Schedules

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

• 12:00 am
  Globe Trekker [#1106] Bangladesh Holly Morris kicks off her trip in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh and the seventh largest city in the world. She then travels to Sunderban National Park for an encounter with Bengal tigers and a trek deep into the forest to find honey. Along the way, Holly visits a "floating" school, charms snakes, harvests tea in the hills of Sylhet, visits the ship-breaking yards in Chittagong and relaxes in the seaside resort of Cox's Bazaar near the Myanmar border. duration 57:35   STEREO TVG (Secondary audio: DVI)
• 1:00 am
  THIS WEEK in Northern California [#2332H] June 8, 2012 ELECTION RESULTS: Voter turnout was low but Tuesday's primary, which put California's newly drawn districts and the top two primary system to the test for the first time, produced some surprising results in candidate races throughout the state. Voters also overwhelmingly approved new term limits for state lawmakers while Proposition 29, a cigarette tax, appears to be headed for defeat.
  PENSION REFORM: There are already legal challenges to the pension reform measures that passed by wide margins in San Jose and San Diego, sending a signal to Gov. Brown and the Legislature to take similar action for the state and other struggling local governments.
  STOCKTON UPDATE: In Stockton, financially strapped from having the second-highest foreclosure rate in the country, the City Council has authorized the city manager to seek Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection if an agreement can't be reached with its creditors through mediation by June 25.
  Guests: Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle; Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee; and Scott Smith, Stockton Record.
  REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-Calif., Minority Leader) - The Democratic Leader recently sat down with Belva Davis for an intimate conversation, reflecting on her 25 years in Congress and what challenges lie ahead for her and the Democratic Party in this election year. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 1:30 am
  Changing Seas [#303H] Prescription: Oceans The oceans are part of America's newest medical frontier. In Florida, a group of scientists are testing sea sponges for their potential anti-cancer properties. These and other marine invertebrates may hold the key to unlocking the secrets of our own biology. duration 26:46   STEREO TVG
• 2:00 am
  Globe Trekker [#1110] Amsterdam City Guide 2 Brianna and Jonathan Atherton travel to Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands that was built around a network of beautiful canals overlooked by the gabled mansions of 17th century merchants. Jonathan visits the Rijksmuseum, which has a magnificent collection of paintings by the great Dutch Masters, while Brianna marvels at the artistic genius of Vincent van Gogh at the Van Gogh Museum. She then visits a replica of an East India cargo, discovering how the great wealth of the city was extracted from the Dutch colonies in Asia, while on the other side Jonathan observes a dockland squat. Briana later ventures to the Anne Frank House and hears about her family's last days in hiding from the Nazis. In stark contrast, Jonathan ends his trip partying at the Gay Parade, one of Amsterdam's biggest events of the year. duration 56:23   STEREO TV14 (Secondary audio: DVI)
• 3:00 am
  Ferrets: The Pursuit of Excellence The program travels to Ohio and the annual Ferret Buckeye Bash -- the home to the largest and most popular ferret show in the country, where hundreds of top breeders, seasoned experts and ferret enthusiasts pamper and parade their pets in a quest for prizes and prestige. Though these mischievous creatures are unlikely show animals, the competition is intense. For top breeders, the Best in Show award is the ultimate validation of their breeding stock though the many ferret fanatics whose "fuzzies" don't win a prize insist that beauty remains in the eye of the beholder. duration 56:37   STEREO TVPG
• 4:00 am
  Steve Jobs - One Last Thing Gain unique insight into what made Steve Jobs tick. There has been near-universal agreement that the late Apple founder was a great innovator in business and technology, but why was he great? What were the influences that shaped his character and drove him to such success from humble beginnings? With colleagues who worked closely with him and those who have chronicled his life, take an unflinching look at the mercurial, brilliant man and review his many talents and achievements. In an exclusive, never-before-broadcast interview, Jobs expounds on his philosophy of life. Speaking shortly after coming face-to-face with his own mortality when he was diagnosed with cancer, he looked back over his astonishing career and explained the principles on which he built his success: "[Y]ou can poke life and if you push in, something will pop out the other side; you can change it, you can mold it, embrace it, make your mark upon it. Once you learn that - you'll never be the same again." duration 56:46   STEREO TVPG
• 5:00 am
  Revolutionaries [#103H] Steve Jobs: The Authorized Biography Steve Jobs's biographer, Walter Isaacson, in conversation with Computer History Museum CEO John Hollar. duration 53:01   STEREO TVG
MORNING
• 6:00 am
  Need To Know [#239H] This week's show explores genocide and how to punish those who perpetrate it.
  * First up: a report from Cambodia, where former leaders of the Khmer Rouge are being tried for the mass murders committed there decades ago.
  * Anchor Ray Suarez interviews "New Yorker" writer Philip Gourevitch, who has written extensively about genocide in Cambodia and Rwanda.
  * In the "American Voices" essay, Sadia Hameed of Human Rights First comments on the US obligation to prevent genocide. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 6:30 am
  Natural Heroes [#401] Brower Youth Awards Meet six extraordinary young people who are recognized for their outstanding activism and achievements in the fields of environmental and social justice advocacy. Earth Island Institute established the Brower Youth Awards to honor founder and legendary environmental activist, David R. Brower and to call forth a new generation of leaders. "My secret," Dave Brower has said, "is to surround myself with bright, young people, stand back, then wallow in their accomplishments." duration 26:46   STEREO TVPG
• 7:00 am
  Changing Seas [#303H] Prescription: Oceans The oceans are part of America's newest medical frontier. In Florida, a group of scientists are testing sea sponges for their potential anti-cancer properties. These and other marine invertebrates may hold the key to unlocking the secrets of our own biology. duration 26:46   STEREO TVG
• 7:30 am
  Moyers & Company [#122H] Big Money, Big Media, Big Trouble * Big money and big media have coupled to create a 'Disney World' of democracy in which TV shows, televised debates, even news coverage is being dumbed down, just as the volume is being turned up. The result is a public certainly more entertained, but less informed and personally involved than they should be, says Marty Kaplan, director of USC's Norman Lear Center and an entertainment industry veteran. < br />This weekend, in an encore broadcast, Bill Moyers talks with Kaplan about how taking news out of the journalism box and placing it in the entertainment box is hurting democracy and allowing special interest groups to manipulate the system. "It's all about combat. If every political issue is [represented by] combat between two polarized sides, then you get great television because people are throwing food at each other," Kaplan tells Moyers. "And you have an audience that hasn't a clue at the end of the story, which is why you'll hear, 'Well, we'll have to leave it there.' The problem is that there's not that much information out there if you're an ordinary citizen. You can ferret it out, but it ought not be like that in a democracy," Kaplan says. "Education and journalism were supposed to, according to our founders, inform our public and make democracy work."
  * Later on the show, Bill talks about Florida Rep. Allen West and shocking modern-day McCarthyism. Wasn't this lesson already learned? duration 52:46   STEREO TVG
• 8:30 am
  Consuelo Mack WealthTrack [#850] Financial Thought Leaders: Andrew Lo This week's WT explains how to manage your portfolio's risk in volatile times with "Financial Thought Leader" Dr.Andrew Lo, an MIT professor and founder and portfolio manager of AlphaSimplex Group, an alternative investments money management firm. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 9:00 am
  Truth About Money with Ric Edelman [#119H] Host Ric Edelman discusses the value of diversification in lessening the risk of buying individual stocks, answers questions about municipal bonds and explains what to do when homeowners owe more than the value of their house. In part two of his interview with Washington Post financial columnist Michelle Singletary, they talk about the basic mistakes many families make in budgeting their spending and planning for the future. duration 26:46   STEREO TVG
• 9:30 am
  Inside Washington [#2408] duration 26:46   TVRE
• 10:00 am
  McLaughlin Group [#3024] duration 27:30   TVRE
• 10:30 am
  Washington Week [#5150H] * Republicans scored a significant victory in Wisconsin this week when voters decided to keep first-term Governor Scott Walker in office. Walker won 53% of the vote in an election engineered by opponents of his cost-cutting budget strategy that included limiting union rights for most public workers. Outside donations flooded into the state for both sides but the majority of the money came from conservatives who supported Walker.
  * But there was some positive news for Democrats. Exit polls found 51% of Wisconsin voters say they will support President Barack Obama in November, while 44% said they will support Romney. Can Romney capitalize on Walker's win in a state that has backed the Democrats in every presidential election since 1988? We'll get answers and analysis from John Dickerson of Slate Magazine and CBS News and Jeanne Cummings of Bloomberg News.
  * A CIA drone strike has killed Al Qaeda's second in command in Pakistan. The death of Abu Yahya al-Libi and another senior Al Qaeda leader is being described as a victory for the US and the most significant setback for the terrorist network since the death of Osama bin Laden more than one year ago. The New York Times' David Sanger, author of "Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power" will report on President Obama's vastly-accelerated use of drone strikes against terror suspects in Pakistan and Yemen. duration 24:10   STEREO TVRE
• 11:00 am
  THIS WEEK in Northern California [#2332H] June 8, 2012 ELECTION RESULTS: Voter turnout was low but Tuesday's primary, which put California's newly drawn districts and the top two primary system to the test for the first time, produced some surprising results in candidate races throughout the state. Voters also overwhelmingly approved new term limits for state lawmakers while Proposition 29, a cigarette tax, appears to be headed for defeat.
  PENSION REFORM: There are already legal challenges to the pension reform measures that passed by wide margins in San Jose and San Diego, sending a signal to Gov. Brown and the Legislature to take similar action for the state and other struggling local governments.
  STOCKTON UPDATE: In Stockton, financially strapped from having the second-highest foreclosure rate in the country, the City Council has authorized the city manager to seek Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection if an agreement can't be reached with its creditors through mediation by June 25.
  Guests: Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle; Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee; and Scott Smith, Stockton Record.
  REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-Calif., Minority Leader) - The Democratic Leader recently sat down with Belva Davis for an intimate conversation, reflecting on her 25 years in Congress and what challenges lie ahead for her and the Democratic Party in this election year. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 11:30 am
  Moyers & Company [#122H] Big Money, Big Media, Big Trouble * Big money and big media have coupled to create a 'Disney World' of democracy in which TV shows, televised debates, even news coverage is being dumbed down, just as the volume is being turned up. The result is a public certainly more entertained, but less informed and personally involved than they should be, says Marty Kaplan, director of USC's Norman Lear Center and an entertainment industry veteran. < br />This weekend, in an encore broadcast, Bill Moyers talks with Kaplan about how taking news out of the journalism box and placing it in the entertainment box is hurting democracy and allowing special interest groups to manipulate the system. "It's all about combat. If every political issue is [represented by] combat between two polarized sides, then you get great television because people are throwing food at each other," Kaplan tells Moyers. "And you have an audience that hasn't a clue at the end of the story, which is why you'll hear, 'Well, we'll have to leave it there.' The problem is that there's not that much information out there if you're an ordinary citizen. You can ferret it out, but it ought not be like that in a democracy," Kaplan says. "Education and journalism were supposed to, according to our founders, inform our public and make democracy work."
  * Later on the show, Bill talks about Florida Rep. Allen West and shocking modern-day McCarthyism. Wasn't this lesson already learned? duration 52:46   STEREO TVG
AFTERNOON
• 12:30 pm
  Inside Washington [#2408] duration 26:46   TVRE
• 1:00 pm
  McLaughlin Group [#3024] duration 27:30   TVRE
• 1:30 pm
  John McLaughlin's One on One [#2802] duration 27:30   STEREO TVG
• 2:00 pm
  To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe [#2113H] NUNS V. VATICAN: American nuns who were chastised by the Vatican for going against the Catholic Church are now rejecting the Vatican's criticism through the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
  BOY SCOUTS AND SEXUALITY: The Boy Scouts of America is going to consider revising its national anti-gay policy.
  WOMEN IN THE MILITARY: A look at the misconception about women who fight for our country.
  Panelists: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC); Conservative Blogger Crystal Wright; National Organization for Women's Vice President Erin Matson; Republican Strategist Cheri Jacobus. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 2:30 pm
  Changing Seas [#303H] Prescription: Oceans The oceans are part of America's newest medical frontier. In Florida, a group of scientists are testing sea sponges for their potential anti-cancer properties. These and other marine invertebrates may hold the key to unlocking the secrets of our own biology. duration 26:46   STEREO TVG
• 3:00 pm
  Need To Know [#239H] This week's show explores genocide and how to punish those who perpetrate it.
  * First up: a report from Cambodia, where former leaders of the Khmer Rouge are being tried for the mass murders committed there decades ago.
  * Anchor Ray Suarez interviews "New Yorker" writer Philip Gourevitch, who has written extensively about genocide in Cambodia and Rwanda.
  * In the "American Voices" essay, Sadia Hameed of Human Rights First comments on the US obligation to prevent genocide. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 3:30 pm
  Moyers & Company [#122H] Big Money, Big Media, Big Trouble * Big money and big media have coupled to create a 'Disney World' of democracy in which TV shows, televised debates, even news coverage is being dumbed down, just as the volume is being turned up. The result is a public certainly more entertained, but less informed and personally involved than they should be, says Marty Kaplan, director of USC's Norman Lear Center and an entertainment industry veteran. < br />This weekend, in an encore broadcast, Bill Moyers talks with Kaplan about how taking news out of the journalism box and placing it in the entertainment box is hurting democracy and allowing special interest groups to manipulate the system. "It's all about combat. If every political issue is [represented by] combat between two polarized sides, then you get great television because people are throwing food at each other," Kaplan tells Moyers. "And you have an audience that hasn't a clue at the end of the story, which is why you'll hear, 'Well, we'll have to leave it there.' The problem is that there's not that much information out there if you're an ordinary citizen. You can ferret it out, but it ought not be like that in a democracy," Kaplan says. "Education and journalism were supposed to, according to our founders, inform our public and make democracy work."
  * Later on the show, Bill talks about Florida Rep. Allen West and shocking modern-day McCarthyism. Wasn't this lesson already learned? duration 52:46   STEREO TVG
• 4:30 pm
  Washington Week [#5150H] * Republicans scored a significant victory in Wisconsin this week when voters decided to keep first-term Governor Scott Walker in office. Walker won 53% of the vote in an election engineered by opponents of his cost-cutting budget strategy that included limiting union rights for most public workers. Outside donations flooded into the state for both sides but the majority of the money came from conservatives who supported Walker.
  * But there was some positive news for Democrats. Exit polls found 51% of Wisconsin voters say they will support President Barack Obama in November, while 44% said they will support Romney. Can Romney capitalize on Walker's win in a state that has backed the Democrats in every presidential election since 1988? We'll get answers and analysis from John Dickerson of Slate Magazine and CBS News and Jeanne Cummings of Bloomberg News.
  * A CIA drone strike has killed Al Qaeda's second in command in Pakistan. The death of Abu Yahya al-Libi and another senior Al Qaeda leader is being described as a victory for the US and the most significant setback for the terrorist network since the death of Osama bin Laden more than one year ago. The New York Times' David Sanger, author of "Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power" will report on President Obama's vastly-accelerated use of drone strikes against terror suspects in Pakistan and Yemen. duration 24:10   STEREO TVRE
• 5:00 pm
  Inside Washington [#2408] duration 26:46   TVRE
• 5:30 pm
  McLaughlin Group [#3024] duration 27:30   TVRE
EVENING
• 6:00 pm
  THIS WEEK in Northern California [#2332H] June 8, 2012 ELECTION RESULTS: Voter turnout was low but Tuesday's primary, which put California's newly drawn districts and the top two primary system to the test for the first time, produced some surprising results in candidate races throughout the state. Voters also overwhelmingly approved new term limits for state lawmakers while Proposition 29, a cigarette tax, appears to be headed for defeat.
  PENSION REFORM: There are already legal challenges to the pension reform measures that passed by wide margins in San Jose and San Diego, sending a signal to Gov. Brown and the Legislature to take similar action for the state and other struggling local governments.
  STOCKTON UPDATE: In Stockton, financially strapped from having the second-highest foreclosure rate in the country, the City Council has authorized the city manager to seek Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection if an agreement can't be reached with its creditors through mediation by June 25.
  Guests: Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle; Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee; and Scott Smith, Stockton Record.
  REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-Calif., Minority Leader) - The Democratic Leader recently sat down with Belva Davis for an intimate conversation, reflecting on her 25 years in Congress and what challenges lie ahead for her and the Democratic Party in this election year. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 6:30 pm
  Changing Seas [#303H] Prescription: Oceans The oceans are part of America's newest medical frontier. In Florida, a group of scientists are testing sea sponges for their potential anti-cancer properties. These and other marine invertebrates may hold the key to unlocking the secrets of our own biology. duration 26:46   STEREO TVG
• 7:00 pm
  Steve Jobs - One Last Thing Gain unique insight into what made Steve Jobs tick. There has been near-universal agreement that the late Apple founder was a great innovator in business and technology, but why was he great? What were the influences that shaped his character and drove him to such success from humble beginnings? With colleagues who worked closely with him and those who have chronicled his life, take an unflinching look at the mercurial, brilliant man and review his many talents and achievements. In an exclusive, never-before-broadcast interview, Jobs expounds on his philosophy of life. Speaking shortly after coming face-to-face with his own mortality when he was diagnosed with cancer, he looked back over his astonishing career and explained the principles on which he built his success: "[Y]ou can poke life and if you push in, something will pop out the other side; you can change it, you can mold it, embrace it, make your mark upon it. Once you learn that - you'll never be the same again." duration 56:46   STEREO TVPG
• 8:00 pm
  Moyers & Company [#122H] Big Money, Big Media, Big Trouble * Big money and big media have coupled to create a 'Disney World' of democracy in which TV shows, televised debates, even news coverage is being dumbed down, just as the volume is being turned up. The result is a public certainly more entertained, but less informed and personally involved than they should be, says Marty Kaplan, director of USC's Norman Lear Center and an entertainment industry veteran. < br />This weekend, in an encore broadcast, Bill Moyers talks with Kaplan about how taking news out of the journalism box and placing it in the entertainment box is hurting democracy and allowing special interest groups to manipulate the system. "It's all about combat. If every political issue is [represented by] combat between two polarized sides, then you get great television because people are throwing food at each other," Kaplan tells Moyers. "And you have an audience that hasn't a clue at the end of the story, which is why you'll hear, 'Well, we'll have to leave it there.' The problem is that there's not that much information out there if you're an ordinary citizen. You can ferret it out, but it ought not be like that in a democracy," Kaplan says. "Education and journalism were supposed to, according to our founders, inform our public and make democracy work."
  * Later on the show, Bill talks about Florida Rep. Allen West and shocking modern-day McCarthyism. Wasn't this lesson already learned? duration 52:46   STEREO TVG
• 9:00 pm
  Anyone and Everyone This documentary tells the stories of families from Utah to North Carolina and Wyoming to New York, all connected by a common thread - a gay child. By first-time filmmaker Susan Polis Schutz (also the parent of a gay son), it depicts families representing a wide range of religions, nationalities and political leanings. During the film, parents of homosexual teens and young adults eloquently recall their initial reactions to their child's coming-out and their sometimes difficult journeys to acceptance. Some showed unconditional support; others struggled with their child's sexual orientation, either fearing alienation from their extended family, their church or community or failing to understand the universal nature of homosexuality. duration 56:46   STEREO TVPG
• 10:00 pm
  Independent Lens [#1225H] Two Spirits Fred Martinez was one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history when he was brutally murdered at 16. This film explores the life and death of a boy, who was also a girl, and the essentially spiritual nature of gender. duration 56:16   STEREO TV14-L (Secondary audio: DVI)
• 11:00 pm
  Independent Lens [#1025] Ask Not As wars rage in the Middle East, the US military is eager for more recruits -- unless you happen to be openly gay. This documentary explores the tangled political battles that led to the infamous "don't ask, don't tell" policy and reveals the personal stories of gay Americans who serve in combat under a veil of secrecy. duration 56:46