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Stream now with KPBS Passport! Superstar Chris Stapleton returns with a scorching hour of country-rock classics from his LP "Higher." -
Stream now with KPBS Passport / Watch Saturdays, Sept. 6 - Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. on KPBS TV. Sydney socialite Daisy Munroe (Rebecca Gibney) heads to New Zealand for a vacation at her recently deceased stepfather’s winery, which she intends to sell. Little does she know the vineyard has a co-owner: grumpy U.K.-born lawyer Louis Oakley (Charles Edwards), who also travels to New Zealand to escape a spiraling series of unfortunate events in his life. -
Premieres Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Italians really do eat spaghetti and meatballs! We head to Abruzzo to learn the ancient origins of this all-American dish. Plus, we share two more red sauce recipes with surprising origin stories: Charred Red-Sauce Spaghetti (Spaghetti all'Assassina) and Slow-Cooked Short Rib Ragu with Pasta. -
Stream with KPBS+ / Watch Monday, Sept. 8, 2025 beginning at 9 p.m. - Friday, Sept. 12 at 11 p.m. KPBS Classics from the Vault brings back unforgettable documentaries alongside current local fan favorites. It’s a chance to revisit stories that helped shape KPBS and celebrate our legacy of local storytelling. -
Stream with KPBS+ / Watch Monday, Sept. 8, 2025 at 10:45 pm. on KPBS TV . Niki De Saint Phalle, a local sculptor, is regarded as the "leading woman artist that has come out of the 20th century." Her sculptors can be found in Balboa Park, Downtown San Diego and more. Celebrate the legacy she and her artwork have left on San Diego, and discover what went into the creation of her piece "Coming Together." -
Watch Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Monday, Sept. 8 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. The San Diego County Administration Building is a magnificent historical site. The plans came together by the late 1930s when President Franklin Roosevelt designated the Public Works Administration to help revitalize the economy during the Great Depression. -
Watch Monday, Sept. 1 at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Coming to this country with dreams of a better life, frontline caregivers, nannies, and house cleaners risk it all to support their families while fighting for workplace protections during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through grit, activism, and unbending solidarity, these mostly female and largely undocumented workers show how change can happen—even when the odds are stacked against them. -
Stream now with the PBS app / Watch Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV. An ingredient Pati constantly uses is salt and Yucatán has one of the most unique salts. The Las Coloradas salt, which means blush red, gets its distinctive color from red algae. Engineer Felipe Perez takes Pati to the pink lakes where the salt is produced. Down the road in Rio Lagartos, conservationist Diego Nuñez takes her to see another pink wonder, Mexico’s highest concentration of flamingos. -
Stream now with KPBS Passport + YouTube / Watch Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. For special occasion entertaining, Christopher Kimball makes Barolo-Braised Beef Short Ribs, demonstrating the right way to cook your meat in wine. Rosemary Gill shows off the magic of dried mushrooms with Porcini-Rubbed Beef Tenderloin with Roasted Portobello Mushrooms. Rose Hattabaugh modernizes chocolate mousse with a recipe for Dark Chocolate Terrine with Coffee and Cardamom. -
Stream now with the PBS app + YouTube. Artificial intelligence is reshaping our world in countless ways — but what happens when we use it to protect the natural one? In India, where tigers prowl the outskirts of rural villages, scientists are training neural networks to help communities avoid conflict and protect their livestock.
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