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  • Premieres Monday, Aug. 21, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Recorded in July 2022, Bernstein protege Marin Alsop conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Bernstein's "Kaddish" Symphony at the Ravinia Festival. Creating a musical meditation wherein women's voices are the tether to the highest powers, and examining the essential, eternal questions of humanity and faith, also featured are soprano Janai Brugger and Jaye Ladymore as narrator, along with the Chicago Children's Choir.
  • Sundays, Aug. 13 - 27, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream the series now with KPBS Passport! Based on the novel by the English writer Daphne Du Maurier, JAMAICA INN is a gripping mystery that tells the story of Mary Yellan, a woman who is forced to move into the ominous Jamaica Inn with her aunt and uncle. Mary must uncover the secrets of a local group of smugglers while also managing her growing attraction to the mysterious Jem Merlyn.
  • Premieres Sundays, Sept. 3 - Oct. 8, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Catch Up! Watch Season 1 of PROFESSOR T with KPBS Passport! Professor Jasper Tempest and the team untangle a series of knotty crimes ranging from an unexplained fire in a student block to the mystery of an entire family found dead in their home. Meanwhile, Professor T is dominated and perplexed by the women in his life, from his mother to the love of his life Christina, and his new therapist, Dr. Helena.
  • Premieres Sundays, Sept. 3 – Oct. 8, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Binge all six episodes of Season 5 the night of the season premiere with KPBS Passport! DCI Jessica “Jess” James joins DI Sunny Khan to investigate the discovery of human remains in West London. The ghost of much-loved former colleague Cassie Stuart looms over Sunny and the team, as Jess knows there will be big shoes for her to fill.
  • Stream now with KPBS Passport before the KPBS broadcast on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 and 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Encore Sunday, Aug. 20 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Join the GRAMMY-winning guitarist for his Royal Albert Hall concert taped in November 2022. The music icon brings his virtuosic playing to his greatest hits, including “Show Me the Way,” “Baby, I Love Your Way” and many more.
  • Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App. Pati is in the magic town of Maní to learn about something sacred to the Mayans - bees and honey. A cooperative of women who protect the endangered Melipona, a stingless bee native to Yucatán, invites her to join in a Mayan energy cleansing ritual involving buñuelos made with Melipona honey. Then she visits a family living by the traditional “Solar Maya,” meaning they grow everything they eat.
  • Encore Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! In 1968, 100 days began and ended with tragedy. On March 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated. As MLK's assassin seeks to change his identity and his appearance, political activity takes a new turn as presidential primary campaigning crisscrosses the country. Within weeks, Robert Kennedy is assassinated in California.
  • Stream now with KPBS Passport! Dreamy American pop act Japanese Breakfast and eclectic U.K. tunesmith Arlo Parks share an hour of heartfelt performances. Japanese Breakfast, AKA bestselling author Michelle Zauner, plays songs from her breakthrough album "Jubilee." Parks performs songs from her Mercury Prize-winning album "Collapsed in Sunbeams."
  • Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! For millions of viewers, Peter Falk is Columbo. Despite playing the quintessential blue-collar TV detective of the '70s and '80s, his early career is rarely explored. Using archive footage, interviews and extracts from his films and the TV show, the documentary pays tribute to the immortal character of Columbo, while shedding light on the actor’s life, one full of twists and turns, ups and downs.
  • Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Explore Dr. Chopra's three-step plan to change lives and develop a higher vision for life. Learn how ancient wisdom traditions can merge with contemporary understandings in science to provide significant benefits to mental and physical health.

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