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An unassuming brick building in Brooklyn houses a factory that makes animatronic puppets, elves and polar bears for the holiday season. NPR's Neda Ulaby drops by Mechanical Displays Inc. to talk with Lou Nasti, who's been at it for almost 44 years.

Jacmel, Haiti's fourth-largest city, is one of the country's few tourist destinations and its arts center. The city suffered considerable damage and lost important members of the art community.

Takeaways from the convention: "Mom in chief" takes a stand; Ted Kennedy video depicts Mitt Romney as a flip-flopper; defending President Obama's record.

Airs Sundays, July 1 - 22, 2012 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

Documentary? Prankamentary? Whatever? It's Brilliant

Roger Ebert, who died Thursday, was not only a writer but a social media master, a romantic and a guy who deeply believed in rice cookers. He was also one of the most influential critics of his generation.

Since the tsunami damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant 150 miles outside of Tokyo, Japanese citizens have grown more resistant toward nuclear energy. Analysts believe that any attempts at reform will face stiff resistance from the country's powerful nuclear energy establishment.

Airs Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019 at 3:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

With Hüsker Dü, Mould helped invent alt-rock, and he's kept innovating ever since. "For so many years, I ran away from my own sound," he says. At 53, he's caught up to himself.

Airs Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV