Dec 17 Watch The art of bringing British drama to American screens with 'Masterpiece' The art of bringing British drama to American screens with 'Masterpiece'… Continue watching
Dec 17 The magic behind 'Masterpiece': Rebecca Eaton shares memories of bringing British dramas to PBS By Arts Desk Rebecca Eaton, executive producer of Masterpiece on PBS, talks to chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown about her decades long career creating British dramas. Rebecca Eaton grew up an Anglophile, reading British novels and "pretending to be the heroines."… Continue reading
Dec 17 Lost in interpretation By Ellen Rolfes Sign language interpreters catch a speaker's words, translate their meaning and reformulate their message into sign -- all within seconds. It's part performance, part science, and part cognitive gymnastics. But what happens when things go wrong?… Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch How Johnny Cash spoke to the heart of America Longtime music writer Robert Hilburn was inspired to write his new book, "Johnny Cash: The Life," after finding that other biographies didn't tell the full story. Jeffrey Brown talks to Hilburn about the legendary musician's authenticity and gift for storytelling,… Continue watching
Dec 16 Music writer Robert Hilburn on the love, artistry and comeback of Johnny Cash By Arts Desk Robert Hilburn talks to chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown about his new book, "Johnny Cash: The Life." "Johnny Cash talked right from the heart," says Robert Hilburn, longtime former music critic for the Los Angeles Times and author… Continue reading
Dec 16 Weekly Poem: David Lehman reads 'Yours the Moon' By Victoria Fleischer Yours the Moon Yours the moon mine the Milky Way a scarf around my neck I love you as the night loves the moon's dark side as the sky, distant, endless, wears her necklace of stars over her dress under… Continue reading
Dec 15 Calculating a living wage across the United States By News Desk Workers chant outside a McDonald's restaurant in Harlem in April, 2013. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images In "Life in the cash economy for 'underbanked' Americans" and "One NYC family's struggle to survive on a fast food salary," PBS… Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Ann Patchett lets readers into her personal life in new collection of essays By PBS News Hour Ann Patchett lets readers into her personal life in new collection of essays… Continue watching
Dec 13 Ann Patchett gets personal in her new collection of essays, 'This is the Story of a Happy Marriage' By Arts Desk // Ann Patchett reflects on fiction version nonfiction and the state of books today in a conversation with chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown. "Nonfiction is easy and fiction is hard." That's according to Ann Patchett, author of "Bel Canto" and… Continue reading
Dec 13 Gwen's Take: Of handshakes, selfies and budget deals By Gwen Ifill You've got to hand it to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. He's consistent. No wishy-washy budget deals for him. Only all or nothing will do. So he and another half-dozen conservatives denounced the budget compromise reached by fellow Republican Rep. Paul… Continue reading