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KQED Public Radio: Thursday, December 6, 2012

88.5 FM San Francisco • 89.3 FM Sacramento

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OVERNIGHT

12:00 am

All Things Considered Washington Pot Sales Plan Washington state's recreational pot law goes into effect on Thursday. But the state has a year to set up a system to regulate the production and sale of marijuana. As NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports, there are a lot of details to work out.

2:00 am

Radio Specials Commonwealth Club: Climate ONE EV Riders -- Most major automakers are offering models that plug into the grid -- cars that run on electricity alone, or a combination of electricity and gasoline. What's it like to own such a car? What are the costs? What are the benefits? For Andrea Kissack, KQED's senior science editor and owner of a Nissan LEAF, it was an environmental choice. "I could have cared less about cars for my entire life," she says, but she felt she needed a car that didn't conflict with her reporting and learning. An early EV advocate, back in 2006 Felix Kramer drove a converted plug-in Prius. "My dream came true," he said, "when the Chevy VOLT came to market." He was the number nine buyer of the VOLT, and within two months, he bought a second plug-in, the LEAF. Kissack and Kramer discuss EVs, along with John Kalb, founder of EV Charging Pros.

3:00 am

Morning Edition The New Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda has lost its leader, but it hasn't gone away. Counter-terrorism experts say groups affiliated with al-Qaeda are spreading in Africa and the Mid-East. And the turmoil after the Arab Spring is giving them more opportunities.

MORNING

9:00 am

Forum Two Views on Israel-Palestine The United Nations officially recognized Palestine as a non-member observer state last week. Meanwhile, Israel has announced plans to construct approximately 3,000 new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank. What impact will these recent developments have on the peace process?

10:00 am

Forum The Power of Positive Female Connection Christine Bronstein says the word "friend" isn't adequate to describe the women in her life. Instead, she calls them her "wives": the women who supported her through marriage, divorce and postpartum depression. Now Bronstein says that sisterhood can make women stronger as a whole -- and she's turned it into a private social network called A Band of Wives. Made up of 5,000 members, topics range from career and glass ceilings to motherhood and abortion. Bronstein and other women discuss that sisterhood and their new book, "Nothing But the Truth So Help Me God: 51 Women Reveal the Power of Positive Female Connection."

11:00 am

Talk of the Nation Photojournalism and Ethics The cover of the New York Post shows a man on the tracks moments before an oncoming train ends his life. Now, the photographer and the editors who ran the image are at the center of a controversy over media and morals.

AFTERNOON

12:00 pm

Talk of the Nation Helping the Homeless Find Shelter When temperatures drop, shelters provide a hot meal and a warm place to sleep. But it can be tough to convince people used to living on the streets to come indoors.

1:00 pm

Fresh Air Judd Apatow Judd Apatow has directed films about people who have trouble growing up, like "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up." But he takes on adulthood, marriage and parenthood in his new film "This is 40," starring his wife Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd.

2:00 pm

World Combating Childhood Cancer in Africa A cancer rarely seen in the United States is killing children in Africa. It's caused by a virus, and it may be preventable. The show reports on how scientists in Seattle and Uganda are exploring cancer's infectious connection.

4:00 pm

Marketplace Revisiting the Oyler School The program checks back with Oyler School in Cincinnati after it got a $21 million renovation.

EVENING

6:30 pm

Marketplace Revisiting the Oyler School The program checks back with Oyler School in Cincinnati after it got a $21 million renovation.

7:00 pm

Fresh Air Judd Apatow Judd Apatow has directed films about people who have trouble growing up, like "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up." But he takes on adulthood, marriage and parenthood in his new film "This is 40," starring his wife Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd.

8:00 pm

Radio Specials Computer History Museum Presents: Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt Since joining Google in 2001, Eric Schmidt has helped grow the company from a Silicon Valley startup to a global leader in technology. As executive chairman, he is responsible for the external matters of Google: building partnerships and broader business relationships, government outreach and technology thought leadership, as well as advising the CEO and senior leadership on business and policy issues. Schmidt joins Computer Museum CEO John Hollar for a wide-ranging conversation.

10:00 pm

Forum The Power of Positive Female Connection Christine Bronstein says the word "friend" isn't adequate to describe the women in her life. Instead, she calls them her "wives": the women who supported her through marriage, divorce and postpartum depression. Now Bronstein says that sisterhood can make women stronger as a whole -- and she's turned it into a private social network called A Band of Wives. Made up of 5,000 members, topics range from career and glass ceilings to motherhood and abortion. Bronstein and other women discuss that sisterhood and their new book, "Nothing But the Truth So Help Me God: 51 Women Reveal the Power of Positive Female Connection."

11:00 pm

All Things Considered Remembering Oscar Niemeyer Pritzker Prize-winning architect Oscar Niemeyer is virtually responsible for the strikingly modern look of Brazil's capital and co-led the team that designed the U.N. building in New York City. Neimeyer died Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 104.

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