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  • Premieres Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Syria's uncertain future under Jihadist-turned-statesman Ahmad al-Sharaa. After the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Correspondent Martin Smith travels the country tracing al-Sharaa's rise to power, and the emerging threats to the country's stability.
  • Premieres Monday, June 30, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream it early in the PBS app beginning Sunday, June 29 at 9 p.m. Directed by Rich Varville and produced by the Film Consortium San Diego, this year’s ceremony takes audiences “Behind the Scenes” for an inspiring and educational look at the passion and dedication driving our region’s vibrant film industry.
  • Premieres Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. After coming out as a trans woman, world-record-holding gamer, Narcissa Wright loses her massive fanbase. To win them back, she attempts to set a new record in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, live-streaming every minute of her quest.
  • Premieres Friday, June 27, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Steam 4 new episodes now with the PBS app. On this episode, The Fabulous Thunderbirds take the stage. Their energetic performances and unique fusion of Texas blues and rock make them a key figure in the American Blues genre.
  • Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with the PBS app. Talk may be cheap, as the saying goes, but is it still free? It depends on what your politics are. On this week's show, we tackle the woke backlash, campus protests, and detained foreign students. It's free speech in Trump's America. Guest: Jeremy Peters, New York Times and Ilya Shapiro, Manhattan Institute.
  • Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. Pati explores the vibrant streets of Yucatan's capital, Merida, in search of its flavors. She tries "the best tacos in Merida" at Wayan'e. The aroma of freshly made cookies lures her to Donde Fabric, where their globitos and bizcochitos are an important part of Merida's mornings.
  • Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. We explore what appears to be shipyard in Alpine. The story of a downtown shootout in 1965 that changed history. The landmark Fisher's Opera House civil rights case and more!
  • Premieres Friday, July 4, 2025 at 8 p.m. + Encore at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Celebrate our country's 249th birthday with the 45th anniversary broadcast of America's Independence Day celebration for our entire nation.
  • Friday, June 27, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app + Encore Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Dolores Huerta is an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, along with Cesar Chavez, is a co-founder of the National Farmworkers Association. In this episode, she sits down to talk about her life's work and her ongoing activism.
  • Encore Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. Discover Hannah Arendt, one of the most fearless political thinkers of the 20th century, who transformed her time as a political prisoner and refugee during World War II into daring insights about totalitarianism which continue to resonate today.

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