Jennifer Robinson

Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App. If Al Gore is remembered for something other than losing an election, it will be his insistence on reminding the world about "inconvenient truths." Ian sits down with the former VP to talk about threats to democracy and the climate crisis.

Premieres Monday, Feb. 5, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encores Thursday, Feb. 8 at 8 a.m., Friday, Feb. 9 at 4 p.m. and Monday, Feb. 12 at 11 a.m. on KPBS 2. The story of the unknown Freedom Fighter who started a Movement that changed the world. Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was raised in the crucible of segregated Birmingham but he was forged by its attempt to kill him. When the KKK planted a bomb underneath his bed and he emerged unharmed, he was sure he was saved by God to lead a Movement.

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. A spectacular fossil graveyard reveals a 43-million-year-old whale that had four legs and could walk. Follow scientists as they search for new clues to how mammals moved from land into the sea to become the largest animals on Earth.

Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 6 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers the roots of comedians Bob Odenkirk and Iliza Shlesinger two very funny people whose family trees brim with dramatic stories, introducing them to relatives who took great risks to overcame enormous hardships.

Premieres Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App / Encore Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. Gabon's Loango National Park is home to a group of western lowland gorillas that have become accustomed to biologists who have studied them for almost 20 years. This documentary presents an intimate look at a silverback and his family, and features a newborn baby gorilla, brave researchers, forest elephants, buffalos and the last remaining wild coastline in the African tropics.

Premieres Monday, Feb. 5, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Following a cancer diagnosis, a wisecracking Catholic nun chooses to live as she's dying. In this touching end-of-life documentary, the self-proclaimed "leader of the misfits" plans her funeral in her last nine months to live.

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app + Encore Wednesday, April 21 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. We sit down with two powerhouses of talent in the theatre, television, and film scene. Dedrick Weathersby and Tisha Campbell join us to chat about their trials and tribulations in our industry.