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Wednesday, Feb, 12, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. Black Panthers co-founder Huey Newton is accused of murdering a white policeman after a car stop in 1967 Oakland. A landmark trial ensues and Newton's defense team calls out racism in the judicial system. With a death penalty looming, a shocking verdict is delivered that still reverberates today. -
Premieres Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Celebrate the story and lasting impact of this iconic institution through inspiring stories of faith and democracy with a stirring performance of Wynton Marsalis' All Rise and appearances by Kathryn Hahn, Kwame Alexander, Misty Copeland, and more. -
Premieres Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV and 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Follow archaeologists as they discover a long-lost ancient cemetery in Egypt’s sacred desert. Treasures emerge unlike anything seen by the team, revealing details of a unique period when women had remarkable power. -
Premieres Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, Feb. 16 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV and 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. In Antarctica, killer whales hunt using their intelligence and teamwork. Swimming together to create powerful waves, they can wash seals off pieces of floating ice. Follow a team of scientists and filmmakers as they explore the icy waters to advance our understanding of these sophisticated animals. -
Premieres Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family trees of musician Ruben Blades and journalist Natalie Morales - interweaving stories from across Latin America. Along the way, both guests learn secrets that their ancestors tried hard to conceal. -
Monday, Feb. 10, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. A filmmaker returns home to Eagle Pass, Texas, after the death of her brother to reflect on their lives growing up and to explore how fronterizo identity takes shape on the U.S.-Mexico border. -
Premieres Monday, Feb. 10, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encore Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2. ROADSHOW heads to the Mojave Desert in search of marvels at Springs Preserve. Finds include a Frank McCarthy oil painting, baseball autographs, ca. 1945 and a 1977 Elvis Presley watch presented to Redd Foxx. One is $80,000 to $120,000! -
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Samantha begins her trip at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. In Michigan, she explores The Cherry Republic, and dines with new friends at the Farm Club on the Leelanau Peninsula. She visits a repurposed mental hospital and learns cheese-making. On Lake Michigan, she sails the schooner Wind Dancer, discovering its history as a water stagecoach. Her trip concludes at Bonobo Winery. -
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. We add big, bold flavor to chicken three ways—whole-poached, spatchcocked and tray-baked. Christopher Kimball uses a slow-cooking poaching technique to make Chinese White-Cooked Chicken with Ginger Soy Dressing. Bianca Borges breaks down Piri Piri Chicken and Rosemary Gill adds her signature touch to a Garlicky Spiced Chicken and Potato Traybake with Pomegranate Molasses. -
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