Schedules

• KQED 9HD
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• 12:00 am
  Globe Trekker [#815]
  Ice Trekking The Alps
  Zay Harding ski tours the legendary Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt. Taking in Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn along the way, he undertakes a tough weeklong journey, traversing three Western European countries: France, Italy and Switzerland. He temps fate and frequent avalanches, masters the technique of off-piste skiing in powder-snow and learns how to negotiate his way out of a deep crevasse. Zay visits a local cemetery where thousands of intrepid climbers have lost their lives in pursuit to concur the Alps. Zay's trek allows him to sample the delicious French specialty tartiflette, make an exquisite Swiss Rosti and enjoy other regional cuisine. duration 57:24   CC STEREO DVI TVG
• 1:00 am
  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
• 1:30 am
  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
• 2:00 am
  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
• 3:00 am
  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
• 4:00 am
  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
• 5:00 am
  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
MORNING
• 6:00 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
• 6:30 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
• 7:00 am
  Latin View [#509]
  Latino Labor Force
  According to the Pew Hispanic Center, Latinos make up 13.6% of the total employment in the US, but they account for more than 36% of the increase in employment over the last year. Sherri and her guests take a look at the Latino labor force, key demographic changes and current employment trends.
  Guests: Jose Trujillo - Director of sales and staffing for Hospitality Personnel Services; Don Mares -Executive Director, Colorado Department of Labor & Employment; Travis Martinez - Vice President of Business Development for White Construction Group. duration 26:42   CC STEREO TVG
• 7:30 am
  Global 3000 [#119]
  Connected and Converted - How India's Children are Conquering the Internet
  Sugata Mitra works for NIIT, an Indian company which develops educational software. The Delhi headquarters border on the Kalkaji slum. The two worlds are separated by a wall. Mitra came up with the idea of knocking out a hole in this wall, which marked the start of the project to provide children access to the digital world. In this hole they installed a computer terminal with an internet connection. It quickly became apparent that children with no computer experience and despite the absence of instruction learned very quickly to surf the internet. Hole in the Wall is now a global initiative.Also this week... Disconnected and Stolen - why copper thieves are cutting South Africa off - Copper is found in many everyday objects from computers to coins. China's rapidly growing economy consumes a lot of copper...as do developed countries. The price of copper in the international markets has quadrupled in the past four years. Copper can be a good earner, even stolen copper. Copper thieving is becoming a serious problem in South Africa. The electricity supply is not the most reliable anyway. And now more and more cable is disappearing from the ground. duration 26:25   CC STEREO
• 8:00 am
  World Business [#937]
  Smoldering Problems - Nick Mackie
  COVER STORY: SMOLDERING PROBLEMS - The tobacco industry is one of China's most powerful state monopolies providing 8% of the country's tax take; investing heavily in rural roads and reservoirs and now, expanding its trade globally. The trouble is its primary product kills over a million Chinese every year. And this being china, there's no smoke without fakes.
  EDUCATION FOR AN EMERGING NATION - They call it the middle income trap, emerging countries that struggle to take the next big step to becoming developed nations. Malaysia is keen to avoid that trap, and is looking to move up from low-end manufacturing into higher technology and services. One niche it's looking to carve for itself is as an international education hub. And it's aggressively pursuing foreign institutions and talent to try to achieve that goal.
  HEALTHY PROFITS - Smoothies have been the real success story of the chilled drinks sector over the last 10 years and the prospect for European expansion has seen major players move into the market. PepsiCo launched Tropicana smoothies and Coca-Cola bought a minority stake in Europe's biggest player, Innocent drinks. But how is the recession affecting drinking habits and smoothie sales?
  MAKING WAVES - As wintry gales hit the Northern hemisphere, so will the waves on Europe's first artificial surf reef. The south coast of England has a new attraction this surfing season, but the high tech reef is also creating a storm beyond the shoreline. duration 26:46   CC STEREO TVG
• 8:30 am
  Consuelo Mack WealthTrack [#519]
  Great Investors: Dennis Stattman
  A "Great Investor" interview with star global investor Dennis Stattman, founding manager of BlackRock's Global Allocation Fund. Now in its 20th year, this Morningstar favorite has consistently delivered market and peer beating returns with less risk. In a wide ranging discussion, Stattman will discuss the investment perils and opportunities he is tracking around the world. duration 26:46   CC STEREO TVG
• 9:00 am
  MoneyTrack [#309]
  Sandwich Generation
  Millions of baby boomers in America are being forced to take care of their growing children and their aging parents. Meet Bob and Jeanie Turner, a typical example of the sandwich generation. MoneyTrack shows how to manage these financial and emotional strains. duration 26:46   CC STEREO DVI TVG
• 9:30 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
• 10:00 am
  McLaughlin Group [#2745]
  duration 27:30   CC TVRE
• 10:30 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
• 11:00 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
• 11:30 am
  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
AFTERNOON
• 12:00 pm
  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
• 12:30 pm
  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
• 1:00 pm
  McLaughlin Group [#2745]
  duration 27:30   CC TVRE
• 1:30 pm
  John McLaughlin's One on One [#2522]
  duration 27:30   CC TVG
• 2:00 pm
  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
• 2:30 pm
  La Plaza - Maria Hinojosa: One-On-One [#310]
  Teddy Cruz
  Guatemalan architect Teddy Cruz has worked on both sides of the border, in San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico, for years. A graduate of Harvard University and the American Academy in Rome, Cruz is recognized internationally for his research on new forms of affordable housing. In this conversation with Maria Hinojosa, Cruz talks about the Tijuana-San Diego area, where some of the wealthiest real estate in the U.S. lies next to some of the poorest settlements in Latin America. duration 26:16   CC STEREO TVG
• 3:00 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
• 4:00 pm
  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
• 4:30 pm
  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
• 5:00 pm
  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
• 5:30 pm
  McLaughlin Group [#2745]
  duration 27:30   CC TVRE
EVENING
• 6:00 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
• 7:00 pm
  Globe Trekker [#816]
  Globe Trekker Special: Galleons, Pirates & Treasure
  Megan McCormick sets out in the footsteps of famous mariners and renegades of the Caribbean to learn firsthand about 250 years of perilous treasure hunting and brutal competition among the Spanish, English, Dutch, French and Portuguese. These pirates were vying for gold, silver and other riches. Galleons were sunk, thousands were killed and, for centuries after the New World was discovered in 1492, it was the pirates who ruled the waves. Megan explores the legend and lore to find out how far they went to lay their hands on these treasures, how hard it was to keep, and what still remains from that extraordinary era. duration 56:43   CC STEREO DVI TVG
• 8:00 pm
  Justice: What's The Right Thing to Do? [#106]
  Lecture Eleven: Professor Sandel introduces Immanuel Kant -- one of the most challenging and difficult thinkers in his course. Kant believes we, as individuals, are sacred and the bearer of rights, but not because we own ourselves. Rather, it is our capacity to reason and choose freely that makes us unique, that sets us apart from mere animals. And when we act out of duty (doing something because it is right) only then do our actions have moral worth. Sandel uses the example of a shopkeeper who passes up the chance to shortchange a customer only because he worries it would hurt his business. That wouldn't be considered a moral action, according to Kant, because he wasn't doing the right thing ... for the right reason.
  Lecture Twelve: Immanuel Kant says that in so far as our actions have moral worth, what confers moral worth is precisely our capacity to rise above self-interest and inclination and to act out of duty. Sandel tells the true story of a 13-year old boy who won a spelling bee contest, but then admitted to the judges that he had, in fact, misspelled the final word. Using this story and others, Sandel explains Kant's test for determining whether an action is morally right: when making a decision, imagine if the moral principle behind your actions became a universal law that everyone had to live by. Would that principle, as a universal law, benefit everyone? duration 56:46   CC STEREO TVPG
• 9:00 pm
  Independent Lens [#1104]
  Power Paths
  An exploration of energy through the eyes of Native Americans as they reveal their quest to tap wind, solar, biomass and other power sources for their communities and cities across the country. From the Lakota Lands across the Great Plains to the Navajo and Hopi desert lands of the Southwest, this film shows how tribes face fierce opposition in changing the energy habits of traditional fossil fuel dependent utilities and electric cooperatives. duration 56:39   CC STEREO TVPG
• 10:00 pm
  Going On 13
  This program takes an unflinching look into the face of modern-day puberty through the eyes of four urban girls of color living in California's Bay Area. The film, shot over four years, enters the worlds of Ariana, Isha, Rosie and Esme as they negotiate the precious, precarious moments between girlhood and young womanhood. Cameras travel with the girls - an African-American, a Mexican-American, a mixed-race Latina and an immigrant from India - from their elementary school, where double-Dutch and hand-games rule, to the crowded and noisy halls of middle school, where they deal with the realities of a compromised sex-ed curriculum, Internet chat rooms and malicious gossip. Using a mix of intimate interviews, cinema verite and stop-motion animation, this film chronicles the girls' coming of age: their blossoming desires and growing sense of responsibility, their hopes for the future, their difficulties learning to love themselves and their escalating tugs-of-war with their parents. duration 56:44   CC STEREO DVI TVPG
• 11:00 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