LEFTOVERS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 @ 11:30PM
Aaron sends out a little leftover brisket to some chefs around Austin to see how they are inspired by brisket. We end with a taste test that turns into a party.
Category Archives: Program Highlights
LORRAINE HANSBERRY
AMERICAN MASTERS
FRIDAY, JUNE 7 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Explore the life and work of the A Raisin in the Sun playwright and activist who played a significant role in the civil rights movement. LaTanya Richardson Jackson narrates. Anika Noni Rose is the voice of Lorraine Hansberry.
LORRAINE HANSBERRY
AMERICAN MASTERS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9 @ 8:00PM
Explore the life and work of the A Raisin in the Sun playwright and activist who played a significant role in the civil rights movement. LaTanya Richardson Jackson narrates. Anika Noni Rose is the voice of Lorraine Hansberry.
NATURE
ARCTIC WOLF PACK
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Discover the white wolf, one of the most hardened predators on the planet, in Ellesmere Island’s unforgiving ice and snow. In a fight for survival, these roaming hunters must travel far from the den to feed their cubs, putting them at risk.
UNDERSTANDING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC
UNDERSTANDING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC
THURSDAY, JANUARY 18 @ 12:00AM
Understanding the Opioid Epidemic will combine stories of people and communities impacted by this epidemic along with information from experts and those at the frontlines of dealing with the epidemic. The program will trace the history of how the nation got into this situation and provide possible solutions and directions for dealing with the crisis.
FRONTLINE
RAPE ON THE NIGHT SHIFT
TUESDAY, JANUARY 16 @ 11:00PM
Following up on the award-winning collaboration that produced Rape in the Fields/Violación de un Sueño in 2013, FRONTLINE (PBS), Univision, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), the Investigative Reporting Program (IRP) at UC Berkeley, and KQED are teaming up to uncover the sexual abuse of immigrant women who clean the malls where you shop, the banks where you do business, and the offices where you work.
THE SECRET OF TUXEDO PARK
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
TUESDAY, JANUARY 16 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM
The Secret of Tuxedo Park tells the story of Wall Street tycoon Alfred Lee Loomis and his team of scientists who developed radar technology that played a decisive role in winning World War II.
INDEPENDENT LENS
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
MONDAY, JANUARY 15 @ 10:00PM
Watch a film that envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, a revolutionary and personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.
VICTORIA
ON MASTERPIECE
SEASON 2
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 @ 10:00PM
“A Soldier’s Daughter” & “The Green-Eyed Monster”
New mother Victoria is impatient to return to the business of ruling a nation, while Albert attempts to protect her from the increasingly desperate news regarding British soldiers in Afghanistan. Victoria is thrown into turmoil by the realization that she is pregnant again, and her equilibrium is further threatened by Albert’s burgeoning friendship with the lady mathematician, Ada Lovelace. (2 Hours)
BBQ WITH FRANKLIN
PICKIN’ BEEF
SATURDAY, JANUARY 13 @ 10:30PM
Aaron tours Texas to research and then cook some beef ribs. After a butchering and anatomy class in College Station, Texas, he receives some tips from a legendary Central Texas BBQ family.