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Cinema Junkie has been exploring escapist films to distract you from our current coronavirus pandemic but as parts of the country and some businesses start to reopen I decided it was time to explore some unconventional pandemic films that raise issues beyond just the virus itself. I will be speaking with neuroscientist and emotion researcher Eric Leonardis who has been spending his quarantined time at home watching pandemic films but he has an interesting take on these movies because he wants to see how emotions like panic and fear can spread as readily as a virus and how words can be as dangerous as germs. We will consider silents to contemporary films as well as films from China, Cambodia, South Korea and the U.S. So wash your hands, put on a mask, and defy being infected by these pandemic movies.

Crystal Ellington, a Black Army veteran, says she was disciplined for returning to base late after a flight delay, while white service members were given a pass for tardiness.

They Faced Racial Bias In Military Discipline. That Can Impact National Security

Unequal punishment based on race is a problem across the armed forces. Veterans and military experts say that racial bias in military discipline has become a serious threat to national security.

Facebook is defending itself from accusations from the White House and other critics that it's not doing enough to curb health misinformation.

Facebook's Most Viewed Article In Early 2021 Raised Doubt About COVID Vaccine

The social network acknowledged it had held back a report about the most viewed content on its platform in the first three months of 2021.

Claudia and Alex are electricians working in Texas who emigrated from El Salvador.

Building The American Dream

Airs Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2

NASA Satellite To Measure Global Sea Level Rise

Space is the best place — maybe the only place — to get a complete picture of how climate change is affecting the Earth's oceans. And what happens in the ocean does not stay in the ocean.

Singer Tom T. Hall leans to the edge of the stage at the Jamboree in the Hills near St. Clairsville, Ohio, in July 1977.

Country Singer Tom T. Hall, Writer Of 'Harper Valley PTA,' Dies At 85

He was known as "The Storyteller" for his unadorned yet incisive lyrics. Hall composed hundreds of songs and sang about life's simple joys as country music's consummate blue-collar bard.

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.

The two NASA spacesuit prototypes, one for exploring the surface of the moon's South Pole, known as the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) for lunar exploration (at left) and one for launch and reentry aboard the agency's Orion spacecraft, known as the Orion Crew Survival Suit, are shown in 2019 at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C.

NASA Wants To Return To The Moon By 2024, But The Spacesuits Won't Be Ready

Delays in multiple parts of the program — including holdups in developing new spacesuits — put the 2024 goal out of reach, NASA's inspector general says.

How Valuable Are The U.S. Weapons The Taliban Just Captured?

In a scene repeated across Afghanistan, retreating government forces ditched billions of dollars' worth of U.S.-supplied military hardware, from assault rifles to Black Hawk helicopters.

Afghan people sit inside a U.S. military aircraft to leave Afghanistan, at the military airport in Kabul Thursday after Taliban's military takeover of the country.

She Fled Saigon As A Child. Now She's Seeing Parallels In Afghanistan

Thuan Le Elston of USA Today talks with Scott Simon about her experience fleeing Saigon as a child at the end of the Vietnam War and how she relates to the current crisis in Afghanistan.

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