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Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV. Although only 20, Vahine Fierro is undaunted by the Teahupoo wave, considered the most dangerous in the world. Vahine surfs as no other Polynesian girl has ever surfed. In Tahitian culture, riding the waves is an ancestral activity from which women had been gradually eliminated, but now surfing is open to women, just in time for the Olympics. -
Stream now with KPBS+. Ross McElwee has shot footage from his own life since the 1970s. His camera serves as both instrument and confession. His son, Adrian, was born into this practice, and was occasionally filmed from infancy through years that got harder. In 2016, Adrian died of an overdose at 27. Drawing from decades of footage shot by both Ross and by Adrian, who was a budding filmmaker, "Remake: asks questions that could only come after: What did the camera capture, what did it miss? -
Stream now with KPBS+ / Premieres Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV (also available on YouTube). Pati begins in the city of Saltillo, going back to prehistoric time at Museo del Desierto, where scientists Regina González and Karina Lozano explain the delicate ecosystem that sustains life in Coahuila. Then she suits up for ranch life in a new cowboy outfit for a traditional cabrito lunch with Chef Juan Ramón Cardenas at his ranch. -
Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. We go around the world in search of smarter ways to cook eggs, starting with Velvety Turkish Scrambled Eggs with Yogurt. Then, we showcase eggs as a topping for soups and salads with recipes for Wok-Fried Eggs and Soy Sauce Eggs. Finally, we encounter a recipe for deconstructed fried rice in Hong Kong, Cantonese-Style Shrimp Omelet on Rice, that employs cornstarch to transform the texture of eggs. -
Stream with KPBS+ / Premieres Sundays, Sept. 6 – Oct. 1, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV. Worlds collide when Susan, hired to edit the latest Atticus Pünd book, finds herself a suspect in a murder case. Within the novel, Pünd is visiting the Isle of Corfu when he becomes embroiled in the suspicious death of a wealthy elderly woman. -
Stream with KPBS+ / Premieres Sundays, Sept. 6 - Oct. 11, 2026 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Catch up with Seasons 1 and 2 now with KPBS+. Back on board as official civilian advisors to DI Tanika Malik’s investigative team, the trio—Judith, Becks, and Suzie—continues to face a string of high-profile murders with their unconventional crime-solving methods. -
Stream with KPBS+ / Premieres Friday, Sept. 4, 2026 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV. Celebrated Colombian superstar Carlos Vives, an 18-time Latin Grammy and multiple Grammy Award winner, performs with his big band, showcasing songs from El Ultimo Disco alongside a career-spanning collection of beloved hits. -
Watch Friday, Sept. 4, 2026 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream with YouTube (not in the KPBS+ app). Rudolfo Anaya was the first Hispanic American writer to achieve major publishing success with his landmark novel, "Bless Me, Ultima," in print since 1972. Recipient of the National Medal for the Arts, Anaya has demonstrated a lifelong determination to persevere - through poverty, catastrophic injury and an almost insurmountable artistic struggle to publish - and in the end, succeed. -
Watch Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with YouTube (not available in the KPBS+ app). "Island Cowgirls" highlights two Hawaiian cowgirls (paniolo) who have dedicated their lives to caring for their family ranches. On the northwest side of Hawai'i island, as La'I Bertlemann prepares to graduate from highschool, she must make a difficult decision whether to stay home in Hawai'i and continue her family tradition of land stewardship or leave. -
Watch Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV. The film follows Doug Pagitt, a Minneapolis-based pastor and activist, as he leads a small group of riders on a 66-day bicycle journey tracing the length of the U.S.-Mexico border and the Gulf Coast toward St. Augustine, Florida. Doug undertakes the journey to confront the stories many Christian conservatives have been told about the border and the people crossing it.
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