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
Farai Chideya
Winning Convention Speeches Past -- Twenty years ago, former President George H. W. Bush delivered his famous "Read My Lips" speech at the 1988 Republican National Convention. That speech did a lot to energize his campaign. Other Republican candidates have enjoyed similar success with their convention addresses. Can John McCain do the same? The program explores what a presidential candidate needs to do to create some winning words.

2:00 am

Radio Specials
Labor Day - The Right to Work -- The program talks with people who are fighting for a fair deal at work: choice of employment, just conditions of work, protection against unemployment and simply the right to hold a job -- something many in the world cannot take for granted. This program was produced by Radio Netherlands and WAMU.

3:00 am

Morning Edition
Pakistan's Next President -- On Saturday, Pakistan's national assembly along with some regional input will select the country's next president and successor to Pervez Musharraf. The widower of Benazir Bhutto and head of her Pakistan People's Party is expected to win.

MORNING

6:33 am

The Do List
with Cy Musiker
Host Cy Musiker and San Francisco Chronicle Executive Datebook editor David Wiegand look ahead at the hottest tickets and most spectacular shows this coming week in Northern California.

8:33 am

The Do List
with Cy Musiker
Host Cy Musiker and San Francisco Chronicle Executive Datebook editor David Wiegand look ahead at the hottest tickets and most spectacular shows this coming week in Northern California.

9:00 am

Forum
Michael Krasny
Convention Wrap-up and Look Ahead -- With the completion of the Republican National Convention, the country is only four debates and 60 days away from Election Day. We discuss the impact of the convention and what lies ahead. Guests include Chris LeHane, democratic consultant with six years' experience in the Clinton White House and Vice President Al Gore's press secretary throughout the 2000 campaign; and Dan Schnur, director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California.

10:00 am

Forum
Michael Krasny
Michael Franti -- San Francisco-based hip-hop artist Michael Franti has attracted international attention for his band Spearhead's eclectic mix of funk, rock and reggae. Franti, who is also a well known social justice activist, headlines this weekend's Power to the Peaceful music festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. We welcome Franti to our studios for a conversation on his music and activism.

11:00 am

Talk of the Nation
Neal Conan
Levees / Voting Machines -- Hurricane Gustav may be a memory, but as more hurricanes roll into the Gulf Coast many are wondering if the levees will hold up. The show checks in with levee and hurricane expert Ivor van Heerden on the condition of the levees along the Gulf Coast, and on what we might expect the rest of the hurricane season. Then, as we close in on November, will our voting machines work? The program hears from a voting rights expert about reported problems with machines around the country and what we can expect come election time.

AFTERNOON

12:00 pm

Talk of the Nation
Neal Conan
Google Browser / Tuna -- Google already dominates online searching, but now the company is delving into browser technology as well. This week, Google released the new browser Google Chrome. The show talks with one expert about the new software. Then, experts say bluefin tuna are being fished towards extinction to satisfy the craving for prime cuts of sushi. The show discusses these giant fish and how they arrive at the sushi bar with Richard Ellis, author of a new book called "Tuna: A Love Story."

1:00 pm

Fresh Air
Terry Gross
Michael Chiklis and C.C.H Pounder of "The Shield" -- The popular and award-winning FX drama about a rogue cop, "The Shield" just began its seventh and final season. The program features interviews with two of the show's stars, Michael Chiklis and C.C.H. Pounder.

2:00 pm

World
Returning to Liberia -- New York Times reporter Helene Cooper grew up as a rich kid in Liberia. When war broke out, her family escaped. Decades later she went back in search of a childhood friend -- and her own lost youth.

4:00 pm

Marketplace
Kai Ryssdal
Dark Comfort in Dark Times -- The economy is slowing, and high food and gas prices are taking a bigger bite out of household budgets. But one business owner in Minneapolis is betting that even in the face of adversity, consumers won't lose sight of one important thing -- their love of chocolate.

4:30 pm

The California Report
KQED Radios weekly statewide news service. Hosted by Scott Shafer, the program contains reporting, commentaries, and analysis about California news, issues, and trends.

EVENING

6:30 pm

The California Report
KQED Radios weekly statewide news service. Hosted by Scott Shafer, the program contains reporting, commentaries, and analysis about California news, issues, and trends.

7:00 pm

Fresh Air
Terry Gross
Michael Chiklis and C.C.H Pounder of "The Shield" -- The popular and award-winning FX drama about a rogue cop, "The Shield" just began its seventh and final season. The program features interviews with two of the show's stars, Michael Chiklis and C.C.H. Pounder.

8:00 pm

Commonwealth Club
Steve Forbes -- The program's speaker is leading economic prognosticator Steve Forbes. He says the upcoming presidential election is the most critical since 1980. At that time, Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Jimmy Carter, ushering in dramatic new policies that would set the course of this country for the next quarter-century. What course does Forbes believe the country should take to end the current credit crisis? Forbes will discuss his tax reform ideas, the housing crisis, oil and gas prices and much more.

11:00 pm

The California Report
KQED Radios weekly statewide news service. Hosted by Scott Shafer, the program contains reporting, commentaries, and analysis about California news, issues, and trends.