PBS Presents | Fort Peck Dam Preview
In a 1934 speech at Fort Peck, Montana, Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled his plan to build the world's largest earthen dam, creating thousands of jobs at a time when the country was still reeling from...
View ArticlePBS Presents | Slavery by Another Name - Preview
Explore the little-known story of the labor practices and laws that effectively created a new form of slavery in the South that persisted into the 20th century. Laurence Fishburne narrates. 2/13/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | Cave People of the Himalaya - Preview
Join Everest climber and thrill seeker Pete Athans in search of the caves and mummies of a lost civilization. 2/15/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | Niagara Falls - Preview
The awesome Niagara Falls was the nation's first great symbol, an emblem of a vast, untamed continent of beauty and limitless resources. The fate of that beauty and bounty is the focus of the film....
View ArticlePBS Presents | Finding Your Roots: Angela Buchdahl, Rick Warren & Yasir...
Through the histories of clergy of three different faiths, unearth a story about the spiritual foundations of this country. 4/15/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | America Revealed: Food Machine - Preview
Join host Yul Kwon on a cross-country adventure to discover how the American food machine keeps nearly 300 million Americans fed every day. 4/16/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | Lidia Celebrates America, Weddings: Something Borrowed,...
Join celebrity chef and culinary author Lidia Bastianich and continue the celebration of culture through food with a focus on the traditions surrounding weddings. 4/17/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | America Revealed: Nation on the Move - Preview
Travel by air, road and rail with host Yul Kwon as he ventures behind the scenes of America's massive transportation system. 4/23/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | This Wednesday 4/25 PBS is your destination for exploration
This Exploration Wednesday, join NATURE to find the thriving wildlife near Chernobyl's "dead zone," uncover the secrets of our sun on NOVA and meet the people keeping our nation powered on AMERICA...
View ArticlePBS Presents | Finding Your Roots: Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice &...
Learn from what part of Africa the ancestors of Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons come. 4/29/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | America Revealed: Electric Nation - Preview
Understand the intricacies, vulnerabilities and remarkable ingenuity required to keep up America's modern electric power grid up and running. 4/25/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | America Revealed: Made in the USA - Preview
Re-evaluate your perceptions of the American manufacturing machine as host Yul Kwon introduces you to the men and women who are changing the system. 5/2/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | Finding Your Roots: Sanjay Gupta, Margaret Cho & Martha...
Catch a glimpse of three distinct yet oddly overlapping experiences of families leaving their homes and becoming American. 5/6/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | Finding Your Roots: John Legend, Wanda Sykes, Margarett...
Hear the stories of free black ancestors of John Legend, Wanda Sykes, Margarett Cooper and Dr. Gates. 5/13/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | Finding Your Roots: Michelle Rodriguez, Adrian Grenier &...
See how the American experience has been shaped by people who were in the New World long before the Mayflower. 5/20/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson,...
Examine the West's rise to global dominance based on Niall Ferguson's six principles of prosperity. 5/29/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | Inside Natures Giants: Monster Python
Venture with the experts into the Florida Everglades, where giant Burmese pythons are thriving and threatening some native species with extinction. 5/30/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | Finding Your Roots: Harry Connick Jr. & Branford Marsalis...
Trace the turbulent and contradictory history of New Orleans through the family stories of two men. 6/3/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | Finding Your Roots: Cory Booker & John Lewis - Preview
Discover the family histories of two African-American politicians from different generations and opposite backgrounds. 6/10/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | The War of 1812 - Preview
Relive the conflict that forged the destiny of a continent. 6/12/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | Finding Your Roots: Barbara Walters & Geoffrey Canada -...
Unearth missing links in the family histories of media legend Barbara Walters and educational superstar Geoffrey Canada. 6/17/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | Finding Your Roots: Kevin Bacon & Kyra Sedgwick - Preview
Find out what actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick have in common. 6/24/2012
View ArticlePBS Presents | Steven Caras: See Them Dance
Despite bullying at school and rejection by his father, young Steven Caras followed his dream of becoming a dancer with New York City Ballet. How a second-hand camera kept that dream alive, when age...
View ArticlePBS Presents | Earth: The Operators Manual - Preview
What if we had an operators' manual that told us what causes climate change, and how sustainable energy options can help solve our problems? Check out Richard Alley's uniquely optimistic and objective...
View ArticlePBS Presents | Cave People of the Himalaya
Everest climber and thrill seeker Pete Athans returns to the Himalayas with Dr. Mark Aldenderfer in search of the caves and mummies of a lost civilization. There they risk their own safety to reveal...
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