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Saturday, March 1 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, March 2 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV, Sunday, March 9 at 5 p.m. on KPBS 2 and Wednesday, March 19 at 1 p.m. on KPBS TV. Explore the science and culture behind musical taste with Dr. Nolan Gasser. With live music, animations, and an interactive app, you will find more joy with the music that surrounds your life on a daily basis.
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Encore Monday, April 28, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. A documentary about the extraordinary man behind the American folk revival and profound influence on many of the most celebrated musical artists in San Diego and beyond.
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Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. President Trump shocked the world when he proposed a U.S. takeover of Gaza and a relocation of Gazans to neighboring countries. This week, a man with a direct stake in Gaza's future: Palestinian Ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour.
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Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! The documentary that looks back at the years Charlie “Bird” Parker spent in Kansas City and his lasting legacy on the Kansas City jazz scene. It features rarely seen archival footage of Parker, interviews with musicians and historians, and live performances from Kansas City’s most talented jazz musicians.
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Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. On March 26, 2024, a massive container ship plowed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, killing six highway workers. How did the ship lose control? Why did the bridge fail so catastrophically? And how many other bridges around the world are at risk?
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Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actors Debra Messing and Melanie Lynskey to their roots, telling stories of ancestors who made bold decisions that reshaped their families—and unwittingly transformed the lives of their descendants.
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Premieres Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Walter White — arguably the most influential Black man in mid-century America and the leader of the NAACP from 1929 to 1955 — has been all but forgotten. The film traces the life of this neglected civil rights hero and seeks to explain his disappearance from our history.
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Premieres Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Watch remarkable finds from ROADSHOW’s stop in Iowa and guess which appraised for $70,000 to $90,000, among a 1967 NFL Championship "Ice Bowl" ticket stub, a 1989 Ronald Reagan letter, and a Robert Riggs Saturday Evening Post illustration.
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Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. After multiple heart surgeries, a 70-year-old man transforms his life to become an avid cyclist. When he and his son embark on a long-distance ride from St. Louis to Chicago, they push each other in their quests to reimagine Black health.
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Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025 at 7 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Honor the best films and performances of 2024 that resonate with older viewers in a star-studded celebration hosted by Alan Cumming. Eight-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close Curtis receives the Career Achievement Award.
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