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  • Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with PBS Video App. The grandson of Alabama slaves, Percy Julian met with every possible barrier in a deeply segregated America. He was a man of genius, devotion, and determination. As a black man he was also an outsider, fighting to make a place for himself in a profession and country divided by bigotry—a man who would eventually find freedom in the laboratory.
  • Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Friday, Oct. 21 at 10 a.m. no KPBS 2 / On demand now with PBS Video App. It's more than just a COVID hangover. The global economy is going to get worse before it gets better. But is a global recession inevitable? The heads of the World Bank and IMF share their plans to rescue the world economy.
  • Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 at 9 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV + Oct. 23 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video App. Mind-altering drugs—or psychedelics—have been used for thousands of years. Today, scientists are discovering their potential for profoundly positive clinical impacts, helping patients struggling with afflictions like addiction and depression.
  • Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Thursday, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video App. What were the last days in Pompeii like before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago? The dazzling discovery of an intact wooden chariot, the only one ever found, provides new insight into the social classes of the ancient city.
  • Encore Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video App. Witness the great wildebeest migration in East Africa, the most impressive mass movement of land animals on Earth. Travel with two Maasai guides who expose today’s conflict between people and wildlife and share new ideas for co-existence.
  • Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with PBS App. Examine the controversial shooting of 13-year-old Latino Andy Lopez by a Sonoma County deputy sheriff, the police investigation that followed, and the community’s efforts for historic reform of the sheriff’s office.
  • Premieres Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video App. Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn: from elite soldier overseas to waging "spiritual war" in America. With the Associated Press, how Flynn emerged as a leading conspiracy theorist, from QAnon to "Stop the Steal" and his ties to Christian nationalism.
  • Premieres Monday, Oct. 17, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS Video App. Dive down this counter-narrative and collective memory of the past 30 years of Muslim life in America by exploring pivotal moments in U.S. history and the impact of anti-Muslim rhetoric and policy on young Muslims who came of age after 9/11.
  • Monday, Oct. 17, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS Video App. Following the aftermath of the March 2021 mass shootings at three spas in Atlanta, this film chronicles how the Asian American community came together to fight back against hate and explores the struggles and triumphs of AAPI communities.
  • Premieres Monday, Oct. 17, 2022 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video App. Guess which glorious Grand Rapids treasures have soared since 2008, including a Navajo Germantown blanket, a 1967 Gerald Ford letter, and an 1881 Jasper Cropsey oil painting. One has an updated appraisal of $150,000!

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