Every week, KQED airs some of the best programs from independent radio producers and public radio networks around the world.

Radio Daily Schedule

OVERNIGHT

12:00 am

All Things Considered
The Fall of Bernie Kerik
Robert Siegel talks to New York Times reporter Sam Dolnick, who has been covering the latest development in the Bernard Kerik case. The former New York police commissioner pleaded guilty today to eight felonies in a Federal District Court.

2:00 am

Radio Specials
From NAFTA to Narcotics: The Cross-Border Economy (America Abroad)
When the U.S. sneezes, Mexico catches a cold. With the American economy in surgery, Mexico is on life support. This special program from America Abroad travels from New York to Puebla to examine the economic ties that bind the two nations, from trade to trafficking. En route, the show reveals how what happens on the other side of the border doesn't stay there.

3:00 am

Morning Edition
Caring for Kids with Swine Flu
Caregivers of children with swine flu have lots of places to go for advice. One of them is the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But some parents and doctors think the website's advice is a little extreme, like recommending that parents wear masks around their sick kids.

MORNING

6:33 am

The Do List
Host Cy Musiker and San Francisco Chronicle Executive Datebook editor David Wiegand look ahead at the hottest tickets and most spectacular shows this coming week in Northern California.

8:33 am

The Do List
The Do List
This week we're talking about a great jazz violinist, and how to whip it.

9:00 am

Forum
UC Berkeley's Sports Budget
As California's universities face increasing budget shortfalls, some professors at UC Berkeley insist that subsidizing intercollegiate athletics should be stopped immediately. Others argue that to do so would have drastic consequences for campus life. We discuss the issue, and options for resolving athletic and academic funding.

10:00 am

Forum
Shooting at Fort Hood
Thirteen people were killed and scores injured in yesterday's shooting at Fort Hood Military Base in Texas. We get an update on the latest news on the incident, and hear from psychiatry experts and members of the Arab and Muslim communities.

11:00 am

Talk of the Nation
Sylvia Earle / Bacterial Robots
There are lots of fish in the sea, but how many? And for how long? Host Ira Flatow talks with Sylvia Earle, author of "The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One" and explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society. Plus, the show discusses bacterial robots that change color when they detect pollution, and $10 million contest for a better light bulb.

AFTERNOON

12:00 pm

Talk of the Nation
Health Care and Values
The health care debate continues and the arguments get louder, but are we missing the whole point? The show talks with bioethicist Thomas Murray about what values our health insurers, our doctors and ourselves should promote in a health care system.

1:00 pm

Fresh Air
'Tokyo Vice'
Guest host Dave Davies talks with journalist Jake Adelstein. He's written a new memoir about his years as a reporter for the Yomiuri Shinbun, Japan's largest newspaper, where he investigated the country's organized crime. It's called "Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan." Adelstein reported for the paper from 1993 to 2005. Following that, Adelstein was chief investigator for a U.S. State Department-sponsored study of human trafficking in Japan.

2:00 pm

World
Britains Gemma Ray
British songwriter Gemma Ray is hard to categorize. She's too pop for the purists, too psychedelic for the traditionalists, and too overwhelming for the folkies. She mixes raw blues guitar with toy piano, science fiction and a little bit of Phil Spector.

3:57 pm

California Money
Your Shrinking Paycheck / Skype Dispute Settled
If you got a paycheck this week and it seems like less than usual, it is. As of November 1, California is withholding more tax from your paycheck each week. Ten percent to be exact. Earlier this year, the Legislature passed a law to increase withholdings to bolster state revenues. But technically, it's not a tax increase. Also, the battle over Skype has finally been settled.

4:00 pm

Marketplace
Economic Ghosts of the Iron Curtain
On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. Today, the economies of the former East and West Germany still aren't truly unified. Marketplace's Amy Scott has more.

4:30 pm

The California Report
The California Report Magazine
For the first time in decades, the state legislature has approved a major overhaul of state water policies. Can farmers, cities, environmentalists and fishermen all be satisfied? Also, budget cuts have finally come to state parks -- but will they cause more problems than they solve?

EVENING

6:04 pm

California Money
KQED Radio News daily business and economics newscast.

6:30 pm

The California Report
The California Report Magazine
For the first time in decades, the state legislature has approved a major overhaul of state water policies. Can farmers, cities, environmentalists and fishermen all be satisfied? Also, budget cuts have finally come to state parks -- but will they cause more problems than they solve?

7:00 pm

Fresh Air
'Tokyo Vice'
Guest host Dave Davies talks with journalist Jake Adelstein. He's written a new memoir about his years as a reporter for the Yomiuri Shinbun, Japan's largest newspaper, where he investigated the country's organized crime. It's called "Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan." Adelstein reported for the paper from 1993 to 2005. Following that, Adelstein was chief investigator for a U.S. State Department-sponsored study of human trafficking in Japan.

8:00 pm

Commonwealth Club
Helen Thomas
The programs guest is renowned journalist and veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas. Thomas will draw on more than 200 years of presidential history and her own experiences in the front row at White House press conferences to discuss what personal characteristics and choices contribute to memorable and powerful presidential administrations. Thomas appears in conversation with Phil Bronstein, executive vice president of The San Francisco Chronicle. Her new book is Listen Up, Mr. President.

11:00 pm

The California Report
The California Report Magazine
For the first time in decades, the state legislature has approved a major overhaul of state water policies. Can farmers, cities, environmentalists and fishermen all be satisfied? Also, budget cuts have finally come to state parks -- but will they cause more problems than they solve?

11:30 pm

All Things Considered
Ambassador Susan Rice
Michele Norris talks to Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the U.N., about the temporary withdrawal and relocation of U.N. staff in Afghanistan. Why is it taking so long for the Obama administration to announce a new strategy for the war there? Rice says it would be weak and dangerous to rush into a decision too soon.

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