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Stream Seasons 1 - 6 now with the PBS app. Chef Yia Vang takes us inside chef's kitchens as they serve up stories of cultural heritage through the universal language of food. -
Stream now with the PBS app. ACL presents an hour with one of the preeminent American singer-songwriters of our time, Jason Isbell, and his band The 400 Unit. Isbell takes his place in ACL history with this revelatory hour, showcasing a new collection of songs from 2023’s acclaimed "Weathervanes," nominated for a trio of 2024 Grammys, including Best Americana Album. -
Stream now with the PBS app / Watch Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025 at 5 p.m. on KPBS 2. Kelly is joined by psychotherapist Esther Perel, journalist Katie Couric and artist Timothy Goodman to engage in an open dialogue about the importance of connection in our lives. Perel’s research and experience sheds light on what we have lost in the digital age, and she offers her advice on reprioritizing the people around us, for their sake and ours. -
Premieres Wednesdays, Sept. 10 - 24, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Thursdays, Sept. 11 - 25 at 9 p.m. and 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Sundays, Sept 14 - 28 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2. This four-hour series is hosted by environmental journalist and TED Climate Editor Gulnaz Khan. Truly cinematic in its approach, the series was filmed in Africa (Mauritania, Senegal and Ethiopia), Japan, Colombia and Peru, and is a deeply personal and often troubling examination of how climate change is impacting some of the most hallowed places on the planet. -
Stream now with the PBS app / Watch Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, prehistoric Europe bloomed with surprisingly sophisticated art. From Ireland to France, Scotland to the Greek Isles, we traverse that mystical world of mighty megaliths, torchlit cave paintings, magical goddesses, and wrinkled bog people. We stand in awe as a massive tomb is radiated by a dramatic beam of sunlight and listen to ritual horns that still play today. -
Premieres Sundays, Aug. 24 - Sept. 28, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Life in the idyllic town of Marlow has just about returned to normal, but it’s not long before Judith, Becks and Suzie are called back into action, when a series of new unsettling crimes befall the local residents. -
Stream now with KPBS Passport / Watch Tuesday, Aug.12, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV. A powerful story of the most destructive invention in human history, outlining how America developed the nuclear bomb, how it changed the world and how it continues to loom large in our lives. Witness the raw power and strangely compelling beauty of rare views of above-ground nuclear tests. -
Stream now with the PBS app / Watch Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. As the U.S. imposes sky-high tariffs and renegotiates trade agreements, it’s rewriting the rules of the global economy. So far tariffs have had a limited impact, but is this just the calm before a very big storm? What happens when globalization’s biggest backer becomes its biggest critic? Fareed Zakaria joins Ian Bremmer. -
Stream now with KPBS Passport! Watch Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV. In response to French Resistance activities in the area and the D-Day landing of June 6, 1944, a German SS division arrived in the small French village of Oradour-sur-Glane on June 10th, 1944, and massacred 643 innocent civilians. It was one of the worst atrocities of World War II. -
Stream now with KPBS Passport / Watch Monday, Aug. 4, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV. Amid a growing U.S. maternal health crisis, especially for women of color, the film offers glimmers of hope: women finding their voice and autonomy; nurses listening to women; and hospitals treating the community holistically. It paints a joyous portrait of babies coming into the world, and of heroic efforts to catch new mothers before they fall through the broken health safety net.
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