"What happens in one part of California can often have repercussions both in Washington, D.C. and on the street where you live," said The California Report host, Scott Shafer. Ten years on the air and produced by KQED, The California Report is carried on 25 public radio outlets across the state. Don't miss this award-winning program weekdays at 6:50 and 8:50am, and the expanded half-hour magazine Friday at 4:30 and 6:30pm on KQED FM, 88.5 San Francisco and 89.3 Sacramento.

Is this nuts or E=mc²?
A walnut contains enough potential energy to power a city according to the Genius. In 1905, Albert Einstein was a pleasant but unimpressive young man in a patent office until he drafted his Theory of Relativity. Shortly thereafter he wrote a supplement saying, "The idea is amusing and enticing, but whether the Lord is laughing at it and has played a trick on me -- that I cannot know." Watch, learn and be amused as NOVA presents Einstein's Big Idea Tuesday, October 11, at 8pm on KQED TV.

He was not necessarily conceived as a dashing figure, but the world's most famous detective is portrayed by the handsome Rupert Everett in the new Masterpiece Theatre production of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silk Stocking. Police discover a body and assume it's that of a prostitute. However, the silk stocking wedged in her throat suggests otherwise. Join the ever-faithful Dr. Watson (Ian Hart) in helping Holmes solve the mystery on KQED TV Sunday, October 23, at 9pm.

The pod people are here ... and they are us!
We want it all exactly when we want it. And now we can take our favorite NPR and KQED radio programming anywhere, thanks to podcasting. Podcasting is radio on demand. Did you miss today's Forum or The California Report? Just download it and listen when you want. Visit www.kqed.org/podcast/ for a directory of available programs and links to applications you can use to download them.

Parenting making you late for work?
Not that you'll park the kids in front of the TV 24/7, but PBS KIDS Sprout is now available on Comcast digital channel 119 and DIRECTV. PBS KIDS Sprout presents stimulating viewing at breakfast time, thematic programming during the day and relaxing storytelling at bedtime. Favorites like Sesame Street and Barney and Friends join new offerings such as Big Sister Little Brother and Kipper the Dog. Sprout combines with KQED 9 and KQED Kids (school-age) to provide three unique destinations for young KQED viewers.



Your sprouts can meet the Berenstain Bears at the Bay Area Discovery Museum! Show your KQED MemberCard and enjoy free admission from 8am-10am this Sunday, October 2. More information.

KQED Members are the best! Thanks for pledging $1.8 million dollars to support KQED Radio.

People are talking about The Josh Kornbluth Show. Did you see the one with the guy that created Burning Man?

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