Schedules

• KQED 9
• KQED Plus
• Life
• World
• V-me
• Kids

• 12:00 am
  Nightly Business Report [#31235Z] duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 12:30 am
  BBC Newsnight [#17146] duration 28:03   STEREO TVRE
• 1:00 am
  PBS NewsHour [#10336H] duration 56:46   STEREO TVRE
• 2:00 am
  Charlie Rose [#18110H] duration 56:46   STEREO TVRE
• 3:00 am
  BBC World News [#147] duration 28:03   STEREO TVRE
• 3:30 am
  Tavis Smiley [#2610Z] Part 2 of a two-part conversation with two-time Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker Kevin Costner, who discusses his role in the History channel's first scripted miniseries, Hatfields & McCoys, and his band's companion CD. He also shares his experience of working with the late Whitney Houston and speaking at her funeral. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 4:00 am
  PBS NewsHour [#10336H] duration 56:46   STEREO TVRE
• 5:00 am
  Democracy Now! [#1215] duration 59:00   TVRE
MORNING
• 6:00 am
  Global 3000 [#420] Harvesting Nepal's 25,000 Water Mills for Electricy In Nepal, traditional water mills are being converted to make them more environmentally friendly. And many old mills are also being put to a new use - generating electricity for villages. Dizu Plaatjies is using the power of music to hold on to South African tradition. The founders of the Ibuyambo Music and Art Exhibition Center are creating new jobs and strengthening the local sense of community. The details:
  THE POWER OF MUSIC - HOW AN ARTIST IS PRESERVING SOUTH AFRICAN TRADITION: Fewer and fewer people in South Africa are interested in the traditional music of their homeland. Dizu Plaatjies is working to turn this around. Dizu Plaatjies teaches African music performance at the University of Cape Town. He also founded the Ibuyambo Music and Art Exhibition Center, which aims to keep traditional culture alive in the modern day.
  UNDOCUMENTED - THE STRUGGLES OF THE ROMA PEOPLE IN MACEDONIA: In 1999, Macedonia was confronted with hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Kosovo. Many of them were Roma and stayed in the capital city of Skopje. We take a look at one of Skopje's 10 municipalities - and one that is home to many Roma. Suto Orizari is home to over 22,000 people and also has the largest Roma settlement in the world. Living conditions are poor and most are unemployed. Ljatife Sikovska is Roma herself and wants to help improve the situation for her community. She does this with her organization "Ambrela", which offers programs on education, human rights and gender equality.
  NEPAL - EFFICIENT WATER MILLS PRODUCE ELECTRICITY: How can traditional forms of technology be developed to become more environmentally friendly? In Nepal, farmers have been grinding rice and grains with water mills, called ghattas, for centuries. Now they're being converted to become more energy-efficient and even to produce electricity. Nepal has about 25, 000 traditional water mills scattered throughout the country. 6500 of them already have been converted. These new and improved water mills are a climate-friendly alternative, and could serve as a model for other countries in Asia. duration 26:10   STEREO
• 6:30 am
  European Journal [#3020] First Couple SWEDEN/GERMANY: FORCED LABORERS FOR IKEA - IKEA's assembly network in the 1980s included sites in what was then communist East Germany. It appears that the workforce there included political prisoners forced to work. Documents in the Stasi archives are now said to show that some of the furniture giant's products were assembled by forced laborers. The company says that if it did happen, then without its knowledge. IKEA has now said it is willing to talk to the former political prisoners in question to clarify the issue.
  FRANCE: A PERFECTLY NORMAL COUPLE - Francois Hollande and Valerie Trierweiler want to remain just another couple after moving into the Elysee Palace. There is growing pressure on them from the public, however. They are France's first presidential couple not to be married. In addition, the electorate has been further annoyed by the low-profile stance taken by the country's new Premiere Dame. During the election campaign Valerie Trierweiler had helped give her boyfriend a bit more character and charisma in the public eye. Now, however, she has no plans to stay in the limelight and instead intends to return to her career as a journalist.
  SPAIN: A VILLAGE DEFIES THE CRISIS - The village of Marinaleda in Andalusia has relatively low debts by current Spanish standards. The mayor has been banking on austerity and grassroots democracy. Mayor Juan Manuel Sanchez Gordillo is a libertarian communist. He uses a megaphone to convene village meetings, which make decisions then carried out by the council. Two decades ago the Andalusian regional government bought all the private land, enabling the village to now be run as a cooperative. Not everyone in Marinaleda has work - but overall the village has successfully weathered the economic storm of recent years.
  TURKEY: PUTTING THE BRAKES ON THE DOLMUS - The drivers of Istanbul's 6000 minibuses called the dolmus are up in arms. The city's mayor wants to replace the vehicles with regulated, air-conditioned city buses. If you don't have a car in Istanbul you take the Dolmus. That's a minibus with 14 seats but more passengers often squeeze in when needed. The minibuses operate in an informal and chaotic way. The door usually stays open so that passengers can jump in at intersections. If someone wants to exit, the driver simply hits the brakes. The mayor of Istanbul says the vehicles are a threat to road safety and wants to introduce modern buses instead. He's offered the Dolmus drivers that they can drive the newer city buses instead. But they remain skeptical. duration 26:10   STEREO TVRE
• 7:00 am
  Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly [#1539Z] Tentatively scheduled: More and more Christian women are graduating from seminaries and pursuing careers in theology and ministry. But even in denominations that ordain female pastors, opportunities can be limited. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 7:30 am
  Moyers & Company [#120H] Reckoning with Torture In somber observance of Memorial Day, we look at actions by our government that flaunt the values of honor and decency our soldiers sacrifice so much to uphold.
  After 9/11, the US government turned to torture - in defiance of domestic and international laws - to extract information about and from terrorists and others who might follow after them. Were it not for defense attorneys and the work of human rights organizations, these prisoners would be ignored. But that's changing.
  The American Civil Liberties Union and the international literary and human rights group PEN have teamed up to comb through 150,000 declassified documents - as well as large collections of articles and transcripts - to produce "The Torture Report: What the Documents Say About America's Post-9/11 Torture Program", written by PEN's Larry Siems. PEN and the ACLU have also staged readings of excerpts from the documents and first-person testimony at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah and Lincoln Center here in New York. Those readings have been videotaped and are being made into a documentary by movie director Doug Liman called Reckoning with Torture. Liman is now asking people across the country to videotape their own readings of declassified memos and testimonies for the project.
  This weekend Siems (director of the Freedom to Write and International Programs at PEN American Center) and Liman (whose credits include The Bourne Identity, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Fair Game), join Bill Moyers to talk about what we should be learning from and doing about US torture tactics. duration 56:46   STEREO TVG
• 8:30 am
  Inside Washington [#2406] duration 26:46   TVRE
• 9:00 am
  Washington Week [#5148H] Every US president since the beginning has brought a rich and diverse background to the White House. Some were life-long politicians; others were career military officers, entrepreneurs and even a former actor. The one common experience each of them has shared is the evolution from candidate to commander in chief. Afterward, most of them returned to civilian life.
  While each president surrounds himself with a hand-picked circle of advisers, cabinet members and staff, the question remains - can anyone thoroughly prepare for the complex job of president of the United States? Maybe not, but in recent years presidents have sought counsel and found support from a very exclusive group - their predecessors.
  Weeks before his inauguration, then President-elect Barack Obama met with President George W. Bush and 3 former presidents at the White House. President Bill Clinton forged a close relationship with former President Richard Nixon over foreign policy. And since leaving office, George H. W. Bush has worked in tandem on a number of humanitarian efforts with the man who kept him from a second-term - Bill Clinton.
  We examine the unique bipartisan solidarity current and former presidents share with the reporters who cover the White House: Michael Duffy of Time Magazine and co-author of "The Presidents Club"; Peter Baker of The New York Times; John Harris of Politico; and Christi Parsons of Tribune News. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 9:30 am
  Halfway to Hell: The Workers and Unions That Built the Golden Gate Bridge Tells the dramatic story of those who risked their lives building the Golden Gate Bridge. By Steve Zeltzer. duration 29:32   TVG
• 10:00 am
  BBC Newsnight [#17146] duration 28:03   STEREO TVRE
• 10:30 am
  To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe [#2111H] REPUBLICAN WOMEN SHIFT FOCUS: House Republicans launched the "Women's Policy Committee," a caucus to showcase female lawmakers. Panelists discuss how this new perspective will get more women involved.
  PINK COLLAR GOES BLUE: In today's unstable economy, more men are finding job security in fields previously dominated by women. Panelists debate what this means for gender roles, particularly in the job market.
  MODEL ALLIANCE: A new organization lobbies for better working conditions of models in the United States.
  Panelists: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC); Republican Commentator Mercy Viana Schlapp; Conservative Blogger Crystal Wright; Former Judge and Federal Prosecutor Debra Carnahan. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 11:00 am
  McLaughlin Group [#3022] duration 27:30   TVRE
• 11:30 am
  John McLaughlin's One on One [#2752] duration 27:30   TVG
AFTERNOON
• 12:00 pm
  Moyers & Company [#120H] Reckoning with Torture In somber observance of Memorial Day, we look at actions by our government that flaunt the values of honor and decency our soldiers sacrifice so much to uphold.
  After 9/11, the US government turned to torture - in defiance of domestic and international laws - to extract information about and from terrorists and others who might follow after them. Were it not for defense attorneys and the work of human rights organizations, these prisoners would be ignored. But that's changing.
  The American Civil Liberties Union and the international literary and human rights group PEN have teamed up to comb through 150,000 declassified documents - as well as large collections of articles and transcripts - to produce "The Torture Report: What the Documents Say About America's Post-9/11 Torture Program", written by PEN's Larry Siems. PEN and the ACLU have also staged readings of excerpts from the documents and first-person testimony at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah and Lincoln Center here in New York. Those readings have been videotaped and are being made into a documentary by movie director Doug Liman called Reckoning with Torture. Liman is now asking people across the country to videotape their own readings of declassified memos and testimonies for the project.
  This weekend Siems (director of the Freedom to Write and International Programs at PEN American Center) and Liman (whose credits include The Bourne Identity, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Fair Game), join Bill Moyers to talk about what we should be learning from and doing about US torture tactics. duration 56:46   STEREO TVG
• 1:00 pm
  Natural Heroes [#512] Richard Nelson's Alaska Cultural anthropologist Richard Nelson lives in Alaska, studying wild places and the connections between people and nature. "Richard Nelson's Alaska" introduces us to these people and places, and will leave you more curious about our Earth. Nelson motivates us to find our own ways to participate in preserving America's wild places. duration 26:46   STEREO TVPG
• 1:30 pm
  QUEST [#319] Napa Wineries Face Global Warming/Mercury in San Francisco Bay Will Climate Change effect Napa Valley wine production? And mercury leftover from the Gold Rush is making its way up the Bay Area food chain, endangering wildlife and human health. duration 26:21   STEREO TVG
• 2:00 pm
  Miller Center Forums [#1308] RICHARD BROOKHISER - JAMES MADISON Richard Brookhiser, senior editor for The National Review and author of "James Madison". duration 56:46   STEREO TVG
• 3:00 pm
  Shelter Me This family-friendly film celebrates the human-animal bond with positive, uplifting stories about shelter pets and their new homes. Every year, more than 4 million dogs and cats are euthanized in America's shelters. It focuses on the success stories to bring more people into the shelters to give these incredible animals a second chance. This program shows how shelter pets are helping our returning War Veterans cope with debilitating injuries; how shelter pets are teaching inmates new life lessons and follows a shelter pet being rescued from the streets and his journey through the shelters to his new home. Shelter Me is a show about redemption, hope, helping others and making a difference. duration 57:35   STEREO TVG
• 4:00 pm
  Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson [#101H] The 2-part program examines Ferguson's six principles of prosperity - competition; science; modern medicine; democracy; consumerism; and the (Protestant) work ethic. Spanning theories on the rise and fall of empires past and present, Ferguson explains how the West taught others its ideas and institutions. And in so doing, the West may be endangering its power. duration 1:56:46   STEREO TVPG
EVENING
• 6:00 pm
  McLaughlin Group [#3022] duration 27:30   TVRE
• 6:30 pm
  Washington Week [#5148H] Every US president since the beginning has brought a rich and diverse background to the White House. Some were life-long politicians; others were career military officers, entrepreneurs and even a former actor. The one common experience each of them has shared is the evolution from candidate to commander in chief. Afterward, most of them returned to civilian life.
  While each president surrounds himself with a hand-picked circle of advisers, cabinet members and staff, the question remains - can anyone thoroughly prepare for the complex job of president of the United States? Maybe not, but in recent years presidents have sought counsel and found support from a very exclusive group - their predecessors.
  Weeks before his inauguration, then President-elect Barack Obama met with President George W. Bush and 3 former presidents at the White House. President Bill Clinton forged a close relationship with former President Richard Nixon over foreign policy. And since leaving office, George H. W. Bush has worked in tandem on a number of humanitarian efforts with the man who kept him from a second-term - Bill Clinton.
  We examine the unique bipartisan solidarity current and former presidents share with the reporters who cover the White House: Michael Duffy of Time Magazine and co-author of "The Presidents Club"; Peter Baker of The New York Times; John Harris of Politico; and Christi Parsons of Tribune News. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 7:00 pm
  Halfway to Hell: The Workers and Unions That Built the Golden Gate Bridge Tells the dramatic story of those who risked their lives building the Golden Gate Bridge. By Steve Zeltzer. duration 29:32   TVG
• 7:30 pm
  QUEST [#319] Napa Wineries Face Global Warming/Mercury in San Francisco Bay Will Climate Change effect Napa Valley wine production? And mercury leftover from the Gold Rush is making its way up the Bay Area food chain, endangering wildlife and human health. duration 26:21   STEREO TVG
• 8:00 pm
  Globe Trekker [#1108] Globe Trekker Food Hour: Morocco Ben O'Donoghue starts his culinary adventures with lunch at the camel market in Casablanca, learns to cook "harira" (the soup that breaks the Ramadan fast) in the imperial city of Fes, lives with a nomadic family in the high dunes of the Western Sahara, scours the markets in Marrakesh for ingredients to make the classic "tagine," samples Berber delicacies in the High Atlas mountains and fishes for his dinner in the port of Essaouira. duration 57:38   STEREO DVI TVRE
• 9:00 pm
  Nature [#2808H] The Himalayas The Himalayan mountain system is the planet's highest and home to the world's highest peaks. Nature explores the diversity of wildlife and habitats of this mountain chain starring the mysterious snow leopard. duration 56:17   SRND51 DVI TVG
• 10:00 pm
  Nova [#3701H] Killer Subs In Pearl Harbor Nova joins an exclusive dive beneath the waters of Pearl Harbor to trace new clues to the historic sinking of the USS Arizona. 1177 crew members perished in the dramatic 1941 sinking of the storied battleship-the greatest loss of life in US naval history. For decades, it has been thought that the Arizona was brought down by fire from Japanese aircraft. But the discovery of a Japanese "midget sub" displaced from the scene of the battle raises new questions about the Arizona's final hours. Severed into three pieces and dropped in 1200-foot deep water outside of the harbor, the sub matches four other experimental vessels discovered in shallower water closer to the harbor entrance. All were equipped with a pair of torpedoes - but only the torpedoes of the fifth sub are still missing, apparently fired at an unknown target. What was the submarine's mission? Why was it laid to rest so far from the harbor? What was the fate of its two-man crew? With unprecedented access to the Arizona wreckage, Nova teams up with the Hawaii Undersea Research Lab to use manned deep submersibles in an attempt to resurrect the fifth midget submarine. duration 55:16   STEREO DVI TVPG
• 11:00 pm
  Nova [#3418Z] Missing In MiG Alley In 1950, Russian and American fighters clashed over Korea in one of the fastest dogfights ever seen. This was the world's first jet war, pitting the two most advanced planes of their day, the American F-86 Sabre and the Soviet MIG-15, in furious air battles that pushed their pilots' skills to the limit. The epicenter of the air campaign was MIG Alley, a strip of airspace between the Korean-Chinese border. Flying higher and faster then ever before, American and British pilots had little idea of the hidden dangers that awaited them if they were shot down. The program follows the poignant and sometimes harrowing efforts of family members to trace what happened to pilots who disappeared more then a half-century ago. duration 54:09   STEREO DVI TVPG