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  • Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., executive producer, host and writer of FINDING YOUR ROOTS.
    FINDING YOUR ROOTS: DNA Mysteries
    Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uses DNA detective work to solve mysteries in the family trees of actor Tea Leoni and radio host Joe Madison, introducing each of them to parents and grandparents whose names they've never heard before.
  • Jon Batiste
    FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Homecomings
    Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand now with KPBS Passport! Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps actor Sterling K. Brown, comedian Sasheer Zamata and musician Jon Batiste discover the unexpected places their ancestors called home, providing new insight into the people and places that made them who they are today.
  • Marvin Gaye's hit record "What's Going On" encapsulates the political turmoil of 1971 while also inspiring hope for change.
    NPR's 50 Favorite Songs Of 1971
    Critics widely consider 1971 one of the best years in music history. For NPR's 50th anniversary, public radio stations turn back the clock and reflect on the year's best tracks.
  • Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., executive producer, host and writer of FINDING YOUR ROOTS.
    FINDING YOUR ROOTS: War Stories
    Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Julianne Moore, comedian Bill Hader and painter Kehinde Wiley, revealing how their ancestors' military service left an indelible mark on their families -- and on their country.
  • Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., executive producer, host and writer of FINDING YOUR ROOTS.
    FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Flight
    Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets actors Scarlett Johansson and Lupita Nyong'o and chef Lidia Bastianich, whose families crisscrossed the globe to escape oppression and find opportunity, leaving them with questions about those who stayed behind.
  • A traveler at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport walks to a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint on Nov. 26, 2014.
    It Was Shoes On, No Boarding Pass Or ID. But Airport Security Forever Changed On 9/11
    No boarding pass or ID was needed to go to the gate, and 4-inch-blade knives were allowed aboard planes. Now we take off shoes, can't have liquids over 3.4 oz and go through high-tech body scanners.
  • Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., executive producer, host and writer of FINDING YOUR ROOTS.
    FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Fashion's Roots
    Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Henry Louis Gates, Jr. steps into the world of fashion and meets three icons of style: Diane Von Furstenberg, Narciso Rodriguez and RuPaul Charles, introducing ancestors who were just as audacious as they are.
  • Journalist In Myanmar Recounts Ongoing Military Coup
    Steve Inskeep talks to Aye Min Thant < >, a journalist in Yangon documenting the military coup unfolding in Myanmar.
  • Two men identified by authorities as suspected hijackers Mohammed Atta (right) and Abdulaziz Alomari (center) pass through airport security Sept. 11, 2001 at Portland International Jetport in Maine in an image from airport surveillance tape released Sept. 19, 2001.
    It Was Shoes On, No Boarding Pass Or ID. But Airport Security Forever Changed On 9/11
    No boarding pass or ID was needed to go to the gate, and 4-inch-blade knives were allowed aboard planes. Now we take off shoes, can't have liquids over 3.4 oz and go through high-tech body scanners.
  • President Trump speaks Saturday at the White House. Officials said a travel restriction would expand to the U.K. and Ireland beginning midnight Monday.
    U.S. Adds U.K. And Ireland To Travel Ban; New Restrictions In Multiple Countries
    Trump administration officials announced an expansion of a European travel ban to include the U.K. and Ireland. It came as governments around the world instituted new measures to halt the disease.
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