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Radio Daily Schedule

OVERNIGHT

12:00 am

All Things Considered
GOP Boycotts Climate
Change LegislationSenate Democrats plan to vote on their climate change bill in committee today. Republicans are protesting with a boycott. The Environment and Public Works Committee needs two Republicans for a quorum. Only one turned up. Committee leader Barbara Boxer is looking for a procedural way around the boycott, but whatever she comes up with does not bode well for nurturing needed GOP support for climate change legislation.

2:00 am

City Arts & Lectures
Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong is among the world's foremost commentators on religion. A former Catholic nun, Armstrong now defines herself as a "freelance monotheist," drawing from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. She writes about these faiths in her bestselling books, including "Muhammad," "A History of God," and "The Bible: A Biography." In her critical studies and memoirs Armstrong argues that compassion is more important than belief in any particular god. In her forthcoming book, "The Case for God," Armstrong traces faith from prehistory to the present tries to riddle out why God has become unbelievable for many people. She appears in conversation with veteran interviewer Roy Eisenhardt, a San Francisco lawyer who has taught at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law and was president of the Oakland A's and executive director for the California Academy of Sciences.

3:00 am

Morning Edition
Election Results Roundup
Voters are choosing governors in New Jersey and Virginia, and a Congressman in New York. The rest of the country is paying attention. It's a chance to see how the Democrats do without Candidate Obama, and how Republicans do with a boost from the party's very energized conservative wing. The program presents election results and analysis.

MORNING

9:00 am

Forum
State Water Plan
The California State Senate has passed the first in a series of bills that seeks to settle a long standing battle over the control and flow of water through the California Delta. As stakeholders work to protect their interests, observers say this comprehensive package of bills has moved further toward fruition than any in the past.

10:00 am

Forum
Cuts to California State Parks
We look at the impact of budget cuts to California state parks, and discuss a proposed state ballot measure, announced Tuesday, that would raise funds for the park system by imposing an annual car registration surcharge.

11:00 am

Talk of the Nation
Political Junkie
Political junkie Ken Rudin stops by the show to analyze the off-year election results. Plus, author Hendrik Hertzberg looks back at the last election and talks about his book on the Obama campaign. Also, Mike Huckabee talks about his candidacy and looks ahead to 2012.

AFTERNOON

12:00 pm

Talk of the Nation
Sizing Up the Fashion World
We know what high fashion looks like -- fragile models wafting down a runway or photos retouched to cartoonish proportions. But with more campaigns featuring so-called 'real women,' is the old fashion world passe? Washington Post fashion editor Robin Givhan and the editor-in-chief of Glamour magazine join the show to size up the world of fashion.

1:00 pm

Fresh Air
David Plouffe
Terry Gross talks with David Plouffe, campaign manager for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. He was also architect of the strategy for both the primary and election victories. He's written a new memoir about the campaign, "The Audacity to Win." Prior to working on the Obama campaign, Plouffe was a media consultant for the Democratic party from 2001-2007.

2:00 pm

World
The First Breach in the Iron Curtain
Before the Berlin Wall fell, Hungary tore down its barbed wire. Hungary's prime minister didn't ask permission. He told Soviet President Gorbachev it was a done deal, and hundreds escaped to the West in a single day.

3:57 pm

California Money
KQED Radio News daily business and economics newscast.

4:00 pm

Marketplace
Did the University of Phoenix Rip Off Taxpayers?
The biggest for-profit college, the University of Phoenix, is fighting a lawsuit claiming it ripped off taxpayers by billions of dollars. It's just the latest in a series of lawsuits that claim for-profit schools use deceptive tactics to sign people up. Reporters Amy Scott and Sharona Coutts of Pro-Publica present the second installment in a two-part series on for-profit education and what it costs the rest of us.

EVENING

6:04 pm

California Money
KQED Radio News daily business and economics newscast.

6:30 pm

Marketplace
Did the University of Phoenix Rip Off Taxpayers?
The biggest for-profit college, the University of Phoenix, is fighting a lawsuit claiming it ripped off taxpayers by billions of dollars. It's just the latest in a series of lawsuits that claim for-profit schools use deceptive tactics to sign people up. Reporters Amy Scott and Sharona Coutts of Pro-Publica present the second installment in a two-part series on for-profit education and what it costs the rest of us.

7:00 pm

Fresh Air
David Plouffe
Terry Gross talks with David Plouffe, campaign manager for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. He was also architect of the strategy for both the primary and election victories. He's written a new memoir about the campaign, "The Audacity to Win." Prior to working on the Obama campaign, Plouffe was a media consultant for the Democratic party from 2001-2007.

8:00 pm

Radio Specials
Early Lessons (from American Radioworks)
Theres been a quiet revolution in America's schools over recent decades. We've added a whole extra grade to a child's education -- preschool. Economists love preschool. They say it's the smartest way to spend public money, especially in a tight economy. And they have lots of data to prove it. Preschool is perhaps the most researched idea in all of education. This documentary takes us back to the 1960s to tell the story of a landmark experiment that helped launch the preschool movement. Fifty years later, researchers are still learning powerful lessons for todays youngest students. www.americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/preschool/

11:04 pm

California Money
KQED Radio News daily business and economics newscast.

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