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  • Premieres Monday, Aug. 29, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand with PBS Video App. Enter the world of Harar, Ethiopia where a euphoria-inducing plant holds sway over everyday life. See moments from the harvesters of the crop, people lost in its narcotic haze and the younger generation searching for an escape from political strife.
  • Monday, Aug. 29, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with PBS Video App. Kandace Springs brings a stunning mix of beauty, jazz, soul and pop to THE KATE. With her all-female band, she performs songs from her 2020 album "The Women Who Raised Me." In a funky yet sophisticated set,
  • Premieres Mondays, Aug. 29 - Sept. 12, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Tuesdays, Aug. 30 - Sept. 13 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with PBS Video App. Get immersed in this story of love, betrayal, and obsession told from the unique perspective of the Boleyn family. This week: In a high-stakes gamble, Anne makes her play for — and wins — the biggest prize in the kingdom. The Boleyns and their allies push Henry to break with the Catholic Church in Rome and claim his destiny as Supreme Head of the Church of England, overturning 1000 years of history.
  • Premieres Friday, Aug. 26, 2022 at 9 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 28 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Aug. 28 at 6 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand with PBS Video App. Enjoy the Vienna Philharmonic's annual summer night concert with cellist Gautier Capucon under the direction of guest conductor Andris Nelsons at Austria's Schonbrunn Palace.
  • Premieres Friday, Aug. 26, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand with PBS Video App. Filmed at the world-famous Hotel del Coronado, the 2022 San Diego Film Awards will recognize excellence in over 20 categories for local narrative and documentary films made by independent and professional filmmakers.
  • Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Friday, Oct. 14 at 10 a.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now. This week's guest says the next decade will be a turning point in the global cyber arms race. And she should know. Jen Easterly heads the U.S. government agency tasked with defending the country from all cyber threats, foreign and domestic.
  • Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! In the rugged canyon lands of Northern Arizona, Navajo and Hopi cross country runners from two rival high schools put it all on the line for tribal pride, triumph over personal adversity and state championship glory. After a narrow win hands Tuba City High School their 19th state championship, second place finisher Chinle sets out to topple their rivals and finally claim victory for themselves.
  • Wednesdays, April 12 - 26 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App. Inspired in part by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibition and supported by its historical resources, The U.S. and the Holocaust examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism, the eugenics movement in the United States and race laws in the American south.
  • Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, Aug. 25 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now. Traveling across Germany, we learn how fascism rose and then fell, taking millions of people with it. Visiting actual locations - from Munich to Nurnberg to Berlin - we trace the roots of Nazism in the aftermath of World War I, when masses of angry people were enchanted by Hitler.
  • Tuesday, Aug. 23 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, Aug. 25 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! The Berlin Wall divided Germany – and Europe - for nearly 30 years. Like other walls around the world, this inhumane structure tore families apart and destroyed lives. This 2-part program reveals a very personal perspective on this physical representation of the Cold War.

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