Feb 12 Watch 7:15 How this former Border Patrol agent learned to see through the eyes of those trying to cross By PBS News Hour In "The Line Becomes a River," Francisco Cantú describes his experience as a Border Patrol agent in the deserts of Arizona, Texas and New Mexico. Written as a collection of dispatches, Cantú shows how the job became a difficult balancing… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch 6:07 Novelist Robert Harris ‘twists’ history of Britain on the edge of WWII By PBS News Hour At the eve of World War II, Britain launches a mission to prevent war with Germany. That's the starting point for "Munich," a new novel by author Robert Harris, who has written both fiction and nonfiction about that period. Harris… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch 7:30 In ‘The Heart Is a Shifting Sea,’ Indian couples navigate domestic squalls and rapid change By PBS News Hour “The Heart is a Shifting Sea” is a story of modern love told through the eyes of three Indian couples in Mumbai. The NewsHour’s Elizabeth Flock spent years following how these men and women navigate marriage and relationships at a… Continue watching
Feb 06 A window into love and marriage in modern-day Mumbai By Elizabeth Flock In Mumbai, people say the monsoons make everyone fall in love. But this year the rains are late and the June nights are hot. So are tempers. Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch 5:47 How to have perfect timing, according to science By PBS News Hour What time of day do you do your best work? Author Daniel Pink explores the question in his book “When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing.” Jeffrey Brown sits down with Pink to discuss how mood and performance follow regular… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch 7:14 Author: Former Bush presidents concerned GOP has strayed from its principles By PBS News Hour They are a living political dynasty, and they rarely weigh in on the politics of the day, but in the new book “The Last Republicans,” former Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush reflect on the man currently… Continue watching
Jan 12 6 books to read with your kids that celebrate differences and diversity By Alison Thoet Children’s books can offer vital visibility and representation, as well as teach us to see experiences beyond our own. Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch 7:36 How the long history of not being taken seriously affects women in power today By PBS News Hour The way women operate today in the public sphere is not too different from how they did in the literature of Homer or the Middle Ages, says Mary Beard, a leading feminist and expert in ancient history. Beard joins Jeffrey… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch 6:16 ‘Hotel Scarface’ recounts glamorous, infamous epicenter of Miami’s cocaine days By PBS News Hour Colorful but violent personalities roamed the streets of Miami in the late 1970s and early 1980s when cocaine came to town and drug lords helped make it the murder-capital of America. In “Hotel Scarface,” journalist Roben Farzad recounts the story… Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch 6:56 American journalist Marvin Kalb writes memoir of a year that changed Russia By PBS News Hour Some 40 years after the Bolshevik Revolution, the Soviet Union in 1956 was once again wracked with turmoil and upheaval. In “The Year I Was Peter the Great,” journalist Marvin Kalb chronicles his experience living there as a young American… Continue watching