Whether March comes in like a lion or a lamb, you’ll have plenty of great programming to keep you entertained and informed. Stay tuned all month for science, drama, history and a glimpse at the face of the future.
Join Rick on a tour of four of Europe's most intriguing and surprising islands: Malta, Capri, Orkney and Skye. This untraditional island-hopping adventure skips the hot sun and tiki drinks, but comes with remote beaches, Crusader castles, prehistoric wonders, windswept slopes and salty traditional island lifestyles.
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Between 2011 and 2016, oil drilling in rural North Dakota reached its peak, setting off a modern-day gold rush in the quiet, tight-knit farm town of Trenton, North Dakota, population less than 1,000. With billions of dollars to be gained in an industry-friendly state with a “reasonable regulation” climate, small towns like Trenton became overwhelmed by an influx of workers, and countless acres of farmland were repurposed for industrial development. Through the voices of Trenton’s residents, My Country No More challenges the notion of “progress” and questions the long-term human consequences of short-term approaches to land use, decisions that ultimately affect all Americans, rural and urban alike.
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Based on Dr. Carl Alwin Schenck's memoir, this experiment examines the pivotal role played by pioneering forestry educator Carl Schenck and his founding of America's first school of forestry, the Biltmore Forest School.
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Louisa May Alcott's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama centers on four very different sisters as they embark on the journey from childhood to adulthood during the American Civil War. Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March, with the help of their mother Marmee, navigate what it means to be a young woman, experience everything from sibling rivalry and first love to loss and marriage.
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Follow four millennials and their parents as they travel through time wearing an MIT-produced “aging empathy suit” and working with professional makeup artists to navigate the realizations, conversations and mindset required to age successfully.
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Set in the world of newspapers in London — its past riven by hacking scandals, its present at the mercy of the digital age and the 24-hour news cycle, its future uncertain — this razor-sharp and observant drama explores the current, turbulent media landscape and the ethical dilemmas that journalists and editors face each day.
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*Look for more episodes in April
In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind. The shocking incident made national headlines and, when the police chief was acquitted by an all-white jury, the blatant injustice would change the course of American history.
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