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Premieres Monday, Aug. 5, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Download the free PBS app. While an old shepherd suffering from bone disease witnesses his profession disappearing, scientists are busier than ever researching the COVID vaccine. Explore the relationship between humans, animals, and science in post-pandemic times -
Stream now on YouTube. Inventor Boyan Slat is on a mission to rid oceans of plastic. His team at The Ocean Cleanup designs and deploys systems that pull trash from the open ocean. Now, he’s stopping the pollution at its source: rivers where plastic is easier to catch. -
Saturdays, Nov. 23 and 30, 2024 from 9 p.m. - 11 p.m. / Stream the 4-part series now with KPBS Passport! What do the 1920s, world-famous Perugina chocolate, angora rabbits and high-end tailoring have in common? One woman: Luisa Spagnoli. Teeming with entrepreneurial spirit and endowed with extraordinary modernity and creativity, she made her mark in an environment unfriendly to powerful, visionary women. From Walter Presents, in Italian with English subtitles. -
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream the film now with KPBS Passport! An immersive documentary illuminating the triumphant power of music as a tight-knit school community must find new ways to connect, learn and perform during one unforgettable and historic school year in San Francisco. -
Premieres Wednesdays, July 31 - Aug. 14, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Download the free PBS app. The series explores the enduring, and often surprising connections between three of the most essential aspects of the human experience: art, science, and creativity. A range of stories are told by a terrific array of characters, some well known like Joshua Bell, the artist Nick Cave, and the multi-Grammy winning octet Roomful of Teeth; others will be wonderful discoveries for audiences. -
Premieres Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Inside the rise of far-right extremism in Germany. Tracing the increasing threat to democracy from the far right, its connections to extremist ideas and plots, with accounts from intelligence officials, politicians and the far right itself. -
Monday, July 29, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Travel with Vivian to the Lumbee tribe's annual homecoming, where she samples their famous collard sandwich. On a trip to Georgia, Vivian meets a group of refugee farmers growing greens that remind them of home. -
PBS News will provide live coverage of President Biden’s Oval Office address to the nation Wednesday, July 24 at 5 p.m. on KPBS TV, and NPR coverage will stream on KPBS FM. The live PBS coverage will be co-anchored by Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and will also stream at PBS.org/newshour and on NEWS HOUR’s YouTube channel. -
Monday, July 29, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Two Koli fishermen in Bombay are driven to desperation by a dying sea, testing their bond. Immerse in this tale of friendship between Rakesh and Ganesh, fractured by the weight of a changing world and a sea threatened by climate change. -
Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. Allegations of fraud and abuse in South Korea’s historic foreign adoption boom. With The Associated Press, investigating cases of falsified records and identities among the adoptions of 200,000 children to the U.S. and other countries over decades.
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