Dec 28 How late-night comedy found its voice this election year By Joshua Barajas Two TV critics talk about the struggles late-night talk show hosts faced in covering the 2016 election and how Donald Trump managed to sidestep the satire. Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch 7:05 The best books of 2016, according to 2 best-selling authors By PBS News Hour What were the best books of 2016? Jeffrey Brown recently sat down with best-selling authors Jacqueline Woodson and Daniel Pink at popular Washington, D.C., bookstore Politics and Prose to discuss their picks. Continue watching
Dec 27 4 more books our critics loved this year By Travis Daub What were the best books of 2016? Best-selling authors Jacqueline Woodson and Daniel Pink shared their favorites on our show, but we couldn't fit all their picks. Here are 4 more favorites. Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch 6:37 Four more books we loved this year By PBS News Hour What were the best books of 2016? Best-selling authors Jacqueline Woodson and Daniel Pink shared their favorites on our show, but we couldn't fit all their picks. Here are 4 more favorites. Continue watching
Dec 27 Carrie Fisher, 'Star Wars' icon, dead at 60 By Joshua Barajas, Corinne Segal “Star Wars” actress Carrie Fisher died Tuesday, four days after she suffered a “cardiac episode” on a flight from London to Los Angeles, according to family spokesman Simon Halls. Continue reading
Dec 27 The choir where homeless singers find hope and acceptance By Susan Murphy, KPBS At a meeting of Voices of our City Choir in San Diego, aspiring choir members from all walks of life come together to sing songs of love and hope. Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch 2:45 Jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd on his lifelong intoxication with music By Frank Carlson For the latest installment in our music series, the NewsHour’s Frank Carlson caught up with jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd. Lloyd reflects on his lifelong love of music, his childhood in the musical haven of Memphis and why he believes jazz… Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch 6:31 What George Michael's career meant for music and sexuality By PBS News Hour One of pop’s biggest stars in the 1980s and '90s, George Michael died on Sunday at age 53. Michael shot to fame as a member of the duo Wham! and then embarked upon a successful solo career. Tim Teeman of… Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch 6:00 A prominent Israeli author reflects on the country's founding -- and future By PBS News Hour Amos Oz grew up in Israel in the early years of its statehood. Now, in his first book in over a decade, the writer looks back at that time through the eyes of three characters -- each at a different… Continue watching
Dec 26 'What this year will be' By Mary Jo Brooks Shelley Girdner's recently published debut collection is called “You Were That White Bird” and is filled with poems that capture the details in the natural world around her and the small miracles of her life. Continue reading