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Airs Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Mini Market is a bodega in Ridgewood, Queens, that sits on the corner of Seneca Avenue and Woodbine Street. Writer Angely Mercado says these stores aren't just about convenience — they feed the spirit of a community.

Nobody Takes The Bodega Out Of The Corner. Not Even A Startup

A new startup wants to make these neighborhood stores "obsolete." But for many people, bodegas aren't just about convenience — they feed the spirit of a community.

People listen to the radio as the results of the presidential elections are announced in Kireka, Uganda, in February. Many rural Ugandans don't have Internet access, and the radio is a central source of news — and platform for citizens' opinions.

Turn On, Tune In, Transcribe: U.N. Develops Radio-Listening Tool

In rural Uganda, "radio is everything," as one journalist puts it. So the U.N., hoping to hear more rural voices, used a tiny amount of data to build speech recognition software for new languages.

Public Enemy in New York City early 1987. Public Enemy is one of the many bands featured in the SOUNDBREAKING series airing on PBS in November 2016.

SOUNDBREAKING: The World Is Yours

Airs Friday, March 2, 2018 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

In the episode titled "Ramen Mania," Ivan Orkin, the renegade New Yorker-turned-Japanese-ramen-chef, discusses ramen culture in New York versus Tokyo. Chef Nakamura from Sun Noodles explains what makes a great bowl of ramen and seafood purveyor-turned-ramen-chef Yuji Haraguchi creates a New York deli-style version of his brothless ramen dish, mazemen, using sustainable and typically discarded seafood from a nearby supermarket.

LUCKY CHOW: Season 1

Airs Saturdays, May 14-28 & June 25-July 9, 2016 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV

Malcolm Cecil is one of more than 150 artists featured in the SOUNDBREAKING series airing on PBS in November 2016.

SOUNDBREAKING: Going Electric

Airs Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

In this 2015 photograph, Uber co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick speaks during the opening of the Digital Life Design Conference in Munich.

After Video Of Dispute With Driver, Uber CEO Says He Needs To 'Grow Up'

Travis Kalanick apologized Tuesday for his actions in a video posted this week, in which Kalanick had a heated argument with an Uber driver after the driver raised complaints about pay.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said connecting the world means bringing people together. But increasingly the platform is being used by some very powerful elements to sow divisions.

Mark Zuckerberg's Big Blind Spot And The Conflict Within Facebook

In whatever corner of the world Facebook is operating, it has become clear that people are using this powerful platform as a communications tool in ways that founder Mark Zuckerberg never envisioned.

George Martin portrait - seated at piano. George Martin is one of more than 150 artists featured in the SOUNDBREAKING series airing on PBS in November 2016.

SOUNDBREAKING: Painting With Sound

Airs Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Samantha Montgomery, aka “Princess Shaw,” subject of Ido Haar’s documentary "Presenting Princess Shaw."

POV: Presenting Princess Shaw

Airs Monday, July 17, 2017 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

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