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Sunday, May 24 at 8:00pm - PBS Engage Chat: Julianna Bran...
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Tuesday, May 12 at 2:00pm - PBS Engage Chat: Fabien Couste...
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Wednesday, April 22 at 2:00pm - PBS Engage/SXSW Party & Online...
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Saturday, March 14 at 12:30pm - PBS Engage Chat: Bill Moyers
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Tuesday, February 10 at 2:00pm - PBS Engage Chat: The Electric ...
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Wednesday, January 21 at 4:00pm - Live Chat w/ Rachel Simmons, a...
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Tuesday, December 9 at 4:00pm - Live Chat w/ the assoc. produc...
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Thursday, November 13 at 1:00pm - Live Chat w/ the producers of...
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Friday, October 17 at 1:00pm - Live Chat w/ NewsHour Senior C...
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For more than 40 years and in nearly 40 films, director Frederick Wiseman has documented a wide range of people's everyday routines and the goings-on inside institutions. He's been a fly on the wall at a mental institution, a suburban high school, an urban hospital, and the Idaho State Legislature. ...
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In advance of this week's broadcast, Bill Moyers closing remarks on Lyndon B. Johnson's path to war in Vietnam.
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I pulled up to the car pool line, the door flew open and the kids jumped in. "Guys, I have terrible news." I said. "What?" They replied in unison. "I totally mixed up the dates and we missed Sammy's birthday last night!" I explained. "Oh no! Poor Sammy! We missed it?" Jack said. "I know! I feel terr...
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Jeanne-Claude, the artist who collaborated with her partner Christo on monumental installation projects like "The Gates" in New York and "The Wrapped Reichstag" in Berlin, passed away Wednesday at a hospital in New York from complications of a brain aneurysm. She was 74.
PBS Have you heard? We're chatting with chef Lidia Bastianich live today at 4pm ET. Ask your holiday cooking questions now, in advance of the chat, via the link below.
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Guest's Name: Lidia Maticchio Bastianich 11/20/2009 4:00pm Join world-renowned chef, restaurateur, and host of the Emmy-nominated show “Lidia’s Italy” for a live chat about holiday cooking. Lidia brings her signature family-style cooking tips just in time for Thanksgiving.
PBS The Bear Blog with Chris Morgan follows the journey of Chris and his crew during the production of NATURE’s "Bears of the Last Frontier," coming to PBS in 2011. Here's the latest post.
Sometimes You Have to Wing It - The Bear Blog with Chris Morgan - Inside NATURE - Dean Cannon | Natu
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The aerial shoot is coming up soon. This is going to be one of the most exciting parts of the entire show. If we have the right weather, we’ll be able to show off the most stunning coast in all of Alaska — possibly the world, in my opinion. On this shoot we hope to establish the beautiful yet rugged...
PBS YouTube announced today that PBS, among other companies, is taking part in an initiative in which our YouTube videos (at http://www.youtube.com/pbs) will be captioned. This New York Times article gives the details.
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The move is the first major step toward making millions of videos accessible to deaf and hearing-impaired people.
PBS Want to rent a property to make money? Nightly Business Report's Jeff Brown offers a personal warning about the pitfalls.
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Tales from my 20 years as a landlord: One former tenant phoned months after disappearing into the night -- and leaving a horrific mess -- to berate me for letting the city junk the broken-down car he'd abandoned out front.
PBS Politicians used to hide embarrassing photos in a shoebox in the closet, but that's not the case for today's young candidates.PBS Mediashift blogger Steven Davy examines what happens when Facebook profiles mix with political campaigns.
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Last spring Emanuel Pleitez, 26, ran for California's 32nd Congressional seat in a special election to replace Hilda Solis, the new secretary of labor. During the campaign, one of Pleitez's opponents, California State Sen. Gil Cedillo, discovered photos from Pleitez's Facebook profile that showed P...
PBS New to the PBS Video Portal today: LOST CAVE TEMPLES.
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In a remote corner of the Himalaya, climbers scale cliffs to climb into mysterious caves.
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Alan Alda visits a dog lab where researchers are investigating communication talents our canine companions have that our much closer relatives the chimpanzees don't. Have we bred a glimmer of the human spark into man's best friend? In "The Human Spark," Alan Alda visits dozens of scientists on thre...
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Coming next week to PBS / How does the design of your cell phone, toothbrush or couch impact your life? Did you ever stop to think about it? Director Gary Hustwit (HELVETICA) looks at our complex relationship with manufactured objects, the people who design them and the creative process behind their work. Step inside ...the offices of the world's most influential product designers to see how these objects influence us—oftentimes without us even knowing it. In this clip, Apple's Jonathan Ive gets obsessive about design.
OBJECTIFIED premieres Tuesday, November 24 on Independent Lens, a weekly series airing on PBS. Hosted by Maggie Gyllenhaal, the acclaimed series showcases powerful and innovative independent films. Presented by ITVS, Independent Lens is broadcast on PBS stations nationwide. Visit the Web site for more: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/objec
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OBJECTIFIED premieres Tuesday, November 24 on Independent Lens, a weekly series airing on PBS. Hosted by Maggie Gyllenhaal, the acclaimed series showcases powerful and innovative independent films. Presented by ITVS, Independent Lens is broadcast on PBS stations nationwide. Visit the Web site for more: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/objec
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Is ALL stress bad for us? How can we learn to
manage it? From THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE (Jan. 4-6, 2010), neuroscientist Dr. Robert
Sapolsky explains “the right stress” – and how stress affects our physical
health.
PBS Pearl Jam performs their new ballad “Just Breathe” on AUSTIN CITY LIMITS, premiering November 21 (check local listings). Watch this preview on the PBS Video Portal.
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Preview performance: Airs Saturday, 11/21 on PBS. Check local listings.
PBS A new batch of PBS KIDS & PBS KIDS GO! clips is now available on the PBS Video Portal. We put new content in this area of the Portal every few weeks, and it's proven to be one of the most popular areas of the site.
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PBS KIDS, for preschoolers, and PBS KIDS GO!, for early elementary school kids, offer all children the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television, online and outreach programs with positive role models and content designed to nurture a child’s total well-being. ...
