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Friday, May 23, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. Dawes blaze their own trail through the Laurel Canyon sound with their Americana, folk and rock sounds. Featuring songs, "Who Do You Think You?re Talking To?", "Mistakes We Should Have Made," "When My Time Comes," "None of My Business" and more. -
Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand now with KPBS Passport! A treasure trove of short films that presents a unique perspective on the remarkable life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II, who in 2022 celebrates her record-breaking Platinum Jubilee after 70 years on the throne. -
Friday, June 16, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / No longer available to stream on demand. Joe Papp, founder of The Public Theater, Free Shakespeare in the Park and producer of groundbreaking plays like "Hair," "A Chorus Line" and for colored girls, created a "theater of inclusion" based on the belief that great art is for everyone. -
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with PBS Video App. Kelly Corrigan talks with poet and museum curator, Kevin Young. -
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand on with KPBS Passport. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores with Marisa Tomei, Sheryl Sandberg and Kal Penn the tremendous challenges faced by their immigrant forebears. From Italy, Russia and India to America, their histories show success could take generations to achieve. -
Encore Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023 at 11 a.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! A film focusing on one of World War II’s most heroic and least talked about units, Merrill's Marauders. Legendary news anchor Tom Brokaw narrates the tale of a group of volunteer soldiers who specialized in “hit and run” tactics in the jungles and mountains of Burma. -
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand now with KPBS Passport. When his brother is murdered in America’s first post-9/11 revenge killing, Rana Singh Sodhi begins a journey to reclaim his American dream and fight the hate that continues to threaten his community. -
Premieres Monday, May 30, 2022 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, June 1 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with PBS Video App. Get ready for rockin’, rollin’ and ROADSHOW with a collection of musical moments, including a Rock-Ola juke box, a French automation music box, and a “Stormy Weather” Lyrics and Koehler painting. Which musical appraisal is up to $220,000? -
Encore Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023 at 10 a.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with PBS App. This documentary highlights a special U.S. Air Force squadron whose pilots volunteered for one of the Vietnam War's most dangerous air missions. Their assignment: search for enemy supply transports and anti-aircraft installations concealed within the web of trail paths and waterways collectively known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail. -
Saturday, May 28, 2022 at Noon on KPBS 2 / On demand now with PBS Video App. Shot primarily in England and France, the film documents the story of one of the last living survivors of a major World War II military tragedy, and two secrets that he kept for decades.
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