and by the kqed campaign for the future program venture fund with additional support from meridee moore kevin king helen sarah steyer, and the phyllis c. wattis foundation. this project is also supported, in part, by an award from the henational endowment for the ar, which believes a great nation deserves great art. [ saxophone ]

. >> the following kqed production was produced in high definition. >> this time on spark -- the san francisco ballet turns 75, and celebrates with an ambitious festival of world premiere dances by cutting edge choreographers. >> go! >> narrator: behind the scenes with mark morris, margaret jenkins, christopher wheeldon, and their composers and designers as they create the ballets of the future. >> stop! >> san francisco ballet has very intelligently and, i think, correctly commissioned new dances to underscore the fact that dance is a living art. >> nest on "spark." >> major support for spark is provided by --

on tuesday, november 29, paula kerger, who is president of pbs, and the president of kqed will discuss challenges facing public broadcasting and how the challenges impact our program choices. this will be a 6:00 p.m. program here in san francisco at the commonwealth club. it is my pleasure to extend a special welcome to any new members of the commonwealth club who are here today. we know you are going to enjoy your membership and look forward to seeing you often. if you are not a member yet, today is a great time to join. if you have questions, the staff will be available to answer them after the program. there are question cards at your table for director muller, and these will, of course, the collected during the program. the commonwealth club, as you know, is a nonpartisan organization. we do ask that our speakers be allowed to make their remarks without interruption. we encourage the writing of your questions and submitting them to us. i also want to say that we are very pleased to have with us to moderate the program for the question period, mariono florentino professor at stanfor

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scott shafer of kqed san francisco has our story.ast september when the first tents went up just blocks from wall street, it was hard to imagine a fledgling stand against economic inequality would eventually richochet worldwide. >> one of the most dramatic features of it is that it's been almost completely nonviolent, from t beginning, you saw more of a kind of an artistic statement. people kind much peacefully occupying the parks with guitars, singing songs and making art. >> reporter: once it took root, the message of "occupy" went viral, branded initially by a single iconic image. >> it all startedded out with a poster of a woman like a modern ballet dancer standing on one foot on top of the bull on wall street. it was very cryptic. it just saioccu wall street: september 17. bring tents." >> reporter: the editors of ad busters, a canadian anticonsumerrist magazine were the create tive minds behind the ballerina and the bull poster. as the movement grew to cities like oakland and san francisco, other artists followed their lead inc

. >> woodruff: on our website we have more from spencer michels and our partners at kqed on how the california delta shaped a state's history and its landscape. >> brown: finally tonight, continuing questions about the government bailouts at the height of the financial crisis. tomorrow's jobs report will provide the latest snapshot of how the economy is faring. a former government watchdog says some of the key decisions made in 2008 are still resonating now. "newshour" economics correspondent paul solman has the story. part of his ongoing reporting: "making sense of financial news." >> reporter: neil barofsky was a 38-year-old u.s. attorney in new york, prosecuting colombian drug lords and domestic housing scam artists when president bush chose him, in the fall of 2008, as special inspector general to oversee tarp, the troubled asset relief program. a lifelong democrat, barofsky was retained by the obama administration. the job as top cop at tarp meant guarding the $700 billion bailout fund from fraud. but in his two-year tenure, barofsky clashed repeatedly with treasury officials in charge of

as many of you know, david, the host of kqed fm program, he frequently appears here as a moderator, and we're glad to welcome him back. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming john gardner in dave iverson. [applause] ♪ [applause] >> good evening, all. thank you for coming today. thank you for being here. thanks for that introduction. it is a fascinating book, those of you have not had the upper to the to read it yet, and so many interesting things about our culture and our times. and i would like to ask you if you would, just to begin, by reading the first paragraph of the book from the idea factory and the great age of americans innovation, because it lays out what is so significant about this story. >> sure. >> it does mention google, i should mention. purely a coincidence. this book is about the origins of communications as seen through the adventures of several men who spent their careers working at bell telephone laboratories. even more this book is about innovation, how it happens, why it happens and he makes it happen. it is likewise a belli innovation matters, not just

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