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KPBS Midday Edition

KPBS Midday Edition

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 Midday Edition uplifts voices in San Diego with fearless conversations about intriguing issues. Host, Jade Hindmon, cuts through the noise with questions that give listeners a deeper understanding of themselves, people and the community they live in. Guests share diverse perspectives from their expertise and lived experience. In a city and world that's rapidly changing, Jade’s interviews inspire, inform and make you think. New episodes drop Monday - Thursday afternoons.KPBS Public Media Political Science Politics & Government
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  • 2025 One Book authors talk about their titles

    2025 One Book authors talk about their titles
    Sep 8 2025
    We sit down with the authors of the children, teen and adult selections for 2025 One Book, One San Diego.
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    46 mins
  • R.F. Kuang's latest novel, 'Katabasis' takes readers into an academic hell

    R.F. Kuang's latest novel, 'Katabasis' takes readers into an academic hell
    Sep 4 2025
    What would it take for one to venture into hell?Author Rebecca F. Kuang's latest novel, "Katabasis" explores that question and more. In the novel, two graduate students journey into the underworld to rescue their professor's soul.Thursday on Midday Edition, Kuang joins producer Julianna Domingo to talk about the hellish inspirations for "Katabasis" and writing about the absurdities of academia.And, hear ye, hear ye! The Old Globe's latest musical comedy, "Huzzah!" follows two sisters as they try to save their father's renaissance faire from financial ruin. KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando goes behind-the-scenes to speak with the director and creators.Guests:R.F. Kuang, author, "Katabasis"Nell Benjamin, lyricist, writer and composer, 'Huzzah!'Lawrence O'Keefe, composer, 'Huzzah!'Annie Tippe, director, 'Huzzah!'
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    33 mins
  • What you should know about the COVID summer surge amid turmoil at the CDC

    What you should know about the COVID summer surge amid turmoil at the CDC
    Sep 3 2025
    A summer COVID-19 wave is spreading across California, according to public health experts.More than 12 percent of tests statewide at the end of August came back positive — double the rate of positive tests at the end of July, according to The Los Angeles Times.A similar increase shows nearly 13 percent of tests in San Diego County coming back positive, according to the county's Health and Human Services Agency.Meanwhile, several state governors are banding together to issue public health guidance amid turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Also today, Florida announced plans to end all vaccine mandates across the state.We hear about the latest COVID-19 surge and how the politicization of public health institutions is affecting health care.Guest:Rebecca Fielding-Miller, associate professor of public health at UC San Diego
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    16 mins
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