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  • Premieres Monday, May 20, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. What is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen? Hard of hearing filmmaker Alison O'Daniel uses a series of tuba thefts in Los Angeles high schools as a jumping-off point to explore these questions.
  • Premieres Monday, May 20, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Wednesday, May 22 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 26 at 4 p.m. on KPBS 2. Travel to all five cities of ROADSHOW's Season 28 Tour for never-before-seen appraisals, including a 1976 Mark Hamill-signed Star Wars poster, a 1979 Bob Ross landscape oil, and a 1973 Iditarod Race sled!
  • Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App + Encore Thursday, May 23 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV. Test cook Keith Dresser makes host Julia Collin Davison a Southern Thai speciality, Khua Kling (Pork Stir-Fry). Science expert Dan Souza explains how broccoli and dogs are more similar than you think, and test cook Elle Simone Scott makes host Bridget Lancaster Khao Niaow Ma Muang (Sticky Rice with Mango).
  • Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App. Revisit 1967, when inner cities across America erupted in violence. President Lyndon Johnson appointed the Kerner Commission to investigate and the Commission’s final report would offer a shockingly unvarnished assessment of race relations that still resonates today.
  • Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 and 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Sunday, May 19 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Explore artisan craftsmanship and hidden treasures in one of the world’s most beautiful countries. Meet the skilled watchmakers, weavers, bookbinders and roof thatchers who teach hands-on skills to the next generation of apprentices.
  • Friday, May 17, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS App + Encore Sunday, May 19 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2. Enjoy Broadway hits and more performed by the six-time Tony Award winner including "I Am What I Am," "Climb Every Mountain," "Summertime," "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and many more.
  • Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App. Campus protests around the country have become a flashpoint in the national debate around the Israel-Palestine conflict. But how do we talk about these issues without offending the either side? Eboo Patel, founder of Interfaith America, weighs in. Then, Riley Callanan, graduating Columbia University senior and GZERO staff writer, shares her campus experience in this historic moment.
  • Premieres Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encore Sunday, May 19 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Whether you’re on social media or surfing the web, you’re probably sharing more personal data than you realize. Find out where your data is going, who’s selling it, and how you – and a new kind of web – could put control back in your hands.
  • Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 5 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Discover the art of creating stunning indoor greenery with the influencer and author’s helpful tips and expert advice. Learn about the many benefits of cultivating a love of plants and turning a home into a beautiful living oasis.
  • Mondays, May 13 and 20 at 10 p.m., Wednesday, May 29 at 11 p.m. and Monday, June 3 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream Season 2 now with KPBS Passport! Martin Clunes (Doc Martin) continues his epic ocean wide adventure in search of the real Pacific through the lives, vibrant culture and stories of the people he meets along the way. Papau New Guinea, the Phillippines and Micronesia are explored in Season 2.

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