The California Report
KQED's statewide radio news program, providing daily coverage of issues, trends and public policy decisions affecting California and its diverse population.
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Health Dialogues: Holiday Health - Chemicals in our Gifts
It's holiday gift-giving time. Remember all those toy recalls? California and the federal government both have new laws banning certain chemicals, but they don't go into effect until the new year. Join Health Dialogues as we navigate the murky waters of healthy gift giving this holiday season.
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Health Dialogues: Health Advocacy
Navigating the health care system challenges a family in the best of times. But, what if your family isn't around, or doesn't have the time to monitor your care? That's where the growing business of patient advocacy steps in, providing competent oversight to prevent medical mistakes and even save li …
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Health Dialogues: Health Care for All?
With the 2008 presidential election just around the corner, it's time to review the progress of universal health care. What do competing Democratic and Republican plans really mean? And what's happening with Governor Schwarzenegger's plan for universal health care coverage at the state level? We'll …
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Long, Hot Fire Season / Olympic Dreams
Long, Hot Fire Season / Olympic Dreams — Parched landscapes and the heat wave are making fire conditions worse. Is the state prepared to fight a longer fire season? Also, the show dives into the underwater world of synchronized swimming and hears one Californian's Olympic dreams.
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Conservation and Technology / Asian American Politicians
Conservation and Technology / Asian American Politicians — Some conservationists say a key to easing California's drought lies in new technology — not in asking people to change their ways. The program reports on that new technology, and on how some new doors are opening for Asian Americ …
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Carbon Trading, Couch Surfing and Stage Surfing
Carbon Trading, Couch Surfing and Stage Surfing — The program looks into how the green promise of carbon trading could itself be offset by market sharks hunting green of a different kind. Later, couch surfing may be free — but it helps to know where to look for cloth-bound real estate on …
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Remembering our Vets
Remembering our Vets — For this Memorial Day weekend, the program offers a tribute to those who have given their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. We honor the memories of California's fallen soldiers, who account for 10 percent of the wars' fatalities.
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Health Dialogues: The State of Public Health
The program looks at the changing role of public health and examines the readiness of California public health departments in addressing both new threats like bioterrorism and environmental pollution and long standing challenges like obesity, diabetes, tobacco control and the sizable uninsured popul …
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NPR: 02-27-2008 Fresh Air
Stories: 1) Political History Gets Animated in 'Chicago 10' 2) From Vampire Weekend, World Music with a Bite
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NPR: 02-26-2008 Fresh Air
Stories: 1) Reviewed: The Return of Live Television 2) John Edgar Wideman's 'Fanon,' A Novel Biography 3) Dengue Fever: Vintage Cambodian Pop Remixed
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NPR: 02-22-2008 Fresh Air
Stories: 1) Anderson, Recreating 'Blood' History 2) A Conversation About 'Eastern Promises' 3) An Oscar with your 'Ratatouille'? 4) Tamara Jenkins' Film Nominated for Oscars 5) 'Juno': Not Your Average Teen Pregnancy Movie 6) Review, 'Be Kind, Rewind'
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Journalist Patrick Cockburn on Iraq's Tenuous Calm
Story: The cease-fire that's kept Shiite militias in check for months is in danger of unraveling. And some U.S.-backed Sunni militias are growing restless. Patrick Cockburn, author and Iraq correspondent for The Independent in London, offers observations on war in Iraq.
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NPR: 02-20-2008 Fresh Air
Stories: 1) Michael Specter: Count Carbon Along With Calories 2) Edward Lucas on 'The New Cold War' with Russia 3) Glenn Gould Recaptured En Masse
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NPR: 02-14-2008 Fresh Air
Stories: 1) Martha Weinman Lear, Plumbing the Forgetful Mind 2) Calculating the Cost of the National Debt
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Bart Ehrman, Questioning Religion on Why We Suffer
Story: Religious studies professor Bart D. Ehrman joins Fresh Air to discuss human suffering as it is addressed in the Bible. If there is an all-powerful and loving God, he asks, why do human beings suffer?
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NPR: 02-18-2008 Fresh Air
Stories: 1) Bananas, A Storied Fruit with an Uncertain Future 2) Summing Up Drew Gress' 'Irrational Numbers'
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NPR: 02-15-2008 Fresh Air
Stories: 1) Milos Forman, Orphan, Immigrant and Oscar Winner 2) Hopping Bad: Liman's 'Jumper,' Going Nowhere Fast 3) Sliced, Diced 'Dexter' Moves from Cable to CBS
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The California Report Magazine - Special Edition
Uncovering the Sneak Out Program -- The program presents a special, extended documentary about a little-known but compelling chapter in California's education history. Producer Victoria Mauleon and education reporter Kathryn Baron visit East Palo Alto, California, a small, poor and predominantly min …
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The California Report Magazine 2007-06-08
Sister Aimee Semple McPherson -- Long before Jerry Falwell and Billy Graham, there was Sister Aime Semple McPherson. The Los Angeles-based faith healer took the nation by storm in the 1920s and '30s. The author of a new biography talks about how McPherson merged entertainment with religion and fough …
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The California Report 2007-06-08
Laos Plot Investigators Tackle Piles of New Evidence. Capitol Rushes Through Hundreds of Bills. End Music.
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