Schedules

• 12:00 am
  All Things Considered John Edwards Trial Update The trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards continued today in North Carolina. Edwards is accused of accepting almost $1 million in secret payments to cover up an affair with his pregnant mistress. North Carolina Public Radio's Jeff Tiberii talks to Melissa Block about the case.
• 1:00 am
  BBC World Service
• 2:00 am
  City Arts & Lectures Jonah Lehrer The program's guest is Jonah Lehrer, contributing editor at Wired Magazine and Radiolab, and the author of "How We Decide" and "Proust Was a Neuroscientist." His newest book, "Imagine: How Creativity Works" shatters the myths of muses and "creative types" and argues that creativity is instead a variety of distinct thought processes that anyone can learn to use effectively. Lehrer holds a degree in neuroscience, and a masters degree in 20th century literature and philosophy. Jonah Lehrer appeared in conversation with Daniel Schifrin, writer-in-residence at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.
• 3:00 am
  Morning Edition Afghanistan's TV Hits When the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, they banned TV. But today there are big audiences for the Afghan equivalents of "The Apprentice" and "American Idol." The program reports from Kabul on one of Afghanistan's biggest TV stations.
• 5:00 am
  Morning Edition

  The California Report 5:50am, 6:50am & 8:50am
  
  

  KQED News 6am, 6:30am, 7am, 7:30am, 8am, 8:30am, 9am, 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm & 4:30pm

  
  
  Perspectives 6:06am, 7:35am & 11:30pm
  
  
MORNING
• 7:00 am
  Morning Edition
• 9:00 am
  Forum Prop. 28: The Term Limits Debate On June 5, California voters will decide whether to adopt new rules on term limits. Proposition 28 would reduce the total number of years lawmakers can serve in the Legislature, while also allowing them to serve out their term in one house. Supporters say it would increase government stability and preserve institutional knowledge. Critics say it will empower incumbents and keep new faces and ideas out of Sacramento.
• 9:30 am
  Forum Prop. 29: The Cigarette Tax It's hard to argue that any effort to stop cigarette addiction isn't a worthy pursuit. Still, Proposition 29 -- which plans to increase the cigarette tax by $1 a pack and give that money to cancer research -- is under fire. Critics say the program may be well intentioned, but that any new tax revenues should pay down the budget deficit. Proponents say making people pay more for their bad habit is a way raise needed research money, and break an addiction.
• 10:00 am
  Forum James Fallows: 'China Airborne' Last year, the Chinese government rolled out an ambitious five-year plan to spend $250 billion to develop the next phase of its aviation infrastructure. Already, most of the world's airport construction is taking place in China. In his newest book "China Airborne," journalist James Fallows chronicles the country's efforts to become the leading producer and user of commercial planes. What could China's aerospace expansion mean for the U.S. and the rest of the world?
• 11:00 am
  Talk of the Nation Political Junkie Ken Rudin joins host Neal Conan to discuss the week in politics, including round two of the debt duel in Congress, Mitt Romney and President Obama's advice to the class of 2012, and Republicans' derailing of civil unions in Colorado.
AFTERNOON
• 12:00 pm
  Talk of the Nation Cancer in Your 20s At 22, Suleika Jauoad found her life interrupted by a diagnosis of leukemia. She had to leave her job, her apartment and move back into her childhood room. Jauoad joins host Neal Conan to discuss facing cancer in your 20s.
• 1:00 pm
  Fresh Air 'Breasts: a Natural and Unnatural History' Terry Gross talks with science journalist Florence Williams, author of the new book "Breasts: a Natural and Unnatural History." It's a cultural, evolutionary and biological examination of breasts. She writes that breasts are getting bigger, they arrive earlier, and that breast milk isn't as pure as we once thought. Williams is a contributing editor at Outside Magazine and a freelance writer for The New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slate, Mother Jones, High Country News and numerous other publications.
• 2:00 pm
  World Goodbye Euro, Hello Drachma? Many Greeks have had enough of the belt-tightening imposed by the European Union. Some say exiting the Eurozone would allow the Greek economy to recover faster.
• 3:00 pm
  NewsHour
• 4:00 pm
  Marketplace Family Wealth and Economic Recovery The stock market has largely recovered from the Great Recession -- but how are Americans faring in terms of family wealth?
• 4:30 pm
  All Things Considered

  KQED News 4:30pm, 5:04pm, 5:30pm & 6pm

  
  
  Wisconsin's National Implications -- Wisconsin's Republican governor Scott Walker will face Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett next month in a recall election. President Obama has expressed support for Barrett, just as his Republican rival Mitt Romney is supporting Walker, who is a hero to many conservatives. But both President Obama and Romney face a choice over how deeply involved they should be in the recall election. Neither man wants the contest to become a referendum on their candidacies.
EVENING
• 6:30 pm
  Marketplace Family Wealth and Economic Recovery The stock market has largely recovered from the Great Recession -- but how are Americans faring in terms of family wealth?
• 7:00 pm
  Fresh Air 'Breasts: a Natural and Unnatural History' Terry Gross talks with science journalist Florence Williams, author of the new book "Breasts: a Natural and Unnatural History." It's a cultural, evolutionary and biological examination of breasts. She writes that breasts are getting bigger, they arrive earlier, and that breast milk isn't as pure as we once thought. Williams is a contributing editor at Outside Magazine and a freelance writer for The New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slate, Mother Jones, High Country News and numerous other publications.
• 8:00 pm
  Radio Specials Radiolab A good game -- whether it's a pro football playoff or a family showdown on the kitchen table -- can make you feel, at least for a little while, like your whole life hangs in the balance. Co-hosts Jad and Robert wonder why we get so invested in something so trivial. What is it about games that make them feel so pivotal?
• 9:00 pm
  BBC World Service
• 10:00 pm
  Forum James Fallows: 'China Airborne' Last year, the Chinese government rolled out an ambitious five-year plan to spend $250 billion to develop the next phase of its aviation infrastructure. Already, most of the world's airport construction is taking place in China. In his newest book "China Airborne," journalist James Fallows chronicles the country's efforts to become the leading producer and user of commercial planes. What could China's aerospace expansion mean for the U.S. and the rest of the world?
• 11:00 pm
  All Things Considered Frack: The Dilemma of Dish, Texas If there's any town in America that should've been able to show whether fracking makes people sick, it would be Dish, Texas. It's a town of a few hundred people, surrounded by a few hundred shale gas wells. And the town has ordered health study after health study. They turned up nothing. But as the program reports, it's because they did the wrong kind of studies.