Apr 13 Watch 4:31 Digital technology gives a groundbreaking new look at the Titanic's wreck site By John Yang, Kaisha Young This week marks 113 years since the sinking of the Titanic. Now, there’s a new tool to explore it: a full-scale digital twin of the wreckage created with cutting edge 3D scanning technology. That’s the subject of a new National… Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch 6:09 Former Navy SEAL on making the new film 'Warfare' and its authentic depiction of combat By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins Ray Mendoza is a former Navy SEAL and wrote and co-directed the new film, "Warfare." It tells the true story of a mission Mendoza participated in when he and his team were ambushed while conducting a surveillance operation gone awry… Continue watching
Apr 10 Watch 4:23 Musician Nile Rodgers reflects on the roots of his artistry By Platon For decades, legendary photographer Platon has been taking portraits of some of the world’s most prominent people, from heads of state, to movie stars and everything in between. He recently started filming his photo shoots in which he gets his… Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch 6:54 'The Handmaid's Tale' stars on the evolution of their characters as series reaches its end By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson "The Handmaid’s Tale" began as a novel read by several generations and has been turned into a film and an opera. Then, beginning in 2017, a hit series on Hulu that is now coming to its conclusion. Senior arts correspondent… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 8:18 Noah Wyle on the authenticity of 'The Pitt' and what makes it successful By Geoff Bennett, Lena I. Jackson Max's medical drama The Pitt has its season finale this Thursday. The show tackles urgent issues like the impact of gun violence, hospital staffing shortages and the lasting effects of the pandemic. It has earned praise from both audiences and… Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch 9:04 Kennedy Center faces a crossroads as it's pulled into partisan politics By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport The Kennedy Center is one of the nation’s premier performing arts centers, holding around 2,000 events each year. It’s a public-private partnership with most funding raised privately, but some coming from the federal government. The center has traditionally been a… Continue watching
Apr 02 Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' and Batman star, dies at 65 By Mark Kennedy, Andrew Dalton, Associated Press Kilmer died Tuesday night in Los Angeles, surrounded by family and friends, his daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, said in an email to The Associated Press. The New York Times was the first to report his death on Tuesday. Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch 6:15 Library and museum support agency faces massive cuts after Trump order By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Murrey Jacobson, Lena I. Jackson, Accalia Rositani It’s a small federal agency few have heard of, but it has a large impact around the country. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the largest source of federal funding for museums and libraries and the Trump administration… Continue watching
Mar 30 Actor Richard Chamberlain, who starred in 'Dr. Kildare' and 'Centennial,' dies at 90 By Bob Thomas, Associated Press Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series "Dr. Kildare" who found a second career as an award-winning "king of the miniseries," has died. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch 8:05 Authors of 'In Covid's Wake' on their criticism of the government's pandemic response By William Brangham, Mary Fecteau Five years ago, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic. That launched widespread shutdowns, mandates for masks and vaccines and caused enormous social and economic harms. William Brangham spoke with the authors of "In Covid's Wake:… Continue watching