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In a conversation with Rachel Martin, Iceland's musical auteur unpacks a new release that couldn't be more different from 2015's stark breakup album, Vulnicura.

For struggling students, music can often be what keeps them going. The same is true for this New Orleans band director.

"I wanted to understand how such a distressing, degrading and high-risk set of events could have occurred in a 21st Century Australian prison," the head of a prison watchdog said on Wednesday.

Monday, Aug. 21, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App. Did you know that Fleetwood Mac started out as a blues band in the 60s? Rock legend Mick Fleetwood returns to the stage to revisit his blues music roots along with Rick Vito

This week's essential mix includes several discoveries, including the gritty rock group Diet Cig, the pop group Motel Beds and Twin Limb, a band that finds new ways to use an accordion.

On this week's show: Songs about the indomitable human spirit. Plus, music plucked from a honey jar (seriously).

Jean Hanff Korelitz's new novel surveys student life at a New England college in turmoil. Critic Maureen Corrigan says The Devil and Webster is "wittily on target."

Airs Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. and Thursday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2

Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of a polarized United States Friday. His inaugural address, expected in the middle of a full day of events, could have far-reaching consequences.

Friday, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of a polarized United States. His inaugural address, expected in the middle of a full day of events, could have far-reaching consequences.