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RECOMMEND FLIP-BOOKS
“Let all men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly.”
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Benjamin Franklin: A Film by Ken Burns Ken Burns’ four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin , explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th Century’s most consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States. In two parts. Note: episodes air twice each evening. TPT 2 Monday–Tuesday, April 4 & 5, 7 & 9 p.m.
THIS IS MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA Cloud Cult with The Minnesota Orchestra Working alongside the Orchestra and Sarah Hicks, Principal Conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall, Cloud Cult reimagines songs from their extensive catalog, arranged by Andy Thompson, and delivers an inspiring and immersive evening of art and sound. A Twin Cities PBS co-production. TPT 2 Friday, April 1, 8 p.m.
Changing Planet Conservationist M. Sanjayan anchors a global
International Jazz Day Celebration 2022 Jazz stars from around the globe come together to celebrate the unifying power of music. Hosted by Michael Douglas and featuring unforgettable performances by Herbie Hancock, Andra Day, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves, Marcus Miller and many more. TPT 2 Friday, April 29, 9 p.m. TPT LIFE Saturday, April 30, 7 p.m.
storytelling effort to monitor seven iconic locations, including the West Coast of America, the Great Barrier Reef, the East African Plains, and the Arctic. Each location represents a unique biome and a litmus test for change happening across the planet.
TPT 2 Wednesday, April 20, 7 p.m. TPT LIFE Sunday, April 24, 7 p.m.
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Upcoming Concerts
Osmo Vänskä // MUSIC DIRECTOR
SPRING CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT SUN MAY 1 4PM MUSICMAKERS
FRI MAY 6 8PM Osmo Vänskä, conductor Kevin Puts, Composer Institute director SYMPHONY BALL 2022: BRILLIANCE A gala benefiting the Minnesota Orchestra SAT MAY 7 8:30PM Osmo Vänskä, conductor Cory Wong, guitar TCHAIKOVSKY, CHEN AND NIELSEN FRI MAY 13 8PM SAT MAY 14 8PM Xian Zhang, conductor Adam Kuenzel, flute MUSIC & MINDFULNESS THU MAY 19 7PM Mariann Johnson, instructor HOPE AND HUMANITY THU MAY 19 1 1AM FRI MAY 20 8PM SAT MAY 21 8PM Thomas Wilkins, conductor Minnesota Chorale Twin Cities Choral Partners
minnesotaorchestra.org | 612-371-5656 | #mnorch All artists, programs, dates and prices subject to change. Anyone, including children, entering Orchestra Hall will be required to show proof upon arrival of full COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 PCR test. More information at minnesotaorchestra.org/safety. PHOTOS Zhang: Benjamin Ealovega; Wilkins: Courtesy of the Omaha Symphony; Wong: Galen Higgens; Vänskä: Zoe Prinds-Flash.
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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 4 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:
In Memoriam KIT DAHL
Christopher "Kit" T. Dahl (1943-2022)was an incredible individual who helped so many in our community. Kit joined the TPT Board of Trustees in 2018 and co-chaired its strategic planning committee, resulting in TPT’s 2030 Roadmap released in January 2022. Kit provided unparalleled insight for the TPT leadership and did so with a smile. In addition to strategic planning, Kit served on TPT’s Governance, Audit & Risk and Executive Committees, as well as its CEO Search Committee in 2018-2020. Kit had a storied career. He founded the popular children’s broadcasting network, Radio AAHS, which reached millions of listeners nationwide at its peak. He was also the creative mind behind the hit TV show, “Six Million Dollar Man.” After graduating from the University of Minnesota, he joined the media department at Knox Reeves, where he became the youngest major brand Account Manager in the U.S. He was a kind man who was always made time for fun and sport. He piloted his own planes and boats, won tarpon fishing tournaments in the Florida Keys, loved to hunt in South Dakota, Canada, and Nicaragua, and enjoyed skiing and sailing. His obituary in the Star Tribune put it best: “His collection of close friends was immense and the connections he forged were deeply felt. Thoughtful, strategic, challenging in both business and personal relationships, he did not readily accept the easy answer, always probing for insights and evaluating risk. ‘Never make a move until you know your next two,’ he always said.” Kit will be dearly missed as a business partner, board member and friend.
Membership Department, Twin Cities PBS, 172 E. Fourth Street, St. Paul, MN 55101.
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A NOTE FROM SYLVIA
With spring comes the promise of new beginnings: Green buds appear on trees, vegetable plots are seeded by ambitious gardeners, animal babies abound, and the cycle of life starts anew. At TPT, we’re excited to announce our own brand-new multiplatform addition this spring: Minnesota Outdoors. We launch this new initiative by introducing Outside Chance , a web series featuring beloved, heart-pounding and in some cases, unconventional Minnesota outdoor activities hosted by yogi, emcee, rapper and outdoor enthusiast Chance York. This summer, we will premiere the TPT-produced national PBS television series America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston , who travels the country to reveal a deeper understanding of our passionate, yet complicated, relationship with the outdoors. We are thrilled to share these programs with all Minnesotans, so we can better understand the outdoors through a variety of perspectives. Discover more on pages 20 and 21 and on tpt.org/minnesotaoutdoors . This month also brings good news for our Ken Burns enthusiasts with the release of the much anticipated series on Benjamin Franklin, premiering on TPT 2 Monday, April 4 at 7 p.m. The new series explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th Century’s most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States. April is a month of significant religious observation, and as I write this note in early March I can only hope that we all take time to reflect on what is essential for our families and friends, our communities and our world. Take a walk, hug a loved one, read a good book, go outside and tune in to incredible TPT programming.
As always, thank you for your support.
Best Regards, Sylvia Strobel President and CEO, Twin Cities PBS
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HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 1-3
FATHER BROWN Season 9 Premiere The Menace of Mephistopheles
Phillip Darlington is stabbed to death and Inspector Mallory arrests his son after finding a knife in his bed- room; a knife Sergeant Goodfellow saw Mallory plant. TPT 2 Saturday, April 2, 7 p.m.
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated Explore the cultural legacy and influence of the British comedy troupe. Celebrities discuss, laugh, and reminisce about various Monty Python segments, connecting the group's work to today's most
Call the Midwife – Season 11 Nurse Crane treats a promising young singer who must decide between two very different futures. Trixie and Matthew's friendship blossoms into something deeper. Part 3 of 8. TPT 2 Sunday, April 3, 7 p.m. TPT LIFE Wednesday, April 6, 7 p.m.
successful television humor. TPT 2 Friday, April 1, 10 p.m.
EVENING APRIL 1-3
7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30
Almanac
This Is Minnesota Orchestra: Cloud Cult with the Minnesota Orchestra
Monty Python’s Best Bits Celebrated
INXS: Live Baby Live
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Real Rail Adventures: Swit- zerland
Washington Week
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Philly D.A. Episode 6
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
Business Lives Here
Almanac
State of Repair
Decoding Truth and Trust In Advertising
MN
Father Brown: The Menace of Mephistopheles
Midsomer Murders: Death of the Small Coppers (Parts 1 & 2 of 2)
The Mallorca Files: King of the Mountains
Before We Die (Swedish) Part 8
Lowertown Line
2 Sat
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Great Performances at the Met: Fire Shut Up In My Bones
Independent Lens: Writing with Fire
POV Shorts
LIFE
Backroads
Prairie Musi- cians
Patient No More
Concussions and Female Athletes
Game On: Women Can Coach Hearing Loss Matters
Getting There
MN
Call The Midwife - Season 11 (Part 3 of 8) Nature: A Squirrel’s Guide to Success
Sanditon on Masterpiece Season 2 (Part 3 of 6)
Before We Die (Part 3 of 6)
Seaside Hotel Stauning
Musketeers: Musketeers Don’t Die Easily ACL Presents: Americana 20th Annual Honors
3 Sun
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NOVA: Secrets In Our DNA
Expedition with Steve Back- shall: Unpacked: Teamwork (Part 3 of 4) Farmhouses in the Heartland: Death of the
When Patsy Cline Was Crazy
LIFE
Culture In Our Classrooms
Uncovered: Minnesota’s Dental Crisis
Listen! Please! Facing Race Awards 2021
James J. Hill: Empire Builder
Minnesota Regiments
Call to Justice
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ESCAPE TO Chateau Country OCTOBER 8–15, 2022
Explore extraordinary chateaus and villages throughout the French countryside and end the tour enjoying the beauty and sights of Paris in the fall. Travel along with Sylvia Strobel, President and CEO, Twin Cities PBS. Learn more at tpt.org/travel
TRAVELERS MUST BE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19, WITH SHOT(S) COMPLETED 14 DAYS PRIOR TO TOUR.
Let’s Get Griin’ at Minnesota Monthly’s GrillFest MAY 21-22, 2022 • CHS FIELD
SPECIAL O ER 50% OFF your ticket purchase with promo code EARLYBIRD thru April 30, 2022 PURCHASE TICKETS AT GRILLFESTIVAL.COM
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HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 4-10
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN An American (1775-1790)
Mary Berry’s Easter Feasts Mary discovers the traditions followed by diverse British families and communities during Lent and Good Friday and the food that brings them together, as each prepare for the great Easter celebration. Part 1 of 2. TPT 2 Friday, April 8, 9 p.m. Join Scott Yoo and his wife, flutist Alice Dade, as they investigate the work and life of one of America's greatest Romantic composers along with her European counterparts by performing her work and exploring where she spent her early life. TPT 2 Friday, April 8, 8 p.m. GREAT PERFORMANCES Now Hear This: Amy Beach: American Romantic In wartime Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin helps Thomas Jefferson craft the Declaration of Independence. In Paris, he wins French support for the American Revolution. Back home, he works on the Constitution of the new United States. Part 2 of 2. TPT 2 Tuesday, April 5, 7 & 9 p.m.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Join or Die (1706-1774) After building a printing empire in Philadelphia with his wife Deborah, Benjamin Franklin gains worldwide fame from electricity experiments, then spends years in London trying to keep Britain and America together as his family comes apart. Part 1 of 2. TPT 2 Monday, April 4, 7 & 9 p.m. NOVA Determined: Fighting Alzheimer's Follow three women at risk of developing Alzheimer's as they join a ground-breaking study to try to prevent the disease sharing their ups and downs, anxiously watching for symptoms, and hoping they can make a difference. TPT 2 Wednesday, April 6, 8 p.m. TPT LIFE Sunday, April 10, 8 p.m.
MIDSOMER MURDERS – SEASON 20 Drawing Dead Carver Valley's seventh comic festival is in full swing when the village is shocked by the murder of a former supermodel. Barnaby and Winter are left trying to separate fact from fiction. Parts 1 & 2 of 2 . TPT 2 Saturday, April 9, 8 p.m.
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EVENING APRIL 4-10
7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 4 Mon 2 Benjamin Franklin: Join or Die (1706-1774) (Part 1 of 2) Benjamin Franklin: Join or Die (1706-1774) (Part 1 of 2) Independent Lens: Eating Up Easter LIFE Land Girls: Secrets TBA BBC World News Amanpour and Company Start Up
MN Original
Postcards
Your Legislators
Native Report Native Report Iraq and Back: Minnesotans’ Stories
Bridging War & Hope
Postcards
MN
Benjamin Franklin: An American (1775-1790) (Part 2 of 2)
Benjamin Franklin: An American (1775-1790) (Part 2 of 2)
Expedition with Steve Back- shall: Unpacked: Teamwork (Part 3 of 4)
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Inspector Morse: The Wolvercote Toungue
The Fall: What Is In Me Dark Illumine
BBC World News Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Almanac at the Capitol BBC World News Honor Most Proud
Amanpour and Company
Chavis Chronicles
LIFE
MN Original
Let’s Go Min- nesota!
Stage: Minnesota Remembers Vietnam: The Telling Project
Building East Side Com- munity
Poor Farm Common Ground Tale of Two Sisters: Queen Elizabeth II & Princess Margaret
Treasures Collected, Trea- sures Shared
MN
Nature: Hippo King
NOVA: Determined: Fighting Al- zheimer’s Sanditon on Masterpiece Season 2 (Part 3 of 6)
Expedition with Steve Back- shall: Unpacked: Behind The Scenes Musketeers: Musketeers Don’t Die Easily
British Antiques Roadshow
6 Wed
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Call The Midwife - Season 11 (Part 3 of 8)
Amanpour and Company
Arab Ameri- can Stories Making It Up North
LIFE
Almanac at the Capitol
This Is Minnesota Orchestra: Spirit and Soul Agatha Christie’s: Poirot The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
Stop, Look, Art
North Star: Civil War Stories
Almanac: Hands-On History
Around The Cor- ner with John McGivern Ask This Old House
MN
This Old House
Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece: Raga
The Fall: What Is In Me Dark Illumine
7 Thu
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Story of China: Ancestors/Silk Roads and China Ships
Minnesota Experience: Women Outward Bound
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 Genesis: The Last Domino?
Farm Fresh Road Trip 2
Off 90
Windows to Nature: Minne- sota’s Dioramas
MN
Almanac
Great Performances Now Hear This: Amy Beach: American Romantic
Mary Berry’s Easter Feasts (Part 1 of 2)
Genesis: When In Rome 2007
8 Fri
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Walk in the Park with Nick Molle: Rivers of the Rockies
Washington Week
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Philly D.A. Episode 7
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: Storms on the Horizon Midsomer Murders: Drawing Dead (Parts 1 & 2 of 2)
Cost of Cli- mate Change In Minnesota
Almanac
State of Repair
Scams, Seniors & Minnesota’s Response
MN
Father Brown: The Vipers Tongue
The Mallorca Files: The Oligarch's Icon
Confession Episode 1
Lowertown Line
9 Sat
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Wicked In Concert
MN Original
Independent Lens: Eating Up Easter
Independent Lens: Conscience Point
POV Shorts
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
MN
Call The Midwife - Season 11 (Part 4 of 8)
Sanditon on Masterpiece Season 2 (Part 4 of 6) NOVA: Determined: Fighting Al- zheimer’s
Before We Die (Part 4 of 6)
Seaside Hotel: The Cards on the Table
Mary Berry’s Easter Feasts (Part 1 of 2)
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Nature: Hippo King Discovered Truth: A Health Care Journey
Expedition with Steve Back- shall: Unpacked: Behind The Scenes Gracious Spaces: Clarence H. Johnston
Genesis: The Last Domino?
Austin City Limits: Jon Batiste
LIFE
Trusted Messenger
Horse Relative
Basketball, Water and Lost City of Elbowoods
Covid Gap: Addressing The Pandemic Racial
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TPT Passport is a great way to watch all your favorite TPT shows, new and old. As a special benefit to members, you can log into your account using the PBS Video App and watch whatever you like using your Roku, Apple TV or other device.
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TPT Passport is a super easy way to watch old episodes of some of my favorite shows. Plus it feels so much better to support TPT than some of the other big streamers out there.” –Westley Membership I use the PBS App on my Roku device to catch up when I’ve missed a Sunday night episode of my favorite Masterpiece shows.” – Madison Marketing
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America's Test Kitchen Westley's Favorite Membership
Great Performances Kelsey's Favorite Marketing
American Masters Mantha's Favorite Development
Finding Your Roots Kristin's Favorite TPT Learn
Beecham House Ellen's Favorite Finance
Frontline Christian's Favorite Digital Services
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To Bee or Not to Bee By Liane Kupferberg Carter
Spelling Bee, I just can't quit you.
I've been sucked into a black hole. Utterly possessed. Even in my sleep, I'm seeing honey- comb grids and combining letters. Last night I was so elated dreaming that I'd found the words "inculcate" and "indoctrinate" that it made me wonder if it's time for an intervention. For anyone living off the grid, let me enlighten you: The New York Times' Spelling Bee is a wildly addictive online word game. You earn points making as many different words as you can from seven letters arranged in a honeycomb. Letters can be used more than once. Every puzzle contains at least one pangram — a word using all seven letters — which bestows bonus points. You move through nine levels, from Beginner to Genius. Many puzzlers are satisfied to stop there. But if you're tenacious (or lucky) enough to find all the words, you achieve Queen Bee, which earns you bragging rights and a jaunty image of cartoon mascot Beeatrice wearing a crown. The first time I reached Queen Bee, I proudly posted the Beeatrice
image on Facebook. A friend responded, "Wow. I was just psyched today to find 'bacilli.'"
Spelling Bee allegedly contains easier words than those in the daily NYT crossword puzzle, and none that are obscure. Yet some of the so-called everyday words seem arcane or just bewildering. Words like anion. Deicide. Griot. Natant. Torii. Autodidactic (which at least was a recent pangram, so worth 19 points).
The first time I reached Queen Bee, I proudly posted the Beeatrice image on Facebook.
Still, I have questions. Why "doldrums" but not "doldrum"? Since when is "PFFT" an acceptable word? And what's with the archaic words? Attaint? Pettifog? Really? Months ago, I had such a surge of indignation (pangram, 18 points) about a word they rejected that I clicked the "Think we missed a word?" link. All I got was an autoreply thanking me for my interest. To Bee or not to Bee isn't the question. Even though it frequently frustrates and occasionally confounds, I'm unable to resist its siren song. How do I love thee, Spelling Bee? Let me count the ways.
Better yet, let me "enumerate" — because that's a pangram worth 16 points.
Read more stories like this on Next Avenue.org.
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Palliative Care is Not Just for the Dying By Nora Macaluso
Palliative care can provide relief to people with severe, but not necessarily life-ending, health conditions. But often patients — and their doctors — don't realize they can take advantage of a team-based treatment approach that may include social workers and community support. "The big misconception about palliative care in general is that you need to be dying to get it," said Dr. Andrew Esch, a palliative care specialist for the Center to Advance Palliative Care in Tampa, Fla. The pandemic has helped counter that view as physicians see the benefits to people living with COVID-19 and their families. A palliative care team aims to take a holistic view of the patient's world rather than focusing solely on treating the primary condition. Dr. John Mulder, of Spring Lake, Mich., executive director of palliative care training center Trillium Institute, uses "life-defining" or "life-altering" to identify conditions that might benefit from palliative care. "Many, many individuals as they navigate their lives are going to be diagnosed with something that is going to forever change them, and it's going to impact their longevity, impact their quality of life, and can place some burden of suffering upon them," he said. "What we do in palliative care is acknowledge the fact that we have something we can't fix," Mulder continued. "It might be modifiable, it might be manageable, but we can't fix it."
People with cancer, for example, can rely on the symptom-based approach of palliative care to build their strength so they're better able to withstand chemotherapy, he said. People with conditions like multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's disease can also benefit, as can those with Alzheimer's disease. As Esch sees it, one of the real values of palliative care is "coordinating care and communicating with the patient's family and other clinicians" so "we're not doing things in silos," he said. "Palliative care takes the lead and makes it so the patient feels they have four doctors and nurse practitioners taking care of them, and they have four of them talking to each other." “Getting palliative services doesn't mean that you are somehow giving up on treating an illness. It's quite the opposite.”
Read more of this story on Next Avenue.org.
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ART MEDICINE SPEAKING OF RACE
TPT LIFE Friday April 29, 9 p.m. | TPT 2 Sunday May 1, 8 a.m. Physicians’ stories on race, racism and antiracist efforts in the medical community, hosted by Drs. Jon Hallberg and Tseganesh Selameab.
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Your Government, In-Depth and Explained.
From interviews with leading lawmakers to the analysis tying it all together, Almanac at the Capitol is your window into Minnesota state government.
WEDNESDAY NIGHTS TPT 2 10 p.m. & TPT MN 7 p.m.
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HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 11-17
Call the Midwife – Season 11 Hilda is called to the primary school and she asks Nancy and Sister Frances to for help. Nurse Crane receives exciting news that will take her on an adventure of a lifetime. Part 5 of 8. TPT 2 Sunday, April 17, 7 p.m. | TPT LIFE Wednesday, April 20, 7 p.m.
FINDING YOUR ROOTS Watchmen Henry Louis Gates, Jr. guides Regina King and Damon Lindelof, the creative forces behind a visionary television series, as they discover that they have more in common than meets the eye. TPT 2 Monday, April 12, 7 p.m.
Searching for Justice: Life After Lockup
This PBS NewsHour documentary focuses on the challenges people who have spent years behind bars encounter after release — from reconnecting with family, to finding work and housing, to staying out of prison or jail. TPT 2 Wednesday, April 13, 9 p.m. Mary Berry's Easter Feasts Mary shares her favorite Easter recipes and looks at Easter culinary specialties of Greek Orthodox, Filipino, and Italian communities in the UK. Part 2 of 2. TPT 2 Friday, April 15, 9 p.m.
MASTERPIECE Sanditon – Season 2
Lennox and Coulbourne’s rivalry over Charlotte comes to a head. Edward's manipulation of Esther takes a dark turn and Alison realizes what she has been missing. Part 5 of 6. TPT 2 Sunday, April 17, 8 p.m. | TPT LIFE Wednesday, April 20, 8 p.m.
Before We Die Hannah and Billy learn how the Mimicas plan to bring the cocaine into the UK, but without Christian, they don't know when or where the consignment
will be delivered. Part 5 of 6. TPT 2 Sunday, April 17, 9 p.m.
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EVENING APRIL 11-17
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Antiques Roadshow: Grounds for Sculpture Hour 1
Minnesota Experience Iron Range: Minnesota Build- ing America
Sinking Cities: London
Independent Lens: Jim Allison: Breakthrough
POV Shorts
11 Mon
2
Land Girls: Codes of Honour
TBA
BBC World News
Amanpour and Company
Start Up
LIFE
MN Original
Postcards
Your Legislators
Native Report Native Report Nourish Hope: Progress Starts with Food
Angels: A Friendship Connection
Postcards
MN
Finding Your Roots: Watchmen Inspector Morse: Last Seen Wearing
Rise of the Nazis: Dictator's at War: Barbarossa (Part 1 of 3)
Frontline: Putin's Road to War The Fall: Silence and Suffering
NOVA: Determined: Fighting Al- zheimer’s
Expedition with Steve Back- shall: Unpacked: Behind The Scenes
12 Tue
2
BBC World News
Amanpour and Company
Chavis Chronicles Common Ground
LIFE
MN Original
Let’s Go Min- nesota!
Stage: Lowertown Line: Chastity Brown & Haley Bonar NOVA: The Cannabis Question Sanditon on Masterpiece Season 2 (Part 4 of 6) This Is Minnesota Orchestra: Musical Originals Agatha Christie’s: Poirot : The Underdog
Food Justice
Art at Hand: Creative Ag- ing with Clay
Clay, Wood, Fire, Spirit: The Pottery of
Treasures Collected, Trea- sures Shared
MN
Nature: American Arctic
Searching for Justice: Life After Lockup Last Tango In Halifax - Season 4 Part 1
Almanac at the Capitol BBC World News
British Antiques Roadshow
Tale of Two Sisters: Queen Elizabeth I & Mary Tudor
13 Wed
2
Call The Midwife - Season 11 (Part 4 of 8)
Amanpour and Company
Arab Ameri- can Stories Making It Up North
LIFE
Almanac at the Capitol
Jingle Dress Tradition
Tape’s Rolling! Tape’s Roll- ing!
Around The Cor- ner with John McGivern Ask This Old House
Built to Last - The Legacy of the CCC In MN
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This Old House
Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece: Zenana
The Fall: Silence and Suffering
14 Thu
2
Story of China: Golden Age/The Ming
Minnesota Experience Iron Range: Minnesota Build- ing America
BBC World News
Amanpour and Company
Articulate with Jim Cotter
LIFE
MN Original
Craft
Improving Your Home’s Performance
Integrated Energy Solu- tions
Minnesota’s National Park Legacy
Minnesota: A History of the Land: Out of the Ashes/1900-1940s Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 50 Years and Circlin’ Back
Farm Fresh Road Trip 3
Off 90
Energy Innova- tions in the US and Germany
MN
Almanac
Great Performances Now Hear This: Florence Price and the American Migration
Mary Berry’s Easter Feasts (Part 2 of 2)
TBA
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2
Walk in the Park with Nick Molle: Birds Without Borders
Washington Week
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Philly D.A. Episode Eight Make Money Work
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: Resurgence
Make Money Work
Almanac
Minnesota in the ‘70s
MN
Father Brown: The Requiem for the Dead Chamber Music Society Returns: Setting The Stage
Midsomer Murders: The Lions of Causton (Parts 1 & 2 of 2)
The Mallorca Files: Number One Fan
Confession Episode 2
Lowertown Line
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Chamber Music Society Returns: Bringing Down The House Preparing for College & Career Success
Independent Lens: Jim Allison: Breakthrough
Independent Lens: Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip
LIFE
Backroads
Prairie Musi- cians
Power of Vol- unteerism
Life After Meth
Drug Courts: Justice That Heals
Lending A Hand: The Wakanheza...
Getting There
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Call The Midwife - Season 11 (Part 5 of 8)
Sanditon on Masterpiece Season 2 (Part 5 of 6) NOVA: The Cannabis Question
Before We Die (Part 4 of 6)
Seaside Hotel: Footprints from the Sea Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 50 Years and Circlin’ Back Solid State: Minnesota’s High- Tech History
Mary Berry’s Easter Feasts (Part 2 of 2) Austin City Limits: Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram & Jon Randall: The Marfa Tapes
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Minnesota’s National Park Legacy
Minnesota Roadside At- tractions
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Northwest Angle - MNs Best Kept Secret
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Watch Live Gavel-to-Gavel Coverage of the Minnesota State Legislative Session
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TPT PRESENTS Minnesota Outdoors, A New Initiative
For centuries, humans have experienced a passionate and nuanced relationship with the outdoors. The natural world has inspired brilliant works of visual art, served as the backdrop of countless novels, films and podcasts, and most importantly, it is a force that we interact with each and every day. Living in nature provides countless joy-filled opportunities that also improve our wellbeing, especially in Minnesota. With our 10,000-plus lakes, pristine green spaces, prairies, forests and more, it’s easy to find a way to enjoy the world outside our doors. But the outdoors presents challenges for us as well – especially urgent is the changing climate and what will need to be done within our lifetimes to reverse the damage. Drought and unpredictable weather patterns, loss of some species and infestations of others, rising ocean waters and melting polar caps rank among the adverse consequences to the change in our Wilderness is not a luxury but necessity of the human spirit.” – Edward Abbey
atmosphere. Without action, an enjoyable outside could become a distant memory for future generations.
Historically and today, distinct groups of people have also been excluded from feeling welcome in natural spaces and enjoying outdoor activities. Racial segregation has created inequities in accessibility and opportunities to comfortably experience outdoor spaces. When considering the great outdoors, we face dichotomy: Happiness and freedom for some, and challenges for others. That complexity has led TPT to launch a multi-year, multi-platform initiative focused on what is beyond our walls: the outdoors. Minnesota Outdoors is a new initiative grounded in our Strategic Plan that explores Minnesotans’ relationship with the outdoors – and the historic and contemporary factors that shape those relationships for different communities. Leveraging multiple media platforms, in-person events, and several engaging content projects, Minnesota Outdoors will help to create new narratives and to reclaim forgotten narratives about the outdoors as a space for all Minnesotans.
NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston The six-part national PBS production, America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston , alongside a companion digital series, premieres in July 2022 and follows host Baratunde Thurston on an adventure-filled journey to explore the diverse regions across the U.S. The series dives into the history of the landscapes and how they have impacted the way that Americans work, play and interact with the outdoors. One of the six episodes is based in Minnesota’s epic Boundary Waters Canoe Area, offering awe-inspiring views of our homeland and some unique opportunities to engage around the locations, people and activities featured in that episode.
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PHOTOS (LEFT): AMERICA OUTDOORS WITH BARATUNDE THURSTON. (RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM): OUTSIDE CHANCE WITH CHANCE YORK; SCIGIRLS; COLLECTION OF THREE IMAGES FROM WINTER WARM-UP EVENT [CREDIT: UCHE IROEGBU].
MINNESOTA STORYTELLING
Outside Chance Whether participating or spectating, Minnesota is an endless playground for outdoor activities and traditions. Outside Chance — a web series featuring new and traditional outdoor activities – highlights Minnesota’s outdoor culture and is hosted by yogi, emcee, rapper, and outdoor enthusiast Chance York. SciGirls in the National Parks A new season of the TPT-produced, national series SciGirls will concentrate on exploring our nation’s great national parks and how science intertwines with the outdoors. The seventh season of the acclaimed series will follow real girls as they conduct citizen science in tandem with forest rangers in national parks. We’ll also feature special outdoors content from Minnesota Experience , Almanac , One Greater Minnesota , and Next Avenue to discuss planning, policy, and climate crisis awareness. These shows will also highlight the history of our state’s natural heritage and outdoors culture, and provide perspectives from Indigenous, BIPOC and immigrant community members.
TPT’s broadcast channels will also feature curated outdoors content for viewers across the state.
...AND MORE!
Stay tuned for more exciting elements that may include educational experiences and outdoor events like the “slow-roll” Biking Through History for Your Health adventure in 2021 and the Winter Warm-up event in 2022, both of which were partnerships with organization Melanin in Motion which aims to encourage BIPOC Minnesotans to enjoy the outdoors. Along the way, look for other opportunities to get involved with the TPT’s Minnesota Outdoors Initiative. We aim to inspire everyone to enjoy the outdoors, to explore our state’s wild spaces and to take a deeper interest in caring for this special place.
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HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 18-24
MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE Minnesota: A History of the Land: Out of the Ashes (1900-1940s) Historic footage brings to life the beginnings of conservation in Minnesota. Discover why Minnesota is at the forefront of conservation in the United States in the early 1900s and the key role that women play. A Twin Cities PBS original production. TPT 2 Monday, April 18, 8 p.m.
GREAT PERFORMANCES Now Hear This: Copland: Dean of American Music Learn how the works of an American classical composer developed into a signature American sound drawing from his Jewish roots, modernism and American folk music. TPT 2 Friday, April 22, 8 p.m.
The Trick Professor Phil Jones, the world- renowned Professor and Director of Climate Research at the University of East Anglia, and his team, find themselves in the middle of a major investigation with their 30 years of research work being questioned in the first 'fake news' attack. TPT 2 Friday, April 22, 9 p.m.
SINKING CITIES Miami Discover how engineers and
planners might protect Miami from rising seas and violent storms. As development booms, the city must utilize creative solutions to mitigate the challenges of stronger and more frequent hurricanes. TPT 2 Monday, April 18, 9 p.m.
FINDING YOUR ROOTS Where Did We Come From? Henry Louis Gates, Jr. journeys with Erin Burnett, Amy Carlson, and Andre Leon Talley, three guests from diverse backgrounds, as they meet the ancestors who laid the groundwork for their success. TPT 2 Monday, April 19, 7 p.m.
MASTERPIECE Sanditon – Season 2 Finale
Alison prepares to leave Sanditon with her dreams of romance in tatters, and Esther faces a bleak future. Charlotte considers what her future will look like. When Sidney's belongings are returned to Sanditon, Georgiana learns some shocking truths. Part 6 of 6. TPT 2 Sunday, April 24, 8 p.m. | TPT LIFE Wednesday, April 27, 8 p.m.
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Antiques Roadshow: Natural Wonders
Sinking Cities: Miami
POV: On the Divide
Reel South
Minnesota Experience Minnesota: A History of the Land Out of the Ashes (1900-1940s)
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Land Girls: Trekkers
TBA
BBC World News
Amanpour and Company
Start Up
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MN Original
Postcards
Your Legislators
Native Report Native Report Germans from Russia: Chil- dren of the Steppe
Somalia: A Nation of Poets
Postcards
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POV Shorts: Water War- riors
Bears of Durango
Finding Your Roots: Where Did We Come from?
Rise of the Nazis: Dictator's at War: Stalingrad (Part 2 of 3)
Frontline: The Power of Big Oil (Part 1 of 2) The Fall: His Troubled Thoughts Our Environment and Our Health
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Inspector Morse: The Settling of the Sun
BBC World News
Amanpour and Company
Chavis Chronicles Common Ground
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MN Original
Let’s Go Min- nesota!
Stage: Hippocrates Cafe: Reflections on the Pandemic
Sold Out: Affordable Housing at Risk
Factory
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Changing Planet
NOVA: Inside The Megafire
Almanac at the Capitol BBC World News
British Antiques Roadshow
Tale of Two Sisters: Anne & Mary Boleyn
20 Wed
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Call The Midwife - Season 11 (Part 5 of 8)
Sanditon on Masterpiece Season 2 (Part 5 of 6) This Is Minnesota Orchestra: A Midwinter Gathering Agatha Christie’s: Poirot: The Yellow Iris
Last Tango In Halifax - Season 4 Part 2
Amanpour and Company
Arab Ameri- can Stories Making It Up North
LIFE
Almanac at the Capitol
Prized Writers First Speakers: Restoring The Ojibwe Language
Reclaim- ing Sacred Tobacco
Around The Cor- ner with John McGivern Ask This Old House
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This Old House
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Cocaine Blues Minnesota Experience Minnesota: A History of the Land Out of the Ashes (1900-1940s)
Secrets of Sacred Architecture The Fall:
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His Troubled Thoughts
Story of China: The Last Empire/The Age of Revolution
BBC World News
Amanpour and Company
Articulate with Jim Cotter
LIFE
MN Original
Craft
Ms. Scientist
Health and Climate
Minnesota: A History of the Land: Second Nature/1945 and Beyond
Farm Fresh Road Trip 4
Off 90
Nature: Walking with Emerson & Thoreau
Climate Smart: Cities Working Together
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Almanac
Great Performances Now Hear This: Copland: Dean of American Music
The Trick
TBA
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Walk in the Park with Nick Molle: Nature of the Beasts
Washington Week
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Climate Change - The Facts
BBC World News
Amanpour and Company
Gzero World with Ian Bremmer Prairie Mosaic
LIFE
MN Original
Postcards
Forests and Minnesota’s Rural Economy
Transit Stories Why Transit? Almanac
Our Voices: Transforming Leadership
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Father Brown: The Children Of Kalon
Midsomer Murders: Till Death Do Us Part (Parts 1 & 2 of 2)
The Mallorca Files: Sour Grapes
Confession Episode 3
Lowertown Line
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Salute to Vienna
POV Shorts
POV: On The Divide Re-Imagining Late Life Before We Die: (Part 6 of 6)
Independent Lens: The Hottest August
Reel South
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Backroads
Prairie Musi- cians
Listen / Sto- ries of Cancer and Resilience
Native Mens’ Barriers to Health Care
Make It Ok: Stigma & Mental Illness
Living with Parkinson’s
Getting There
Tobacco vs. Min- nesota: Clearing The Air
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Call The Midwife - Season 11 (Part 6 of 8)
Sanditon on Masterpiece Season 2 (Part 6 of 6)
Luna & Sophie: Clean Business
Wild Travels: America’s Most Unusual Festivals
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Changing Planet
NOVA: Inside The Megafire
INXS: Live Baby Live
Austin City Limits: H.E.R.
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Remembering Place: A Cemetery Story
Current State of Our Work- ing River
Dia A Dia, 2020: One Day at a Time
Highway 100 ‘’lilac Drive’’
Tales of the Road: Highway 61 Minneapolis Past
Back On Track: Journeys to a High School
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Secrets of Sacred Architecture For most of America's history, sacred buildings represented our greatest feats of innovative engineering and artistic design. Discover the elements of design that make these innovative structures so fascinating. Featuring St. Paul's House of Hope Presbyterian Church. TPT 2 Thursday, April 21, 10 p.m.
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HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 25-30
MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE Co-op Wars Discover the story of the idealistic youth who tried to build an alternative to corporate capitalism, the violent struggle that almost tore them apart, and their eventual success in ways they never foresaw. A Twin Cities PBS original production. TPT 2 Monday, April 25, 8 p.m.
GREAT PERFORMANCES Now Hear This: New American Voices Scott Yoo explores the work of two new American composers who are weaving the traditional music of their heritage into their compositions: Brazilian-born Sergio Assad and Indian American Reena Esmail. TPT 2 Monday, April 29, 8 p.m.
FATHER BROWN – SEASON 9 The Final Devotion
Cardinal Ratcliffe tasks Father Brown to find a priceless Papal tiara hidden in a 15th-century castle. Father Brown takes Lady Felicia as a prospective bride looking for a wedding venue and Mrs. McCarthy reluctantly as the bride’s mother. TPT 2 Saturday, April 30, 7 p.m.
We Remember: Songs of Survivors Holocaust survivors partner with songwriters to turn their life experiences into powerful music for a community concert. The resulting songs, filled with joy and healing, celebrate the extraordinary lives of this resilient generation. TPT 2 Tuesday, April 26, 7 p.m.
Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier From otters and puffins — to spectacular underwater diving gannets and rarely seen storm petrels, viewers will be mesmerized by the breathtaking scenery of these islands. Narrated by actor Ewan McGregor. TPT 2 Wednesday, April 27, 9 p.m.
MIDSOMER MURDERS Send in the Clowns Things take a gruesome turn when Ferabbees Circus comes to town, bringing sinister clown sightings, threatening notes and deathly dangerous circus acts. Barnaby will have to face up to his fears in order to solve the case. Parts 1 & 2 of 2. TPT 2 Saturday, April 30, 8 p.m.
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EVENING APRIL 25-30
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Antiques Roadshow: Grounds for Sculpture Hour 2
Minnesota Experience: Co-Op Wars
10 Monuments That Changed America
Independent Lens: Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness
POV Shorts
25 Mon
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Land Girls: Destinies
TBA
BBC World News
Amanpour and Company
Start Up
LIFE
MN Original
Postcards
Your Legislators
Native Report Native Report Ready for the Future
This Is My Home
Women Serv- ing In War
Postcards
MN
Changing Planet
We Remember: Songs of Survivors Inspector Morse: T he Last Bus to Woodstock
Rise of the Nazis: Dictator's at War: The Home Front (Part 3 of 3)
Frontline: The Power of Big Oil (Part2 of 2)
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The Fall: The Gates of Light
BBC World News
Amanpour and Company
Chavis Chronicles Common Ground
LIFE
MN Original
Let’s Go Min- nesota!
Stage: Lowertown Line Live: Sonny Knight and the Lakers
Justice Matters
Our Rights
Our Rights
Our Rights
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Nature: Portugal: Wild Land on the Edge Call The Midwife - Season 11 (Part 6 of 8)
Nature: Bears
Wild Shetland: Scotland’s Viking Frontier Last Tango In Halifax - Season 4 Part 3
Almanac at the Capitol BBC World News
British Antiques Roadshow
Tale of Two Sisters: The Pankhurst Sisters
27 Wed
2
Sanditon on Masterpiece Season 2 (Part 6 of 6)
Amanpour and Company
Arab Ameri- can Stories Making It Up North
LIFE
Almanac at the Capitol
This Is Minnesota Orchestra: Osmo Vanska Conducts New Year’s Eve
Prized Writers Gracious Spaces: Clarence H. Johnston
Highway 100 Lilac Drive
Around The Corner with John McGivern Ask This Old House
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This Old House
Agatha Christie’s: Poirot: The Case of the Missing Will
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Murder on the Ballarat Train
We Remember: Songs of Survivors
The Fall: The Gates of Light
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Last Days of Jesus
Last Days of Jesus
Minnesota Experience: Co-Op Wars
BBC World News
Amanpour and Company
Articulate with Jim Cotter
LIFE
MN Original
Craft
On The Trail: An In Wisconsin Special Great Performances: Now Hear This: New American Voices
Birds of Wisconsin
Minnesota: A History of the Land: The Northern Forest
Minnesota’s Deadliest Bliz- zards
Off 90
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Almanac
International Jazz Day
American Masters: Lennon NYC
29 Fri
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Hidden Turkey
Washington Week
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Art + Medicine: Speaking of Race Lowertown: The Rise of An Urban Village
BBC World News
Amanpour and Company
Gzero World with Ian Bremmer Prairie Mosaic
LIFE
MN Original
Postcards
Solid State: Minnesota’s High- Tech History
Almanac
Mysteries of Public Financ- ing
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Father Brown: The Final Devotion
Midsomer Murders: Send in the Clowns ( Parts 1 & 2 of 2)
The Mallorca Files: To Kill a Stag
Confession Part 4
Lowertown Line
30 Sat
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International Jazz Day
Sergio Mendes & Friends: A Celebration
Independent Lens: Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness
POV: 93Queen
LIFE
Backroads
Prairie Musi- cians
Black Bril- liance
Ready for the Future
Mind-Body Dialogues III: Embodied Compassion
Make It Ok
Make It Ok
Caregiving: Making A Dif- ference
Getting There
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