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Premieres Tuesday, March 26 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encores Wednesday, March 27 at 9 p.m. and Friday, March 29 at 4 p.m. on KPBS 2. In the early 1980s, the steel industry collapsed, leaving families without any healthcare coverage for their children. As displaced steelworkers banded with church leaders in the hardest hit sections of Pittsburgh, a grassroots program expanded into one of the most important federal children's healthcare programs ever enacted – the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). -
Premieres Tuesdays, March 26 and April 9, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Streaming on the PBS App. The four-part documentary series, reveals a little-known truth: that public health saved your life today and you probably don’t even know it. But while public health makes modern life possible, the work itself is often underfunded, undervalued, and misunderstood. -
Mondays, Jan. 6 - Feb. 17, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS Passport! Boasting unique access and state-of-the-art technology, host and historian Bettany Hughes investigates the most remarkable treasures of civilization that reveal the story of humanity. -
Premieres Monday, March 25, 2024 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Follow the people dealing with economic uncertainty and the healthcare crisis in rural America. Learn about the mental health and isolation of Midwestern farmers and the Appalachian communities left with limited or no access to healthcare. -
Premieres Monday, March 25, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encore Wednesday, March 27 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2. ROADSHOW visits Louisiana for fascinating finds, like 1997 Michael Jordan-signed Air Jordan XII shoes; a Patek Philippe gold wristwatch, ca. 1915; and a diamond and platinum ring, ca. 2000. Can you guess the $138,000 item? -
Coming Soon! Premieres Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encore Sunday, March 31 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV and 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. A.I. tools like ChatGPT seem to think, speak, and create like humans. But what are they really doing? From cancer cures to Terminator-style takeovers, leading experts explore what A.I. can – and can’t – do today, and what lies ahead. -
Saturdays, March 23 - April 27, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream Seasons 1 - 4 now with KPBS Passport! Luna Kunath is strong-willed but her penchant for naivety gets her into trouble. Sophie Pohlmann seems more mature, but her desire for harmony and fairness can be her weakness. From Walter Presents, in German with English subtitles. -
Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 and 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Experience another band that’s a Swedish sensation as they perform ABBA’s greatest hits including “Dancing Queen,” “Super Trouper,” “Knowing Me, Knowing You,” “Take a Chance on Me,” “Fernando,” “Mamma Mia,” “Waterloo” and more. See and hear the band that the ABBA fan club considers “the closest you will ever get to ABBA.” -
Premieres Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Livestream Event. Explore the spectacular cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse. In April 2024, the Moon’s shadow is sweeping from Texas to Maine, as the U.S. witnesses its last total solar eclipse until 2044. This extraordinary astronomical event will plunge locations in the path of totality into darkness for more than four minutes – nearly twice as long as the last American eclipse in 2017. Learn how to watch an eclipse safely and follow scientists as they work to unlock secrets of our Sun. -
Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App. Is the world still at risk of recession or have we shaken off the post-Covid blues? Ian Bremmer looks at the health of the global economy amid ongoing wars in the Middle East and Europe with economist and author Dambisa Moyo. Then, the everyday people filling a crucial gap amid New York’s migrant crisis.
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