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Continuing coverage of two big stories this week on the Peninsula Report — the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s Luke Stangel returns for part two of our coverage of governmental surveillance. It’s not all doom and gloom though, we’ll also cruise through Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Facebook hashtags, and the Watson Supercomputer now located in Mountain View.

The largest protests in recent history continue in Turkey this week. Three students from the Stanford community who’ve been closely following the situation in their homeland — Semih Salihoglu, Asligan Selimbeyoglu and Egemen Eren — join us with background on the story and updates on an international solidarity movement.

Listen here and tune in 3-4 p.m. each week on 90.1FM KZSU Stanford.

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On the Peninsula Report today we untangle the breaking story of covert government surveillance in the U.S.

The Silicon Valley Business Journal’s Luke Stangel joins us to talk about the National Security Agency, leaked documents and the balance between privacy and security.

And Fair Observer Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh joins us to talk about protests in Turkey and where the country is going next. We’re joined by Turkish journalists and commentators Ozsel Beleli and Zeynep Anar Ulu.

Listen here and tune in 3 p.m. Fridays on KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM, streaming live online at kzsulive.stanford.edu.

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This week on the Peninsula Report, we go on the festival circuit this week - events like the Frost Music and Arts Festival are launching a return of psychedelia. Peninsula Press Reporter Katie Brigham visits to explain why the concert experience these days involves hands-on encounters with larger-than-life magical mushrooms.

Labiba Boyd, host of the KZSU program Modern Tek News, interviews MIT professor Noam Chomsky about the future of funding scientific research in America.

Xinhua reporter JingJing Tan tells us of a local venture bringing Chinese provincial rulers and Silicon Valley startups to the conference table.

And Peninsula Press Reporter Riva Gold takes a broader look at California’s efforts to revive a close business partnership with China.

Listen here, and tune in 3-4 p.m. Fridays on KZSU Stanford, 90.1 FM and streaming online at kzsulive.stanford.edu.

The San Jose Business Journal’s Luke Stangel joins us to talk news from Google, and Apple’s tax schemes — anyone for a double Irish with a Dutch sandwich?

Atul Singh, editor of Fair Observer, takes us through Pakistan’s historic election with contributors Heba Al-Adawy and Bilal Ahmed.

Peninsula Press Reporters Anna Hallingstad and Julia Barrero each have environmental stories from the sea – from monstrous algae blooms to ravenous squid.

And Peninsula Press Reporter Eli Katz joins us with update on immigration reform and its face in Mountain View.

Listen here and tune in 3-4 p.m. each Friday at KZSU 90.1 FM, streaming online at kzsulive.stanford.edu.

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Prepare for imps and sprites on today’s Peninsula Report!

Sharon Beltracchi and Jeremy Reman, directors of the Stanford Savoyards’ production of “The Sorcerer,” give us a behind-the-scenes look at staging a modern rendition of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Victorian-era comic opera. Spooky incantations survived their cut.

Peninsula Press Reporter Angela Hayes swings by to tell us of the journeys fish take here in Palo Alto. Salmon and trout are leaping amongst the millionaire’s houses.

And Peninsula Press Reporter Rob Franklin brings us the story of a local census that gauges where people go when they live on the streets. Outdoor homeless encampments have been growing in Santa Clara County over the last two years, and that raises environmental concerns often missed in the conversation about housing in crisis.

Listen to the entire show here and tune in at 3 p.m. each Friday on 90.1 FM KZSU Stanford, streaming live at kzsulive.stanford.edu

On this week’s Peninsula Report, Stanford alum and sports writer Cyd Zeigler looks at the Jason Collins story and how Stanford University’s athletics program has only gone some of the distance in including gay teammates.

Silicon Valley Business Journal reporter Luke Stangel stops by with top tech stories of the week and background on that enormous buzz word, “big data.”

Peninsula Press reporter Chelsea Janes explains why the Bay Area produces top women soccer stars, yet has no team in the new pro league.

And Stanford Daily Reporter Molly Vorwerk gives the back story on interviewing former U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe about partisanship in U.S. politics.

Hear it all here and tune in 3 p.m. each Friday on 90.1 FM KZSU Stanford.

Atul Singh, Editor in Chief of FairObserver.com, joins us to discuss North Korea, America and the warlike words that flow in both directions. In the midst of bluster and fear, what and how should the media report?

Also this week, Peninsula Press reporter Anna Li gives us a Silicon Valley economic update through the lens of bricks and mortar — commercial real estate occupany rates are reaching record highs in the valley.

And Alexei Koseff returns with an East Palo Alto plan to fight violence by treating truancy. And he takes on a quick tour of why solar power sources may be popping up on private homes, but has failed to take off in the commercial sector.

Listen here and tune in 3-4 p.m. Fridays on 90.1FM KZSU Stanford, streaming online at kzsu.stanford.edu.

Underground art, unconventional lobbying and Palo Alto athletics round out this Peninsula Report podcast.

Stephanie Guitierrez reports in on a new civic art project that heads underneath Palo Alto’s Caltrain tracks.

Rachel Estabrook updates us on Silicon Valley’s high-tech lobby when it comes to immigration reform. And Alexei Koseff profiles one very young lobbyist who’s taken on the local juvenile justic system’s deportation policy.

And to start things off, Emma Townley-Smith ventures onto Palo Alto’s playing fields to cover the different sporting groups jockeying for space this year.

Listen here and tune in 3-4 p.m. Fridays on 90.1 FM KZSU Stanford.

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Antilocapra americana runs faster than any other land animal in America and its closest modern relative is the giraffe. Yet each year, herds of this exotic, ancient antelope pass over the everyday highways and ranch lands of Wyoming on their seasonal migration. On this week’s Peninsula Report, we learn what it took for reporters Emilene Ostlind and Joe Riis to capture the pronghorns in action. 

Peninsula Press reporter Brittany Torrez brings us the Palo Alto development update — new buildings mean more cars. And residents are concerned.

And Riva Gold speaks to us of love. Valentine’s Week was big business for Bay Area restaurants, and we’ve got the scoop on the relationship between romance and reservations.

Listen here and tune in 3-4 p.m. Fridays on KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM, streaming live at kzsulive.stanford.edu.