THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Riding the Rails SATURDAY, MAY 29 @ 4:00PM Some left to escape poverty or troubled families, others because it seemed a great adventure. At the height of the Great Depression, more than 250,000 teenagers were living on the road in America. Many criss-crossed the country by hopping freight trains, although it was both dangerous and illegal. Riding the Rails presents the poignant and...

MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!

Miss Marple, Series V A Pocket Full of Rye Sunday, June 6 @ 7:00pm & 11:00pm Businessman Rex Fortescue drops dead after breakfast, apparently poisoned. The only clue is incomprehensible — grain found in his suit pocket. It’s obvious that Fortescue isn’t exactly missed. Between his estranged and angry children and a wife who seems to not be at a loss for comfort, the...

NEED TO KNOW

NEED TO KNOW MEDICAL MARIJUANA FRIDAY, MAY 21 @ 6:30PM & 11:30PM A growing number of California doctors are prescribing marijuana — to just about anybody. Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez takes us from doctor’s office to dispensary to find out just how easy it is to get a prescription in Los Angeles, where medical-marijuana dispensaries now outnumber Starbucks franchises....

SCHEDULE MAY 20 – MAY 26

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GROUND WAR

Episode 3 – Firepower Wednesday, May 27 @ 6:00pm & 10:00pm Episode 4 – Command and Control Wednesday, May 19 @ 7:00pm & 11:00pm Episode 3 tracks the development of artillery from the ancient Greeks, through the invention of gunpowder in China, to the very latest generation of big guns and directed-energy weapons. Episode 4 considers the ways in which armies have used or...