Schedules

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• Life
• World
• V-me
• Kids
• KTEH

• 12:00 am
  Worldfocus [#2025]
  duration 26:46   CC STEREO TVRE
• 12:30 am
  Nightly Business Report [#29170]
  * Unemployment Rate Returns to Triple Digits * Unemployment Takes a Toll on Teens * Elizabeth Warren on TARP Distribution * Market Monitor -David Darst, Chief Investment Strategist at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney duration 26:46   CC STEREO TVRE
• 1:00 am
  NewsHour with Jim Lehrer [#9593]
  MASSACRE AT FORT HOOD - The US Army base at Fort Hood, Texas, reeled Friday in the aftermath of a deadly shooting attack. Tom Bearden reports from the scene. Then, Ray Suarez examines reports on the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood attacks, his background and the search for a motive.
  JOBLESS NUMBERS JUMP - US unemployment rose more than expected to a 26-year high of 10.2 percent Friday. Jeffrey Brown talks to an economist for perspective.
  MAKING SEN$E: OUT OF WORK FREELANCERS - Paul Solman continues his series on the financial crisis with a look at the particular challenges freelance workers are faring in a tough job market.
  RX FOR REFORM: PERSPECTIVE FROM KEY PLAYERS - As the House moves closer to a vote on a health reform plan, Betty Ann Bowser talks to key players in the debate for their perspectives on the legislation.
  AFGHAN VOICES - Margaret Warner reports from Kabul on how the Afghan people view US involvement in their country.
  SHIELDS AND BROOKS - Analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the news of the week, including the results of elections this week in New York, New Jersey and Virginia. duration 56:46   CC STEREO TVRE
• 2:00 am
  Charlie Rose [#15225]
  (original broadcast date: 11/06/09)
  * Mohammed El Baredei, who ran the IAEA, talks about Iran and where we go next
  * a look a year after President Obama was elected with John Harris from Politico
  * John Grisham tells us about his new book of short stories "Ford County." duration 56:47   CC STEREO TVRE
• 3:00 am
  Bill Moyers Journal [#1329]
  As America prepares to observe Veterans Day and President Obama weighs sending more troops to fight in Afghanistan, BMJ broadcasts a powerful documentary about the impact on soldiers of learning to kill - or be killed. "The Good Soldier" follows four veterans - one from World War II, two from Vietnam, and the fourth from Iraq - as they reveal how the experiences of battle changed their lives. duration 56:46   CC STEREO
• 4:00 am
  NewsHour with Jim Lehrer [#9593]
  MASSACRE AT FORT HOOD - The US Army base at Fort Hood, Texas, reeled Friday in the aftermath of a deadly shooting attack. Tom Bearden reports from the scene. Then, Ray Suarez examines reports on the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood attacks, his background and the search for a motive.
  JOBLESS NUMBERS JUMP - US unemployment rose more than expected to a 26-year high of 10.2 percent Friday. Jeffrey Brown talks to an economist for perspective.
  MAKING SEN$E: OUT OF WORK FREELANCERS - Paul Solman continues his series on the financial crisis with a look at the particular challenges freelance workers are faring in a tough job market.
  RX FOR REFORM: PERSPECTIVE FROM KEY PLAYERS - As the House moves closer to a vote on a health reform plan, Betty Ann Bowser talks to key players in the debate for their perspectives on the legislation.
  AFGHAN VOICES - Margaret Warner reports from Kabul on how the Afghan people view US involvement in their country.
  SHIELDS AND BROOKS - Analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the news of the week, including the results of elections this week in New York, New Jersey and Virginia. duration 56:46   CC STEREO TVRE
• 5:00 am
  Tavis Smiley [#1825]
  Multitalented writer Mitch Albom gives his take on why his books are perpetual best sellers and talks about his work with the homeless in his Detroit hometown. Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, star of two new films, 2012 and Endgame, explains his efforts to balance theater and film, big budget and indie features. duration 26:46   CC STEREO TVRE
• 5:30 am
  Nightly Business Report [#29170]
  * Unemployment Rate Returns to Triple Digits * Unemployment Takes a Toll on Teens * Elizabeth Warren on TARP Distribution * Market Monitor -David Darst, Chief Investment Strategist at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney duration 26:46   CC STEREO TVRE
MORNING
• 6:00 am
  John McLaughlin's One on One [#2523]
  duration 27:30   CC TVG
• 6:30 am
  This is America with Dennis Wholey [#1306]
  Dennis Wholey and young author Alia Malek discuss her new book, A Country Called Amreeka, which looks into the unique experiences of Arab-Americans living in the United States. duration 26:46   CC TVG
• 7:00 am
  Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly [#1310]
  CHURCHES AND THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL - November 9th marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, yet the St. Nikolai Evangelical Lutheran Church in Leipzig hasn't changed much since the 16th century, when Bach played the organ here. Today tourists flock to hear how Christian Fuhrer, who became Pastor in 1980 when the world outside the church was divided by the Cold War, began holding weekly prayers for peace. Deborah Potter reports how this tenacious pastor started a revolution that grew out of the church - that helped bring down the Berlin Wall.
  CONVERSATION: DANIEL CALLAHAN - Bob Abernethy speaks with ethicist Daniel Callahan about health care reform and why, in Callahan's view, the American people have lost the missing ideal in the ongoing debate - that of the common good.
  CITY CREEK PROJECT: A SPECIAL BLUEPRINT AMERICA REPORT- Lucky Severson traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah to examine an immense construction project that, when it is completed in 2012, will transform the core of the city. The controversial project is funded entirely by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the Mormons. duration 26:46   CC STEREO TVRE
• 7:30 am
  Bill Moyers Journal [#1329]
  As America prepares to observe Veterans Day and President Obama weighs sending more troops to fight in Afghanistan, BMJ broadcasts a powerful documentary about the impact on soldiers of learning to kill - or be killed. "The Good Soldier" follows four veterans - one from World War II, two from Vietnam, and the fourth from Iraq - as they reveal how the experiences of battle changed their lives. duration 56:46   CC STEREO
• 8:30 am
  Inside Washington [#2129]
  1. The Fort Hood Massacre: were there danger signs about the alleged shooter?
  2. Election 2009: as unemployment hits double digits, what are the voters telling us? Was the election a referendum on Barack Obama? On the Democrats?
  3. The House closes in on a health care vote. When will the President begin to use some muscle on nervous Democrats? duration 26:46   CC TVG
• 9:00 am
  Washington Week [#4918]
  * President Barack Obama's push to overhaul health care will take him to Capitol Hill tomorrow where he will have a "House call" with Democratic lawmakers. On Saturday, the House is expected to vote on a sweeping $1.2 trillion bill that would extend coverage to millions of uninsured and prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage. AARP and American Medical Association (AMA) have endorsed the House bill, but strong opposition from Republicans and some conservative Democrats persists. Ceci Connolly of The Washington Post will explain where there may be room for compromise and how abortion, immigration, and a so-called "millionaire tax" are factoring into the debate.
  *This week Democrats lost two key gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia while picking up a historically Republican congressional seat in New York. Democrats insist the results were more about local issues; Republicans argue the Democratic defeats signal voters' dissatisfaction with the Obama presidency. We go beyond the partisan "spin" to get analysis from James Barnes of National Journal and John Harris of Politico on what the results really reveal about incumbents, independent voters, and Americans concerns about the economy and jobs as well as the impact on President Obama's standing and political capital just one year after he was elected.
  * The flawed Afghan presidential election that began in August finally concluded this week with Hamid Karzai being declared the winner after his challenger withdrew from the run-off election. Now the question is how will the re-election of President Karzai and ongoing concern about corruption within his government factor into the Obama administration's decision about US engagement in Afghanistan? Martha Raddatz of ABC News will report on how Karzai's victory and the recent surge in violence may change the US mission in the region. duration 26:46   CC STEREO TVRE
• 9:30 am
  THIS WEEK in Northern California [#2105]
  November 6, 2009
  * Reporter Roundup: A look at the sweeping package of historic water bills passed this week; John Garamendi is headed to Congress and Carly Fiorina makes a bid for Barbara Boxer's Senate seat; and the 3-day strike staged by San Francisco's hotel workers at the Grand Hyatt.
  Guests: Carla Marinucci, Political Reporter, SF Chronicle; Paul Rogers, Environment Writer, SJ Mercury News; David Bacon, Labor Reporter, KPFA.
  * D Tour, a Documentary: San Francisco filmmaker Jim Granato and Pat Spurgeon talk about "D Tour," Granato's documentary about Spurgeon, a Bay Area musician who grapples with kidney failure while his band, Rogue Wave, rises to fame. duration 28:46   CC STEREO TVRE
• 10:00 am
  Now on PBS [#545]
  Only one year after a historic election rerouted the course of America's political culture, do the 2009 election results show momentum swinging in the opposite direction? David Brancaccio talks to political author and columnist David Sirota about populist anger, the Obama administration's successes and failures, and how this week's election results foreshadow the state of politics in 2010. duration 26:46   CC STEREO TVRE
• 10:30 am
  To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe [#1835]
  SAME-SEX FAMILIES: The number of same-sex couples with children is on the rise and new research finds the children of same-sex couples fair no differently than the children of heterosexual couples.
  ALTERING ALIMONY: Opponents of alimony are calling for changes in divorce laws claiming the alimony system is outdated.
  WOMEN WARRIORS: The organization, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, has released a report on the state of women veterans detailing the discrepancies in access to healthcare.
  Panelists: Former EEOC Chair Cari Dominguez; National Council of Negro Women's Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever; Former Labor Dept. Official Karen Czarnecki; and Women's Campaign Forum President Sam Bennett. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 11:00 am
  McLaughlin Group [#2745]
  duration 27:30   CC TVRE
• 11:30 am
  Inside Washington [#2129]
  1. The Fort Hood Massacre: were there danger signs about the alleged shooter?
  2. Election 2009: as unemployment hits double digits, what are the voters telling us? Was the election a referendum on Barack Obama? On the Democrats?
  3. The House closes in on a health care vote. When will the President begin to use some muscle on nervous Democrats? duration 26:46   CC TVG
AFTERNOON
• 12:00 pm
  Bill Moyers Journal [#1329]
  As America prepares to observe Veterans Day and President Obama weighs sending more troops to fight in Afghanistan, BMJ broadcasts a powerful documentary about the impact on soldiers of learning to kill - or be killed. "The Good Soldier" follows four veterans - one from World War II, two from Vietnam, and the fourth from Iraq - as they reveal how the experiences of battle changed their lives. duration 56:46   CC STEREO
• 1:00 pm
  Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly [#1310]
  CHURCHES AND THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL - November 9th marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, yet the St. Nikolai Evangelical Lutheran Church in Leipzig hasn't changed much since the 16th century, when Bach played the organ here. Today tourists flock to hear how Christian Fuhrer, who became Pastor in 1980 when the world outside the church was divided by the Cold War, began holding weekly prayers for peace. Deborah Potter reports how this tenacious pastor started a revolution that grew out of the church - that helped bring down the Berlin Wall.
  CONVERSATION: DANIEL CALLAHAN - Bob Abernethy speaks with ethicist Daniel Callahan about health care reform and why, in Callahan's view, the American people have lost the missing ideal in the ongoing debate - that of the common good.
  CITY CREEK PROJECT: A SPECIAL BLUEPRINT AMERICA REPORT- Lucky Severson traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah to examine an immense construction project that, when it is completed in 2012, will transform the core of the city. The controversial project is funded entirely by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the Mormons. duration 26:46   CC STEREO TVRE
• 1:30 pm
  QUEST [#312]
  Hog Wild/Amateur Astronomers
  Wild pigs are overrunning the Bay Area's parks and open spaces and QUEST meets the amateur stargazers in the Bay Area who are making important observations about the cosmos. duration 26:22   CC STEREO TVG
• 2:00 pm
  Roadtrip Nation [#605]
  3 young Australian women head to the US and roadtrip across the country. After arriving in Los Angeles, Mariana, Camilla, and Su-Yin learn to drive an RV and acclimate to life on the road. The team heads to San Diego for their first interview with members of the band Switchfoot. The team then drives to Orange County where they meet activists and philanthropists Augie and Lynn Nieto. duration 26:46   CC STEREO Spanish TVPG
• 2:30 pm
  Natural Heroes [#306]
  Wings Over The Wild
  Sometimes a bird's-eye view makes all the difference. Combining a love of flight with a passion for wild places, a growing number of pilots fly volunteer missions over vibrant and threatened lands. Flying Cessnas over the vibrant and threatened landscapes of Central America, this film celebrates the belief that we can all make a difference. Location: Central America. duration 26:42   CC STEREO TVPG
• 3:00 pm
  Civilian Conservation Corps: American Experience [#2201]
  Part 2 of "The 1930s," a five-part strand that examines America's response to the unprecedented economic crisis, high unemployment, and environmental catastrophe that threatened the nation during one of history's most tumultuous decades. In March 1933, within weeks of his inauguration, President Franklin Roosevelt sent legislation to Congress aimed at providing relief for the one out of every four American workers who were unemployed. He proposed the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to provide jobs in natural resource conservation. Over the next decade, the CCC put more than three million young men to work in the nation's forests and parks, planting trees, building flood barriers, fighting fires, and maintaining roads and trails. This film tells the story of one of the boldest and most popular New Deal experiments, positioning it as a pivotal moment in the emergence of modern environmentalism and federal unemployment relief. duration 56:16   CC STEREO DVI TVG
• 4:00 pm
  Gearing Up
  Every year, 35,000 high-school students from around the United States participate in an engineering contest sponsored by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). This program documents the 4-month-long national competition, one in which students must combine quick wits, hard work and strategic thinking in order to succeed. Cameras follow each robotics team from the moment officials announce game details (a highly guarded secret) through a six-week "build" period and finally through the regional competitions. Along the way, team members and mentors narrate their personal stories, allowing viewers to share in their struggles, growth and progress towards their educational, personal and competition goals. Featured teams include: an all-girls team from inner-city Baltimore as they introduce an engineering program into their school; a group of incarcerated young offenders in Colorado looking to set their lives right through the FIRST competition; perennial champions from Pennsylvania and a Missouri team which embraces technological opportunities in the shadow of manufacturing layoffs in the region. This film is about one generation teaching another about life, science and teamwork. It's about the beginnings of some journeys and the end of others. duration 56:46   CC STEREO TVG
• 5:00 pm
  Two Rivers Reconciliation
  Some 10 years ago, almost by accident, a handful of whites and Native Americans in the Northwest began meeting together to find out why relationships between Natives and non-Natives are virtually nonexistent outside of the courtroom. This program documents their discoveries, as they grappled with the radical differences between the two cultures, and faced the pain and anger Indians feel because of racism, hypocritical and greedy American politics, and the serious harm Indian schools have inflicted on Native families and culture. The results of this groups' work together is astonishing and touches people on both sides. It's changing lives, impacting communities, and affecting race relations in the Northwest, perhaps even across America. duration 56:46   CC STEREO DVI TVG
EVENING
• 6:00 pm
  McLaughlin Group [#2745]
  duration 27:30   CC TVRE
• 6:30 pm
  THIS WEEK in Northern California [#2105]
  November 6, 2009
  * Reporter Roundup: A look at the sweeping package of historic water bills passed this week; John Garamendi is headed to Congress and Carly Fiorina makes a bid for Barbara Boxer's Senate seat; and the 3-day strike staged by San Francisco's hotel workers at the Grand Hyatt.
  Guests: Carla Marinucci, Political Reporter, SF Chronicle; Paul Rogers, Environment Writer, SJ Mercury News; David Bacon, Labor Reporter, KPFA.
  * D Tour, a Documentary: San Francisco filmmaker Jim Granato and Pat Spurgeon talk about "D Tour," Granato's documentary about Spurgeon, a Bay Area musician who grapples with kidney failure while his band, Rogue Wave, rises to fame. duration 28:46   CC STEREO TVRE
• 7:00 pm
  QUEST [#312]
  Hog Wild/Amateur Astronomers
  Wild pigs are overrunning the Bay Area's parks and open spaces and QUEST meets the amateur stargazers in the Bay Area who are making important observations about the cosmos. duration 26:22   CC STEREO TVG
• 7:30 pm
  Wild Chronicles [#402]
  What's The Culprit
  * News from Nature - Already suffering from a decade of drought, Colorado's forests are under attack by the mountain pine beetle. The micro-sized bark beetle has infested 1.5 million acres of woodlands and the United States Forest Service predicts that within five years 90 percent of mature pines in the region will be killed. The epidemic is staggering, but conservationists hope the unstoppable infestation will eventually lead to a healthier forest less susceptible to pine beetles.
  * Stories from the Wild - Over the past two decades the Magellanic penguin population in Argentina has dropped by 22 percent. To discover what is threatening the population, Nat Geo grantee Dee Boersma uses state-of-the-art technology to count the penguins and monitor their movements between the beach and the sea as they forage for food. Thanks to Boersma's research, penguin colonies and the coastal habitat they share with other species are better protected.
  * Field Reports - In Australia, a highly toxic, alien invader is attacking the protected habitat of Moreton Bay's endangered green sea turtles. Destroying all vegetation in its path, fireweed is wreaking havoc on the turtle's natural diet and challenging the comeback of these ancient creatures. Researchers deploy Nat Geo's Crittercam to learn how the turtles are coping as they search for ways to protect the turtles from the invading slime.
  * Adventure and Exploration - Florida's warm weather and lush landscape offer an attractive habitat to a number of invasive species that are wreaking havoc on local ecosystems. WC investigates how these non-native species, including green iguanas, lionfish and a plant called hydrilla, first arrived. Conservationists suggest the ultimate culprits may be humans who release exotic species into an environment not prepared for their presence. duration 26:46   CC STEREO TVG
• 8:00 pm
  Globe Trekker [#825]
  Los Angeles City Guide
  Megan McCormick is star-struck as she begins her trip to Tinseltown. She first seeks out the homes of the rich and famous, then decides to see if they're hard at work at Paramount Studios, the only operating studio still located in Hollywood. Megan experiences the quirky Venice Beach, gets her culture fix at the Getty Center and window-shops along fabulous Rodeo Drive. Los Angeles is home to countless iconic buildings, and Megan visits just a few, including the Capitol Records Building and Graumann's Chinese Theatre. She then heads south to tour the Queen Mary, drives through the winding curves of Mulholland Drive and gets ready for her close-up at the famous Hollywood sign. duration 56:46   CC STEREO DVI TVG
• 9:00 pm
  Nature [#2702]
  Born Wild: The First Days of Life
  The most important moment of an animal's life is its birth. It emerges from dark safety to find anxious parents clucking or mewing. The first hours are some of the most dangerous. The strongest emotions animals feel are between parent and child. This film follows the birth and first day, from marmoset to moose, to elephant and gorilla. It is a film of miniature drama and huge spectacle, and comes to some surprising conclusions about ourselves. duration 54:47   TVPG
• 10:00 pm
  Nova [#3613]
  Becoming Human: First Steps
  A comprehensive 3-part series investigating explosive new discoveries that are transforming the picture of how we became human. Shot "in the trenches" as discoveries were unearthed throughout Africa and Europe, each hour of "Becoming Human" unfolds with a forensic investigation into the life and death of a specific hominid ancestor. Dry bones spring back to vivid life with stunning animation, the product of a unique Nova collaboration between top anthropologists and a talented team of movie animators.
  Part 1: The first hour examines the factors that caused the split from the apes. The film explores the fossil of "Selam," also known as "Lucy's Child" - an amazing, nearly complete child fossil that helps shed light on our ancestors' early development and how we began to depart from that of chimps. Paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged, who discovered "Selam," spent 5 years carefully excavating the sandstone-embedded fossil grain by grain. Nova's cameras are there to capture the unveiling of the face, spine and shoulder blades of the oldest known child fossil, 3.3 million years old. And, for the first time, Nova takes viewers "inside the skull" to show how our ancestors' brains had begun to change from those of the apes. duration 56:11   STEREO DVI TVPG
• 11:00 pm
  Warplane [#104]
  Age of Stealth
  The final hour examines the computer age avionics and stealth planes that are all but invisible to the enemy eyes. Over the trenches of World War I, planes had been indispensable. Since that time, developers have worked endlessly to make planes harder to spot and shoot down. The program explores the computer technology and new materials that have not only transformed air combat, but also positioned the world's most advanced air forces for a future where in-cockpit pilots may no longer be necessary. duration 56:46   CC STEREO DVI TVPG