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  • Premieres Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Test cook Bryan Roof makes a juicy Honey-Glazed Pork Shoulder. Tasting expert Jack Bishop explores the world of sheep's-milk cheeses. Toni Tipton-Martin shares the Welsh tradition of celebrating the leek, and test cook Ashley Moore makes Creamy Potatoes and Leeks.
  • Premieres Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Test cook Erin McMurrer makes Zarzuela (Spanish Seafood Stew). Gear Heads hosts Hannah Crowley and Lisa McManus compare disposable and reusable plastic bags. And Bridget prepares Red Pepper Coques for host Julia Collin Davison.
  • Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Become a master bread maker! We start with Three-Seed Beer Pretzels, showing you how to get the perfect chewy crust and soft interior. Then, it's an Olive Oil Challah that employs the technique used to make Japanese milk bread. Plus, we show you all you need to know about kneading and the best way to sharpen serrated knives.
  • Stream now with KPBS+ / Premieres Friday, Jan. 23, 2026 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV. As Joseph, the Closner sisters Allison, Meegan and Natalie Schepman sing in tight sibling harmony with a mix of delicacy and power. Hear songs including hits “White Flag,” “SOS,” “Blood and Tears,” “Fighter,” and the emotional “Room for You.”
  • Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Guest: Stephen Walt, Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School. In just 12 months, Donald Trump has transformed the presidency - and the world. He returned to the White House with fewer constraints and a more muscular view of foreign policy. A look at President Trump's first year back in office and what comes next.
  • Premieres Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. What if asteroids, long feared as destroyers of life, were key to our existence? Explore a revolutionary new theory that these violent collisions provided the essential ingredients – water, minerals, and energy – needed to jumpstart life on Earth.
  • Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Civil rights legend Fannie Lou Hamer is remembered by those how worked side by side with her in the struggle for voting rights.
  • Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Encore Thursday, Jan. 22 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Examine Roberto Alvarez vs. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District, the first successful school desegregation court decision in the history of the United States.
  • Premieres Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with the KPBS+ / Encores Friday, Jan. 23 at 3 p.m. + Sunday, Jan. 25 at 4 p.m. on KPBS 2. See a bounty of Utah treasures from ROADSHOW’s visit to Red Butte Garden and Arboretum!
  • Premieres Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Test cook Ben Mims makes Silky Roasted Eggplant with Tomato and Feta. Tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Julia and a special guest to a head-to-head tasting of hummus. And test cook Antoinette Johnson prepares Zaalouk (Moroccan Eggplant Meze).

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