Arts Jul 06 New opera tells story of Auschwitz prisoner and her SS overseer "The Passenger," an opera opening at the Lincoln Center Festival in New York on Thursday, is based on a radio play and novel by a concentration camp survivor, Zofia Posmysz. The opera tells the story of two women during the…
Nation Jul 06 What do data brokers really know about us? What types of information are companies gathering about you? How can they use this information, or even trade it? And what rights do consumers have to learn how they're being tracked? Julia Angwin, senior reporter at ProPublica and the author…
Health Jul 06 Fungal disease 'Valley Fever' proves tricky to diagnose KVIE reports on Valley Fever, a fungal disease that is is not always taken seriously in its early stages -- and can be easily misdiagnosed. 40 percent of people who come down with symptoms are able to keep the fungus…
Episode Jul 05 Saturday, July 5, 2014 On this edition for Saturday, July 5, as the clashes in Israel spread, we'll have the latest from the ground in Jerusalem. Then, Hari Sreenivasan reports from the Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado. And, a look at the photographer who…
World Jul 05 Islamic State militant leader makes apparent rare appearance in Iraq A 21-minute video said to show Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of the Islamic State group, was reportedly filmed on Friday in Mosul. The identity of al-Baghdadi could not be independently confirmed by news organizations. Saad Maan of the Iraqi…
World Jul 05 Tensions escalate between Israelis and Palestinians following teen deaths For more on the escalating tensions inflaming the Isareli-Palestinian conflict, Josef Federman of the Associated Press joins John Larson via Skype from Jerusalem.
Arts Jul 05 Documenting gay rights activists at dawn of the movement KQED presents a report on photographer Anthony Friedkin and his efforts to document gay life more than 40 years ago. Friedkin's photographs were ahead of their time and most galleries wouldn’t show them -- until now. The culmination of Friedkin’s…