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Wednesdays, June 4 and June 11, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! This two-part, four-hour series, takes viewers on a journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent’s most iconic landscapes, tracing the animal’s evolution, significance to the Great Plains, near demise, and relationship to the Indigenous People of North America. -
Premieres Friday, Oct. 13, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App. This program honors the art and legacy of world-renowned author, essayist and poet Richard Wright. He was among millions of African Americans who trekked northward during the historic first Great Migration out of southern U.S. cities. The opera's main title is derived from a short story Wright published at age 15. -
Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024 at 7 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Sunday, Aug. 18 at 5 p.m. on KPBS 2. Delve deeply into the world and life of Elvis and explore the life of the ultimate rise and fall megastar who defined the heights and pitfalls of modern super-celebrity. This acclaimed documentary also reveals why Elvis became an even bigger phenomenon after his death. -
Premieres Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App. Climate change is real, it’s here, and it’s already severely disrupting our lives, to differing degrees, around the world. But what if things don’t turn out as badly as we fear? Today on the show, controversial climate author, Bjorn Lomborg. -
Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Sunday, Dec. 15 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2. Uncover the sunken remains of a 4th-century basilica in Turkey. Submerged beneath the waters of Lake Iznik for hundreds of years, the church could reveal crucial insights into the early days of Christianity. Join a team of international researchers as they travel back through time—and grapple with Turkey’s many earthquakes, which could sink the structure deeper at any moment. -
Premieres Thursday, Oct.12, 2023 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App. Explore expanded horizons, traveling from the driest deserts in Africa all the way to the mountainous Himalayas. This hour-long documentary features photography and original musical compositions by Todd Gustafson that bring striking natural landscapes and the wonders of the wilderness into the comfort of the living room. -
Thursday, June 13, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! A U.S. anthropologist sets out to train Latin American students in the use of forensic anthropology. Their goal: to investigate disappearances in Argentina during the "dirty war." -
Encore Tuesdays, April 29 - June 3, 2025 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream Seasons 1 - 2 now with KPBS Passport! Season 2 will take viewers from the war-torn streets of Britain deep into Nazi Germany, the resistance within occupied France, and the brutal sands of the North African desert – where troops struggle to adapt to a very different kind of combat. -
Premieres Monday, Oct. 9, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encores Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. on KPBS TV and Sunday, Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. on KPBS 2. Revisit Connecticut treasures 14 years after ROADSHOW's visit to Hartford, including a French Bru doll, ca. 1880, woman's silk shoes, ca. 1785, and an 1894 Charles Courtney Curran portrait oil. Which is the top $75,000 find? -
Encore Thursday, Oct. 19 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App. Elon Musk’s long and often troubled relationship with Twitter. Musk’s journey from one of the platform’s most provocative users to its sole proprietor, exploring the acquisition, free speech and the company’s uncertain future.
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