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Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Sunday, March 23 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. Witness the creation of the waterhole, one of Africa’s greatest wildlife meeting places manufactured by giant elephants and tiny termites. From baboons to dung beetles to chameleons, an entire community of creatures call the waterhole their home. -
Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Marriner Eccles was one of the premier economic thinkers of his time. The Chairman of the Federal Reserve under Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, Marriner was integral to the economic policies of the 1930s and '40s; he was a staunch advocate for the independence of the nation's central bank, and a voice of the New Deal. -
Premieres Monday, Nov. 1, 2021 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown after the death of his young niece. Decades of home movies and ethereal narration reflect on struggles with grief and addiction as Madsen examines family, faith, and trans identity. Ultimately, the film asks more questions than it answers, and like the relentless Michigan seasons, the only sure things are time and change. -
Monday, Dec. 30, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + YouTube + Encore Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV. Give a big hand to this eye-catching collection of standouts from our body of work including a Willie Sutton prison-escape head and hand, an over-the-shoulder saxhorn, and a Victorian puffy heart charm necklace. -
Premieres Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 at 9 p.m. and Sunday, Oct, 31 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2. Go inside the mind of a genius as host Scott Yoo and fellow musicians undertake a recording of Beethoven's most personal music at a historic Berkshires manor to explore the composer's brilliant career where they are visited by some unexpected guests. -
Premieres Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. "The Bob Ross Experience" is a hour-long program documenting the transformation of his original studio into an intimate museum experience designed for those he inspired. -
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, April 2 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Watch now with KPBS Passport! Incredible scientific investigations from across the globe are helping piece together the untold story of prehistoric women. The latest research separates fact from fiction and sheds new light on our ancient foremothers. -
Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, July 10 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! The sun is our life-giving source of light, heat, and energy, and new discoveries are unraveling its epic history. Join NOVA on a spectacular voyage to discover its place in a grand cycle of birth, death and renewal that makes this the age of stars. -
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! A veteran pair of ospreys return home to a Connecticut saltmarsh. Over one summer they must battle their enemies, withstand the elements, and hunt hundreds of fish, all to raise the next generation of these consummate sea hawks. -
Wednesdays, April 2 - 23, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! This four-part documentary series traces the veteran experience across the arc of American history and exploring the present-day divide between civilian and veteran communities.
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