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A Meditation on Death and Dying

As dean of Harvard Law, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan had to reconcile the conflict between the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and Harvard's anti-discrimination policy with respect to military recruiters on campus. While she never barred the military from campus, Kagan called its policy on gay service members a "moral injustice."

Encore Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV. The two-hour program examines the final year of World War II in the Pacific, including the rationale for using the atomic bomb, and features the first-hand recollections of both American and Japanese civilians and soldiers — even a kamikaze pilot who survived his failed mission.

Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier" is often called an opera lover's opera. We'll talk with SD Opera's artistic director Ian Campbell and Geisel Director of Education, Dr. Nic Reveles, about the history and staging of "Des Rosenkavalier" at San Diego Opera.

Robert Siegel talks with Ashton Carter, co-director of the Preventive Defense Project at the Kennedy School at Harvard University. Carter served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Policy during President Clinton's first term. During that time, he oversaw negotiations with North Korea over their nuclear program.

A couple of local groups are helping nonprofit organizations survive in the economic recession. KPBS reporter Katie Orr has details.

Get Ready for Leg Warmers and Poison

Third Annual San Diego Student Shakespeare Festival

Is it possible to learn the history of America in just 90 minutes? The Reduced Shakespeare Company thinks so and they've brought their slap-stick act to the San Diego Rep.