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Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encore Sunday, Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. on KPBS 2. Celebrate the band's 50th anniversary with Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, John Mayer, Mick Taylor, the Black Keys, Gary Clark Jr. and more. This 2012 concert at Newark's Prudential Center is one of the most memorable shows in the band's history. -
Friday, June 20, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. Former San Diego Padre Tim Flannery trades the baseball diamond for the concert stage to perform a night of bluegrass, country, and rock with his band The Lunatic Fringe. -
Premieres Sundays, Oct. 27 – Nov. 17, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Samantha Bond, Jo Martin, Cara Horgan and Natalie Dew star in the series, adapted by Robert Thorogood from his best-selling novels, and premiering on MASTERPIECE Mystery! And ahead of our Season 1 premiere, we’re thrilled to announce that the cast and crew are already back in production on Season 2! -
Friday, May 2, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Meet the Mambo Legends Orchestra, committed to keeping the sounds of the great Afro-Cuban bandleaders Machito, Tito Puente, and Tito Rodriguez alive for future generations. -
Thursday, Oct.17, 2024 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Freedom isn't free, as the saying goes. But it may be up for interpretation. On the show today, we look at the critical role that 'freedom' is playing in the final stretch of the closest U.S. presidential race in modern history. Guest: Timothy Snyder, author and historian. -
Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 and 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Sunday, April 27 at 6 p.m. on KPBS 2. Join the legendary performers in a look back at their decades-long careers and ongoing partnership. Featuring performances of King’s classics, including “It’s Too Late” and “So Far Away” and Taylor’s “Sweet Baby James,” “Fire and Rain” and many more. -
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! The Wide Awakes were a Republican para-military organization distinguished from other political clubs of the 19th century by their youth, effectiveness, and distinctive uniforms. Examine this group's history and their nationwide movement instrumental in electing Abraham Lincoln in 1860. -
Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Sunday, Oct. 27 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2. The search for remains of formerly enslaved Black Union soldiers brutally murdered by angry Southerners as the Civil War was ending. Learn about Camp Nelson, KY, the military base where these soldiers and thousands got their freedom papers. -
Coming Soon! Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encore Sunday, Oct. 27 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV and 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. Follow filmmaker Vianet Djenguet as he documents a grueling but vital mission to habituate a notoriously protective 450-pound silverback, in a last-ditch effort to save the critically endangered Eastern lowland gorillas from extinction. -
Premieres Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. A debt-laden grad turns Tokyo Uber Eats biker, confronting the gig economy's harsh truths. Pedaling along the city's deserted streets, he wonders about the "Uberization" of society and what it offers to an unemployed young person with student debt.
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