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Monday, July 25, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand with PBS Video App. In Maniitsoq, Greenland, the U.S. aluminum giant Alcoa Corporation has been planning to build a smelting plant for years. With the promise of economic renewal, this film follows the lives of the area's loyal aging population and its stymied youth. Pictured against immense, isolating landscapes, the people await their plant and with it, the nation's possible first step towards sovereignty. -
Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand with the PBS Video App. Guest: Tomohiko Taniguchi, former Special Advisor to the Prime Minister. How will the shocking assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the country's longest-serving Prime Minister, reshape the country and the broader region? -
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand. Hosts Julia and Bridget make the ultimate Crispy Fish Sandwiches with Tartar Sauce. Adam shares his top picks for pepper mills, and Jack challenges Bridget and Julia to a horseradish tasting. Keith Dresser makes show stopping Rhode Island-Style Fried Calamari. -
Mondays, Aug. 1 - 15, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Tuesdays, Aug. 2 - 16 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2. Actor Richard E Grant (DOWNTON ABBEY; "Gosford Park") travels in the footsteps of notable authors whose work has been inspired by the culture, cities and landscapes of southern France, southern Italy and southern Spain. This week: Richard journeys to southern France, visiting the Cévennes mountains, Marseille, Juan-les-Pins on the French Riviera and Grasse in the hills north of Cannes. -
Premieres Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Thursday, July 28 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with PBS Video App. Families struggle to keep their homes during the pandemic, despite a federal ban on evictions. With Retro Report, an intimate look at the nation's affordable housing crisis through the eyes of tenants, landlords, judges, and law enforcement. -
Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, July 17 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Playing international smash hits such as "Just The Way You Are," "New York State of Mind," "Uptown Girl," "Vienna," "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant," "Piano Man" and many more, this superb group of multi-instrumentalists featuring renowned vocalists and piano players Rob Stringer and Alex Dee pay tribute to one of American music's greats. -
Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand. Hosts reveal the secrets to Spinach and Ricotta Gnudi with Tomato-Butter Sauce. Equipment expert Adam Ried shares top picks for utensil crocks, and science expert Dan Souza explains the science of tempered chocolate. Bridget and Julia make Baci di Dama (Italian Hazelnut Cookies). -
Encore Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! Three communities intersect, sharing histories of forced removal - Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at the Manzanar WWII concentration camp, Native Americans who were forced from these lands, and ranchers turned environmentalists, who were bought out by the LA Department of Water and Power. How do they come together in the present moment to defend their land and water from Los Angeles? -
Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Friday, July 15 at 10 a.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand. Guest: Yascha Mounk, author of “The Great Experiment.” Ukrainian citizens are fighting and dying for their democracy and freedom. But globally, autocracy continues to rise. On the show this week: the challenges that diverse democracies face, and the growing allure of anti-democratic alternatives.
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Sunday, July 10, 2022 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Not available on demand. The exhilarating soprano Lise Davidsen brings one of her signature roles to the Met for the first time as the mythological Greek heroine of Strauss's enchanting masterpiece. The outstanding cast also features mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as the Composer of the opera-within-an-opera around which the plot revolves.
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