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WETA Specials

WETA Specials

Features highlighting the arts, history, culture, and politics of Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, and Southern Maryland.

WETA Specials is a local public television program presented by WETA

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Conversation

Video has Closed Captions

Special | 28m 55s | Katie Couric hosts a discussion about cancer, treatments and living with a diagnosis. (28m 55s)

WETA's First Broadcast: The New Era (1961)

Special | 26m 2s | WETA Channel 26 hit the Washington airwaves on October 2, 1961. (26m 2s)

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