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Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Also available for streaming with closed captioning in Mandarin and Spanish. Discover how an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1900 set off fear and anti-Asian sentiment in San Francisco. This new documentary tells the gripping story of the race against time by health officials to save the city from the deadly disease. -
Encore Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! The film is a raw, inspiring window into 5.4 million children stepping forward as frontline heroes. Caring for family with tough medical conditions. They are cheerleaders, work part-time, go to college and live double lives quietly growing up as America’s next greatest generation. -
Premieres Friday, May 20, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with the PBS Video App. Experience Shakespeare's comedic masterpiece from the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park set in South Harlem telling the story of the trickster Falstaff and the wily wives who outwit him in a celebration of Black joy, laughter and vitality. -
Friday, May 9, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. The Wood Brothers bring the party with their signature sound of danceable soulful folk, blues, gospel and jazz. Featuring songs, "Alabaster," "The Muse," "River Takes The Town," "Lixa Jane" and more. -
Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with PBS Video App. Genuine New Zealand treasures Isey and her son James invite viewers into their lives in the week leading up to Isey's 100th birthday and its shaping up to be quite the party. The episode captures a Northland celebration of life and aroha (love) like no other. -
Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with the PBS Video App. Hawaii, the most remote island chain on Earth, offers sanctuary for wildlife that has reached its tropical shores. From humpback whales to waterfall-climbing fish, it's home to an extraordinary wealth of wildlife. -
Monday, Dec. 25, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App. Father Greg Boyle founded Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles as a means of improving the lives of former gang members. Now it’s one of the most successful organizations for gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry programs in the world. -
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App + Encore Sunday, June 2 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. When the colossal Ever Given container ship crashed in the Suez Canal in March 2021, international supply chains ground to a halt. How did it happen? Follow the investigation into one of the most expensive shipping disasters ever. -
Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. on KPBS TV / On demand. No space is too small or too oddly-shaped for a thriving garden! Whether you have a zero-radius lot, an intimate patio, or just a balcony several stories off the ground, you might be surprised at some of the clever design tricks you can use to create growing space almost anywhere. -
Saturdays, Aug. 12 and Aug. 19, 2023 at 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! + Encore Thursdays, Aug. 12 and 24 at 8 a.m. on KPBS 2. Explore the magnificent eastern region of Colombia, a land defined by two powerful rivers: the Orinoco and the Amazon. Along the way, meet amazing wildlife, including jaguars, capybaras, anacondas, and pygmy marmosets, the world's smallest monkeys.
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