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12/16/24 (Mo.)9:00 PMPBSBrenda Lee: Rockin' Around
9/17/24 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBSVOCES "Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined"
9/16/24 (Mo.)10:00 PMPBSOrozco: Man of Fire (R)
9/13/24 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSA Song for Cesar (R)
8/30/24 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSBlake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames (R)
8/27/24 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBSBlake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
8/9/24 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSRoberta Flack (R)
6/21/24 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSKeith Haring: Street Art Boy (R)
6/4/24 (Tu.)10:00 PMPBSHOPPER: An American Love Story (R)
5/19/24 (Su.)7:30 PMPBSJoe Papp in Five Acts (R)
4/5/24 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSThe Incomparable Mr. Buckley
3/29/24 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSDaniel Patrick Moynihan
2/27/24 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBSDr. Tony Fauci (R)
2/6/24 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBSAiley (R)
2/2/24 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3408-120) Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll (R)
1/2/24 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBSHOPPER: An American Love Story
12/8/23 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSNorman Lear: Just Another Version of You (R)
10/6/23 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3603-90) Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
9/29/23 (Fr.)10:00 PMPBS(#3509-90) A Song for Cesar
9/25/23 (Mo.)3:01 AMMAXAmerican Masters: Marilyn Monroe: Still Life (R)
9/22/23 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSFloyd Abrams: Speaking Freely
9/15/23 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3507-120) Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
9/8/23 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3506-120) Bella! This Woman's Place is in the House
7/14/23 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSGroucho & Cavett (R)
6/30/23 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSLennon NYC (R)
6/23/23 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSKeith Haring: Street Art Boy (R)
6/9/23 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSAiley (R)
6/4/23 (Su.)10:00 PMPBSLittle Richard: The King and Queen of Rock and Roll (R)
6/2/23 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3408) Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock ‘n' Roll
5/21/23 (Su.)7:00 PMPBSAmy Tan: Unintended Memoir (R)
5/16/23 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBSNam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
3/31/23 (Fr.)10:30 PMPBSRoberta Flack (R)
3/24/23 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSIn the Making
3/21/23 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBSDr. Tony Fauci
3/5/23 (Su.)10:30 PMPBSGroucho & Cavett (R)
1/24/23 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBSRoberta Flack
12/27/22 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBSGroucho & Cavett
12/12/22 (Mo.)8:00 PMPBSThe Adventures of Saul Bellow
11/22/22 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBS(#3405-120) Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
11/18/22 (Fr.)10:00 PMPBSBrian Wilson: Long Promised Road (R)
10/7/22 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSLoretta Lynn (R)
9/2/22 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3008) Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (R)
8/19/22 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#404) James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (R)
6/14/22 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBS(#3502-90) Brian Wilson - Long Promised Road
6/10/22 (Fr.)10:00 PMPBSBallerina Boys (R)
6/5/22 (Su.)10:00 PMPBSRita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (R)
6/3/22 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSJoe Papp in Five Acts
5/17/22 (Tu.)10:00 PMPBS(#3102-90) Tyrus Wong (R)
5/10/22 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBS(#3501-90) Waterman - Duke: Ambassador of Aloha
3/11/22 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSAmy Tan: Unintended Memoir (R)
2/25/22 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool (R)
2/8/22 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBS(#3311-120) Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands
1/11/22 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBSAiley
10/19/21 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBS(#3212) Becoming Helen Keller
10/5/21 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBS(#2907) Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It
9/24/21 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2707) Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (R)
7/27/21 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBS(#3211-90) Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away
7/2/21 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2807) Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (R)
6/18/21 (Fr.)10:00 PMPBS(#3006) Itzhak Perlman (R)
6/4/21 (Fr.)10:00 PMPBS(#3204) Holly Near (R)
6/4/21 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3309) Ballerina Boys
5/3/21 (Mo.)9:00 PMPBSAmy Tan: Unintended Memoir
4/9/21 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3110) Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
4/2/21 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3402-90) Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story
3/26/21 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3310) Twyla Moves
3/23/21 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBS(#3308-90) Flannery
3/5/21 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSToni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (R)
3/1/21 (Mo.)10:00 PMPBSUnladylike2020 (R)
1/18/21 (Mo.)9:00 PMPBS(#3307-120) How It Feels to Be Free
12/29/20 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBS(#3210-90) Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
12/4/20 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3306) Keith Haring: Street Art Boy (R)
10/23/20 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3401) Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is
10/20/20 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBS(#3305) Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
10/9/20 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2306) Lennon NYC (R)
9/6/20 (Su.)9:30 PMPBS(#3208) Raúl Juliá: The World's a Stage (R)
9/4/20 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3208) Raúl Juliá: The World's a Stage (R)
7/10/20 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3304) UNLADYLIKE2020
6/30/20 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBS(#3302-90) And She Could Be Next Part Two
6/23/20 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBS(#3209) TONI MORRISON
6/16/20 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBS(#3008-90) MAE WEST
5/29/20 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3104) HEDY LAMARR (R)
5/22/20 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2702) SAMMY DAVIS, JR. (R)
5/1/20 (Fr.)10:00 PMPBS(#1801) JULIA CHILD (R)
2/25/20 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBS(#3109) Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
11/18/19 (Mo.)9:00 PMPBS(#3303) N. SCOTT MOMADAY
10/25/19 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3302) Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous
9/19/19 (Th.)9:00 PMPBS(#3007) Charley Pride: I'm Just Me (R)
9/13/19 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3208) Raul Julia: The World's a Stage
8/2/19 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3301) Ursula K. Le Guin
6/21/19 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3207) Robert Shaw - Man of Many Voices
6/14/19 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3206) Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life
4/19/19 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3108) Garry Winogrand
4/12/19 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3205) Joseph Pulitzer
3/1/19 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3204) Holly Near
2/22/19 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3007) Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
1/2/19 (We.)10:00 PMPBS(#3107) TBA
10/14/18 (Su.)10:00 PMPBS(#3006) Itzhak
9/18/18 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBS(#2504) Harper Lee (R)
9/14/18 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3106) Basquiat
9/11/18 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBS(#2503) Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel (R)
9/7/18 (Fr.)10:00 PMPBS(#3105) Wyeth
9/7/18 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3203) Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray
8/31/18 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3202) EVA HESSE
7/23/18 (Mo.)9:00 PMPBS(#3201) Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived
5/20/18 (Su.)10:00 PMPBS(#2207) LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (R)
5/18/18 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3104) HEDY LAMARR: AMERICAN MASTERS
2/16/18 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3002) MAYA ANGELOU (R)
1/19/18 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3005) Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart
12/29/17 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#BHOP) Bob Hope
12/3/17 (Su.)10:00 PMPBS(#AMMS) This is Bob Hope… (R)
10/30/17 (Mo.)9:00 PMPBS(#3103) Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
9/8/17 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3102) TYRUS WONG
9/1/17 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3101) RICHARD LINKLATER
5/26/17 (Fr.)10:00 PMPBS(#1604) ALICE WATERS (R)
5/26/17 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3004) JACQUES PEPIN
5/19/17 (Fr.)10:00 PMPBS(#1801) JULIA CHILD (R)
5/19/17 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#3003) JAMES BEARD
3/31/17 (Fr.)10:30 PMPBS(#4101) Dudamel Conducts a John Williams Celebration With the LA Phil (R)
3/24/17 (Fr.)10:00 PMPBS(#2807) NORMAN LEAR (R)
3/21/17 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBS(#2704) Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning (R)
3/7/17 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBS(#3002) MAYA ANGELOU (R)
2/24/17 (Fr.)10:00 PMPBS(#3002) MAYA ANGELOU (R)
2/21/17 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBS(#3002) MAYA ANGELOU
1/27/17 (Fr.)10:00 PMPBS(#2806) LORETTA LYNN (R)
1/20/17 (Fr.)10:00 PMPBS(#2705) August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand (R)
1/3/17 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBS(#2906) SIDNEY LUMET
12/29/16 (Th.)9:00 PMPBS(#3001) EERO SAARINEN (R)
12/27/16 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBS(#3001) EERO SAARINEN
10/25/16 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBS(#2807) Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
6/24/16 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSJIMI HENDRIX (R)
5/27/16 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2905) The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End
5/3/16 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBS(#2706) JANIS JOPLIN
3/4/16 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSLoretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
2/26/16 (Fr.)10:00 PMPBS(#2904) FATS DOMINO
2/19/16 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2805) CAROLE KING
2/12/16 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2903) B.B. KING
1/29/16 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2804) MIKE NICHOLS
9/25/15 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#WOLI) THE WOMEN'S LIST
9/18/15 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2902) Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer's Journey
9/4/15 (Fr.)10:30 PMPBS(#2604) Billie Jean King (R)
9/4/15 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2901) Althea
7/10/15 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2504) HARPER LEE (R)
5/15/15 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2803) American Ballet Theatre: A History
4/17/15 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2802) Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler (R)
4/16/15 (Th.)8:00 PMPBS(#2802) Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler
3/20/15 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#1704) Judy Garland: By Myself (R)
2/20/15 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2705) August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
1/23/15 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2801) Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice
12/26/14 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#BCRR) Bing Crosby Rediscovered (R)
12/2/14 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBS(#BCRR) BING CROSBY REDISCOVERED
9/23/14 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBS(#BOOL) THE BOOMER LIST: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
9/5/14 (Fr.)10:00 PMPBS(#2602) Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll (R)
8/29/14 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2704) Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning
6/20/14 (Fr.)10:00 PMPBS(#2703) Tanaquil Le Clerq: Afternoon of a Faun
5/16/14 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2702) Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
4/22/14 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBS(#2701) A Fierce Green Fire
3/21/14 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2306) Lennon NYC (R)
3/14/14 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSJohnny Carson: King of Late Night (R)
2/7/14 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2606) Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
1/21/14 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBS(#SALI) SALINGER
12/27/13 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2605) Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love
11/5/13 (Tu.)9:00 PMPBS(#JIHE) JIMI HENDRIX
9/10/13 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBS(#2604) Billie Jean King
8/23/13 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#309) James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (R)
7/12/13 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2305) A Letter to Elia (R)
6/14/13 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2204) Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes (R)
5/20/13 (Mo.)9:00 PMPBS(#MELB) MEL BROOKS
4/9/13 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBS(#2008) Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character (R)
3/29/13 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2603) Philip Roth: Unmasked
2/22/13 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2602) Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll
12/28/12 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2601) Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance
12/4/12 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBS(#2306) LENNONYC (R)
11/20/12 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBS(#DAGE) Inventing David Geffen
11/13/12 (Tu.)8:00 PMPBS(#1903) Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
10/12/12 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2503) Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel (R)
9/24/12 (Mo.)10:00 PMPBS(#2505) The Day Carl Sandburg Died
8/9/12 (Th.)9:00 PMPBS(#1904) Marilyn Monroe: Still Life (R)
8/5/12 (Su.)8:00 PMPBS(#1904) Marilyn Monroe: Still Life (R)
6/22/12 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#1704) Judy Garland: By Myself (R)
5/14/12 (Mo.)9:00 PMPBS(#JCAR) JOHNNY CARSON
4/2/12 (Mo.)10:00 PMPBS(#2504) Harper Lee: Hey, Boo
4/2/12 (Mo.)9:00 PMPBS(#2503) Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
3/2/12 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2502) Cab Calloway: Sketches (R)
2/27/12 (Mo.)10:00 PMPBS(#2502) Cab Calloway: Sketches
1/23/12 (Mo.)10:00 PMPBS(#2501) Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
12/30/11 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBS(#2401) Troubadours: James Taylor, Carole King and the California Scene (R)
12/19/11 (Mo.)10:00 PMPBS(#2404) Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter
12/9/11 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSPearl Jam Twenty (R)
10/21/11 (Fr.)9:00 PMPBSPearl Jam Twenty
9/16/11 (Fr.)9:30 PMPBSA Letter to Elia (R)
8/26/11 (Fr.)9:30 PMPBS(#2101) Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (R)
7/22/11 (Fr.)9:30 PMPBS(#2306) LENNONYC (R)
6/1/11 (We.)8:00 PMPBS(#2403) Maestro James Levine: 40 Years at the Met
5/9/11 (Mo.)10:30 PMPBS(#2102) Marvin Gaye: What's Going On? (R)
4/18/11 (Mo.)9:00 PMPBS(#2402) John Muir in the New World
3/15/11 (Tu.)9:30 PMPBS(#2401) Troubadours: James Taylor, Carole King and the California Scene (R)
3/2/11 (We.)8:00 PMPBS(#2401) Troubadours: James Taylor, Carole King and the California Scene
1/12/11 (We.)9:30 PMPBS(#2302) The Doors: When You're Strange (R)
1/12/11 (We.)8:00 PMPBS(#2308) Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
12/27/10 (Mo.)9:00 PMPBS(#2307) Glenn Gould: Genius Within
11/22/10 (Mo.)9:00 PMPBS(#2306) LENNONYC
10/4/10 (Mo.)9:00 PMPBS(#2305) A Letter to Elia
9/20/10 (Mo.)10:30 PMPBS(#2006) Orozco: Man of Fire (R)
9/20/10 (Mo.)9:00 PMPBS(#2304) Cachao: Uno Mas
7/23/10 (Fr.)9:30 PMPBS(#2203) Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself (R)
7/21/10 (We.)9:00 PMPBS(#2203) Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself
5/12/10 (We.)9:00 PMPBS(#2302) The Doors: When You're Strange
3/31/10 (We.)9:00 PMPBS(#2301) I.M. Pei: Building China Modern
3/22/10 (Mo.)10:00 PMPBS(#2004) John James Audubon: Dawn From Nature (R)
1/11/10 (Mo.)10:00 PMPBS(#2102) Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (R)
1/11/10 (Mo.)9:00 PMPBS(#2208) Sam Cooke: Crossing Over






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BROADCAST HISTORY:
6/23/86 - ???
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