Every week, KQED airs some of the best programs from independent radio producers and public radio networks around the world.

Radio Daily Schedule

OVERNIGHT

12:00 am

News & Notes
BART Shooting -- Early New Year's Day, a Bay Area Rapid Transit officer shot and killed Oscar Grant III, an unarmed 22 year-old passenger on the subway. The program talks with freelance reporter Bob Butler about the case, as well as with John Burris who filed a $25 million lawsuit against BART on behalf of the mother Oscar Grant III and the mother of Grant's child.

2:00 am

Radio Specials
The Old Country (Hearing Voices) -- The program presents stories from three hearts searching for home. Going back to Vietnam makes Nguyen Qui Duc realize "Home is Always Somewhere Else"; host Neenah Ellis goes looking for her family in Croatia, where "The Old Country is Gone"; and Andrei Codrescu returns to his Romanian home town and stares into the "Eyes of Sibiu."

3:00 am

Morning Edition
Kiefer Sutherland -- If you don't watch the Fox TV series "Twenty Four," you don't know Jack. Jack Bauer, that is, played by the intrepid Kiefer Sutherland. The program talks with Sutherland as the popular show makes its two-part season premiere.

MORNING

9:00 am

Forum
Michael Krasny
Privacy and Free Speech in the Digital Age -- A San Francisco chiropractor has sued a former patient for defamation after the patient posted a negative review on the web site Yelp. The case raises questions about the limits of privacy and free speech in an age of mass and instant communication. We speak with Matt Zimmerman, senior staff attorney at Electronic Frontier Foundation and take your calls.

10:00 am

Forum
Michael Krasny
The Language of Diplomacy -- California's Department of Education has just adopted a set of standards to help increase foreign language proficiency among kindergarten through 12th-grade students. This follows federal efforts to bolster second language acquisition for defense and intelligence purposes. We talk with experts about how language proficiency may smooth international relations. Guests include: Ladan Sobhani, a parent; William Martel associate professor of international security studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University; and Elaine Taroneone, distinguished teaching professor in second language studies at the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA).

11:00 am

Talk of the Nation
Neal Conan
Health Statistics / Milky Way Measurements -- Are you worried about heart disease, cancer or a stroke? The show discusses what all those public service announcements are really saying about the risks of disease. Later, the program turns to our own galaxy. It turns out that the Milky Way is bigger and spinning faster than astronomers thought.

AFTERNOON

12:00 pm

Talk of the Nation
Neal Conan
Nano-bristles / The Science of Gullibility -- Under the right conditions, nano-fibers will twist themselves into tiny dreadlocks, researchers report in a new study in the journal Science. The show talks with a lead author on the study about what these nano-knots might be used for. Then, an expert on the science of gullibility explains how even he fell for Bernard Madoff's financial scam. Stephen Greenspan, author of "Annals of Gullibility," discusses how psychology can help explain why some swindles are so successful.

1:00 pm

Fresh Air
Terry Gross
Big Love -- The program listens back to a conversation with TV producers Mark Olsen and Will Scheffer. The two co-created the HBO series "Big Love," which is about to start its third season. It's about a man played by Bill Paxton and his three wives, played by Chloe Sevigny, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Amanda Seyfried. They have broken from the Mormon Church and practice polygamy. Olsen and Scheffer are credited as writers and producers on the series.

2:00 pm

World
U.S. Farmers go to Mexico -- Some dairy farmers from the upper Midwest are traveling to Mexico. As the program learns, they want to meet the families of the migrant workers they employ -- and build friendships that cross borders.

4:00 pm

Marketplace
Kai Ryssdal
Where Did All the Bankers Go? -- The days of Wall Street bankers dropping a few grand on liquor during a night out are pretty much gone. After sweeping layoffs, they're dropping out of the profession. So what industries are they going into?

4:30 pm

The California Report
Letters to the President-elect / Wild and Scenic Film -- Sixth-grade students in Oakland are sending their hopes, dreams and requests to Barack Obama. We'll hear what they've written, and take a look at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival happening this weekend in Nevada City. The festival features movies touching on everything from honeybees to sea slugs and urban homesteaders.

EVENING

6:30 pm

The California Report
Letters to the President-elect / Wild and Scenic Film -- Sixth-grade students in Oakland are sending their hopes, dreams and requests to Barack Obama. We'll hear what they've written, and take a look at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival happening this weekend in Nevada City. The festival features movies touching on everything from honeybees to sea slugs and urban homesteaders.

7:00 pm

Fresh Air
Terry Gross
Big Love -- The program listens back to a conversation with TV producers Mark Olsen and Will Scheffer. The two co-created the HBO series "Big Love," which is about to start its third season. It's about a man played by Bill Paxton and his three wives, played by Chloe Sevigny, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Amanda Seyfried. They have broken from the Mormon Church and practice polygamy. Olsen and Scheffer are credited as writers and producers on the series.

8:00 pm

Commonwealth Club
What the Airlines, Hotels and Cruise Lines Won't Tell You -- An acclaimed travel guru, journalist and travel editor for NBC's "Today Show," Peter Greenberg focuses on navigating through red tape to get where you want. He joins the show to share his tips for the increasingly savvy and demanding traveler, making sure to promote awareness of dismal destinations and idyllic places that don't deserve their reputations. Greenberg's latest book is "Don't Go There! The Travel Detective's Essential Guide to the Must-Miss Places of the World."

11:00 pm

The California Report
Letters to the President-elect / Wild and Scenic Film -- Sixth-grade students in Oakland are sending their hopes, dreams and requests to Barack Obama. We'll hear what they've written, and take a look at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival happening this weekend in Nevada City. The festival features movies touching on everything from honeybees to sea slugs and urban homesteaders.