Simon on the Campaign Trail

Election day is still two months away, but the candidates are already busy stumping for votes. KQED's Cy Musiker spent a day with Republican Bill Simon out on the campaign trail.

• California Quiz music: "Andalucia" by Sympathique from "Pink Martini" (Heinz)

Portrait of Arab Immigrants and Arab Americans

In the sixth and final installation of our series, Molly Peterson looks at how life has changed for Muslims in the wake of the terrorist attacks. A Palestinian-American psychologist tells us that, among the Arabs in San Francisco, the "level of distress is unimaginable." Many young men, citizens as well as legal immigrants, have been interrogated and detained; some parents keep their children out of school; teenagers are immensely conflicted as they cope with a society they believe views them as the enemy. More information: Understanding America After 9/11: A Public Radio Collaboration Reporter: Molly Peterson

• More: Understanding America After 9/11: : A Public Radio Collaboration

Fall Books

Host Scott Shafer checks in with San Francisco Chronicle book editor David Kipen on some notable fall releases, including new books from authors Michael Chabon and David Ebershoff.

• Music bridge: "War on War" by Wilco from "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (Nonesuch)

Who Invented TV?

This weekend marks the 75th anniversary of the invention of electronic television. Kris Rebillot reports on TV's origins and the quirky inventor behind it all.

• End music: "Who's Afraid of Alison Hymer?/Wow Flutter Hiss" by Shadowy Men From A Shadowy Planet from "Dim The Lights, Chill The Ham"

• More: The Farnovision : -- the story of Philo T. Farnsworth