Envision San Diego
By KPBS
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Podcast Description
Hosted by Joanne Faryon, Envision San Diego sheds light on local concerns through extensive research and personal storytelling. You learn what's happening and why it’s happening. But we won't tell you what to think; we'll give you the facts and analysis that help you make informed choices.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoEnvision: How 9/11 Changed San Diego | A look back ten years after the terrorist attacks. | 9/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoEnvision: San Diego Remembers 9/11 | Ten years after the September 11th terrorist attacks, we look at how San Diego has been affected, what has changed and how the day is remembered. | 9/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoChanging Face of America - Envision San Diego | On San Diego Week, a lesson in austerity for San Diego schools and how election boundaries affect the minority vote. | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoBuilding Expectations: Portrait Of Lincoln High School | Lincoln High School is the most expensive campus in the San Diego Unified School District, surrounded by the some of the poorest neighborhoods in southeast San Diego. KPBS explores whether this new, expensive school can affect the academic outcomes of st | 4/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoWhen Immunity Fails: The Whooping Cough Epidemic | Thirty years ago, whooping cough had nearly disappeared. Today, it's back. The epidemic has already killed 10 babies and infected thousands of children this year in California. KPBS and the Watchdog Institute at SDSU are working together to look at | 12/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoThe Marijuana State (Prop. 19 in California) | http://www.kpbs.org/marijuana/ California could become the first state in the nation to legalize marijuana under Proposition 19 - a ballot initiative that would regulate and tax pot just like alcohol. KPBS takes a look at who stands to lose and who stand | 10/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoCrossing the Line: Border Stories | http://www.kpbs.org/news/envision/immigration/ KPBS reporters explore the financial impact and personal toll of illegal immigration in this half hour television news special. | 7/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoWho’s Supervising San Diego? | They control a $5 billion budget and make decisions about your safety and your health. They are the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. | 6/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoThe Legacy Of Prop 13 | It’s been 32 years since Proposition 13 passed, but there’s hardly an aspect of economic life in California that isn’t touched by its influence. It changed how we pay for our schools, fire departments, police forces, and libraries. This | 3/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoLife In Prison: A Project Envision Documentary | This 30-minute television special gives you an inside look into three California state prisons, including the California Medical Facility. CMF houses the oldest and sickest inmates in the state. http://www.kpbs.org/prisons | 1/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoFood: A Project Envision Documentary | "Food" is a 30-minute documentary that follows your dinner from the plate to the field, farm and ocean. The investigation reveals some surprising facts about the modern food chain. You may be surprised how far your oranges have traveled, what&a | 11/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoSan Diego In Recession, An Envision San Diego Special Presentation | As the recession deepens in San Diego County, more families are finding themselves standing in food lines and losing their jobs and homes. In the San Diego Unified School District – the second largest district in the state of California - nearly 60 | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoThe Aging Code | San Diego scientists are forging the path to understanding aging and how to remain disease free late in life. Envision San Diego’s The Aging Code will introduce you to San Diegans in their 80s who seem to have found the fountain of youth -- it̵ | 3/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoEnvision San Diego - Right to Health | http://www.kpbs.org/righttohealthFor the first time ever, KPBS teams up with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to compared American privatized medicine with government funded, universal health care in Canada. In the end, which system would make us he | 2/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoMaxed Out: Keeping Up With the Joneses | This summer saw the biggest decrease in consumer spending in 30 years - a sign that chasing the elusive Joneses may have finally exhausted Americans financially.For the past 60 years, since the U.S. Department of Commerce started tracking these statistic | 12/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoChange: Election 2008 | Join KPBS for a special presentation of Envision San Diego, Change: Election 2008, Thursday, November 20th at 8 p.m., on KPBS channel 11 simulcast on KPBS-HD. We’ll explore what this election means for the future of the San Diego region and the nat | 11/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoGetting By: An Envision San Diego Special | A look at San Diego's local economy through the eyes or ordinary citizens. | 10/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoThe Incredible Shrinking Middle Class | Nearly 40 percent of San Diegans don’t earn enough money to live here, according to a new report. San Diego is the 11th most expensive city in the United States. The County’s unemployment rate is at a 13-year high -- 6.4 per cent, and 100,000 | 9/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoAgriculture: San Diego's Working Water | Southern California is in the midst of one of the driest years in history and a tiny fish called the delta smelt, facing extinction, could change San Diego County’s landscape forever. KPBS explores the future of agriculture in San Diego County and | 8/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 19 Episodes |
