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Premieres Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport / Streaming on Amazon Prime on the PBS Documentaries channel. When Jack Tuller, a man with a terminal brain tumor for 25 years, decides to end his life, his family and friends struggle to accept his decision. Jack’s best friend documents his three-year quest to die a happy man, culminating in a permanent going-away party. -
Premieres Wednesdays, June 25 - July 30, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sundays, June 29 - Aug. 6 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Stream Season 1. Earth has never experienced anything like us: a single species dominating and transforming the planet. Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton travels the globe to explore our Human Footprint and to discover how the things we do reveal who we truly are. -
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. With the help of the Community-based Nurse-Midwifery Education Program or CNEP, nurse-midwives and nurse-practitioners are making a difference in rural and underserved communities. -
Stream now with the PBS app / Watch Wednesday, Aug. 27 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. The two-hour documentary is centered on the personal experiences of caregivers providing for loved ones, and the challenges and triumph they face each day. These stories are interwoven with the broader context of the cultural and economic conditions in the U.S., leading to a care system tipping into crisis. -
Premieres Monday, June 23, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Up against one of the most powerful companies on the planet, a group of Amazon workers embark on an unprecedented campaign to unionize their warehouse in Staten Island, New York. -
Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with Youtube. Test Cook Morgan Bolling and host Bridget Lancaster head outside to make North Carolina Barbecue Pork. Equipment expert Adam Ried shares our recommended fire pits for cooking. Test Cook Carmen Dongo makes host Julia Collin Davison Lemonade with Honey. -
Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + YouTube. MILK STREET takes a deep dive into the spice cabinet! Rosemary Gill starts off with a lesson on Spice Blends 101. Wes Martin uses an Egyptian seasoning to prepare Dukkah-Crusted Chicken Cutlets with Carrot-Cashew Salad. Christopher Kimball makes a pot of Berbere-Spiced Red Lentils, and Rosemary returns to whip up a tray of Butter Roasted Carrots with Za'atar and Pomegranate Molasses. -
Friday, June 20, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Discover the life of singer-songwriter Janis Ian and how she rose as a folk icon and gay rights advocate. She broke ground with "Society's Child" (1966), a bold take on interracial love, and "At Seventeen" (1975), a searing anthem about bullying. -
Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. on KPBS TV and Sunday, June 22 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2. The show features classic tracks from Pink Floyds magnificent catalogue of albums, including the "Dark Side of the Moon," "The Wall," "Wish You Were Here," "Animals," "The Division Bell," "Meddle" and much more. -
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS app. Examine a complex, talented, and passionate photographer, illuminating the fortitude it takes to be an outsider documenting outsiders. As is necessary in this moment, this film also probes the question of “who can tell whose story?” while spotlighting an overlooked, but richly deserving artist.
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