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Premieres Friday, Feb.16, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encore Sunday, Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2. Celebrate 20 years at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the LA Phil in a tribute to its architect. Led by Gustavo Dudamel, the concert includes a piece composed and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, performances by Herbie Hancock and H.E.R., and more. -
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 at 11:30 p.m. / Stream now with the PBS App. As a U.S. border bill - which includes funding for Ukraine-dies in Congress, Ian interviews two immigration subcommittee House members, Congresswoman Victoria Spartz (R, IN) and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D, CA)., on either side of the political aisle about the country's broken immigration system. -
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris's iconic landmark. Completed in 1889, the iron tower smashed the record for the tallest structure on Earth, ushering in a new age of global construction that reached for the skies. -
Available to stream with the PBS App beginning Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. This film tells the story of an Afro-Mexican woman’s journey to discover her racial identity through music and dance. A powerful story of self-discovery, the film follows Franchesca, who grew up in L.A. and was immersed in a Mexican culture that forced her to question her racial identity. This poetic film explores ethnicity and gender through West African and Afro-Mexican practices in music, song, and dance. -
Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App. Pati arrives in Motul, a town in the history books for Yucatan's once thriving henequen industry and for the egg dish Huevos Motulenos. Pati meets Dona Evelia, who put Motul back on the map with her world-famous recipe. She also experiences the legacy of henequen at Hacienda Tamchen and encounters another egg dish in the kitchen, where chef Julio Dominguez makes Abuela's Buttoned Eggs. -
Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Bryan Roof visits Portland, Oregon and shares his version of Choucroute Garnie with host Bridget Lancaster. Toni Tipton-Martin talks about Belgian endive. Tasting expert Jack Bishop talks all about European-Style Sausages. Ashley Moore makes host Julia Collin Davison Endive Salad with Oranges and Blue Cheese. -
Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encores Sunday, Jan. 12 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV and 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. Sir David Attenborough unearths a once in a lifetime discovery: the fossil of a giant Pliosaur, the largest Jurassic predator ever known. Follow a team of forensic experts on a perilous expedition to excavate the skull, uncover the predatory secrets lying deep inside the fossil, and unlock clues about the life of this giant sea beast. -
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Sunday, Dec. 22 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. The film strips away layers of political, military, and religious history long-hidden from view with a single goal: to gather clues beginning as far back as 52 BC in order to digitally reconstruct the lost palace, piecing together the size, shape and texture of the palace with scientists and historians to discover its hidden surprises. -
Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App. Some of the most unusual aircraft ever built, came from San Diego! We discover "slogans" that have been adopted by cities in our county, and uncover the origins of the slogan "America's Finest City." We answer the question "Where's Waldo?", hear the story of a lonely blue balloon, and more! -
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actor Danielle Brooks and singer Dionne Warwick to their distant ancestors, breaking down the barriers imposed by slavery.
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