Dec 01 Raised by zoo, how a group of rescued wolves comes into their own By Alaska Public Media As a zookeeper at the Alaska Zoo, Tim Lescher takes care of a group of gray wolves -- a species he said has been misunderstood. Continue reading
Nov 30 Poet Franny Choi pictures a world without police By Corinne Segal What world a world without police look like? Poet Franny Choi’s work attempts to answer that question. Continue reading
Nov 27 Watch 7:03 How your cellphone is silently disrupting your social life By PBS News Hour Can a cellphone reduce the amount of empathy we feel for each other? In her new book “Reclaiming Conversation,” author Sherry Turkle argues that technology is creating the illusion of togetherness, while reducing actual communication and connection. She joins Jeffrey… Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch 6:26 How a boy from segregated South grew up to be Jimmy Carter’s chief of staff By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch Aretha Franklin on why she’ll never stop singing By PBS News Hour Aretha Franklin was honored recently by the National Portrait Gallery with a “Portrait of a Nation” prize, given out to some of the people who appear in its collection. Gwen Ifill spoke with the Queen of Soul about her career,… Continue watching
Nov 25 Poet Rita Dove on what we learned from Nazi liberation, 70 years later By artsdesk "Liberation," a poetry collection released last month, highlights why the ideas of oppression and liberation are still urgently important today. Continue reading
Nov 24 In Austin exhibit, viewers immerse themselves in foam, light and sound By KLRU In Austin, 14 artists have come together to offer an immersive art experience with Strange Pilgrims, a large-scale group exhibition with experiential art at multiple venues. Continue reading
Nov 23 Spike Lee lists 3 movies everyone should see. No. 1 was banned in France By Joshua Barajas PBS NewsHour asked filmmaker Spike Lee to recommend three films to see right now. Continue reading
Nov 23 Why Native poets, and their languages, are so often misunderstood By Corinne Segal Alaskan Native poet Joan Naviyuk Kane writes in Inupiaq, one of the languages spoken by the Native Alaskan people. Many of her poems are inspired by the sound or feel of one word; then, she "build[s] the poem, either through… Continue reading