LATINO AMERICANS

PERIL AND PROMISE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23 @ 10:00PM From Cuba a second wave of refugees to United States – the Mariel exodus – floods Miami . The same decade sees the sudden arrival of hundreds of thousands of Central Americans (Salvadorans, Guatemalans, and Nicaraguans) FIND OUT MORE...

LA FRONTERA

WITH PATI JINICH FROM DOS LAREDOS TO MARS FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 @ 11:00PM In Part Two of the series, From Dos Laredos to Mars, Pati travels from Laredo and Nuevo Laredo to Brownsville, Texas. She learns how tight-knit family bonds are an underlying theme connecting everything in the Laredos, and throughout La Frontera. She gets an up-close look at the major industries of the region – trucking,...

NATURE

EDIBLE INSECTS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20 @ 7:00PM & 10:00PM A story of surprise and revelation. A wildlife cameraman spends his time during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown filming the bees in his urban garden and discovers the many diverse species and personalities that exist in this insect family. FIND OUT MORE...

SECRETS OF THE DEAD

MAGELLAN’S CROSSING SATURDAY, MARCH 25 @ 7:30PM & 12:00AM 500 years ago, Ferdinand Magellan and his crew set sail to gain control of the global spice trade. What resulted was the first circumnavigation of the earth, laying the groundwork for colonization and globalization still felt today. FIND OUT MORE...

FINDING YOUR ROOTS

ANCHORED TO THE PAST SATURDAY, OCTOBR 23 @ 8:00PM Henry Louis Gates, Jr. examines how journalists Gretchen Carlson and Don Lemon were able to overcome biases in their careers, drawing parallels to relatives who met profound challenges of their own. FIND OUT MORE...