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A Brief History of the Future

A Brief History of the Future is a unique six-part documentary series about our futures and how we can reimagine them. Hosted by renowned futurist Ari Wallach, the show invites viewers on a journey around the world that is filled with discovery, hope, and possibility about where we find ourselves today and what could come next.

The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Bob Ross' Unfinished Season

Nicholas Hankins brings the last paintings by Bob Ross to life.

The Invisible Shield

This four-part documentary series, reveals a little-known truth: that public health saved your life today and you probably don’t even know it. But while public health makes modern life possible, the work itself is often underfunded, undervalued, and misunderstood.

Dante: Inferno to Paradise

The riveting life and times of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) and his soaring masterpiece "The Divine Comedy" – one of the greatest achievements in the history of Western literature.

Gospel

Dig deep into the origin story of Black gospel music, coming out of slavery, blending with the blues tradition, and soaring to new heights during the Great Migration. From Mahalia to Kirk Franklin, in the last century, gospel music has become the dominant form of African American religious expression and provided a soundtrack of healing and uplift to those at the front lines of protest and change.

Switch On: The Series

Visit the Maasai savannah of Kenya, Africa’s largest slum and its newest hydroelectric dam. Journey into the coal mines and power plants of growing Vietnam. Cross Nepal with an environmental health scientist, studying people’s transition from the most dangerous cooking fuel, killing millions a year, to the safest. And bring solar electricity, for the first time ever, to the Arhuaco people of Northern Colombia. Watch this 7-part series, based on and expanded from the celebrated global energy documentary Switch On- a spectacular, unexpected journey to know and understand the issues driving energy development around the world.

PBS NEWSHOUR: America at a Crossroads with Judy Woodruff

Judy Woodruff explores the forces driving Americans apart and what might be done to reverse these trends.

Mystery League

Three fifth grade "detectives" - Millie, Mike and Marta - as they solve the never-ending mysteries of the fictional, small, Arkansas town of Mulberry Springs.

A Town Called Victoria

The South Texas town of Victoria faces difficult questions about its own identity after a local mosque is burned to the ground.

The American Buffalo

The dramatic story of America's national mammal, which sustained the lives of Native people for untold generations, being driven to the brink of extinction, before an unlikely collection of people rescues it from disappearing forever. Ken Burns recounts the tragic collision of two opposing views of the natural world—and the unforgettable characters who pointed the nation in a different direction.

Once Upon a Time in Tsavo

In arid regions across Africa, a remarkable relationship between elephants and termites creates a waterhole – a green oasis which is central to every animal’s life. The story follows an extraordinary community of creatures, that call the waterhole ‘home’ over a season in their lives. They range from a family of elephants to a pair of hornbills (aka ‘Zazu’ of The Lion King) alongside dung-beetles, chameleons, bullfrogs, geese and killifish.

Nova: Ancient Earth

Witness the dramatic history of Earth, from its birth to the emergence of humanity.

Evolution Earth

Traveling to the far corners of the world, we discover the extraordinary ways animals are adapting to our rapidly changing planet. We witness nature’s remarkable resilience, as our perception of evolution and its potential is forever transformed.

Southern Storytellers

Celebrate Southern identity through the eyes of contemporary creators of literature, music, film and TV

Human Footprint

Dissects all the ways humans have transformed the planet. 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.

The Articulate Hour

Through conversations with artists, scholars, and other great creative thinkers, the complex world is explored through a lens of arts, culture, and science.

My Music with Rhiannon Giddens

Performances and conversations with breakout artists across several genres of American traditional music.

Tom Jones

A reimagining of Henry Fielding's "The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling," the tale of an illegitimate young man's love for an heiress and his attempts to find a place in the world.

Iconic America

Examining the history of America through iconic symbols, objects and places; host David Rubenstein.

Baby Animals: The Top 10