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Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Friday, Nov. 28, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. He performed under Sousa and Toscanini. He scored films for the likes of Chaplin and wrote popular songs performed by Sinatra and The Beatles. And when the River City boys band marched on Broadway, Meredith Willson caught the whole world’s ear. -
KPBS Midday Edition: Thanksgiving with Sam The Cooking Guy and Jackie Bryant with San Diego MagazineWednesday, Nov. 26, 2025 at Noon. Sam the Cooking joins Midday Edition. We'll also have Jackie Bryant with San Diego Magazine on to talk about last minute places to get Thanksgiving dinner. -
Premieres Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. on KPBS TV + Encores Saturday, Nov. 29 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 30 at 7 a.m. on KPBS TV. An all-star cast will honor 55 remarkable years of public television, including Music Director Rickey Minor, Josh Groban, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ken Burns, Ziggy Marley, Lily Tomlin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Marlee Matlin, Nicholas Ralph, Noel Paul Stookey, Rick Steves, David Foster and Katharine McPhee, Adam Arkin, Courtney B. Vance, Martha Plimpton, Bill Nye, Joe Bonamassa, Sheléa, and many more. -
Premieres Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Ken Burns, Jeffrey Rosen and others discuss essential themes of liberty, equality, democracy and separation of powers. The ideas and values articulated 250 years ago during America's founding remain relevant to conversations about governance today. -
Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Monday, Nov. 24, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Encore Thursday, Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. Journey into the heart of America's majestic redwood forests and explore the secrets of the tallest and some of the oldest living beings on Earth. -
Stream early beginning Dec. 7 with KPBS Passport / Premieres Sundays, Jan. 11 - Feb. 15, 2026 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Miss Eliza Scarlet is doing her best to have it all. Her business is thriving, but her personal life enters new territory as she attempts to follow her heart and develop a relationship with Inspector Alexander Blake. Eliza may be an expert solving crimes, but she’s very much a novice when it comes to love. Can Eliza juggle the twin demands of her personal and professional life? -
KPBS Radio Schedule To Be Announced: The Vienna Philharmonic will perform their famous New Year's Day concert from the renowned Musikverein in Vienna on Jan. 1, 2025. The concert will be conducted by Riccardo Muti, Music Director Emeritus of the Chicago Symphony, who has directed the Vienna Philharmonic more than 500 times since his debut in 1971. Hosted by WBUR's Lisa Mullins. -
Broadcast: Dec. 22, 2025 at 6 p.m. on KPBS Radio (last day of Hanukkah). This NPR favorite returns with some of our favorite stories from the archives. We’ll hear “A Gift of Light" by Dvora Zipkin, “Hanukkah Gelt, Hanukkah Money” by Sholem Aleichem, “Gifts of the Jewish Magi” by Allegra Goodman, How to Spell the Name of God” by Ellen Orleans and “Geek Week by Rebecca O’Connell. -
Schedule to be announced: This year Robin Hilton and Stephen Thomson head back to the snowy cabin in the woods where the annual "All Songs Considered" get-togethers began many years ago. Join us as we attempt to throw another party for the ages, with one simple, fate-tempting question: What could possibly go wrong? -
Broadcast: Dec. 14, 2025 at 6 p.m. on KPBS Radio (1st day of Hanukkah). A delightful hour for everyone to celebrate the Jewish Festival of Lights! Lots of music from Jewish communities around the world, plus a hilarious lesson on how to prepare a classic Chanukah dish, and a timeless and touching holiday story that brings light into every home.
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