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Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Amid deep polarization and a Congress paralyzed by dysfunction, America feels less governed by policy than by tribal warfare. How did we get here? Steven Law looks at the state of US political parties ahead of a pivotal midterm election year. -
Stream now with KPBS Passport / Watch Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. A man of his surroundings and culture and a vigorously collected and admired figure, the "Blue Dog" painter has created a legacy that endures. Rodrigue's life story and artistic contributions are a vivid part of the Louisiana landscape, continuing to play an important part in the American art world and beyond. -
Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / KPBS+. Secret messages from Mary, Queen of Scots are finally decoded, with 57 encrypted letters detailing the tragic monarch’s efforts to free herself from imprisonment and gain an advantage over her rival, Queen Elizabeth. -
Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / KPBS+. Deep in the Arabian Desert lie thousands of enigmatic stone megastructures whose true form is visible only from the sky. Follow archaeologists as they decipher the mysterious remnants of a Stone Age culture and discover their true purpose. -
Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+ / Encores Thursday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. on KPBs 2 and Sunday, Oct. 26 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV. The walrus is one of the Arctic’s most enigmatic and social animals, relying on sea ice to live. Follow a paleontologist who embarks on an Arctic adventure to see how these mammals are coping in a warming world. -
Premieres Monday, Oct. 20, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+ / Encore Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2. How well will values of vintage desert discoveries from ROADSHOW's 2015 Phoenix stop hold up today? Highlights include a 1956 David Klein TWA poster, a 1921 Lyonel Feininger watercolor and an enamel and rock crystal pendant watch, ca. 1910. -
Premieres Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Test cook Morgan Bolling makes Indoor Barbecued Ribs for host Julia Collin Davison. Equipment expert Hannah Crowley reviews panini presses. Toni Tipton-Martin shares the origins of jalapeño poppers, and test cook Lawman Johnson shows host Bridget Lancaster how to make them in the air fryer. -
Premieres Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Test cook Keith Dresser prepares host Bridget Lancaster a hearty German Farmer’s Breakfast (Bauernfrühstück). Equipment expert Adam Ried reviews cookie sheets. And Bridget makes host Julia Collin Davison a delicious Appeltaart (Dutch Apple Pie). -
Premieres Saturday, Oct.18, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Christopher Kimball travels to Salzburg to uncover the secrets of great Strudel and Schnitzel. He learns how to stretch dough to near-transparency and demonstrates the art of rolling up Austrian Apple Strudel. Then, he goes to a restaurant that makes over 700 servings of Schnitzel per day to find out how to make Austrian Pork Schnitzel. Plus, we show you how to make homemade Spatzle. -
Premieres Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+ / Encores Sunday, Oct. 26 at 11 p.m. and Monday, Oct. 27 at 7 a.m. on KPBS 2. Facing a gripping hypothetical dilemma—disinformation about a controversial school board decision spreading rapidly on social media—a panel of experts grapples with what is true, and what truth even means today.
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