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Premieres Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Through dynamic archival footage and compelling interviews, this film is the first documentary to profile the youth-led movement of nonviolent civil disobedience against the Vietnam War, a critical part of the antiwar movement that eventually forced an end to both the war and draft conscription.
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Premieres Tuesdays, Jan. 28 - Feb. 18, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Wednesdays, Feb. 5 - 26 at 8 a.m. on KPBS 2. The series explores how a series of Black migrations have shaped the U.S. From waves of Black Americans to the North—and back South—to immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean, movement is a defining feature of the Black experience.
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Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. The Holocaust began with words – hateful words aimed at Jews, and others. Words can encourage and compliment, but words can also startle and wound people personally and in public ways. Words matter. Can the Holocaust provide a template for understanding and confronting extremism today?
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Premieres Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encore Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2. Las Vegas treasures hit the jackpot with ROADSHOW finds including a Louis C. Tiffany enamel vase, ca. 1905, a 1599 Thomas Buckminster almanac and Ernie Barnes’ Fourth and One oil painting. Watch to see the season-topping $650,000 find!
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Premieres Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. What makes the perfect cheesecake? Milk Street heads into the kitchen to find out! Rose Hattabaugh leads the way with Basque Cheesecake, a dessert known for its "burnt" surface and creamy-smooth center. Christopher Kimball then puts cream cheese on the sidelines with Ricotta-Semolina Cheesecake. Plus, we investigate how the color of bakeware affects a recipe and make homemade creme fraiche.
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Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Sunday, Jan. 26 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Join the nine-time Grammy Award winner for a hometown concert In Nashville. Crow performs her greatest hits along with fan favorites and several new songs from her latest album, "Evolution."
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Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS app + Encore Sunday, Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2. Explore the issue of reparations for African-Americans. Building on key issues of diversity and democracy; slavery and its aftermath; and socio-economic indicators, this documentary puts real people and their family histories into the reparations debate. Personal stories, expert interviews and rich archival materials underscored by evocative music weaves a narrative around the issue of reparations today so many years after the historical understanding of the end of slavery in America.
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Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. The guardrails that have largely kept global peace since the WWII may finally be coming off. It's not only because Donald Trump is coming back to the White House, but he will speed up the process. Francis Fukuyama from Stanford University joins the show to break it all down.
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Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Mixing a fictional narrative with documentary interviews, explore the dramatic story of an encounter with an extraterrestrial artifact and the new tools we have available in the search for life beyond earth.
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Premieres Wednesdays, Jan. 22 and 29, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Encores Sundays, Jan. 26 and Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 and Thursdays, Jan. 30 and Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS app. On the shores of Botswana’s Gomoti River, three big cats have made themselves a home. An aging lion has his hands full with new cubs; a cheetah mother races to get her five cubs to independence, and a male leopard embarks on a bumpy journey to fatherhood. To succeed, these cats must use their unique skills to avoid lethal encounters, outsmart rivals, and thrive in a crowded neighborhood. Narrated by David Oyelowo.
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