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  • Premieres Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video app. Meet the influential author and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Also, an anthropologist, Hurston collected folklore throughout the South and Caribbean - reclaiming, honoring and celebrating Black life on its own terms.
  • Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Bryan Roof visits Oakland, California and shares his version of Sinigang with host Julia Collin Davison. Toni Tipton-Martin shares the backstory of the food incubator La Cocina, and Morgan Bolling makes host Bridget Lancaster Neorm Sach Moan.
  • Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS Video app. Test cook Dan Souza makes host Julia Collin Davison Porchetta-Style Turkey Breast. Equipment expert Adam Ried reviews smart ovens. Test cook Keith Dresser makes host Bridget Lancaster Roasted Fennel with Orange-Honey Dressing.
  • Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Watch now with the PBS Video app. We travel to West Africa to learn to make Liberian Banana-Rice Bread. Then, Milk Street Cook Bianca Borges prepares Swedish Cardamom Buns, a twist on the beloved cinnamon bun. Finally, Lynn Clark bakes sweet and tangy Orange-Cranberry Soda Bread with White Chocolate Chunks.
  • Premieres Monday, Jan. 16, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS Video app. The Big Payback is the story of how a rookie alderwoman in Evanston, Illinois led the passage of the first tax-funded reparations bill for Black Americans and stirred up a debate about the debt owed from the U.S.
  • Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Watch wow-worthy Woodside treasures, including a vintage LGBTQ+ t-shirt collection, a 1959 Walt Disney Studios Sleeping Beauty Maleficent cel, and a Walter Johnson-signed baseball. One surprising find has a value of $60,000 to $150,000!
  • Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, Feb. 19 at 6 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Watch now with KPBS Passport! Grab a front-row seat to the Songbird Supreme’s historic first show in Japan, a stop on her first ever international tour in celebration of her fifth studio album, "Daydream" (1995). Featuring standout versions of her greatest hits, including “Emotions,” “Dreamlover” and “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” the concert marked a special point in the now-legendary singer’s career.
  • Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 at 11:30 p.m. / watch now with the PBS App. What's in store for the global economy in 2023? Well, it's not going to be pretty. A raging war in Europe, sky-high inflation, and an unstable China will create strong economic headwinds in the year to come. But it's not all doom and gloom. Guest: Dambisa Moyo, Global Economist.
  • Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes guests Claire Danes and Jeff Daniels on a journey through primal scenes from America’s past—leading all the way back to an infamous witch hunt.
  • Stream now with KPBS Passport! Hosts Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin Davison make the ultimate Caramel-Espresso Yule Log. Lisa reviews mini muffin tins.

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