Radio Broadcasts

Most City Arts & Lectures programs can be heard in edited and delayed broadcasts in the San Francisco Bay Area on KQED-FM (88.5) on Sundays at 1 pm, Tuesday evenings at 8 pm, and Wednesday mornings at 2 am. These programs are also heard on over 170 public radio stations around the country (please contact your local affiliate for broadcast times). The radio broadcasts are hosted by Academy Award-winning actress Linda Hunt.


1/1/12 Joan Didion
1/8/12 Stephen Breyer
1/15/12 Jane Lynch
1/22/12 Diane Keaton
1/29/12 Jeffrey Sachs
2/5/12 Miranda July
2/12/12 Anita Hill
2/29/12 Henry Alford
2/26/12 Mark Shields
3/4/12 Jane McGonigal “The Power of Gaming”
3/4/12 Maira Kalman & Daniel Handler
3/18/12 Craig Venter “Unlocking the Mysteries of Genetics”
3/25/12 Edward St. Aubyn & Alice Sebold
4/1/12 Michael Lewis
4/8/12 Robert Sapolsky “Primate Behavior”
4/15/12 Sarah Vowell
4/22/12 Calvin Trillin
4/29/12 Sally Mann
5/6/12 “The Science of Wine”
5/13/12 Jonah Lehrer
5/20/12 Anne & Sam Lamott
5/27/12 Jacques Pépin & Daniel Patterson