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Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV. A determined biologist has single-handedly rescued a fragile population of burrowing owls in Eastern Oregon amidst the shadowy bunkers of a Cold War military depot. As he continues to make new discoveries about the behavior of burrowing owls, a young family of owls faces the challenges of growing up wild.

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Encores Sunday, July 19 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Thursday, July 23 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. One of the greatest environmental crimes of the 20th Century was the secret and illegal slaughter of hundreds of thousands of whales by the Soviet Union and Japan during the Cold War. This film exposes this ruthless killing for the first time on film.

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Tuesdays, July 14 - Aug. 4, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS. Drawing on intimate, unseen archive and powerful first-hand testimony, this landmark 4-part series tells the human stories behind our quest to explore space, offering a unique perspective on our changing world and where we are headed.

Stream with KPBS+ / Premieres Monday, July 13, 2026 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV. Katy Scoggin returns home to the Inland Empire to face her differences with her evangelical father. What begins as a project becomes a journey toward empathy and connection, as they confront faith, family, and memory on a cross-country trip.

Will the real Daeron please stand up?

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Monday, July 13, 2026 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Watching a child learn how to swim is like witnessing a great opera. The maestro of this emotional orchestra is Bill Marsh. Swimming is the closest human beings will ever get to flying. And there is no greater joy (or fear) than watching your kid take the leap. Watching Bill teach kids how to swim is the parable we need, because inside his lessons are profound universal truths.

The Apple TV series wraps noir inside science fiction. With subtlety and charm, Farrell plays an earnest alien just doing his best as a private eye in Los Angeles.

Netflix's new Little House series features the same characters and setting as the original, but its reliance on hand-held cameras, in extreme close-up, calls too much attention to itself.

Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+. The series takes viewers on a weekly journey into America’s heartland to learn about culture and find inspiration in the personal, emotionally moving chronicles of farmers, artisans, restauranteurs, and home cooks through the fare that they grow, produce, and eat. Host Capri Cafaro meets guests who share culturally diverse and untold food stories and traditions.

Watch Sunday, July 12, 2026 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV (No longer available to stream with KPBS+). Giordano’s tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva stars as Chénier’s aristocratic lover, Maddalena di Coigny, with baritone Igor Golovatenko as Carlo Gérard. Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to lead Nicolas Joël’s staging.