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Premieres Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+ / Encore Thursday, April 16 at 7 a.m. on KPBS 2. The violence, protests, and arrests stemming from the federal immigration sweeps across the country. With ProPublica, examining the tactics, legal cases, and impact from Los Angeles to Chicago to Minneapolis.

Premieres Monday, April 13, 2026 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Set at Churchill Downs, Backside is a portrait of the immigrant grooms who care for Kentucky Derby racehorses year-round. The lives of these workers showcase the unseen labor, class disparities, and the human bond sustaining an iconic American sport.

Premieres Monday, April 13, 2026 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. ROADSHOW found treasures in a castle during a stop in Charlevoix, Mich, including Tiffany Studios lily sconces, ca. 1905, a 1904 Philadelphia quilt, and a Chinese & Japanese decorative art collection. One family heirloom is a whopping $75K!

The new Netflix comedy created by Dan Levy and Rachel Sennott stars Levy as an uptight pastor and Taylor Ortega as his sister.

Premieres Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Follow archaeological investigations into the dramatic origins of democracy in Greece 2,500 years ago. Mass graves and ancient ruins where tyrants were murdered shine new light on the birth of a revolutionary form of government.

Premieres Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+ / Encores Sunday, April 19 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV and 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. A half-century after Apollo, the Artemis missions aim to bring astronauts back to the Moon and establish a lunar space station. Follow the Artemis II engineers and crew on the perilous 10-day journey to orbit the Moon.

Premieres Friday, April 10, 2026 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Journey through Germany to uncover the composer's private world including his personal photo collection and a visit to his summer hideaway, preserved as he left it revealing how love, duty, and doubt forged one of history's greatest composers.

stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Friday, April 10, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV. Discover the beauty of our natural world through the music of Tim Janis. Love of nature inspires messages from Sibylle Szaggars Redford, Robert Redford, and Dr. Jane Goodall, etheric healing sounds from singer Mei-lan Maurits, and visual storytelling from Elizabeth Gadd, Emilie Hill (Hello Emilie), Elizabeth Demmer Janis, Wendy Hansen, Isabel Paige, and Logan Bowden.

Premieres Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with YouTube. Political scientist Ivan Krastev joins Ian Bremmer to explain why the upcoming Hungarian election may be the most consequential vote in Europe this year, and what an Orban loss could mean for Trump, Putin, and the global far right.

Stream with KPBS+ / Watch Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV. Discover how the Indigenous People of the Kumeyaay Nation organized their government, trading and family structures. Learn how they survived in the desert, mountains, and valleys by using earth's natural resources. See also how they adapted and worked with other Sha'muls or communities.