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Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 16 at 6 p.m. on KPBS 2 + April 15 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Lace up your dancing shoes and celebrate the band's return to the stage. In honor of the 45th anniversary of Waiting for Columbus, they'll be replicating the legendary live album at every stop, joined by some very special guests. -
Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022 at 2 p.m. and Friday, Oct. 14 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand. Test cook Dan Souza and host Julia Collin Davison make Pupusas with Curtido. Equipment expert Adam Ried shares with host Bridget Lancaster his top picks for soda makers. Test cook Elle Simone Scott makes Bridget Fried Yuca. -
Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + YouTube. We take a trip to Morocco to learn about a traditional, all-purpose flatbread, Khobz. Milk Street Cook Josh Mamaclay makes easy, yet deeply rich and flavorful Moroccan Harissa-Garlic Shrimp. Milk Street Cook Sam Fore prepares Salmon with Matbucha, a North African cooked "salad" made with olive oil, garlic, tomatoes, sweet peppers and spicy chilies. -
Thursday, Oct, 6, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV + Friday, Oct. 7 at 10 a.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with the PBS Video App. With the resignation of Boris Johnson and the death of Queen Elizabeth, the UK just got new prime minister and a new monarch. Tony Blair tells Ian Bremmer that to overcome today’s challenges, its new leaders must return to centrist policies. -
Encore Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App or YouTube. PBS NEWSHOUR examines the nationwide trauma caused by mass shootings, suicide and community gun violence. -
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with PBS App. The film explores the global water crisis, using California as a microcosm. It shows how water politics that led to the draining of the Owens Valley by Los Angeles, made famous by the film "Chinatown," continue to this day in ongoing efforts to take ever more water from Northern California's San Francisco Bay estuary. -
Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, Oct. 9 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video App. Almost 40 years after the discovery of HIV could we be on the verge of ending the AIDS epidemic in America? How did scientists tackle one of the most elusive deadly viruses to ever infect humans? Can innovative drugs bring new infections to zero? -
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV. "Meet Mary Pleasant" is the daring saga of a 19th-century African-American woman, born a slave and raised in Nantucket, who became an international abolitionist, a prosperous entrepreneur, and a civil-rights activist whose work helped alter modern-day civil-rights law. -
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Wednesday, March 13 at 4 p.m. on KPBS 2. Go beyond the legend and meet the woman who repeatedly risked her own life and freedom to liberate others from slavery. One of the greatest freedom fighters in U.S. history, Tubman was an Underground Railroad conductor, a Civil War scout, and a spy. -
Premieres Monday, Oct. 3, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand. Three Cuban baseball players leave their families and risk exile to train in Central America and chase their dreams of playing in the United States. At the shadowy nexus of the migrant trail and pro sports, The Last Out chronicles their difficult journey, from multi-step immigration obstacles and learning English to the broken promises and dubious motives of agents.
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