Dec 01 Watch 7:52 The Pulitzer Poet By PBS News Hour A conversation with Mark Strand, who won this year's Pulitzer for poetry for his book Blizzard of One. Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch 1:03 Poet Mark Strand reads 'A Suite Of Appearances: 4' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch 4:10 Generations apart, Ozark musicians find friendship through fiddling By PBS News Hour An accomplished Kansas musician known for her fiery style of fiddling recounts the special relationship she has with her 97-year-old fiddling mentor from Arkansas. The two discuss their life lessons learned from fiddling, the nuances of their individual sounds, and… Continue watching
Nov 28 Watch Benedict Cumberbatch on 'The Imitation Game' and making Alan Turing less of an enigma By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 28 Benedict Cumberbatch on taking on Sherlock, Richard III By Frank Carlson We put a few audience questions to Benedict Cumberbatch, asking him about his most challenging role, where Sherlock Holmes fits in to the characters he's played and how "real" Sherlock is to him. Continue reading
Nov 28 Watch Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch on his most challenging role By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch How the music industry uses big data to create the next big hit By PBS News Hour Is big data killing good music? As part of a collaboration between The Atlantic and PBS NewsHour, Judy Woodruff speaks with Derek Thompson, whose piece in this month’s magazine featured how data collected by Shazam and other music apps is… Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch Author Evan Osnos explores rapid changes underway in China in 'Age of Ambition' By PBS News Hour What began as reporting for the New Yorker turned into “Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China,” an in-depth look at China’s recent changes by Evan Osnos. Jeffrey Brown speaks with this year’s winner of… Continue watching
Nov 25 Graphic designer spins yarn into textured street art By Twin Cities PBS A graphic designer by trade, Eric Rieger, better known as HOTTEA, uses the inherent grid of chain-link fence as the backbone for his non-destructive, yarn-based instillation art. Rieger shares his history with the art form and explains how he became… Continue reading