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
Bernie Madoff and Charities -- Host Farai Chideya discusses the impact of the Madoff scandal on non-profit organizations with professor of finance Dr. Boyce Watkins and chief counsel for the Innocence Project of Texas, Jeff Blackburn.

2:00 am

Radio Specials
A Prescription for Life Long Independence -- Dr. David Lipschitz is listed in the publication "Best Doctors in America," which lists the top one percent of the country's doctors as determined by the medical profession. Dr. Lipschitz says that the standard model of aging in the U.S. is declining health, followed by withdrawal from activities, followed by death. But he feels that the elderly could lead healthier, more active and happier lives. In this lecture, he outlines his plans.

3:00 am

Morning Edition
Getting Aid to Gaza -- Israel's attacks on Gaza have left scores of civilians wounded and in need of medical attention. But getting aid in to the embattled territory has become a huge source of concern. As the program reports, both doctors and supplies are stuck at the Egyptian border.

MORNING

9:00 am

Forum
Michael Krasny
Gaza Revisited -- We discuss the ongoing violence in the Gaza Strip, and speak with experts about how the United States should approach the conflict. Guests include Boaz Ganor, visiting professor at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University; Patrick Tyler, former chief correspondent for the New York Times, former Washington Post correspondent and author of "A World of Trouble: the White House and the Middle East from the Cold War to the War on Terror"; and Beshara Doumani, professor of history at UC Berkeley.

10:00 am

Forum
Michael Krasny
Cheap Thrills in Northern California -- During a recession, the price of a movie ticket or dinner out can seem daunting. Fortunately, Northern California has no shortage of free or cheap events and activities -- if you know where to look. We talk with the editors of several websites devoted to digging up the best free concerts, happy hours, museum exhibitions, street fairs and other low-cost diversions. And as always, we get our listeners' recommendations. Guests include Johnny Hayes, AKA Johnny Funcheap, founder of funcheapsf.com, a listing of fun but affordable things to do in the San Francisco Bay Area; Doug Bartlett, marketing principal for mybart.org, a listing of free events located near BART stops; and Dave Schonenberg, editor-in-chief of the San Francisco edition of myopenbar.com, a source of information on open bars and drink specials.

11:00 am

Talk of the Nation
Neal Conan
Web 3.0 -- Web 2.0 created connections, feedback and communities -- and social networking is bigger then ever. What will Web 3.0 create? Clay Shirky joins the program to talk about the next phase in the social and economic evolution of the Internet.

AFTERNOON

12:00 pm

Talk of the Nation
Neal Conan
Fixing the CIA -- President Eisenhower famously said "it takes a strange kind of genius to run the CIA." Tim Weiner, the author of a history of the CIA, says that genius has been hard to find. President-elect Barack Obama's choice for that challenge is Leon Panetta. The program discusses how best to fix the CIA, and whether Panetta has what it takes.

1:00 pm

Fresh Air
Terry Gross
The True Price of Gold -- The program talks with reporter Brook Larmer and photographer Randy Olson. The two have collaborated on this month's National Geographic cover story, "Gold: The True Cost of Global Obsession." The price of gold is now over $1,000 an ounce, whereas in 2001 it was $271. The cost of gold in terms of the human and environmental toll is high as well - in fact, higher than it ever was. Most of the gold left to mine exists only as traces buried in remote and fragile corners of the world, and mining that gold is a dangerous activity.

2:00 pm

World
Elvis' European Connection -- The program marks the 74th birthday of Elvis Presley and learns how, at a pivotal moment in his career, Elvis looked to Europe for musical inspiration. The King updated standards from Italy, Spain and France to make top 10 U.S. hits.

4:00 pm

Marketplace
Kai Ryssdal
Smaller Package, Same Price -- Some packaged goods companies have made their containers smaller over the past year. As the program reports, the problem is that they're still charging the same amount for their products.

4:30 pm

All Things Considered
U.N. Suspends Aid to Gaza after Israel Hits Convoy -- The program talks with John Ging, director of operations in Gaza for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, about the organization's suspension of work in the Gaza Strip. One of its drivers was killed by Israeli fire.

EVENING

6:30 pm

Marketplace
Kai Ryssdal
Smaller Package, Same Price -- Some packaged goods companies have made their containers smaller over the past year. As the program reports, the problem is that they're still charging the same amount for their products.

7:00 pm

Fresh Air
Terry Gross
The True Price of Gold -- The program talks with reporter Brook Larmer and photographer Randy Olson. The two have collaborated on this month's National Geographic cover story, "Gold: The True Cost of Global Obsession." The price of gold is now over $1,000 an ounce, whereas in 2001 it was $271. The cost of gold in terms of the human and environmental toll is high as well - in fact, higher than it ever was. Most of the gold left to mine exists only as traces buried in remote and fragile corners of the world, and mining that gold is a dangerous activity.

8:00 pm

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."

11:00 pm

All Things Considered
WAMU's Pink Slip Party -- Washington Mutual employees didn't get a holiday party this year. Instead, most of them got pink slips. So they organized their own party at a local club calling it "WaMu's Last Hurrah." The program reports on the event, presented as both a WaMu Wake and a place for employees to let loose before they go their separate ways and begin competing for jobs with the 4,000 other jobless WaMu people in Seattle.