Schedules

• 12:00 am
  News & Notes
  Sudan Rape Report
  Sudan Rape Report -- A new report called "Laws Without Justice: An Assessment of Sudanese Laws Affecting Survivors of Rape" from humanitarian group Refugees International has found that Sudan's sexual violence and rape laws hurt the women they're supposed to protect. The program talks with Ken Bacon, president of Refugees International, and report co-author Adrienne Fricke.
• 1:00 am
  BBC World Service
  
• 2:00 am
  City Arts & Lectures
  Writer Roger Angell
  Writer Roger Angell -- In 1962, Roger Angell was sent to Florida to write about spring training for the New Yorker. For forty-two years, Angell covered baseball for the magazine. It has been said that no other sport has been as well served by a writer as baseball has by Roger Angell, including the books "Once More around the Park" and "The Summer Game." Angell is also a skilled editor, serving as chief fiction editor at the New Yorker for four years. In 1970, he published his own collection of short stories titled "The Stone Arbor and Other Stories." Angell is the author of seven celebrated baseball books and has also contributed introductions to several classic works by E.B White. The son of Katharine White, a founding editor of the New Yorker, and stepson to the writer E.B. White, Angell has written "Let Me Finish," a deeply personal autobiography about growing up in the 1930's. He appears in conversation with Roy Eisenhardt.
• 3:00 am
  Morning Edition
  Gourmet Foods from China
  Gourmet Foods from China -- When you think of "Made in China," you might not think of gourmet foods, but you should. China now produces more black truffles than France and Italy put together, along with significant amounts of foie gras and caviar. The country is encroaching more and more on global markets aided by cheap labor costs, an E.U. ban on foie gras production, and a lack of regulation governing animal cruelty in China. The program presents the first of two reports.
• 5:00 am
  Morning Edition
  

  KQED Radio News 6:05 & 6:33am
  
  The California Report 6:50am
  
  Perspectives 6:07am
  
  
MORNING
• 7:00 am
  Morning Edition
  

  KQED Radio News 7:05, 7:35, 8:05 & 8:33am
  
  
• 9:00 am
  Forum
  The 2007 Farm Bill
  The Farm Bill, governing farm and food policy, is up for renewal this September. The program discusses the significance of the Farm Bill to farmers and consumers alike, as well as the increasingly heated debate in Congress and among interest groups in California over what priorities should be enacted.
• 10:00 am
  Forum
  Author Anne Fadiman
  The program welcomes author Anne Fadiman for a conversation about her recent collection of essays, "At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays."
• 11:00 am
  Talk of the Nation
  A Visit from the Political Junkie
  A Visit from the Political Junkie -- More political lines are forming in Washington with several key republicans revolting over the war in Iraq. Also, Democrats in Congress are fighting back as President Bush tries to block testimony about the firing of nine U.S. attorneys, citing executive privilege. Ken Rudin joins the show for a giant-sized edition of the political junkie.
AFTERNOON
• 12:00 pm
  Talk of the Nation
  Floyd Landis
  Floyd Landis -- A year ago, Floyd Landis was well on his way to winning the Tour de France and taking over from Lance Armstrong as America's cycling hero. Today, Landis is fighting charges of doping and trying to hang on to his winner's trophy and reputation. The program welcomes Floyd Landis for a conversation featuring listeners' questions.
• 1:00 pm
  Fresh Air
  Timor Goksel: Hezbollah and Israel One Year Later
  Timor Goksel: Hezbollah and Israel One Year Later -- The war between Israel and Hezbollah started one year ago. Today, the program discusses the unintended consequences of the war with Timor Goksel, former spokesperson and senior advisor for the United Nations Peacekeeping force in Lebanon. He now teaches at the American University of Beirut.
• 2:00 pm
  World
  Rebuilding in Lebanon: One Year Later
  Rebuilding in Lebanon: One Year Later -- The war in Lebanon began a year ago this Thursday, and it ended two months later.Even now, Lebanese people whose homes were destroyed are still waiting for help to rebuild. The program explores their story.
• 3:00 pm
  NewsHour
  
• 4:00 pm
  Marketplace
  Can Green Cars Make Big Profits?
  Can Green Cars Make Big Profits? -- "Green," of course, is a hot buzz word these days, but can it spell profit for corporate car fleets? The program reports on how one of the biggest fleets in the country is testing out that proposition.
• 4:30 pm
  All Things Considered
  Continuing Corruption Plagues Afghanistan
  Continuing Corruption Plagues Afghanistan -- When Afghan President Hamid Karzai appointed Abdul Jabar Sabet as attorney general last summer, Afghans had high hopes that this Pashtun lawyer from Montreal would end government corruption. But 11 months later, Afghans say corruption and crime is worse than ever. Karzai, UN officials and other Western politicians are meeting in Rome this week to find ways to bolster Afghanistan's "law and order." As the program reports, Sabet has now become one of the most controversial figures in Karzai's ever-weakening government. The attorney general was the major force behind a recently passed, controversial media law. He has also launched what many say are personal vendettas against non-Pashtuns. One of the squabbles led to an alleged kidnap attempt of Sabet last month.
EVENING
• 6:30 pm
  Marketplace
  Can Green Cars Make Big Profits?
  Can Green Cars Make Big Profits? -- "Green," of course, is a hot buzz word these days, but can it spell profit for corporate car fleets? The program reports on how one of the biggest fleets in the country is testing out that proposition.
• 7:00 pm
  Fresh Air
  Timor Goksel: Hezbollah and Israel One Year Later
  Timor Goksel: Hezbollah and Israel One Year Later -- The war between Israel and Hezbollah started one year ago. Today, the program discusses the unintended consequences of the war with Timor Goksel, former spokesperson and senior advisor for the United Nations Peacekeeping force in Lebanon. He now teaches at the American University of Beirut.
• 8:00 pm
  Radio Specials
  Radio Lab: Mortality
  Radio Lab: Mortality -- Is death a fact of life or a disease that can be cured, as some scientists claim? The program filters the modern search for the fountain of youth through personal stories of witnessing death, including the death of a cell, the death of a loved one and the aging of a society. Radio Lab is an experiential investigation that explores themes and ideas through a patchwork of people, sounds, and stories. In each episode, the show experiments with sound and style allowing science to fuse with culture and information to sound like music. Hosted by Jad Abumrad with co-host Robert Krulwich, Radio Lab is designed for listeners who demand skepticism but appreciate wonder; who are curious about the world, but also want to be moved and surprised.
• 9:00 pm
  BBC World Service
  
• 10:00 pm
  Forum
  The 2007 Farm Bill
  The Farm Bill, governing farm and food policy, is up for renewal this September. The program discusses the significance of the Farm Bill to farmers and consumers alike, as well as the increasingly heated debate in Congress and among interest groups in California over what priorities should be enacted.
• 11:00 pm
  Day to Day
  Russian Opposition
  Russian Opposition -- The program speaks with "The Other Russia" coalition leader Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion, about his opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Time magazine calls him Russia's most conspicuous political gadfly, but Kasparov is dead set on using his competitive gamesmanship to bring change in the Kremlin.