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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Paula Kerger – President and CEO of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) – returned “home” to WNET.ORG on October 21st to address the Board of Directors of the Friends of THIRTEEN. Kerger, who began her public broadcasting career at THIRTEEN, was the keynote speaker in a meeting that also featured presentations by WNET.ORG President and CEO, Neal Shapiro, and WNET.ORG Vice President for Education, Ron Thorpe.

Neal Shapiro, President and CEO of WNET.ORG, and Paula Kerger, President and CEO of PBS

Kerger is a familiar face in the halls of WNET.ORG’s headquarters in midtown Manhattan. During her 13-year tenure with public television in New York, she held a series of leadership positions and was instrumental in overseeing the growth and diversification of THIRTEEN, WLIW21 and their many channels and services. In 2006, she was serving as WNET’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer when she was tapped to become the head of PBS in Washington. Read More …

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Monday, September 28th, 2009

Former WNET President Bill Baker surveys the many threats to trustworthy news, and examines how print news is adapting to new technologies and a tough economic environment.

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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

On September 16, 1962, THIRTEEN first signed on the air, marking the birth of a unique source of outstanding television for the New York metropolitan area and viewers all across America. Nearly half a century later, the adventure continues. On the occasion of this 47th anniversary, Rafael Pi Roman interviews the station’s Founding General Manager, Richard D. Heffner.

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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

A roundup of all streaming, full-length videos online from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week. See the list below for all full episodes and links.

A scene from Nature's The Good, the Bad, and the Grizzly.

News and Public Affairs: Nightly Programs:
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: The reports, segmented by story, per day.
Nightly Business Report: The reports stream online.
NJN News: The reports stream online for one week (see archives M-Tu-W-Th-F).
Worldfocus:The nightly news show streams online for 15 days; signature stories are online forever.

Charlie Rose:
Sept. 7: Conversations about Afghanistan and Pakistan with Hamid Karzai, Robert Gates, Adm. Michael Mullen, Anthony Zinni and Asif Ali Zardari.
Sept. 8: A preview on Obama’s health care speech with John Podesta; a talk about Obama’s speech to students with ABC News’ Jake Tapper.
Sept. 9: Analysis of Obama’s health care speech with Kathleen Dahlkemper, David Brooks, Joseph A. Califano, Al Hunt, Anthony Weiner, Rich Lowry and Thaddeus McCotter.
Sept. 10: Author E.L. Doctorow; Sprint Nextel CEO and president Daniel Hesse.
Sept. 11:Author Donald Dell; NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly; New Yorker architecture critic Paul Goldberger; Remembering Sept. 11, 2001, with Nora Ephron, Lee Ielpi, Rudy Giuliani, Karl Rove, Pete Hamill and James Efthimiades.

Tavis Smiley:
Sept. 7: Singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson.
Sept. 8: Twitter co-founder Biz Stone; actress Gloria Reuben
Sept. 9: Country singer Reba McEntire; author Dean Koontz.
Sept. 10: Comedian-talk show host Jay Leno.
Sept. 11: Comedian-talk show host Jay Leno; producer Mark Johnson.

News and Public Affairs: Weekly Programs:
Washington Week: President Obama’s health care plan and Congress; Supreme Court on campaign finance; 9/11 eight years later.
NOW on PBS: This week’s show examines how Rwanda’s health care system is impacting both its citizens’ health and the nation’s economy.
Bill Moyers Journal: A conversation with McClatchy Pentagon correspondent Nancy Youssef on Afghanistan; an interview with global health specialist and Dartmouth College president Dr. Jim Yong Kim on public health.
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly:

Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack: Covering the topics of higher inflation, rising interest rates and higher taxes; featuring Armored Wolf CIO John Brynjolfsson, Loomis Sayles & Company vice chairman Dan Fuss; and ISI Group managing director Tom Gallagher.
New York Now: The State Senate and ethics reform. Available for one week.
Foreign Exchange: A talk with embedded journalist Nir Rosen, who has covered the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2003; a report on the education system in Afghanistan.

News and Public Affairs:
Wide Angle:Time for School 3, Part 2. A look at kids in several different countries seeking a basic education. Part of Wide Angle’s decade-long documentary project.

Science and Nature:
P.O.V.: The English Surgeon. A documentary film on Henry Marsh, an English brain surgeon working in the Ukraine and how he helps people in need despite obstacles under a failing medical infrastructure,
Nature: The Good, the Bad, and the Grizzly. The return of the grizzly bears at Yellowstone raises a question of whether they should still be protected under the Endangered Species Act.

History:
Antiques Roadshow: Tucson, Arizona-Hour Two.
History Detectives: Scottsboro boys stamp; Civil War bridge; Duke Ellington plates.

Arts and Culture:
Masterpiece Mystery: Inspector Lewis, Series Two: Life Born of Fire. Lewis and Hathaway look into the suicide of a man at a church. Available for online viewing through September 27, 2009.
Masterpiece Mystery: Inspector Lewis, Series Two: Music to Die For. The underground world of bare-knucke boxing is tied with a murder in Oxford. Available for online viewing through September 20, 2009.

DIY:
Your Life, Your Money. Hosted by Donald Faison, this program is for your young adults about the fundamentals concepts of finance such as banking and credit debt.
Families Stand Together: Hosted by Al Roker and Deborah Roberts, this program presented by Sesame Street offers advice and suggestions to help families cope in these tough economic times.

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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

A roundup of all streaming, full-length videos online from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week. See the list below for all full episodes and links.

A scene from the Shanksville Memorial segment on Religion and Ethics Newsweekly.

NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: The reports, segmented by story, per day.
Nightly Business Report: The reports stream online.
NJN News: The reports stream online for one week (see archives M-Tu-W-Th-F).
Worldfocus:The nightly news show streams online for 15 days; signature stories are online forever.

Charlie Rose:
Aug. 31: Conversations with Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney.
Sept. 1: The Future with Eric Schmidt, Marc Andreessen and Bill Gates.
Sept. 2: “Relationships” with Bill Gates, William Gates Sr., Valentino and Giancarlo Giammett.
Sept. 3: Conversations with authors Gay Talese and Joseph O’Neill.
Sept. 4: Conversations with Jimmy Wales; Werner Herzog and Jill Bolte Taylor.

Tavis Smiley:
Aug. 31: Former CIA officer Robert Baer; filmmaker Doug Pray.
Sept. 1: Harvard’s Shorenstein Center director Alex S. Jones; actor Mekhi Phifer.
Sept. 2: New York Times journalist Peter Baker; singer Ledisi.
Sept. 3: Boxing legend George Foreman; journalist Fred Kaplan.
Sept. 4: Trumpeter Terence Blanchard.

News and Public Affairs: Weekly Programs:
Washington Week: President Obama’s address on health care; continued unemployment despite the administration’s upbeat outlook; Afghanistan strategy.
NOW on PBS: The debate on detaining suspected terrorists indefinitely without a trial even as Guantanmo Bay faces closure.
Bill Moyers Journal: First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams and former Federal Election Commission chairman Trevor Potter talk about the constitutionality of campaign finance limits for corporations; an essay on health care reform.
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly:

  • A segment on personalized genetic testing: what it entails and promises to clients, and the ethical concerns.
  • Indiana University professor Edward Linehan, an expert about sacred spaces, is interviewed about the Shanksville Memorial, located on the spot where United 93 crashed on September 11, 2001.
  • Father Leo Patalinghug, a priest who has his own Web-based cooking show.

Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack: An interview with author Nassim Taleb about his unusual way of investing, and Wall Street Journal personal finance columnist Jason Zweig on neuroeconomics.

News and Public Affairs:
Wide Angle:Time for School 3, Part I. A look at kids in several different countries looking to gain a basic education. Part of Wide Angle’s decade-long documentary project.
In the Life: It’s About Time. This latest installment examines what it’s like to be grow old as a gay person and the challenges faced by gays as they enter their advanced age.

Science:
NOVA: Is There Life On Mars?: Recent developments and efforts in search of the answers about the Red Planet.
NOVAsciencenow: Sleep; first primates; earthquakes in the Midwest; profile of geophysicist Sang-Mook Lee.

History:
Antiques Roadshow: Tucson, Arizona-Hour One.
History Detectives: Stalag 17 portrait; Seadrome; Black Tom Shell.

Arts and Culture:
Masterpiece Mystery: Inspector Lewis, Series Two: Music to Die For. The underground world of bare-knucke boxing is tied with a murder in Oxford Available for online viewing through September 20, 2009.
Masterpiece Mystery: Inspector Lewis, Series Two: And The Moonbeams Kiss the Sea. Lewis and Hathaway investigate a murder in the basement of Oxford’s Bodleian Library. Available for online viewing through September 13, 2009.
P.O.V.: Ella es el matador (She Is The Matador). Filmmakers Gemma Cubero and Celeste Carrasco offers a glimpse into the world of women’s bullfighting through profiles of two female matadors, Mari Paz Vega and Eva Florencia. The documentary is not only about their passion for the sport but also examines the challenges in entering a territory usually reserved for males.

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Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

A roundup of all streaming, full-length videos online from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week. See the list below for all full episodes and links.

A scene from Inspector Lewis: Series Two: And The Moonbeams Kiss the Sea.

News and Public Affairs: Nightly Programs:
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: The reports, segmented by story, per day.
Nightly Business Report: The reports stream online.
NJN News: The reports stream online for one week (see archives M-Tu-W-Th-F).
Worldfocus:The nightly news show streams online for 15 days; signature stories are online forever.

Charlie Rose:
Aug. 24: Conversations with Dolly Parton, Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren.
Aug. 25: Conversations with Julian Schnabel, Mickey Rourke and Neil Young.
Aug. 26: An appreciation of Senator Edward Kennedy with Doris Kearns Goodwin, Al Hunt and Jon Meacham.
Aug. 27: Conversations with David Chang, Tom Colicchio, Ferran Adria and José Andrés.
Aug. 28: Conversations with Joe Scarborough, Evan Williams and Rahm Emanuel.

Tavis Smiley:
Aug. 24: Film director Quentin Tarantino.
Aug. 25: Country singer Reba McEntire; novelist Dean Koontz.
Aug. 26: A tribute to Senator Edward Kennedy with Rep. John Lewis and lawyer Vernon Jordan.
Aug. 27: Aetna CEO Ron Williams; author and UCLA professor Eric Sundquist; former U.S. senator Edward Brooke.
Aug. 28: Historian Douglas Brinkley; musician Josh Charles.

News and Public Affairs: Weekly Programs:
Washington Week: The passing of Senator Edward Kennedy; the reappointment of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke for a second term; investigating CIA interrogation techniques.
NOW on PBS: Paying to repair roads and infrastructure.
Bill Moyers Journal: A broadcast of the film Money-Driven Medicine, which examines aspects of the medical care business.
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly:

Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack: An interview with AQR Capital Management founder and managing principal Cliff Asness, who talks about his strategies and offers advice to investors.
New York Now. An interview with Gov. David Paterson at the state fair. Available for one week only.
Foreign Exchange: A segment on the upcoming German elections; a preview of an installment to Wide Angle’s Time for School series; a discussion with Trita Parsi about Iranian-American relations.

News and Public Affairs:
Wide Angle: Once Upon a Coup. A documentary on the politics and business of the African nation of Equatorial Guinea, home to an attractive oil reserve.

Science:
NOVA: Monster of the Milky Way. An examination of black holes.
NOVA scienceNOW: Saving Hubble update; gangster birds; a profile of brain surgeon Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa; how memory works.

History:
Antiques Roadshow: Los Angeles-Hour Three.
History Detectives: WPA mural studies; George Washington miniature; Japanese balloon bomb.
American Experience: The Kennedys. A survey of one of the most famous American political families that produced a U.S. president and two senators.

Arts:
Masterpiece Mystery: Inspector Lewis, Series Two: And The Moonbeams Kiss the Sea. Lewis and Hathaway investigate a murder in the basement of Oxford’s Bodleian Library. Available for online viewing through September 13, 2009.

DIY:
Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way: Citrus thrill. Cured herring starter;skirt steak grandma with freshly squeezed lime in anchovy and garlic sauce; gnocchi with eggs and scallions; sauteed curly mustard greens with hot sausage; and chestnut cream Mont-Blanc, with crushed pieces of scrumptious biscotti, chestnut puree, and whipped cream.

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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

A roundup of all streaming, full-length videos online from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week. See the list below for all full episodes and links.

A scene from Eyes of the Storm, from the PBS series Wide Angle, about young Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis.

News and Public Affairs: Nightly Programs:
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: The reports, segmented by story, per day.
Nightly Business Report: The reports stream online.
NJN News: The reports stream online for one week (see archives M-Tu-W-Th-F).
Worldfocus:The nightly news show streams online for 15 days; signature stories are online forever.

Charlie Rose:
Aug. 17: Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.
Aug. 18: China’s Ambassador to the US Zhou Wenzhong; a discussion of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s meeting with President Obama, the Council on Foreign Relations’ Steven Cook and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Michele Dunne.
Aug. 19: Author Robert Wright; author Jim Collins; an appreciation of 60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt.
Aug. 20: Actor Sir Ben Kingsley; a talk on Obama’s leadership and health care with Doris Kearns Goodwin, Arianna Huffington and Ross Douthat.
Aug. 21: Director Quentin Tarantino.

Tavis Smiley:
Aug. 17: Former quarterback Warren Moon; actor Dylan McDermott.
Aug. 18: Singer/songwriter Smokey Robinson.
Aug. 19: Former Vermont governor Howard Dean; an appreciation of 60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt.
Aug. 20: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. political theorist Benjamin Barber.
Aug. 21: Founder of the nonprofit healthcare relief organization Remote Area Medical (RAM) Stan Brock; actress Alexis Bleidel.

News and Public Affairs: Weekly Programs:
Washington Week: Public disenchantment over Obama’s health care reform plan; the insurance industry’s role in the health care debate; health insurance industry’s influence on legislative reform.
NOW on PBS: How a backlog in processing rape kits is affecting how justice is delivered on behalf of sexual abuse victims. Originally aired on April 24, 2009.
Bill Moyers Journal: A broadcast of the film Critical Condition, which tells the stories of three families coping without health insurance.
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly:

Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack: An interview with Andrew Lo, director, MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering, in which he talks about hedge funds and how psychology affects the financial crisis.
New York Now. Town hall meetings on health care. Available for one week only.
Foreign Exchange: How the U.S. and China are dealing with climate change; a new film looks at oil and corruption in Equatorial Guinea; Russian foreign-policy after its war with Georgia.

News and Public Affairs:
Wide Angle: Eyes of the Storm: A film that takes a look at Burma’s orphans trying to survive in the wake of last year’s deadly cyclone.
P.O.V.: P.O.V. Shorts. From the PBS documentary series comes three short films: Utopia Part 3: The World’s Largest Shopping Mall looks at the world’s most gigantic mall in Guangzhou, China that is now deserted; City of Cranes offers a perspective of what it’s like to work up high on machinery; and Nutkin’s Last Stand about the English red squirrel.
American Masters: Don Hewitt: 90 Minutes on 60 Minutes. A 1998 documentary on the late Don Hewitt who created 60 Minutes, the most popular and long-running television newsmagazine series in broadcast history.

Science:
NOVA: Hunting the Hidden Dimension. This documentary explores the world of fractals as mathematicians try to examine its unique properties. Originally aired October 28, 2008.
NOVA scienceNOW: Public genomes; algae fuel;mystery of the Gakkel Ridge; profile: Yoky Matsuoka.

History:
Antiques Roadshow: Los Angeles-Hour Two.
History Detectives: Mussolini Dagger; Liberia letter; N.E.A.R. device.

Arts:
Masterpiece Mystery: Inspector Lewis, Series One: Expiation. Inspector Lewis investigates the mysterious death of a soccer mom. Available for online viewing through September 6, 2009.

DIY:
Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way: Viva Espana! Butter bean canapés; bold and spicy gazpacho; shellfish and chicken paella; pineapple in dark rum sauce worth a trip to the kitchen.

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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

A roundup of all streaming, full-length videos online from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week. See the list below for all full episodes and links.

A scene from the LGBT television series In the Life, which talks about a recent documentary on the 1968 play (and later film) The Boys in the Band

News and Public Affairs: Nightly Programs:
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: The reports, segmented by story, per day.
Nightly Business Report: The reports stream online.
NJN News: The reports stream online for one week (see archives M-Tu-W-Th-F).
Worldfocus:The nightly news show streams online for 15 days; signature stories are online forever.

Charlie Rose:
Aug. 13: Trumpeter Hugh Masekela; singer/songwriter Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens); author Frances Osborne.
Aug. 14: Nobel-prize winning scientist Harold Varmus; physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson.

Tavis Smiley:
Aug. 10: Comedian and talk show host Jay Leno (part one).
Aug. 11: Comedian and talk show host Jay Leno (part two); producer/engineer/director Mark Johnson.
Aug. 12: Congressman Baron Hill; singer/songwriter Corneille.
Aug. 13: Twitter co-founder Biz Stone; actress Gloria Reuben.
Aug. 14: CNBC personality David Faber; film director Davis Guggenheim.

News and Public Affairs: Weekly Programs:
Washington Week: Town hall protests and the health care reform debate; the new school year and swine flu; Secretary of State Clinton’s recent trip to Africa.
NOW on PBS: The weak economy and health care (originally aired on March 20, 2009).
Bill Moyers Journal: Media analyst Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Kaiser Family Foundation president and CEO Drew Altman talk about health care ads as part of a wider discussion on health care reform; former assistant to President Bush, David Krum, calls on conservatives to suggest their plan for health care reform.
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly:

  • A feature on the Spafford Children’s Center in Jerusalem, which helps Palestinian kids deal with the trauma of living in the turbulent region.
  • Profile of Dr. Joseph Tate, who delivers babies in the old fashioned way.
  • Using the bar mitzvah to promote environmental or greener values.

Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack: An interview with Mark Headley, chairman and portfolio manager for
Matthews International Capital Management, on the financial crisis and Asia.
New York Now. The issue of control of the New York City schools by the mayor. Available for one week only.

News and Public Affairs:
Wide Angle: Victory Is Your Duty. This film explores Cuba’s status as a producer of talented, award-winning athletes, and how the recent political changes will affect both its sports figures and the nation as a whole. The story is told through perspective of young nine-year-old boys from the the Havana Boxing Academy.
In the Life: Coming Together. Concluding the series’ look at the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, this program examines how gay and lesbian art and culture impacted the movement.

History:
Antiques Roadshow: Houston, Texas (hour three).
American Experience: Summer of Love. This latest installment recalls the free-spirited times of San Francisco in the mid-’60s.

Arts:
Masterpiece Mystery: Inspector Lewis, Series One: Old School Ties. Inspector Lewis investigates two murders after chaperoning a celebrity criminal on a visit to Oxford. Available for online viewing through August 30, 2009.

DIY:
Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way: Simple Savers. Basil cheese dip; classic salad Frisée aux Lardons; spaghetti with fresh tomato and anchovy sauce; chocolate cups and chocolate rocher with hazelnuts and cornflakes.

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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

A roundup of all streaming, full-length videos online from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week. See the list below for all full episodes and links.

A scene from NOVA's Astrospies.

News and Public Affairs: Nightly Programs:
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: The reports, segmented by story, per day.
Nightly Business Report: The reports stream online.
NJN News: The reports stream online for one week (see archives M-Tu-W-Th-F).
Worldfocus:The nightly news show streams online for 15 days; signature stories are online forever.

Charlie Rose:
July 27: The U.S. strategy in Afghanistan with former U.S. Army Ranger Andrew Exum; Ross Douthat of The New York Times.
July 28: Loopt founder and CEO Sam Altman; photographer Brigitte Lacombe.
July 29: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; a conversation about health reform with Dr. Howard Dean and Dr. Bill Frist.
July 30: Yale economist Robert Shiller; a discussion about the recent Microsoft-Yahoo deal with Wired’s Steven Levy, TechCrunch co-editor Erick Schonfeld and The Wall Street Journal’s Nick Wingfield.

Tavis Smiley:
July 27: Motown Records founder Berry Gordy (part 1).
July 28: Motown Records founder Berry Gordy (part 2).
July 29: Singer Lionel Richie.
July 30: Songwriters Ashford and Simpson.
July 31: Songwriter Lamont Dozier; singer Raphael Saadiq.

News and Public Affairs: Weekly Programs:
Washington Week: President Obama’s event-a-day strategy in pushing his health care reform platform; the state of the economy with both the Dow Jones and unemployment rising; the significance of the recent meeting between the President, Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the professor’s arresting officer over a beer.
NOW on PBS: A look at how the city of Atlanta is fighting child prostitution. Originally aired on May 30, 2008.
Bill Moyers Journal A talk on health care with Wendell Potter; an essay on the influence of money and lobbying on health care reform; viewer mail.
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly:

Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack: An interview with David Swensen, chief investment officer at Yale University, on his thoughts of the new investment reality.

News and Public Affairs:
P.O.V.:Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go. Kim Longinotto’s film looks at the work of Oxford, England’s Mulberry Bush School for emotionally disturbed children.
Wide Angle: Contestant No. 2: A young Arab-Israeli woman aspires to join the Miss Israel pageant against the views of her conservative family and community.

Science and Nature:
NOVA: Astrospies. A look at a special group of secret U.S. astronauts who gathered intelligence information on the Soviets during the Cold War.
NOVAscienceNOW. Moon smasher; secrets in the salt; bird brains; climatologist Lonnie Thompson.
Nature: Silence of the Bees. This program examines the recent disappearance of the honeybee and its impact. Originally aired on October 28, 2007.
Time Team America: Range Creek, Utah. The team explores a territory where an ancient people may have lived in.
The Mysterious Human Heart: The Silent Killer. Learn the causes and impact of heart disease.

History:
Antiques Roadshow: Fame and Fortune.
History Detectives: Amelia Earhart plane; Fillmore pardon; boxcar home.
The Ascent of Money: Planet Finance. A look at worldwide financial practices, the rapid rise of the real estate market, and the fallout from the sub prime mortgage diaster.

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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

A roundup of all streaming, full-length videos online from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week. See the list below for all full episodes and links.

Host Niall Ferguson in a scene from The Ascent of Money.

News and Public Affairs: Nightly Programs:
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: The reports, segmented by story, per day.
Nightly Business Report: The reports stream online.
NJN News: The reports stream online for one week (see archives M-Tu-W-Th-F).
Worldfocus:The nightly news show streams online for 15 days; signature stories are online forever.

Charlie Rose:
July 20: Time Magazine’s Jeffrey Kluger on the 40th anniversary of the moon landing; U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill.
July 21: Wired Magazine’s Chris Anderson; the publishers and editors of Politico: Jim VandeHei, Ben Smith, John Harris and Robert Allbritton.
July 22: Director, Office of Management and Budget Peter Orszag; President and CEO of Mayo Clinic Denis Cortese.
July 23: Former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft; TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington; Director, Office of Management and Budget Peter Orszag (part 2).
July 24: Director of “In The Loop” Armando Iannucci; a conversation about race in America with Floyd Flake, Raina Kelley and David Remnick.

Tavis Smiley:
July 20: Musician Prince (part 1).
July 21: Musician Prince (part 2).
July 22: Guitarist Carlos Santana.
July 23: Actors and musicians Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer.
July 24: Folk singer Joan Baez.

News and Public Affairs: Weekly Programs:
Washington Week: Health care and the Obama presidency; Massachusetts’ universal health care plan; unemployment, deficits and the recovery program.
NOW on PBS: The impact of financial regulatory reform on America.
Bill Moyers Journal: Health care reform; “shock jock” media.
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly:

Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack: An interview with David Swensen, chief investment officer at Yale University on his thoughts of the new investment reality.
New York Now: Rep. Scott Murphy, clean energy and ‘Report From the NanoDesk’. Available for one week only.

News and Public Affairs:
Wide Angle: The Market Maker. The story of Eleni Gabre-Madhin, an Ethiopian economist whose goal is to end hunger in her country by creating Ethiopia’s first commodities exchange.
In The Life: Civil Disobedience. Part II of In The Life’s Summer of Stonewall series commemorating the Stonewall riots from 40 years ago.

Science and Nature:
NOVAscienceNOW: Picky eaters; smart sea lions and talking walruses; biomedical engineer Sangeeta Bhatia; capturing carbon.
Nature: Silence of the Bees. This program examines the recent disappearance of the honeybee and its impact. Originally aired on October 28, 2007.
Time Team America: New Philadelphia, Illinois. The team looks for a schoolhouse where New Philadelphia’s African American children learned in freedom.
The Mysterious Human Heart: The Spark of Life. This episode explains how the heart works through its physiological electrical mechanisms.

History:
Antiques Roadshow: Philadelphia-Hour Three.
History Detectives: Tokyo Rose recording; Crazy Horse photo; World War II diary.
The Ascent of Money: Risky Business. Economist and historian Niall Ferguson explores the origins of the insurance industry in Europe; and Hurricane Katrina and the problems of risk management.

Arts and Culture:
Masterpiece Mystery!: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? Miss Marple and two amateur sleuths investigate the mysterious death of a man on a cliff. Available for online viewing through August 9, 2009.

D.I.Y.:
Jacques Pepin:More Fast Food My Way: Vegetable Fete. Mini croques-monsieur; ratatouille with penne; seafood stars in shrimp with cabbage and red caviar; peach Melba.

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