Episode Dec 25 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 25, 2016 On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 25, preserving America’s first black filmmakers who were forced to work outside of white Hollywood. Later, adventurous eaters in Europe are calling crickets, mealworms, grasshoppers and other insects the newest “super food.” Hari Sreenivasan…
World Dec 25 Chefs in Europe experiment with insects In Europe, adventurous eaters are calling crickets, mealworms and grasshoppers a new “super food” due to their high levels of essential amino and fatty acids. Eating insects also has ecological benefits because they can be easier to farm than other…
Arts Dec 25 Preserving the history of America’s first black filmmakers In the early part of the 20th century, black filmmakers were forced to work outside the white Hollywood mainstream -- and produced around 500 films, mainly for black audiences. To preserve this history, the company Kino Lorber released a five-disc…
Episode Dec 24 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 24, 2016 On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 24, ‘Othello: The Remix’ is bringing a classic Shakespeare tale to audiences through hip-hop. Later, a historic skate park in Portland is facing the pressures of gentrification. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.
Episode Dec 23 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 23, 2016 Friday on the NewsHour, President-elect Donald Trump says the U.S. would triumph in an arms race. Also: The FBI warns ISIS is urging holiday attacks, the U.S. abstains from a U.N. rebuke of Israel, more on Mr. Trump’s comments on…
World Dec 23 Holiday music from U.S. military around the world From around the world, members of the United States military sing the classic Christmas carol, “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” The segment was done in collaboration with the Pentagon.
Politics Dec 23 Donald Trump’s fighting words are worrying to some President-elect Trump tweeted this week that the U.S. needs to build up its nuclear arsenal. He also declared that should an arms race occur, the U.S. would triumph over any adversary. John Yang talks to Joseph Cirincione of the Ploughshares…
Nation Dec 23 News Wrap: FBI says ISIS is urging holiday attacks on the U.S. In our news wrap Friday, the FBI is warning that Islamic State supporters are urging attacks on holiday gatherings and churches in the U.S. Also, the suspect who plowed a truck into a Berlin Christmas market has been shot dead.