Schedules

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

• 12:00 am
  Globe Trekker [#1030] Papua New Guinea The trekkers explore New Britain Island, the largest in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. Inhabited by the indigenous Papuans and the Austronesians, the island was captured by the Japanese during World War II. Today the island's traditional cultures are diverse and complex but there are several ancient traditions which remain active today, especially the Dukduk Secret Society. Next, we visit the township of Rabaul, once the provincial capital until it was destroyed in 1994 by a massive volcanic eruption. Rabaul is still a superb location for scuba diving, snorkeling and wreck dives. We travel onwards to the stunningly beautiful island of Bougainville, named after a French navigator, and an excellent location for wreck-diving and sea kayaking. duration 56:46   STEREO TVPG (Secondary audio: DVI)
• 1:00 am
  THIS WEEK in Northern California [#2323H] March 23, 2012 * The US Supreme Court is preparing to hear arguments next week in a landmark case that could determine the future of healthcare and have a significant impact in California. At issue is the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law two years ago.
  * Ross Mirkarimi's future hangs in the balance as the San Francisco Ethics Commission prepares to consider charges of official misconduct leveled against the sheriff after he was suspended by Mayor Ed Lee earlier this week.
  * California State University administrators, anticipating $200 million in additional cuts, announce they will freeze admissions for the 2013 spring quarter. Meanwhile, a bill to cap salaries for top CSU administrators is rejected by the state Senate Education Committee.
  * Seventy of California's 278 state parks are slated for closure this summer because of budget cuts. The California Report's series "On the Rocks" explores trail blazing efforts underway by residents, non-profit agencies, and local and federal governments to prevent some of our treasured parks from closing.
  Guests: David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times; Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle; Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle; and Rachael Myrow, KQED Public Radio. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 1:30 am
  QUEST [#106H] Nanotechnology Takes Off and Journey into Darkness * From Lawrence Berkeley National Labs to Silicon Valley, researchers are manipulating particles at the atomic level, ushering in potential cures for cancer, clothes that don't stain, and solar panels as thick as a sheet of paper.
  * How do you prepare someone who is becoming blind? Quest follows seeing adults through their physical and psychological training as they learn to live in a world without sight.
  * Though you may not believe it, the Bay Area was home to the last whale hunting fleet in the United States - only a generation ago. Quest investigates how Richmond, California was part of a historic moment, and what remains today. duration 26:46   STEREO TVG
• 2:00 am
  Globe Trekker [#1018] Deep South U.S.A. Ian hikes through the Smoky Mountains; enjoys a music festival in Asheville, NC; explores the Freedom Walk and Martin Luther King, Jr. 's birthplace in Atlanta; witnesses a Civil War re-enactment near Mobile; and attends a reunion of the Tuskegee Airmen. He winds up his trip in Memphis for Elvis Week, where thousands of fans converge to commemorate the anniversary of "The King's" death. duration 57:37   STEREO TVPG (Secondary audio: DVI)
• 3:00 am
  Nature [#2811] Survivors of the Firestorm The bush fires that tore through the Australian state of Victoria in February 2009 incinerated over a million acres of land, including key mountain ash forest ecosystems. Fires are a natural force of nature which spur regeneration, but the immediate aftermath of this giant firestorm was devastation. Kangaroos and koalas, wombats and wallabies, endangered possums and gliders, lizards, echidnas, birds of all kinds, and even fish that lived among these eucalypts were overcome by the flames. Millions died. But burned and traumatized survivors tenderly nursed back to health at wildlife hospitals showed a remarkable ability to bounce back, and the environment an extraordinary capacity for healing. duration 56:46   STEREO TVPG (Secondary audio: none)
• 4:00 am
  Women, War & Peace [#104H] The War We Are Living The War We Are Living travels to Cauca, a mountainous region in Colombia's Pacific southwest, where two extraordinary Afro-Colombian women are fighting to stay on their gold-rich lands. They are standing up for a generation of Colombians who have been terrorized and forcibly displaced as a deliberate strategy of war. Alfre Woodard narrates. duration 55:47   STEREO TV14 (Secondary audio: DVI)
• 5:00 am
  Swimming In Auschwitz This program interweaves the stories of six Jewish women imprisoned inside the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during the Holocaust. The women maintained a spiritual resistance against their Nazi aggressors through prayer, community, music and even humor. They speak of camp families and faith, uplifting one another while trying to retain their humanity. Their compelling testimonials reveal the power of laughter and community, even in the face of evil. duration 56:46   STEREO TVPG
MORNING
• 6:00 am
  Need To Know [#228H] THE ENDURING SACRIFICE (update) - Maria Hinojosa updates her report about military veterans who have difficulty finding work and, in some cases, have become homeless after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. < br />AMERICAN VOICES - In an essay, Dr. Todd Baker, who ran an emergency room in a military hospital in Baghdad, offers ideas about how to care for returning vets. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 6:30 am
  Natural Heroes [#503] New Shepherds of the Farm New Shepherds of the Farm is a beautiful, heartfelt film that takes a realistic look at how animal farming is done today and considers the cost to the animals and the planet. Meet "cattle whisperer" Temple Grandin and the intrepid individuals who are transforming the North American animal farm. Temple, who is autistic, and highly sensitive to cattle has transformed the entire industry into a more humane place for animals. Compassionate people working with pigs, cows and chickens share a philosophy of a world without unnecessary cruelty to animals. duration 26:46   STEREO TVPG
• 7:00 am
  QUEST [#106H] Nanotechnology Takes Off and Journey into Darkness * From Lawrence Berkeley National Labs to Silicon Valley, researchers are manipulating particles at the atomic level, ushering in potential cures for cancer, clothes that don't stain, and solar panels as thick as a sheet of paper.
  * How do you prepare someone who is becoming blind? Quest follows seeing adults through their physical and psychological training as they learn to live in a world without sight.
  * Though you may not believe it, the Bay Area was home to the last whale hunting fleet in the United States - only a generation ago. Quest investigates how Richmond, California was part of a historic moment, and what remains today. duration 26:46   STEREO TVG
• 7:30 am
  Moyers & Company [#111H] Moving Beyond War Nine years after Baghdad erupted in "shock and awe," we're once again hearing in America the drumbeat for war in the Middle East. Now, the bull's-eye is on Iran. But what we need, more than a simple change of target, is a complete change in perspective, says Andrew Bacevich, a West Point graduate and Vietnam veteran-turned-scholar who's become one of the most perceptive observers of America's changing role in the world.
  This week, Bill Moyers and Bacevich explore the futility of "endless" wars and provide a reality check on the rhetoric of American exceptionalism. "Are we so unimaginative, so wedded to the reliance on military means that we cannot conceive of any way to reconcile our differences with groups and nations in the Islamic world, and therefore bring this conflict to an end?" Bacevich asks Moyers. Bacevich also answers the question of whether Iran is a direct threat to America with a definitive no. "Whatever threat Iran poses is very, very limited," he tells Moyers, "and certainly does not constitute any kind of justification for yet another experiment with preventive war." duration 56:46   STEREO TVG
• 8:30 am
  Consuelo Mack WealthTrack [#839] Maximizing Social Security Benefits WT reveals how to maximize your Social Security benefits, the only pension plan most Americans can count on. Award-winning financial planner and retirement expert Mary Beth Franklin shares little-known tips on how to get the most out of Social Security for you and your loved ones. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 9:00 am
  Truth About Money with Ric Edelman [#108H] Join Ric Edelman as he explains how intuition about money can land people in trouble, reveals the key to happiness during retirement and hears from former US Comptroller General David Walker about what ordinary citizens can do to fight government over-spending and debt. He also fields questions from his seminar audience, his weekly radio show and people on the street. duration 26:46   STEREO TVG
• 9:30 am
  Inside Washington [#2349] duration 26:46   TVRE
• 10:00 am
  McLaughlin Group [#3013] duration 27:30   TVRE
• 10:30 am
  Washington Week [#5139H] * Investigators with the Justice Department were in Florida today meeting with the parents of a teenager who was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer last month. Trayvon Martin, 17, was unarmed when he was shot to death by George Zimmerman, 28, who says he was acting in self-defense. Zimmerman has not been arrested or charged in the case and late today the police chief involved announced he was temporarily stepping down. The shooting has ignited protests and international attention and raised new questions about Florida's Stand-Your-Ground law. Pierre Thomas of ABC News will have the latest on the Justice Department probe.
  * Mitt Romney won the Illinois primary then picked up a key endorsement from former Florida Governor Jeb Bush but it was a gaffe by one of his own staffers that has shaken up the race. A campaign spokesperson said that for the fall campaign Romney could hit a "reset button" and compared it to clearing the screen of an Etch A Sketch toy. The comment has given opponents both a prop and a perfect phrase with which to go after the Republican frontrunner. Dan Balz of The Washington Post and Sam Youngman of Reuters return from the campaign trail to report on the 2012 race for the White House.
  * House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan unveiled the Republican's 2013 budget plan this week and reignited a major election year budget battle. The proposal calls for $5 trillion in spending cuts and significant changes in Medicare. Naftali Bendavid of The Wall Street Journal will take a closer look at the plan that would overhaul the tax code and create just two income brackets, 25% and 10%. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 11:00 am
  THIS WEEK in Northern California [#2323H] March 23, 2012 * The US Supreme Court is preparing to hear arguments next week in a landmark case that could determine the future of healthcare and have a significant impact in California. At issue is the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law two years ago.
  * Ross Mirkarimi's future hangs in the balance as the San Francisco Ethics Commission prepares to consider charges of official misconduct leveled against the sheriff after he was suspended by Mayor Ed Lee earlier this week.
  * California State University administrators, anticipating $200 million in additional cuts, announce they will freeze admissions for the 2013 spring quarter. Meanwhile, a bill to cap salaries for top CSU administrators is rejected by the state Senate Education Committee.
  * Seventy of California's 278 state parks are slated for closure this summer because of budget cuts. The California Report's series "On the Rocks" explores trail blazing efforts underway by residents, non-profit agencies, and local and federal governments to prevent some of our treasured parks from closing.
  Guests: David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times; Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle; Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle; and Rachael Myrow, KQED Public Radio. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 11:30 am
  Moyers & Company [#111H] Moving Beyond War Nine years after Baghdad erupted in "shock and awe," we're once again hearing in America the drumbeat for war in the Middle East. Now, the bull's-eye is on Iran. But what we need, more than a simple change of target, is a complete change in perspective, says Andrew Bacevich, a West Point graduate and Vietnam veteran-turned-scholar who's become one of the most perceptive observers of America's changing role in the world.
  This week, Bill Moyers and Bacevich explore the futility of "endless" wars and provide a reality check on the rhetoric of American exceptionalism. "Are we so unimaginative, so wedded to the reliance on military means that we cannot conceive of any way to reconcile our differences with groups and nations in the Islamic world, and therefore bring this conflict to an end?" Bacevich asks Moyers. Bacevich also answers the question of whether Iran is a direct threat to America with a definitive no. "Whatever threat Iran poses is very, very limited," he tells Moyers, "and certainly does not constitute any kind of justification for yet another experiment with preventive war." duration 56:46   STEREO TVG
AFTERNOON
• 12:30 pm
  Inside Washington [#2349] duration 26:46   TVRE
• 1:00 pm
  McLaughlin Group [#3013] duration 27:30   TVRE
• 1:30 pm
  John McLaughlin's One on One [#2743] duration 27:30   TVG
• 2:00 pm
  To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe [#2102H] duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 2:30 pm
  QUEST [#106H] Nanotechnology Takes Off and Journey into Darkness * From Lawrence Berkeley National Labs to Silicon Valley, researchers are manipulating particles at the atomic level, ushering in potential cures for cancer, clothes that don't stain, and solar panels as thick as a sheet of paper.
  * How do you prepare someone who is becoming blind? Quest follows seeing adults through their physical and psychological training as they learn to live in a world without sight.
  * Though you may not believe it, the Bay Area was home to the last whale hunting fleet in the United States - only a generation ago. Quest investigates how Richmond, California was part of a historic moment, and what remains today. duration 26:46   STEREO TVG
• 3:00 pm
  Need To Know [#228H] THE ENDURING SACRIFICE (update) - Maria Hinojosa updates her report about military veterans who have difficulty finding work and, in some cases, have become homeless after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. < br />AMERICAN VOICES - In an essay, Dr. Todd Baker, who ran an emergency room in a military hospital in Baghdad, offers ideas about how to care for returning vets. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 3:30 pm
  Moyers & Company [#111H] Moving Beyond War Nine years after Baghdad erupted in "shock and awe," we're once again hearing in America the drumbeat for war in the Middle East. Now, the bull's-eye is on Iran. But what we need, more than a simple change of target, is a complete change in perspective, says Andrew Bacevich, a West Point graduate and Vietnam veteran-turned-scholar who's become one of the most perceptive observers of America's changing role in the world.
  This week, Bill Moyers and Bacevich explore the futility of "endless" wars and provide a reality check on the rhetoric of American exceptionalism. "Are we so unimaginative, so wedded to the reliance on military means that we cannot conceive of any way to reconcile our differences with groups and nations in the Islamic world, and therefore bring this conflict to an end?" Bacevich asks Moyers. Bacevich also answers the question of whether Iran is a direct threat to America with a definitive no. "Whatever threat Iran poses is very, very limited," he tells Moyers, "and certainly does not constitute any kind of justification for yet another experiment with preventive war." duration 56:46   STEREO TVG
• 4:30 pm
  Washington Week [#5139H] * Investigators with the Justice Department were in Florida today meeting with the parents of a teenager who was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer last month. Trayvon Martin, 17, was unarmed when he was shot to death by George Zimmerman, 28, who says he was acting in self-defense. Zimmerman has not been arrested or charged in the case and late today the police chief involved announced he was temporarily stepping down. The shooting has ignited protests and international attention and raised new questions about Florida's Stand-Your-Ground law. Pierre Thomas of ABC News will have the latest on the Justice Department probe.
  * Mitt Romney won the Illinois primary then picked up a key endorsement from former Florida Governor Jeb Bush but it was a gaffe by one of his own staffers that has shaken up the race. A campaign spokesperson said that for the fall campaign Romney could hit a "reset button" and compared it to clearing the screen of an Etch A Sketch toy. The comment has given opponents both a prop and a perfect phrase with which to go after the Republican frontrunner. Dan Balz of The Washington Post and Sam Youngman of Reuters return from the campaign trail to report on the 2012 race for the White House.
  * House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan unveiled the Republican's 2013 budget plan this week and reignited a major election year budget battle. The proposal calls for $5 trillion in spending cuts and significant changes in Medicare. Naftali Bendavid of The Wall Street Journal will take a closer look at the plan that would overhaul the tax code and create just two income brackets, 25% and 10%. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 5:00 pm
  Inside Washington [#2349] duration 26:46   TVRE
• 5:30 pm
  McLaughlin Group [#3013] duration 27:30   TVRE
EVENING
• 6:00 pm
  THIS WEEK in Northern California [#2323H] March 23, 2012 * The US Supreme Court is preparing to hear arguments next week in a landmark case that could determine the future of healthcare and have a significant impact in California. At issue is the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law two years ago.
  * Ross Mirkarimi's future hangs in the balance as the San Francisco Ethics Commission prepares to consider charges of official misconduct leveled against the sheriff after he was suspended by Mayor Ed Lee earlier this week.
  * California State University administrators, anticipating $200 million in additional cuts, announce they will freeze admissions for the 2013 spring quarter. Meanwhile, a bill to cap salaries for top CSU administrators is rejected by the state Senate Education Committee.
  * Seventy of California's 278 state parks are slated for closure this summer because of budget cuts. The California Report's series "On the Rocks" explores trail blazing efforts underway by residents, non-profit agencies, and local and federal governments to prevent some of our treasured parks from closing.
  Guests: David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times; Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle; Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle; and Rachael Myrow, KQED Public Radio. duration 26:46   STEREO TVRE
• 6:30 pm
  QUEST [#106H] Nanotechnology Takes Off and Journey into Darkness * From Lawrence Berkeley National Labs to Silicon Valley, researchers are manipulating particles at the atomic level, ushering in potential cures for cancer, clothes that don't stain, and solar panels as thick as a sheet of paper.
  * How do you prepare someone who is becoming blind? Quest follows seeing adults through their physical and psychological training as they learn to live in a world without sight.
  * Though you may not believe it, the Bay Area was home to the last whale hunting fleet in the United States - only a generation ago. Quest investigates how Richmond, California was part of a historic moment, and what remains today. duration 26:46   STEREO TVG
• 7:00 pm
  Revolutionaries [#101H] The Facebook Effect Watch Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg along with author David Kirkpatrick in conversation with NPR's Guy Raz. duration 53:11   STEREO TVG
• 8:00 pm
  Moyers & Company [#111H] Moving Beyond War Nine years after Baghdad erupted in "shock and awe," we're once again hearing in America the drumbeat for war in the Middle East. Now, the bull's-eye is on Iran. But what we need, more than a simple change of target, is a complete change in perspective, says Andrew Bacevich, a West Point graduate and Vietnam veteran-turned-scholar who's become one of the most perceptive observers of America's changing role in the world.
  This week, Bill Moyers and Bacevich explore the futility of "endless" wars and provide a reality check on the rhetoric of American exceptionalism. "Are we so unimaginative, so wedded to the reliance on military means that we cannot conceive of any way to reconcile our differences with groups and nations in the Islamic world, and therefore bring this conflict to an end?" Bacevich asks Moyers. Bacevich also answers the question of whether Iran is a direct threat to America with a definitive no. "Whatever threat Iran poses is very, very limited," he tells Moyers, "and certainly does not constitute any kind of justification for yet another experiment with preventive war." duration 56:46   STEREO TVG
• 9:00 pm
  Irena Sendler: in the Name of Their Mothers During WWII, a group of young Polish women, some barely out of their teens, outfoxed the Nazis and rescued thousands of Jewish children from certain death. Over half a century later, 95-year-old Irena Sendler tells the true story, long suppressed in Communist Poland, of this daring conspiracy of women who risked their lives in the name of Warsaw's Jewish mothers. duration 56:46   STEREO TVPG
• 10:00 pm
  Global Voices [#312] Shadya Shadya Zoabi, a charismatic 17-year-old karate world champion, strives to succeed on her own terms within her traditional Muslim village in northern Israel. Despite her father's support, she faces the challenge of balancing her dreams with her religious commitments and other's expectations. SHADYA takes an intimate look at the evolution of a young Israeli Arab woman with feminist ideas in a male-dominated culture. duration 53:15   STEREO TVPG
• 11:00 pm
  Independent Lens [#1019] Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai Planting trees is not something anyone would imagine as the first step toward winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Yet with that simple act, Wangari Maathai did just that. Proving nothing is impossible, she set out to stop the deforestation of her home country of Kenya, ensure equality between men and women, defend human rights and promote democracy - all sprouting from the achievable act of planting trees. duration 56:46   STEREO TVPG (Secondary audio: DVI)