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KALW program guide edited by Matt Martin and David Latulippe, designed by Georgette Petropoulos © Contents KALW 2 Manager’s Note Since Novem- est cleavages in ber, when grand our communities, juries in Ferguson, a collaborative ap- Missouri and New proach is critical. York City decided The more voices not to indict police and hearts and officers involved minds that inform in the deaths of what we put on unarmed black the air, the better. men, the Bay Area We certainly wel- has seen a wave of come you to help protest. us design this series – if you have ideas Wherever you stand on the particular or suggestions or questions we should tactics of the demonstrators or the re- explore, please send them to kalw@kalw. sponse of police and city officials, there’s org. no question this movement has required I’m inspired by this project because all of us to ask: Is business as usual ac- it resonates with a theme that has ceptable? Can we go on with a system emerged from the station’s current of policing and criminal justice we know strategic planning process: KALW’s po- is unjust? And if we want fundamental tential to create media that is joyful and change, where do we start? informative, and that engages people We’ve certainly been discussing those across the divides in our community. questions at KALW, asking ourselves That’s a huge challenge but it’s also how we can play an active role in creat- tremendously exciting, and in 2015, we ing constructive dialogue at a moment will be focused on making that potential when we have the opportunity to change real across our diverse programming. our society for the better. I invite you to stay tuned and stay That’s why, in January and February, involved – and thank you for your sup- Wednesdays on Your Call will be de- port, which makes everything at KALW voted to community conversations about possible. police, community, race and justice. Sincerely, The idea for the series came from the Crosscurrents team – and we’ve decided to make it a collaborative production Matt Martin between KALW News and Your Call. General Manager Given that these issues go to the deep- [email protected]

KALW is proud to sponsor an evening with Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, award-winning astrophysicist, author, and host of Cosmos as he presents an evening of engaging conversation on science, explora- tion, and the world as we know it. Dr. Tyson will appear at The Orpheum Theater in San Francisco on Wednesday, February 11th at 7:30pm. KALW listeners have a special opportunity to have the best seats in the house and meet Dr. Tyson at a post-show reception for KALW members only. Details at kalw.org.

3 “I stole liberally from my life but it’s not autobiographical” Sandip Roy on his first novel After living in the Bay Area for more than a decade, Sandip Roy returned to India three years ago and is now Senior Editor for Firstpost.com, one of India’s leading English-language news website. He also began his weekly “Dispatches from Kolkata,” heard Wednesdays at 7:45am and 4:45pm on KALW. His debut novel, Don’t Let Him Know, is being published by Bloomsbury in both the US and India, and Sandip will be back in the Bay Area for a number of appearances in February. We spoke to him at his home in Kolkata.

Many people associate you with Students’ Association assigned another San Francisco and Kolkata, but Indian roommate for you, and after a few this book spends a good amount months I decided to actually move out of time in another city from your on my own and get a studio apartment. life: Carbondale, Illinois. How did Many people thought that was criminally you end up there? wasteful – it was $140 or I came to Carbondale something a month – but like many Indian engineers to me, it was part of that of my generation did – growing up I’d never had a basically, Southern Illinois chance to do in India. was a school where I came Whose story is at to do my Master’s. At that the center of Don’t time, you researched your Let Him Know? schools by going to the US It’s a family, really – it educational center in Cal- follows the stories of a cutta, rummaging through young woman who comes the Peterson’s Guide to to Carbondale as the wife Colleges and that was of a man who is complet- about all you had. ing his Ph.D. Then, much Honestly, I’d gotten in later, it also follows the to a couple other schools U.S. edition story of their son, who in the Midwest, but they also comes to America to were from states in the US where I didn’t study. That son has become an engi- know of any big cities and Carbondale neer, moves to San Francisco and in the was at least in Illinois, where I knew a big process finds an old letter in his mother’s city called Chicago existed. So I felt a things that dates back to her time in little safer as opposed to coming to Kan- Carbondale. In that letter, he thinks he’s sas. Of course, as it turned out, Chicago discovered a family secret – but he’s re- was three hundred miles away, so I never ally only discovered part of the secret. really got there very much. But coming from a big city like Calcutta, it was reas- The secret is the father’s suring knowing there was another big sexual identity? city in the state. The father, Avinash, is actually some- The biggest thing about being in Car- one who had a gay lover before and bondale was it was the first time in my eventually succumbed to family pressure life I was living on my own. I remember and got married, something the son has after the first semester when the Indian no idea about. So that’s part of the fam-

4 ily secret – the book is about family and graphical, I stole liberally from my life, so the secrets we keep from each other. vices like my attraction to Diet Coke ac- And it’s not just secrets of a gay life. The tually do have a cameo. The McDonald’s mother has her own secrets the son has story, which is right at the beginning, is been shielded from. also stolen from a small anecdote that You do see a young Avinash, dealing amused me. When my parents first came with his first glimmers of sexuality and to visit me and I was being both dutiful not knowing what to do. At that time, I son and show-off, I wanted to take them think figuring out if you were gay, and to all kinds of family restaurants you how you meet another gay person in don’t get in India. I wanted them to try India figuring was probably as difficult as Japanese food and Korean food. I had figuring out which college in the United a busy restaurant schedule drawn up, States would be a good fit for you. Find- and at some point my mother asked me: ing the college might have been slightly “Can we go to McDonald’s?” The golden easier because at least there was a dog- arches hadn’t reached India at that time. eared Peterson’s Guide, whereas if you When you come back to the Bay were gay, you were pretty much on your Area, what do you seek out? own in trying to figure it There’s always an out. automatic craving for a But then, over the quesadilla as soon as I course of the book, you land in the Bay Area . . . see him later in life as well, but, jokes aside, there are where in India the Internet just certain things you feel has arrived and gays are in the Bay Area, coming meeting each other and from Calcutta. Suddenly, there are gay parties, and you draw a breath and you Avinash surreptitiously feel the air is different. It’s tries to experience that cleaner, it’s fresher. Even life which was totally un- in San Francisco, you’re available to him as a young conscious of how much man coming out. quieter it is as a city. And When you became a US more than anything else, citizen in 2007, you did I’ve realized moving back a commentary about and forth that the biggest celebrating the occasion Indian edition thing you miss isn’t the by drinking a Diet Coke – which, for food – you miss friends. You can’t pack you, symbolized your Americanization. those and take them with you. That was And now this book includes the true when I moved to Carbondale, and allure of a trip to McDonald’s? it was true when I moved to Calcutta as Although the book is not autobio- well.

Sandip Roy’s Bay Area appearances 2/4 Kepler’s in Menlo Park, 7:30 pm 2/11 Booksmith in San Francisco, 7:30 pm 2/18 Book Passage in Corte Madera, 7 pm 2/25 City Lights in San Francisco, 7 pm

5 On “The Spot” Ashleyanne Krigbaum on curating “the podcast moment” In October, KALW News producer Ashleyanne Krigbaum took over hosting and producing The Spot, KALW’s weekly showcase for the best in public radio podcasts, which now airs Thursdays at 5:30pm and 11:30pm. What made you Spot is the ability to interested in recontextualize podcast this project? content made in other When The Spot began, parts of the world for a I was curious because I Bay Area audience. For had all these radio pro- example, in the latest ducer friends who would episode, which featured a be like, “Who do I talk to Canadian reporter talking at KALW to get my story about his experiences on the air or my podcast reporting from Ferguson, on the air?” And I’d say, Missouri, I start by root- “I don’t know where that ing the audience in the would fit in” and told them photo credit: Alyssa Kapnik protests and demonstra- it would probably be a lot of work for no tions that have been happening here in payoff. San Francisco and Oakland, using tape The Spot gives those producers, from KALW reporters who have been at who have never expected to be on the the frontlines, and then open the scope radio, the opportunity to have their work of the episode wider, to Ferguson and distributed beyond the “you have to find beyond. out about it” podcast realm. And it gives What have you gotten to people who happen to be listening to discover since you’ve started the radio the chance to randomly hear producing The Spot? something they wouldn’t have heard I’m always listening for things that before. I’ve always been a radio person, could potentially be used on The Spot – I so I want more of that – and I get to DJ discovered This Land Radio, which is radio stories! made by producers in Oklahoma. They How do you approach the curation? do these short, but really well-made I don’t just air “stuff I like” – I think vignettes of everyday life – it’s not so about what the audience would respond much about life in this particular town in to, stories that are really well-produced Oklahoma, but about human experience. and sound-rich. I’ll usually go for a I found The Hackney Podcast, all longer episode or a more established recordings produced in the Hackney podcast to anchor the show. Then it’s neighborhood of London, based on an really fun to think about the littler stories audio walking tour. In one episode, you I’ve heard that will round it out – recently might get people talking about what I played a Life of the Law episode about they experience when they get on a bus, wolves and the Endangered Species Act, intimate little things only they notice, and followed it with a story about some- but then it will go into the story of one one who keeps a jellyfish alive. Sounds of those people and their day. It’s very random, but it’s interesting to hear law sonic, very beautiful. and policy followed by the step-by-step Another podcast I was exposed to of how to keep an exotic animal alive. was Radiotonic, which is based at the One of the things I love about The Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 6 Julie Shapiro from Third Coast is the radio to air our content, when we’re head of ABC’s creative unit and Radio- each curating our own audio listening tonic is one of the shows under that experiences? Lea Thau, who makes the umbrella. It’s a weekly hour, with a lot of podcast Strangers, said it’s the sponta- original content they’ve created work- neity – turning on the radio and finding a ing with producers around the world. story you wouldn’t have heard any other There’s one you’ll hear on The Spot that’s way. We lose that in podcasting, where about a woman and her commute in the you have to be really focused on who Arctic, going through all the sounds of your audience is, whereas on the radio being on the ship and the relationships you have to be open to everyone who’s she forms along the way. turning on that dial. These podcasts are out there for people find anyhow – what do you If there’s a podcast you love think a show like The Spot adds? (or make!) that you think should be There was a conversation about the featured on The Spot, “podcast moment” on KQED’s Forum drop Ashleyanne a line at recently where the question came up: [email protected]. What are we losing by not having the

CBC Fun Facts! KALW host David Latulippe stopped in to CBC Headquarters in Toronto to meet the teams responsible for As It Happens and Day 6. Here are a few things he learned… ●● CBC/Radio-Canada was created in the 1920s, when the need arose for a Canadian presence on the radio to counter the American influence and protect Canadian culture. ●● In 1970, a “minimum 60 per cent” Canadian content rule was established for all television broadcasters in Canada. The following year, Canadian content regula- tions for radio were introduced – a minimum of 35 per cent is now required. ●● The CBC is government-funded and receives no money from the general public or private philanthropy. They are therefore at the mercy of the government in power. ●● The opening of the 13-story headquarters on Wellington Street West in Toronto in 1993 con- David Latulippe with As It solidated both television and radio operations Happens hosts Jeff Douglas that were spread throughout the city in more and Carol Off. than 20 locations. ●● In addition to broadcasting in English and French, the CBC offers programming in eight different Aboriginal languages (Tlicho, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, Chipewyan, North Slavey, South Slavey, Gwich’in, and Cree) via CBC North, as well as Mandarin, Arabic, and Spanish via the online RCI International, across 6 time zones. ●● Paid ads are a large source of revenue for CBC-TV (no ads are allowed on radio). Until recently, CBC-TV had exclusive NHL broadcast rights, including the hugely-popular Hockey Night in Canada. With the loss of ad revenue from hockey, more than 1000 jobs have been cut in the past year alone.

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AFRICAMIX Musical gems from BIG PICTURE SCIENCE From amoebas Africa and the African diaspora that to zebras, the science of what makes life will stimulate your senses. Alternating possible. Produced at the SETI Institute in hosts Emmanuel Nado and Edwin Mountain View, California. (Tuesday at 1pm) Okong’o offer vintage and contemporary sounds from Abidjan to Zimbabwe, the BINAH The best of arts & ideas, authors Caribbean, Latin America and beyond! & personalities, produced in collaboration Interviews with local artists, touring with the Jewish Community Center of San African entertainers and in studio live Francisco. 1/1 Steven Pinker; 1/8 Robert performances are also part of the mix. 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Day freshair.com (Weekdays at 9am & 6pm) 6 will give you something to think about, talk about, and maybe even to laugh about. HUMANKIND Voices of hope and humanity, produced by David Freudberg. From www.cbc.ca/day6. (Friday at 6pm.) following an urban naturalist in Oregon to learning how to age gracefully, Humankind DISPATCH FROM KOLKATA Writer offers sound portraits of people making Sandip Roy, offers commentary and a a difference in their communities and the weekly audio postcard “from the new world. (Sunday at 6am) India”. (See related article, p.4) (Wednesdays at 7:34am & 4:45pm)

shaded boxes indicate locally-produced programming 11 programming A to Z INFORUM From the Commonwealth Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley: Three Club, programs recorded exclusively for eccentric sisters from a small southern town KALW that provide a forum for young are rocked by scandal when Babe, the young- people to access the best informed, most est, shoots her husband; 2/13 Relativity by involved, and brightest minds — be they Cassandra Medley; 2/20 Cyrano de Bergerac politicians, business gurus, thought lead- by Edmond Rostand; 2/27 The Caine Mutiny ers, trendsetters or culture-jammers. Court-Martial by Herman Wouk. (Friday at (Tuesday at 7pm) 9pm, detailed synopses at kalw.org) LATINO USA Host Maria Hinojosa brings depth of experience, on-the- ground connections, and knowledge of current and emerging issues impacting Latinos and other people of color. latinousa.org (Friday at 1pm) LEFT, RIGHT & CENTER A weekly con- frontation over politics, policy and popular culture hosted by Matthew Miller panelists from various political perspectives, including Robert Scheer on the left. kcrw.com (Friday at 7pm) Invisibilia creators Alix Spiegel & Lulu Miller. LE SHOW A weekly, hour-long romp INVISIBILIA (Latin for “invisible things”) through the worlds of media, politics, is a program about the unseen forces sports and show business, leavened with that control human behavior – things like an eclectic mix of mysterious music, host- ideas, beliefs, assumptions, and thoughts. ed by Harry Shearer. harryshearer.com Co-hosted by Lulu Miller and Alix Spiegel (Sunday at Noon) (who helped create Radiolab and This American Life), the program interweaves narrative storytelling and fascinating new psychological and brain science in a way that ultimately makes you see your own life dif- ferently. Invisibilia begins with a six-episode weekly pilot season. (Fridays at 11am, beginning 1/9 – new on KALW!)

JIM HIGHTOWER A two minute shot across the bow aimed at corporate and political corruption, heard exclusively in San Francisco on KALW. (Weekdays at 7:49am)

L. A. THEATRE WORKS Compelling Stories. Inspiring Playwrights. Headline Goodnight, Texas Actors. 1/2 Racing Demon by David Hare; Hare’s bold and moving revelations on gay LINER NOTES Host Max Jacobs invites ordination and the doctrine of the priest- today’s musicians to explore the inspira- hood; 1/9 End Days by Debra Zoe Laufer: tions behind their work. Whether it’s the Spiritual crisis following the September first song they heard their grandmother 11th attacks; 1/16 Pack of Lies by Hugh sing or an unexpected guilty pleasure, Whitemore: A Cold War thriller in London you’ll hear the stories of the music that suburb; 1/23 The Physicists by Friedrich matters to them and how it has shaped Dürrenmatt: Johann Mobius, the world’s them. 1/7 Bells Atlas; 1/14 Sean Rowe; greatest physicist, is locked away in a mad- 1/21 Goodnight, Texas. (New on KALW! house along with two other scientists; 1/30 Wednesday at 11pm. Additional show Man of the Moment by Alan Ayckbourn: A descriptions forthcoming, at kalw.org.) comedy about a famous bank robber and the clerk who foiled his biggest heist; 2/6

12 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player  KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org MINDS OVER MATTER Dana NEW DIMENSIONS A weekly dialogue Rodriguez, and a rotating crew of pan- that gives reasons for embracing hopeful- elists that includes The San Francisco ness regarding contemporary problems, with Chronicle’s Leah Garchik, and writer perspectives relative to physical, mental, Gerry Nachman challenge each other and spiritual well being of humanity and the and KALW’s audience on the Bay Area’s planet. newdimensions.org (Sunday at 7am) favorite quiz show. Celebrating its 20th year on KALW. Call-in phone: (415) 841- OPEN AIR KALW’s weekly radio 4134. (Sunday at 7pm) magazine of “most things (culturally) considered” hosted by David Latulippe. MORNING EDITION NPR’s signa- Interviews and live musical performances ture morning show, with news updates from those involved in the Bay Area from the BBC at the top of each hour. performing arts scene. Recent guests Local host Joe Burke offers today’s have included composers Mason Bates school lunch menu at 6:49, and a daily and Paul Dresher; conductors Alasdair almanac at 5:49 and 8:49. Plus daily com- Neale, Herbert Blomstedt, and Ragnar mentaries from Jim Hightower at 7:30, Bohlin; entertainers Geoff Hoyle and Crosscurrents Morning Report Tues.–Fri. Peter Gallagher, and chemist/playwright at 8:51, Sandip Roy’s Report from Kolkata Carl Djerassi. On the first Thursday of the on Wednesdays at 7:44, and Roman Mars’ month, critic Joshua Kosman offers his 99% Invisible on Fridays at 7:44. npr.org classical music picks for the month ahead, (Weekdays 5–9am) and regular contributors Peter Robinson and Dianne Keogh offer reviews and rec- THE MOTH RADIO HOUR Unscripted ommendations. All shows are archived at stories told live onstage, without props or kalw.org (Thursday at 1pm) notes — listeners are drawn to the stories, like moths to a flame. (Sunday at 6pm) OUT IN THE BAY Gay radio for San Francisco and beyond, hosted by Eric MUSIC FROM OTHER MINDS is Jansen and Marilyn Pittman. entering its 11th year on KALW, and there outinthebay.com (Thursday at 7pm)  will be some changes. After producing over 400 programs for this series, Richard Friedman is stepping aside and A PATCHWORK QUILT Acoustic, handing the controls over to Dennis Celtic, singer-songwriter, American tra- Aman and Dan Becker. Richard, who ditional, world musics, and a little bit of started doing new music programs for everything else. Some of the week’s news KPFA in 1969, will continue to do the in song. New recordings. Old friends. occasional program. Dennis, who has co- Folks playing in town, some live in the stu- produced many MFOM programs over dio. Kevin Vance is host. the past year, will be working with Bay (Saturday at 5pm) Area composer and teacher Dan Becker to present concert music by living composers from around the world. MFOM PHILOSOPHY TALK Stanford phi- is produced in conjunction with Other losophers John Perry and Ken Taylor Minds, the SF based new music organiza- interview guest experts and respond tion. The Other Minds Festival celebrates to questions from listeners. Philosophy its 20th anniversary in March. http:// Talk questions everything...except your otherminds.org/mfom (Friday at 11pm) intelligence. Upcoming highlights: 1/4, 1/6 The Examined Year: 2014; 1/11, 1/13 What’s Next? Death and Afterlife – with MUSIC FROM THE HEARTS OF Richard Swinburne; 1/18, 1/20 Why Be SPACE Slow music for fast times hosted by Moral? – with James Sterba; 1/25, 1/27 Stephen Hill, bringing you the timeless world Anarchy: Dream or Nightmare? – with of space, ambient and contemplative music. James Martel; 2/1, 2/3 Food Justice – with www.hos.com (Sunday 10pm–Midnight) Tim Benton; 2/8, 2/10 Regulating Bodies – with Cécile Fabre; 2/15, 2/17 Cyber- Activism – with Lucy Bernolz; 2/22,

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2/24 The Evolution of Storytelling – with SELECTED SHORTS Celebrity read- Jonathan Gottschall; 3/1, 3/3 Camus ers from stage and screen, recorded at and the Absurd – with Robert Zaretsky; Symphony Space in NYC. “The Dead” by 3/8, 3/10 The Philosophy of Psychiatry: James Joyce. Part 2 performed by Cynthia Diseases of the Mind – with Jerome Nixon and Colum McCann; 1/11 Stories of Wakefield; 3/15, 3/17 Forbidden Words – BJ Novak; 1/18 Amy Hempel’s “The Dog of with Chris Hom; 3/22, 3/24 Morality in a the Marriage” (read by Joan Allen; Veronica Godless World – with John Figdor; 3/29, Geng’s “Partners” (Michael Cerveris, 3/31 Democracy in Crisis – with Francis Patricia Kalember, and Isaiah Sheffer); Fukuyama. philosophytalk.org (Sunday at Tobias Wolff’s “Nightingale” (William Hurt); 10am, rebroadcast Tuesday at Noon) 1/25 Amy Hempel’s “In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried” (Mary Beth Hurt); Tobias Wolff’s “The Night in Question” (Lou RADIOLAB The curious minds of Jad Antonio); Frank Gannon’s “I Know What I’m Abumrad and Robert Krulwich explore the Doing About All the Attention I’ve Been boundaries that blur science, philosophy, Getting”(David Sedaris); 2/1 Joyce Carol and human experience. radiolab.org Oates’ “Where are You Going, Where Have (Tuesday at 10pm) You Been?” (Christine Baranski); Belle Boggs’ “Havahart” (Merritt Wever); George RECORD SHELF Jim Svejda reviews Saunders’ “Sticks” (Anthony Rapp); 2/8 A compact discs and explores classical music. Tribute to David Rakoff: Leonard Michaels’ kusc.org (Monday at 10pm) “Cryptology” and Roberto Bolaño’s “Gomez Palacio” read by Rakoff; 2/15 Patricia Marx’s REVEAL The Peabody Award-winning “Starting from Happy” (Kirsten Vangsness) investigative journalism program for pub- and “Audio Tour” (Anna Chlumsky); Simon lic radio. Produced by The Center for Rich’s “Occupy Jen Street” (Wyatt Cenac); Investigative Reporting and PRX, Reveal will Miranda July’s “The Swim Team” (Parker present original work from CIR’s team along Posey); Aimee Bender’s “The Meeting” (Kate with various partners: stations, producers, Burton) (Sunday at 5pm) web sites, journalism centers and reporters from around the world. revealradio.org. (Last Friday of each month at 11am – new on SNAP JUDGMENT Host Glynn KALW!) Washington explores decisions that define lives, taking listeners on an addic- REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE tive narrative that walks a mile in some- one else’s shoes — a rhythmic blend of Sarah Cahill’s weekly program of new drama, humor, music, and personality. and classical music. Interviews and Produced in Oakland, distributed nation- music from a broad range of internation- wide by NPR and PRX. snapjudgment.org ally acclaimed and local contemporary (Sunday at 2pm, Wednesday at 1pm) composers and musicians, with previews of Bay Area concerts. sarahcahill.com (Sunday 8–10pm) SOUND OPINIONS Smart and spirited discussions about a wide range of popular music, from cutting-edge underground SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL BOARD rock and hip-hop, to classic rock, R&B, MEETINGS Live gavel-to-gavel broad- electronica, and worldbeat. Hosted by cast of the San Francisco Unified School music critics Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot District board meetings from 555 Franklin from the studios of WBEZ in Chicago. Street in San Francisco. While the Board soundopinions.org (Sunday at 3pm) is in closed session, educator Carol Kocivar presents an interview feature, “Looking at Education.” www.sfusd.edu (Tuesdays, THE SPOT KALW’s curated half-hour 1/13, 1/27, 2/10, 2/24, 3/10, 3/24 at 6pm) bringing you some of the best podcasts from public radio’s most innova- tive producers. Curated and hosted by Ashleyanne Krigbaum. (Thursday at 5:30pm & 11:30pm)

14 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player  KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org TANGENTS An unusually diverse, WEST COAST LIVE! San Francisco’s genre-bending program hosted “live radio program to the world” hosted by Dore Stein that explores the by Sedge Thomson with pianist Mike bridges connecting various styles Greensill. Two hours of conversation, of music, from world and roots to performance, and play, broadcast live creative jazz hybrids. tangents.com from locations around the Bay Area. (Saturday 8pm–Midnight)  Tickets online at wcl.org (Saturday 10am–Noon) THE TAVIS SMILEY SHOW A weekly high-energy discussion of political, WHAD’YA KNOW? A two-hour comedy/ cultural, and global issues of particular rel- quiz show hosted by Michael Feldman, “the evance to African Americans. tavistalks.org sage of Wisconsin.” notmuch.org (Friday at Noon) (Saturday Noon–2pm)

THE TED RADIO HOUR Each year, TED WORK WITH MARTY NEMKO hosts the world’s most fascinating thinkers Career coach Marty Nemko talks with — convention-breaking mavericks, icons, and listeners about work issues, from finding geniuses — who give the talk of their lives the perfect job to networking, and in 18 minutes or less about the best ideas regularly offers “3 minute workovers.” in Technology, Entertainment, Design and Guests have included Alan Dershowitz, much more. (Tuesday at 9pm) Cokie Roberts, Jack Welch, Suze Orman, Robert Reich, and Obama strategist THE THISTLE & SHAMROCK Robert Cialdini. And his wife, Barbara Host Fiona Ritchie with well-established Nemko, comes in periodically to give him and newly emerging artists that explore a hard time. martynemko.com Celtic roots in Europe and North (Sunday at 11am)  America. thistleradio.com (Saturday at 2pm) WORLD HAVE YOUR SAY An interac- THIS AMERICAN LIFE A different theme tive program on key issues in the news each week with contributions from a vari- with a worldwide audience, hosted by Ros ety of writers and performers, hosted by Atkins. To participate in the live webcast Ira Glass. thislife.org (Sunday at 1pm and at bbc.com at 10am, call 011 44 20 70 83 72 Wednesday at Noon) 72 or email [email protected]. worldhaveyoursay.com THIS WAY OUT LGBT stories and news (Weekdays at 11am, tape delayed) from around the corner and around the world, produced by Greg Gordon in Los WRITER’S ALMANAC Garrison Angeles. thiswayout.org Keillor’s daily digest of all things literary. (Thursday at 7:30pm) writersalmanac.com (Weekdays at 9:01am)

TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE YOUR CALL Politics and culture, An audio magazine that offers a fresh per- dialogue and debate, hosted by Rose spective on the cultural topics that shape Aguilar. To participate, call (415) 841-4134. today’s headlines. ttbook.org yourcallradio.org (Weekdays at 10am. (Sunday 8–10am) Rebroadcast Monday–Thursday at 11pm, Friday at 5pm)  TUC RADIO (Time of Useful Consciousness) Probing reports on the impact of big corporations on society. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS San Mateo tucradio.org (Sunday at 6:30am) Deputy District Attorney Chuck Finney talks with listeners about legal and con- WEEKEND EDITION Scott Simon and sumer problems. Call in your questions to NPR wrap up the week’s events — plus Chuck and his team of guest attorneys: arts and newsmakers interviews. npr.org (415) 841-4134. (Wednesday at 7pm)  (Saturday 6–9am)

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