing in America from the perspective of serving and being served with author Alison Owings. She is the author of "Hey, Waitress! The USA from the Other Side of the Tray."

11:00 am

Talk of the Nation with Neal Conan (Hour One) Hour One: "Culture Clash." Join Neal Conan for a conversation with the Latino theatre troupe "Culture Clash" and Asian-American filmmaker Justin Lin on a special broadcast from NPR West in Los Angeles.

AFTERNOON

12:00 pm

Talk of the Nation with Neal Conan (Hour Two) Hour Two: "Who Owns Water?" The West has some of the fastest growing cities, and the least amount of water to quench the thirst of agriculture, industry and urbanization. In this hour, join Neal Conan for a look at the West's water woes, on a special broadcast from NPR West in Los Angeles.

1:00 pm

Fresh Air with Terry Gross We'll hear about creating a darker, more brooding Batman than the original: a talk with comic book artist and writer Frank Miller. His comic books "The Dark Knight Returns" and "The Dark Knight Strikes Again" are now available in hardback.

2:00 pm

World with Tony Kahn and Lisa Mullins Farmed fish from Norway and Canada are pushing Alaska's more expensive wild salmon off the menu. But Alaska's fighting back, with help from German marketers. Now Alaska is packaging its state fish as a delicacy for "up-scale" European gourmets.

4:00 pm

Marketplace with David Brancaccio Baltimore works to lure those who are tired of the Beltway shuffle into its metropolitan center.

EVENING

6:30 pm

Pacific Time Pacific Time How is the Chinese communist party to move the country forward? Is it a hybrid called a socialist market economy? And we'll take a look at the new set of leaders that would emerge out of the party congress. They seem to be committed to reforms, and at the same time maintaining party control. We'll ponder whether among the younger leaders, there will be a Chinese version of Mikhail Gorbachev that will allow people a larger role in the political process. And, do the young in urban China believe in increasing political participation?

7:00 pm

Fresh Air with Terry Gross We'll hear about creating a darker, more brooding Batman than the original: a talk with comic book artist and writer Frank Miller. His comic books "The Dark Knight Returns" and "The Dark Knight Strikes Again" are now available in hardback.

8:00 pm

National Press Club This week's speaker is Danny Glover, actor and chairman of the board of Transafrica.

11:00 pm

Pacific Time with host Nguyen Qui Duc How is the Chinese communist party to move the country forward? Is it a hybrid called a socialist market economy? And we'll take a look at the new set of leaders that would emerge out of the party congress. They seem to be committed to reforms, and at the same time maintaining party control. We'll ponder whether among the younger leaders, there will be a Chinese version of Mikhail Gorbachev that will allow people a larger role in the political process. And, do the young in urban China believe in increasing political participation?

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