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DUKE: AMBASSADOR OF ALOHA

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MASTERPIECE Ridley Road

AMERICAN MASTERS Waterman - Duke: Ambassador of Aloha Discover the inspiring story and considerable impact of five-time Olympic medalist Duke Kahanamoku. He shattered swimming records and globalized surfing while overcoming racism in a lifetime of personal challenges. Narrated by Jason Momoa. TPT 2 Tuesday, May 10, 8 p.m.

Summer 1962: London is swinging with new music, hip fashions, and an irresistible hedonistic spirit. It’s also seething with anti-Semitic violence incited by homegrown neo-Nazis. Masterpiece presents a riveting four-part drama set in this colorful but tumultuous time on Ridley Road, based on Jo Bloom’s novel. TPT 2 Sundays, starting May 1, 8 p.m. TPT LIFE Wednesdays, starting May 4, 8 p.m.

MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE Electronicle 1980

FRONTLINE Police on Trial

News and culture features from an old Twin Cities PBS current affairs program offer a unique flashback to Minnesota at the dawn of the 80s. Electric Chronicle or Electronicle creatively and critically probed the politics, people, and soul of the state. Writer Steve Marsh provides a contemporary twist on then and now. A Twin Cities PBS original production. TPT 2 Monday, May 16, 8 p.m. TPT LIFE Thursday, May 19, 9 p.m.

Investigating the Minneapolis police in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. With Pulitzer Prize winning reporters from the Star Tribune – from the killing and protests to the trial of Derek Chauvin to the struggle for accountability. TPT 2 Tuesday, May 31, 9 p.m.

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Jon Kimura Parker Plays Beethoven FRI JUL 15 8PM Nicholas Collon, conductor / Jon Kimura Parker, piano International Day of Music SAT JUL 16 8:30PM (OUTDOOR CONCERT) Chia-Hsuan Lin, conductor / Jon Kimura Parker, host

Grand Piano Spectacular THU JUL 21 11AM

Jon Kimura Parker, piano / Scott Cuellar, piano William Eddins, piano / Andrew Staupe, piano The Minnesota Orchestra does not perform on this program. Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony FRI JUL 22 8PM / SAT JUL 23 8PM Kerem Hasan, conductor / Jon Kimura Parker, piano In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre NightCap Chamber Music Concert FRI JUL 22 10:30PM Osmo Vänskä, clarinet / Jon Kimura Parker, piano Anthony Ross, cello

JUL 15–AUG 7

Led by Creative Partner Jon Kimura Parker, we’ve curated four weeks of music that illuminate Beethoven’s musical universe and explore his influences and the composers he influenced in return. It ’s a celebration of unexpected pairings, old traditions with a modern twist, and thrilling juxtapositions that demonstrate this epic composer’s far-reaching impact. Come early and stay late for special food experiences and free entertainment by outstanding local performers on the magnificent Peavey Plaza, as well as other pre-concert happenings inside Orchestra Hall.

Wings, Wind and Waves A Relaxed Family Concert for all ages

SUN JUL 24 2PM Caleb Young, conductor / Jon Kimura Parker, piano In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony THU JUL 28 11AM / FRI JUL 29 8PM Yue Bao, conductor / Jon Kimura Parker, host Jessica Rivera, soprano / BRKFST Dance Company

Beethoven: The Artist’s Influence A new play created by The Moving Company

Jon Kimura Parker, Creative Partner

SAT JUL 30 8PM Sarah Hicks , conductor / Dominique Serrand, stage director Nathan Keepers, writer and actor / Steven Epp, actor Sam Bergman, music and creative partner Chamber Music Concert SUN JUL 31 4PM Jon Kimura Parker, piano / Minnesota Orchestra musicians

Disney Fantasia Live in Concert with the Minnesota Orchestra SAT AUG 6 8PM / SUN AUG 7 2PM Sarah Hicks, conductor

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TPT Editorial and Design Team Lynn Farmer, Vice President, Marketing and Communications Sarah D. Johnson, Managing Editor Emily McDaniel, Senior Designer Advertising in TPT magazine: Deb Larson, Supervising Sponsorship Manager 651-229-1454 or [email protected] Membership Hotline 651-229-1300 or toll free 866-229-1300 Lines are staffed 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday–Friday. Telemarketing Call-Back Line: 651-229-1395 Front Desk: 651-222-1717 Twin Cities PBS President and CEO: Sylvia Strobel BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Rotolu "Ro" Adebiyi, Teddy Bekele, Mary Lynn Carver, Wayne L. Ducheneaux II, Courtney Camp Enloe, Joe Fleming, Peter S. Hatinen, Kristy Howe, Amy L. Jensen, Martha MacMillan, Dr. Fayneese Miller, Victor Miranda, MD, Michael Monahan, Somia Mourad, Robert P. Rinek, Robert Sit (Chair), Darrell Thompson, Sandra Vargas, R. Kirk Weidner, Donna Zimmerman (Vice Chair) Volume 50 Number 5 TPT magazine (ISSN 1059-9657) is published twelve times a year, in: Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., May, June, Jul., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., and Dec. by Twin Cities Public Television, Inc., 172 East Fourth Street, St. Paul, MN 55101, a nonprofit corporation. Copyright © 2021. List Exchanges: To assist in building membership, Twin Cities Public Television on occasion may exchange names and addresses of its members with other orga- nizations that may solicit or make contact with you by mail. If you do not want your information shared, please notify the membership department at 651-229-1300 or 866-229-1300. All rights reserved. TPT magazine is sent to those who contribute annually to TPT. Basic member- ships are $50. Periodicals postage paid at St. Paul, Minnesota, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Please send change-of-address information to:

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A NOTE FROM SYLVIA

As I write this month’s note, I am excited for several reasons. First, it is May and Spring in Minnesota! Additionally, for the 19th year in a row, PBS and its member stations have been named the “Most Trusted” media organization in a nationwide survey. Finally, Twin Cities PBS (TPT) has been recognized by Charity Navigator, an independent nonprofit evaluator, for the fifth consecutive year in a row with its “four-star” rating “demonstrating strong financial health and a commitment to accountability and transparency.” I would like to recognize my wonderful colleagues who make sure that TPT is wisely stewarding its resources, and I would like to thank you - our members - for entrusting us with your financial support to deliver extraordinary educational programming and services. One of those extraordinary educational programs is HYPE. After a 20-year hiatus, TPT, in partnership with SoulTouch Productions’ Robin Hickman Winfield, has launched the return of its acclaimed original youth initiative Don’t Believe the HYPE . The project’s goal then—and now—is to use the power of media-making so that historically underserved high school students can craft their own narratives and amplify their unique voices within the Twin Cities. The HYPE pilot program is rooted in the Gordon Parks Choice of Weapons curriculum and includes media literacy; video and audio storytelling basics, media ethics and values; and the production of diverse content from documentaries and news to personal essays and TikTok videos. The original “Hype Crew” leveraged these skills into successful careers in various fields, including media, music, education, and business—and have been enthusiastic advisors to the program’s resurgence. In January 2022, TPT opened its doors to a vibrant group of young storytellers with the ultimate goal of sharing their capstone media projects in June. To learn more, go to tpt.org/hype . Finally, in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month, please watch, American Masters: Waterman – Duke: Ambassador of Aloha . This phenomenal documentary chronicles the inspiring story and considerable impact of five-time Olympic swimmer Duke Kahanamoku. It airs on Tuesday, May 10 at 8 p.m. on TPT 2.

Continue reading for more exciting new shows from TPT.

Best Regards, Sylvia Strobel President and CEO, Twin Cities PBS

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HIGHLIGHTS MAY 1-8

INDEPENDENT LENS Try Harder!

MASTERPIECE Ridley Road

San Francisco's Lowell High, one of the best public schools in the country, draws high achievers from across the city into a fiercely competitive universe. Follow seniors as the pressure to impress admissions officers at elite universities intensifies. TPT 2 Monday, May 2, 9 p.m. | TPT LIFE Saturday, May 7, 9:30 p.m.

London in the swinging sixties is a hive of violent antisemitism, as Jewish hairdresser Vivien learns when she arrives in search of her beau, Jack. Part 1 of 4. TPT 2 Sunday, May 1, 8 p.m. Emma Revisit this classic PBS series. Rich, independent, and kind spirited, Emma Woodhouse has no need to marry herself but nothing delights her more than matchmaking those around her. Part 1 of 4. TPT 2 Sunday, May 1, 9 p.m. TPT LIFE Monday, May 7, 7 p.m. MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE The Baldies The Baldies were a Minneapolis skinhead crew that fought racists inthe 1980s and beyond. A Twin Cities PBS original production. TPT 2 Monday, May 2, 8 p.m. TPT LIFE Thursday, May 5, 9 p.m.

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Flood In The Desert Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the second deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland to ensure the growth of Los Angeles by bringing water to the city via aqueduct. TPT 2 Tuesday, May 3, 8 p.m.

THIS IS MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA Vänskä Conducts Music Makers

Osmo Vänskä conducts inspiring new works by emerging artists in this culmination of the Minnesota Orchestra's annual Composer Institute, led by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts. Co-presented with the American Composers Orchestra. A Twin Cities PBS co-production. TPT 2 Friday, May 6, 8 p.m.

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EVENING MAY 1-8

7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 1 Sun 2 Call The Midwife - Season 11 (Part 7 of 8) Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) Emma (Part 1 of 4) Luna & Sophie: A Subservient Ghost Musketeers: Friends and Enemies LIFE Nature: Portugal: Wild Land on the Edge Nature: Bears Wild Shetland: Scotland’s Viking Frontier America Live at the London Palladium Austin City Limits: The War and Treaty/Ruthie Foster

Art + Medicine: Speaking of Race Antiques Roadshow: Grounds for Sculpture Hour 3

Listen! Please! Dia A Dia, 2020: One

Trusted Messenger

This Town

Iron Range: Minnesota Build- ing America

Day at a Time

Minnesota Experience: The Baldies

Independent Lens: Try Harder!

Independent Lens: Wrestle

2 Mon

Emma (Part 1 of 4)

Concert for George

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Start Up

LIFE

MN Original

Postcards

Your Legislators

Native Report Native Report Nourish Hope: Progress Starts with Food

We’re In This Together

Postcards

Finding Your Roots: Reporting on the Reporters

American Experience: Flood in the Desert

Frontline: The Power of Big Oil, Part 3

Nature: Portugal: Wild Land on the Edge

Nature: Bears

3 Tue

Inspector Morse: Ghost in the Machine

The Fall: The Hell Within Him

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Chavis Chronicles Common Ground

LIFE

MN Original

Let’s Go Min- nesota!

Stage: Music Showcase: A Minnesota Original Special NOVA: Hindenburg: The New Evi- dence Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) This Is Minnesota Orchestra: Lunar New Year Agatha Christie’s: Poirot: The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman

Weaving The Social Safety Net at Home Secrets of the Dead: Hindenburg’s Fatal Flaws Last Tango In Halifax - Season 4 Part 3

Sold Out: Affordable Housing at Risk

Street Level

Nature The Leopard Legacy

Almanac at the Capitol BBC World News

British Antiques Roadshow

Civilizations: The Second Moment of Creation

4 Wed

Call The Midwife - Season 11 (Part 7 of 8)

Amanpour and Company

Arab Ameri- can Stories Making It Up North

LIFE

Almanac at the Capitol

Through A Soldier’s Eyes

Almanac: Hands-On History

Around The Cor- ner with John McGivern Ask This Old House

Shared Sacrifice: Rock County In War

This Old House

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries The Green Mill Murder

Last Tango In Halifax - Season 4 Part 1

The Fall: The Hell Within Him

5 Thu

10 Parks That Changed America

American Experience: Flood in the Desert

Minnesota Experience: The Baldies

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Articulate with Jim Cotter

LIFE

MN Original

Craft

Parks for the People

State Fair Traditions

Cost of Cli- mate Change In Minnesota

Future Earth: Thriving on a Full Planet

Minnesota’s Deadliest Tornadoes

Off 90

Almanac

This Is Minnesota Orchestra: Vanska Conducts Music Makers

Great Performances: Leonard Bernstein Mass

6 Fri

Jamie Oliver Together: Celebration Meal

Washington Week Business Lives Here

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Current State of Our Work- ing River

When My Time Comes

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Gzero World with Ian Bremmer Prairie Mosaic

LIFE

MN Original

Postcards

Innovation Culture

Almanac

Healthcare Any- where: Hyper- Connecting

Father Brown: The New Order

Midsomer Murders: Habeas Corpus (Parts 1 & 2 of 2)

The Mallorca Files: Friend Henry Independent Lens: Try Harder!

Confession Episode 5

Lowertown Line

7 Sat

Great Performances: 42nd Street

Independent Lens: Harvest Season

LIFE

Backroads

Prairie Musi- cians

Health Focus: One Commu- nity’s Effort

Unequal Distribution of Health

Make It Ok

Getting There

Elder Victims: Abused, Ex- ploited, Alone

Discovered Truth: A Health Care Journey

Prescription Overload: Man- aging Meds Musketeers: Sleight of Hand

Call The Midwife: Special Delivery

Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) NOVA: Hindenburg: The New Evi- dence

Emma (Part 2 of 4)

Luna & Sophie: Belly Up

8 Sun

Nature: The Leopard Legacy

Secrets of the Dead: Hindenburg’s Fatal Flaws

Somewhere South: American As Hand Pie

Austin City Limits: Allen Toussaint: New Orleans Legend Gracious Spaces: Clarence H. Johnston

LIFE

Case for Rural Living

Climate Smart: Cities Working Together

This Town

More Than Just The Music

St. Paul’s Historic Hill: Salvag- ing A Gilded Past

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HIGHLIGHTS MAY 9-15

MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE Armed With Language Minnesota was home to a little- known military intelligence school during WWII that trained Japanese Americans to be translators. Primarily recruited from concentration camps on the West Coast, these men and women served while many of their families remained imprisoned. ATwin Cities PBS original production. TPT 2 Monday, May 9, 8 p.m. TPT LIFE Thursday, May 19, 9 p.m.

GREAT PERFORMANCES Anything Goes

Enjoy this London production of Cole Porter's classic musical led by Tony winner Sutton Foster who reprises her Tony-winning role as Reno Sweeney with favorite songs like "I Get A Kick Out of You," and "You're the Top." TPT 2 Friday, May 13, 8 p.m. | TPT LIFE Saturday, May 14, 7 p.m.

LUCY WORSLEY INVESTIGATES Princes In The Tower

RELISH Sticky Rice, Sukiyaki,

What really happened to the Princes in the Tower? Lucy Worsley uncovers the story of the two boys whose disappearance in 1483 has led to centuries of mystery and speculation. TPT 2 Sunday, May 15, 7 p.m. | TPT LIFE Wednesday, May 18, 7 p.m.

Dhalpourie Roti & More In this episode, we find sticky rice at the heart of a Laotian meal, taste the Caribbean with Dhalpourie Roti, honor the history of heirloom corn in Indigenous cooking and enjoy a traditional Japanese dish. A Twin Cities PBS original production. TPT 2 Tuesday, May 10, 9:30 p.m. NOVA: Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence/The Last Day Sir David Attenborough explores how a North Dakota fossil dig site could hold clues to what happened the day an asteroid struck Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In two parts. TPT 2 Weds., May 11, 8 & 9 p.m. TPT LIFE Sun., May 15, 8 & 9 p.m.

MASTERPIECE Ridley Road Vivien's link to Jordan is

complicated by the arrival of his wife. The police rebuff warnings from the 62 Group, who must act on their own. Part 3 of 4. TPT 2 Sunday, May 15, 8 p.m. TPT LIFE Weds., May 18, 8 p.m.

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EVENING MAY 9-15

7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 9 Mon 2 Antiques Roadshow: Colonial Williamsburg Hour 1 Minnesota Experience: Armed with Language American Experience: Mr. Tornado Independent Lens: When Claude Got Shot Reel South

Emma (Part 2 of 4)

Decoding The Driftless

Rick Steves’ Top Master- pieces

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Start Up

LIFE

MN Original

Postcards

Your Legislators

Native Report Native Report Secrets of Sacred Architecture Why Cultural Heritage Mat- ters

Postcards

Finding Your Roots: No Laughing Matter

American Masters: Waterman - Duke: Ambassador of Aloha

Relish

NOVA: Hindenburg: The New Evi- dence

Secrets of the Dead: Hindenburg’s Fatal Flaws

10 Tue

Inspector Morse The Last Enemy

The Fall: Wounds of Deadly Hate

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Chavis Chronicles Common Ground

LIFE

MN Original

Let’s Go Min- nesota!

Stage: Lowertown Line 313 & Min- nesota Original 511 NOVA: Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) This Is Minnesota Orchestra: Symphonies and Surprises

Justice Matters

Our Rights

Nature: The Egg: Life’s Perfect Inven- tion

NOVA: Dinosaur Apocalypse: The Last Day Little Women on Masterpiece Episode 1

Almanac at the Capitol BBC World News

British Antiques Roadshow

Civilizations: How Do We Look?

11 Wed

Call The Midwife: Special Delivery

Amanpour and Company

Arab Ameri- can Stories Making It Up North

LIFE

Almanac at the Capitol

Mississippi, MN

Almanac: Hands-On History

Around The Cor- ner with John McGivern Ask This Old House

Nature: Walking with Emerson & Thoreau

This Old House

Agatha Christie’s: Poirot: The Chocolate Box American Experience: Mr. Tornado

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Death at Victoria Dock

Last Tango In Halifax - Season 4 Part 2

The Fall: Wounds of Deadly Hate

12 Thu

10 Towns That Changed America

Minnesota Experience: Armed with Language Richard Alley’s Climate Adventures

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Articulate with Jim Cotter

LIFE

MN Original

Craft

Wild and Sce- nic St. Croix

Saving Wheat: Rusts Never Sleep

Farm Fresh Road Trip

Off 90

Climate Smart: Cities Working Together

Farm to School: Growing Our Future

Almanac

Great Performances: Anything Goes

American Masters: Waterman - Duke: Ambassador of Aloha

13 Fri

Jamie Oliver Together: Thank You Meal

Washington Week

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

Baba Babee Skazala Grand- mother Told Grandmother

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Gzero World with Ian Bremmer Prairie Mosaic

LIFE

MN Original

Postcards

New Metropolis Minnesota

Homes for All

Almanac

Elder Victims: Abused, Exploit- ed, Alone

Father Brown: The Island of Dreams Great Performances: Anything Goes

Midsomer Murders: The Incident at Cooper Hill (Parts 1 & 2 of 2)

The Mallorca Files: Death in the Morning Independent Lens: When Claude Got Shot

Confession Episode 6

Lowertown Line

14 Sat

Independent Lens: Down A Dark Stairwell

LIFE

Backroads

Prairie Musi- cians

Media Coverage and Female Athletes Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) NOVA: Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence Fazioli Festival Featuring Roberto Plano

Soul Crea- tures

Our Environment and Our Health

Ready for the Future Musketeers: Commodities

Getting There

Working Dogs: Innovations In Healthcare

Emma (Part 3 of 4)

Lucy Worsley Investigates: Princes in the Tower Nature The Egg: Life’s Perfect Inven- tion Valley Grove: A Living Tap- estry

Luna & Sophie: Foul Play

15 Sun

NOVA: Dinosaur Apocalypse: The Last Day

Somewhere South: Porridge for the Soul

Austin City Limits: The Best of Spoon

LIFE

Connections and Transfor- mations

Devil’s Instru- ment

North Star: Civil War Stories

Shared Sacrifice: Rock County In War

Theodore Roosevelt: A Cow- boy’s Ride to the White House

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May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Celebrate with TPT by watching these shows available now with TPT Passport.

Armed with Language

Asian Americans

Breaking Big: Eddie Huang

Pacific Heartbeat

The Story of China with Michael Wood

The Registry

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Diane Rehm on The State of the Medical Aid-in-Dying Debate The documentary “When My Time Comes” focuses on her mission By Richard Harris

Maybe, just maybe, America's greatest taboo — talking openly about death — is itself dying a slow death. Too slow if you ask Diane Rehm (pictured right), author of the nonfiction book, “When My Time Comes.” “Until we overcome our fear about talking about death," the longtime NPR host says, "few of us can have the end of life we envision. We've been so focused on living and accomplishing and moving forward that we don't think about death as part of life." For 37 years, Rehm's morning talk show allowed her to focus on living and moving forward. But that changed as she witnessed her husband of 54 years, John, decline to the point where he pleaded with his doctor to prescribe him a medication to end his life. And without a medical aid-in-dying law in Maryland, his doctor refused.

"We focus so much on happiness and joy surrounding birth, but we think about death as this place no one wants to go — but we're all going there. Everybody is," says Rehm. For several years, Rehm, 85, has crisscrossed the country, speaking to the terminally ill and their families, as well as advocates and opponents of medical aid in dying. She also talked to ethicists and physicians on both sides of the issue as part of an emerging national conversation about the right-to-die. WETA in Washington, D.C. has produced a companion public television documentary to Rehm’s book, also called “When My Time Comes.” Watch the documentary on TPT LIFE Friday, May 6, 9 p.m. or on TPT 2 Sunday, May 8, 6 p.m. The medical aid-in-dying movement for the terminally ill — some call it death with dignity— began in Oregon in 1994. It took another 14 years for Washington state to pass its law. But since then, Montana (2009 State Supreme Court ruling), Vermont, California, Colorado, Washington, D.C., Hawaii, New Jersey and Maine have followed suit. Each jurisdiction allows a patient who has no more than six months to live (certified by two physicians) to request a lethal dose of medication if that person has the capacity to decide and can self-administer. More than a dozen other states are considering such a law, including Maryland, where Rehm testified last year in support of medical aid in dying. The bill lost by a single vote in the state Senate. In 2022, advocates are hoping the bill is once again introduced during Maryland's General Assembly session.

“Until we overcome our fear about talking about death, few of us can have the end of life we envision.”

So, John Rehm, wracked by Parkinson's disease, with a severely diminished quality of life, decided to starve himself to death. No water. No food. No medication. It would take him 10 days to die. And that began Diane Rehm's journey into advocacy. After signing off her talk show in 2016, she immersed herself in the world of the terminally ill, studying the limited options available to those for whom palliative care (focused on relieving pain and symptoms) is not the solution to their end-of-life misery.

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Joe Fab, producer and director of Rehm's documentary, became interested in end-of-life issues after his sister and both his parents died within four years. "We are just too frozen up in this country talking about death,” he says. Dr. Lonnie Shavelson, a former emergency room doctor who founded Bay Area End of Life Options in California, distilled the complex debate surrounding medical aid in dying, to a phrase, included in Rehm's book: "You've got the ethic of autonomy against the ethic of maintaining life." The American Medical Association sides with maintaining life, opposing what it still calls "physician- assisted suicide" because the group says it's "incompatible with the physician's role as a healer." The question that remains unsettled in the context of the physician's Hippocratic Oath is whether a doctor does more harm than good in writing a lethal prescription for a suffering, terminally ill patient. The Catholic Church and other religious groups have not given their blessing to medical aid in dying. Rehm is quick to say she respects all opposing views but remains steadfast in her support for the terminally ill individual choosing when his or her life should end.

At the conclusion of Rehm's book and documentary, she asks her grandson, Benjamin Zide, a Dartmouth sophomore studying medical ethics, to pick up his phone and take a video of her as she described what would be for her a "good death." Here's what she says: "I came across a perfect paragraph that Anne Morrow Lindbergh left behind. She wrote, 'To my family, my physician and my hospital: If there is no reasonable expectation of my recovery from mental or physical disability, I request I be allowed to die and not be kept alive by artificial means and heroic measures. I ask that medication be mercifully administered to me for terminal suffering, even if it hastens the moment of my death. I hope that you who care for me will feel morally bound to act in accordance with this urgent request.'"

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Read more about this topic on Next Avenue.org: “How This NPR Host Became an Advocate for Assisted Suicide” “Choosing Death: Aid in Dying Gets Support” “Losing Her Husband Twice to Alzheimer’s Disease”

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HIGHLIGHTS MAY 16-22

NATURE Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas Roam the Wild West frontier land of the Rio Grande's Big Bend alongside its iconic animals, including black bears, rattlesnakes, and scorpions. TPT 2 Wednesday, May 18, 7 p.m. | TPT LIFE Sunday, May 22, 7 p.m.

The Library Of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song – Lionel Richie The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, a PBS music special, honors singer-songwriter Lionel Richie, as he receives the distinguished honor from the Library of Congress. TPT 2 Tuesday, May 17, 8 p.m.

NOVA Why Ships Crash

When the colossal Ever Given container ship crashed into the bank of the Suez Canal in March 2021, international supply chains ground to a halt. How could such a disaster happen? And can the investigation help prevent future accidents? TPT 2 Wednesday, May 18, 8 p.m. | TPT LIFE Sunday, May 22, 8 p.m.

COLOMBIA WILD AND FREE Two Rivers

Explore the magnificent eastern region of Colombia, a land defined by two powerful rivers: the Orinoco and the Amazon. Along the way, meet wildlife, including jaguars, capybaras, anacondas, and more. TPT 2 Wednesday, May 18, 9 p.m. | TPT LIFE Sunday, May 22, 9 p.m.

GREAT PERFORMANCES Merry Wives Experience Shakespeare's comedic masterpiece from the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park set in South Harlem telling the story of the trickster Falstaff and the wily wives who outwit him in a celebration of Black joy, laughter, and vitality. TPT 2 Friday, May 20, 8 p.m. TPT LIFE Saturday, May 21, 7 p.m.

THE STORY OF... Marilyn Monroe Although Marilyn Monroe featured in 30 films in her short life, her lasting star power has secured her place as an icon of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Featuring rare video and audio interviews, we reassess her life and career. TPT 2 Tuesday, May 17, 9 p.m.

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EVENING MAY 16-22

7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30

Antiques Roadshow: Colonial Williamsburg Hour 2

Minnesota Experience: Electronicle 1980

10 Homes That Changed America

Independent Lens: Scenes from the Glittering World

Pacific Heartbeat: High Tide, Don’t Hide

16 Mon

Emma (Part 3 of 4)

Roy Orbison Forever

Lowertown Line

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Start Up

LIFE

MN Original

Postcards

Your Legislators

Native Report Native Report Ethics of Cyber Security

Postcards

Minnetonka to Ghana, Bridging An Ocean

Finding Your Roots: Roots In Politics Inspector Morse: Deceived By Flight

Lionel Richie: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize

Story of..: Marilyn Monroe

NOVA: Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence

NOVA: Dinosaur Apocalypse: The Last Day

17 Tue

The Fall: Their Solitary Way

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Chavis Chronicles Common Ground

LIFE

MN Original

Let’s Go Min- nesota!

Stage: Art Is....Healing NOVA: Why Ships Crash

I Can’t Breathe: A CJM Memorial With Documentarian Interview

Say His Name: Five Days for George Floyd Civilizations: God and Art

Nature: Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas Lucy Worsley Investigates: Princes in the Tower

Colombia - Wild and Free: Two Rivers Little Women on Masterpiece Episode 2

Almanac at the Capitol BBC World News

British Antiques Roadshow

18 Wed

Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) This Is Minnesota Orchestra: Heart and Hope Agatha Christie’s: Poirot: Dead Man’s Mirror

Amanpour and Company

Arab Ameri- can Stories Making It Up North

LIFE

Almanac at the Capitol

Connections and Transfor- mations

Cornerstones: A History of North Minneapolis Last Tango In Halifax - Season 4 Part 3

Almanac: Hands-On History

Around The Cor- ner with John McGivern Ask This Old House

This Old House

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Raisins and Almonds

The Fall: Their Solitary Way

19 Thu

Independent Lens: Mr. Soul!

Minnesota Experience Rebirth: The Mississippi’s National Park

Minnesota Experience: Electronicle 1980

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Articulate with Jim Cotter

LIFE

MN Original

Craft

Farmers & Chefs of Min- nesota

Minnesota Stories in a Chang- ing Climate

Minnesota: A History of the Land: Ordering The Land/16,000 BP-1870s

Minnesota’s Fiercest Fires

Off 90

Almanac

Great Performances: Merry Wives

Story of..: Marilyn Monroe

Secrets of Althorp - The Spencers

20 Fri

Jamie Oliver Together: Taco Party

Washington Week

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

Frontline: Policing The Police 2020

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Gzero World with Ian Bremmer Prairie Mosaic

LIFE

MN Original

Postcards

Fraud Fighters

Ready for the Future

Almanac

State of Repair

Planting Creativ- ity: Artists, Place & Trans

Father Brown: The Wayward Girls Great Performances: Merry Wives

Midsomer Murders: Breaking the Chain (Parts 1 & 2 of 2)

The Mallorca Files: Mallorca's Most Wanted

Lionel Richie: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize

Lowertown Line

21 Sat

Independent Lens: Scenes from the Glittering World Concussions and Female Athletes

POV: Fruits of Labor

POV Shorts

LIFE

Backroads

Prairie Musi- cians

Patient No More

Game On: Women Can Coach Hearing Loss Matters

Getting There

Emma (Part4 of 4)

Lucy Worsley Investigates: Madness of King George Nature: Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas Remembering Place: A Cem- etery Story

Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part4 of 4)

Luna & Sophie: A Grave Mistake

Musketeers: The Good Soldier Austin City Limits: J ade Bird/Dayglow

22 Sun

NOVA: Why Ships Crash

Colombia - Wild and Free: Two Rivers America’s Socialist Experi- ment

Somewhere South: Dumpling Dilemma

LIFE

Germans from Russia: Children of the Steppe

Through The Iron Curtain - from Romania

Jingle Dress Tradition

Nature: Walking with Emerson & Thoreau

Say His Name: Five Days for George Floyd The police killing of George Floyd sparked a global uprising. The epicenter was in director Cy Dodson’s Minneapolis neighborhood, where he captured an immersive observation of unrest, anger, and hope in the five days between the killing of Mr. Floyd and the announcement of charges filed against the police officers. This film is a part of Twin Cities PBS' "The 2020 Project." Read more at tpt.org/filmmaker2020 . TPT MN Tuesday, May 17, 11 p.m.

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CELEBRATE ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month. To celebrate the unique histories of these communities, we’ve curated a list of TPT shows that highlight the cuisine, music, traditions, and more behind these diverse cultures. Watch along with us!

PROGRAMMING INCLUDES:

Independent Lens Try Harder TPT 2 Monday, May 2, 9 p.m. TPT LIFE Saturday, May 7, 9:30 p.m. Pacific Heartbeat James & Isey TPT 2 Sunday, May 8, 2:30 p.m. Minnesota Experience Armed with Language TPT 2 Monday, May 9, 8 p.m. TPT LIFE Thursday, May 19, 9 p.m. American Experience Mr. Tornado TPT 2 Monday, May 9, 9 p.m. TPT LIFE Thursday, May 12, 8 p.m.

American Masters Waterman-Duke: The Spirit of Aloha TPT 2 Tuesday, May 10, 8 p.m. Relish Sticky Rice, Sukiyaki, Dhalpourie Roti & More TPT 2 Tuesday, May 10, 9:30 p.m. Asian Americans Parts 1-5 Sundays, Starting May 15, 11 a.m. Pacific Heartbeat High Tide, Don’t Hide TPT 2 Monday, May 16, 11 p.m. American Experience Plague at the Golden Gate TPT 2 Tuesday, May 24, 8 p.m.

American Masters Tyrus Wong TPT 2 Friday, May 27, 10:30 p.m.

America Reframed Geographies of Kinship

TPT 2 Sunday, May 29, 4:30 p.m. TPT LIFE Thursday, May 26, 7 p.m.

Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp TPT 2 Sunday, May 29, 12 p.m.

Korea: The Never-Ending War TPT 2 Monday, May 30, 8 p.m.

Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March TPT 2 Tuesday, May 31, 8 p.m.

Images (L-R): American Masters: Tyrus Wong , American Masters: Waterman-Duke: The Spirit of Aloha , and Pacific Heartbeat James & Isey.

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HIGHLIGHTS MAY 23-29

AMERICA REFRAMED Geographies of Kinship Explore the complex personal histories of four adult adoptees born in South Korea. Each adoptee sets out on a journey to return to their country of birth and map the geographies of kinship that bind them to a homeland they never knew. TPT 2 Monday, May 23, 8 p.m. TPT LIFE Thursday, May 26, 7 p.m. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Plague At Golden Gate The bubonic plague outbreak in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1900 and the hunt to identify its source leads to a spate of violent anti- Asian sentiment. TPT 2 Tuesday, May 24, 8 p.m.

NOVA Ice Age Footprints

Thousands of prehistoric footprints in New Mexico's White Sands National Park capture moments when Ice Age humans crossed paths with enormous ground sloths and mammoths. What can this new evidence reveal about the peopling of the Americas? TPT 2 Wednesday, May 25, 8 p.m. | TPT LIFE Sunday, May 29, 8 p.m.

FATHER BROWN – SEASON 9 The Enigma of Antigonish

Ex-employee Finbar Finch served time after a brutal attack on spa owner Elsie Peters during a robbery. After his release he returns to the area, vowing to Father Brown to live a new life, but is shortly afterward found dead. TPT 2 Saturday, May 28, 7 p.m.

National Memorial Day Concert 2022 Tune in to the annual broadcast of America's national night of remembrance. The multi-award winning event honors the military service of all our men and women in uniform, their families and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. TPT 2 Sun., May 29, 7 & 8:30 p.m. TPT LIFE Monday, May 30, 7 p.m.

COLOMBIA-WILD AND FREE From The Pacific To The Andes Journey to the largely uninhabited Pacific coast of Colombia, where humpback whales give birth and fish hunt crabs in the mangrove forests. TPT 2 Wednesday, May 25, 9 p.m. TPT LIFE Sunday, May 29, 9 p.m.

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EVENING MAY 23-29

7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30

Antiques Roadshow: Colonial Williamsburg Hour 3

America Reframed: G eographies of Kinship

TBA

Independent Lens: One Child Nation

Reel South

23 Mon

Emma (Part 4 of 4)

Brain Revolution

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Start Up

LIFE

MN Original

Postcards

Your Legislators

Native Report Native Report Iraq and Back: Minnesotans’ Stories

Somalia: A Nation of Poets

Postcards

Finding Your Roots: Breaking Silences Inspector Morse: The Secret of Bay 5B

American Experience: Plague at the Golden Gate

NOVA: Kilauea: Hawai’i on Fire

Colombia - Wild and Free: Two Rivers

24 Tue

Secrets of Althorp - The Spencers

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Chavis Chronicles Common Ground

LIFE

MN Original

Let’s Go Min- nesota!

Stage: Minnesota Original Dance Showcase

Connections to Cass

Cass Gilbert: Standing The Test of Time

Interstate 94: A History and Its Impact

Interstate 94: Today and Tomorrow

Mysteries of Public Financ- ing Civilizations: Encounters

Nature: The Bat Man of Mexico

NOVA: Ice Age Footprints

Colombia - Wild and Free: From The Pacific to the Andes Little Women on Masterpiece Episode 3

Almanac at the Capitol BBC World News

British Antiques Roadshow

25 Wed

Lucy Worsley Investigates: Madness of King George

Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 4) This Is Minnesota Orchestra: Musical Menagerie with the Minnesota Zoo Agatha Christie’s: Poirot: Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

Amanpour and Company

Arab Ameri- can Stories Making It Up North

LIFE

Almanac at the Capitol

Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

Celebrating Wisdom

Theodore Roosevelt: A Cow- boy’s Ride to the White House Last Tango In Halifax - Season 4 Part 4

Almanac: Hands-On History

Around The Cor- ner with John McGivern Ask This Old House

This Old House

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Ruddy Gore

Secrets of Chatsworth

26 Thu

America Reframed: Geographies of Kinship

American Experience: Stonewall Uprising

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Articulate with Jim Cotter

LIFE

MN Original

Craft

Forensics: Beyond The CSI Effect

Minne- sota’s Fiercest Floods

Labrador Pas- sage

Minnesota: A History of the Land: Changes in the Land/1870s-1900

Farm Fresh Road Trip 2

Off 90

Windows to Nature: Minne- sota’s Dioramas

Almanac

Antiques Roadshow: Portland, Hour Two

Great Performances: Keeping Company with Sondheim

American Masters: Tyrus Wong

27 Fri

Jamie Oliver Together: Picnic

Washington Week

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

Frontline: Shots Fired

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Gzero World with Ian Bremmer Prairie Mosaic

LIFE

MN Original

Postcards

Rise and Fall of the Nonparti- san League: We’ll Stick We’ll Win Midsomer Murders: A Dying Art (Parts 1 & 2 of 2)

Business Lives Here

Almanac

State of Repair

Decoding Truth and Trust In Advertising

Father Brown: The Enigma of Antigonish

The Mallorca Files: Ex Factor

Agatha Christie’s: Poirot: Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

Lowertown Line

28 Sat

Great Performances: Keeping Company with Sondheim

One Voice: The Songs We Share

Independent Lens: One Child Nation

Independent Lens: A Day in the Life of America/American Nomads

LIFE

Backroads

Prairie Musi- cians

Crossing The Threshold

Heroes & History

Getting A Handle On Diabetes

Love of Car: Transportation As We Age

On The Road Together: Teen Driving

Getting There

Critical Links: Community Health Workers

National Memorial Day Concert 2022

Luna & Sophie: The Confession

Musketeers: The Homecoming

29 Sun

Nature: The Bat Man of Mexico

NOVA: Ice Age Footprints

Colombia - Wild and Free: From The Pacific to the Andes First Speakers: Restoring The Ojibwe Language

Somewhere South: What A Pickle

Austin City Limits: Leon Bridges/Khruangbin

LIFE

Superior Dream

Horse Relative

Art and Life of George Mor- rison

Livable Communities

GREAT PERFORMANCES Keeping Company with Sondheim Take an inside look at the reimagined gender-swapped production as it returns to Broadway during the COVID-19 pandemic. Features new interviews with Tony and Grammy-winning cast members Katrina Lenk, Patti LuPone, Sondheim and more. TPT 2 Friday, May 27, 9 p.m.

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HIGHLIGHTS MAY 30-31

FINDING YOUR ROOTS Dreaming of a New Land

Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day In March Following the aftermath of the March 2021 mass shootings at three spas in Atlanta, this film chronicles how the Asian American community came together to fight back against hate and explores the struggles and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores with Marisa Tomei, Sheryl Sandberg, and Kal Penn the tremendous challenges faced by their immigrant forebears. From Italy, Russia and India to America, their histories show success could take generations to achieve. TPT 2 Tuesday, May 31, 7 p.m.

Korea: The Never Ending War Discover more about the world we live in by shedding new light on a geopolitical hot spot. Often considered a "forgotten war," the Korean War was an important turning point in world history that still reverberates today. TPT 2 Monday, May 30, 8 p.m.

triumphs of AAPI communities. TPT 2 Tuesday, May 31, 8 p.m.

EVENING MAY 30-31

7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30

Antiques Roadshow: Musical Scores

Korea: The Never-Ending War

Independent Lens: Bedlam

POV Shorts

30 Mon

National Memorial Day Concert 2022

Great Performances G loria Estefan: Sangre Yoruba

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Start Up

LIFE

MN Original

Postcards

Reflections: Memorial Day 2021

Women Serv- ing In War

Native Report Native Report Telling Project: Minnesota Remembers Vietnam

Bridging Cul- tures: Islam and the West

Postcards

Finding Your Roots: Dreaming of a New Land

Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day In March

Frontline: Police On Trial

Nature: The Bat Man of Mexico

Colombia - Wild and Free From The Pacific to the Andes

31 Tue

Miniaturist on Masterpiece

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Chavis Chronicles Common Ground

LIFE

MN Original

Let’s Go Min- nesota!

Stage: Opera Mniatures - Minnesota Opera

Nikki Giovanni On Poetry & Truth

Women Mak- ing Change

Building East Side Com- munity

Heroes & His- tory

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May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month!

Celebrate the history of Asian Americans throughout the United States with our TPT Learn collection on PBS LearningMedia featuring videos and lesson guides from local and national productions. Asian Americans With over 5 hours of video and over 30 lesson plans, Asian Americans provides a fresh and bold perspective of the diverse Asian American community throughout the history of the United States. Armed with Language Minnesota was home to a little-known military intelligence school duringWWII that trained over 6,000 Japanese Americans. After decades of being classified, the story of their courage, sacrifice and valor is finally being told. Worn Within Worn Within explores the stories and people behind our traditional clothing. Learn more about the textile practices of Hmong Paj Ntaub and Karen Weaving in this collection.

Find the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month collection at: tpt.org/learn/educators

Connect with us at: facebook.com/tptLearn

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