Selected press items from the period Friday, August 15 through Thursday, August 21.
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August 25th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
A roundup of video from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week that you can also watch in toto online. See the list for all full episodes and full segments.
August 22nd, 2008 at 7:42 am
Watch a conversation in Tehran with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Originally aired 8/22/2008. (See complete schedule).
August 21st, 2008 at 3:08 pm
As speculation stirs over the presidential candidates’ VP short-list, here’s more info about McCain’s potential VP picks as the Republican National Convention nears, including interviews with Tavis Smiley and …
August 20th, 2008 at 10:24 am
As oil prices have shot to historic levels, sales of GM’s once-popular line of SUVs and pickup trucks have sunk. The company is now trying to lure drivers back by making smaller and more fuel-efficient cars, like the Chevy Volt, an electric vehicle GM calls “a game changer.” Watch an interview about the new car…
August 15th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Director David Gordon Green’s new major motion picture effort, Pineapple Express, is about “a stoner and his dealer forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.” The film is a bit of a departure for Green, who made his name directing Southern Gothic coming of age tales set in small rural towns.
August 14th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Watch interviews on the conflict between Georgia and Russia with Vitaly Churkin (Ambassador), Stephen Sestanovich (Council of Foreign Relations), and Robert Kagan (Carnegie Endowment) from this past week.
August 14th, 2008 at 10:43 am
In 1988, Dr. James Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, brought national attention to global warming when he said in Congressional testimony: “The greenhouse effect has been detected and is changing our climate now.” Watch an interview with Dr. Hansen:
August 12th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
A roundup of all streaming video online from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week. See the list for all full episodes and full segments.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Watch a discussion about the acclaimed one-man play Thurgood with actor Laurence Fishburne and playwright George Stevens.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
A roundup of all streaming video online from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week. See the list for all full episodes and full segments.
Weekly Press Digest, August 15-21
Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis
When George Bush took office in 2001, North Korea’s nuclear program was frozen. Kim Jong-Il had signaled to the...
Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts
Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts was the subject of the PBS documentary “Mi Mambo” which was aired on CANTOS...
