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Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Wednesday, Aug. 28 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. Discover the life and career of director Blake Edwards, one of Hollywood’s most iconic figures. Edwards redefined slapstick comedy through a lens that still resonates with today’s directors and actors. With a career and body of work spanning over a four-decade career–often in collaboration with his wife, legendary actress and singer Julie Andrews–the film offers reflections on the times he lived in and tackles issues including sex, gender and power that remain at the forefront of present-day zeitgeist. -
Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with YouTube. Bryan Roof visits the Cuban Sandwich Festival in Tampa, Florida. Bryan makes host Bridget Lancaster the ultimate Cuban sandwich, with homemade Cuban bread and roast pork with mojo. Tasting expert Jack Bishop and host Julia Collin Davison taste our favorite mustards. -
Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! From portraying Spaghetti Western cowboys and hard-boiled cops to becoming one of Hollywood’s greatest directors, Clint Eastwood has become an enduring cinema icon throughout a 70-year career. This is a portrait of a creative talent still active in his 90s, both in front of and behind the camera. -
Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 at 9:30 p.m. KPBS 2 / Stream episodes now with the PBS app. Discover artists and creators who prove that art is not just on a stage or a screen or the words on a page, but is truly in every part of our lives. Meet women big wave surfers, Latino baseball pioneers and an all-Black mountaineering team. -
Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. After more than two years of grinding, deadly war in Ukraine, is it time to start negotiating with Russia? Journalist Yaroslav Trofimov joins Ian Bremmer to discuss the state of the invasion, its impact on Ukrainians, and potential pathways to peace. -
Premieres Monday, Aug. 19 - Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS app. Tonight: In part 1 of a two-part interview, legendary Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein reflect on their early careers and how they came to report on the Watergate scandal that ultimately led to President Nixon's resignation 50 years ago. -
Fridays at 8 p.m. and Encore Sundays at 10 a.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. THIS WEEK: With just days to go until Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz officially accept their party’s nomination at the Democratic National Convention, polls show the race for the White House tightening. And former President Donald Trump’s strategy to beat Harris remains unclear, as members of his own party call for him to focus on policy differences over personal attacks. -
Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024 at 6 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Enjoy the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic’s annual open-air concert from the gardens of Austria’s Imperial Schönbrunn Palace, featuring Andris Nelsons as guest conductor joined by soprano Lise Davidsen as guest soloist. -
Monday, Aug. 19 through Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. PT on KPBS TV, YouTube + NPR Coverage on KPBS FM. Follow the live special coverage of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, co-anchored by NEWS HOUR's Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett. Also, Scott Detrow will host NPR’s coverage with NPR National Political and White House Correspondents present during all days of the convention on KPBS FM. -
Premieres Monday, Aug. 19 - Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream the series now with KPBS Passport! The series explores the extraordinary lives and achievements of women who overcame gender discrimination and segregation to build fulfilling lives and legacies on America’s most iconic highway. From entrepreneurs and waitresses, anthropologists and politicians, to artists and military sergeants, these women transformed their communities and the American West through their hard work, perseverance and ingenuity.
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