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Expanded GUIDE-WORLD January 2021 1 America Reframed wildlife cameraman Gordon Personal Statement follows three Buchanan to meet animal survivors high school seniors from Brooklyn of winter, from the penguins of intent on defying the odds for Antarctica to the Arctic fox and the themselves and their classmates by bison of Yellowstone. Snow looks becoming the very resource they magical, but it's a harsh reality to don't have for themselves: peer these animals. college counselors. An 10pm In Money We Trust? WSKG-DT4 observational film, Personal In Money We Trust? is a one-hour Statement weaves together their documentary answering the January 2021 individual struggles, family life, and question, "what is money?" In expanded listings highs and lows of the of their Money We Trust? explains how respective college application money provides a shared measure processes. of value that facilitates trade and 1 Friday 11pm Place to Stand cooperation between strangers. 8:30pm American Masters A PLACE TO STAND is the Throughout history, trustworthy Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to amazing true story of how Jimmy money has fueled human Page Santiago Baca - a man with achievement-from the emergence Follow the journey of the seemingly no future - became a of philosophy to the high-tech award-winning author of the celebrated poet, novelist and revolution. Also explored is the best-selling "Little House" series in screenwriter. Based on the memoir devastation that can occur when this exploration of her life and of the same name, the inflation or other instability causes legacy and her little-known, secret documentary takes viewers into money not to be trusted. In extreme collaboration with her daughter on Jimmy's past and present, to cases-as in Weimar the books that shaped American uncover how the power of the Germany-society unravels. Coming ideas of the frontier. written word lifted him from the on the anniversary of the 2008 10pm PBS NewsHour violence and pain that had defined financial crisis, the program shows 11pm Dw Global 3000 his early life. how loss of trust in money has 11:30pm BBC World News 12am Sammy Davis, Jr.: given rise to cryptocurrencies, 12am American Masters American Masters greater income inequality and Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Explore the entertainer's vast talent social turmoil. Featured are more Behind Little Women and journey for identity through the than 20 experts including former Examine the literary double life of shifting tides of civil rights and Federal Reserve Chairmen Alan this celebrated author, who wrote racial progress during 20th-century Greenspan and Paul Volcker; and scandalous works under a America. Features Billy Crystal, Adam Fergusson, author of "When pseudonym. Elizabeth Marvel and Whoopi Goldberg, and clips from Money Dies," the definitive history Jane Alexander star. his TV, film and concert of the Weimar hyperinflation. performances. 11pm Closing The Gap: 50 Years 2 Saturday Seeking Equal Pay 8pm Sammy Davis, Jr.: American 3 Sunday 8pm Nature Half a century after President Masters Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act, Explore the entertainer's vast talent Cold Warriors: Wolves and Buffalo Uncover the variety of activity, both women in both high-paying, and journey for identity through the high-growth STEM careers and shifting tides of civil rights and human and natural, that occurs on the slopes of active volcanoes. See those in part-time, low-wage jobs racial progress during 20th-century still only make, on average, 77 America. Features Billy Crystal, the surprising number of animals that survive and thrive alongside cents for every dollar earned by Whoopi Goldberg, and clips from men. In that time span, the current his TV, film and concert these fiery natural phenomena. 9pm Nature wage gap improved at a rate of less performances. than half a cent per year; if it 10pm Personal Statement: Snowbound: Animals of Winter Travel across the snow globe with continues at that pace, the wage Page 2 of 12 – January 2021 WORLD expanded guide gap will not close completely until Cold Warriors: Wolves and Buffalo everyday life and many people 2053. Month to month, women - Uncover the variety of activity, both depend on them. How do they primary or co-breadwinners in six human and natural, that occurs on make ends meet? Their stories - out of every 10 American families - the slopes of active volcanoes. See originally reported as part of face greater financial burdens in the surprising number of animals "Chasing the Dream," the public meeting living costs such as food, that survive and thrive alongside media series on poverty and housing, transportation, health care these fiery natural phenomena. opportunity in America from WNET and child care. The wage gap also 4 Monday in New York - reveal the struggles, limits their options to afford 8pm Company Town successes, and daily "hustle" of education. And across the span of "Company Town" tells the story of New York life for people we see a lifetime, women face less how residents of Chinatown and every day, but don't really know. financial stability heading into the Latino Mission District in San 9:30pm Stories from the Stage retirement, with fewer pensions and Francisco overcome the odds to 10pm PBS NewsHour lower Social Security payments to save their communities. At the 11pm Dw The Day sustain them. In front of a live center of the story is an election 11:30pm BBC World News studio audience, CLOSING THE that focuses on the role of 12am Cyberwork and the GAP: 50 YEARS SEEKING EQUAL "home-sharing" apps in American Dream PAY scrutinizes hotly debated incentivizing evictions and the This documentary looks at the statistics and moves beyond highly creation of mini-hotels rather to impact of robotics and artificial politicized and over-simplified replace rental housing. Told without intelligence on the future of work. talking points to explore the factors narration, Company Town follows Since the Industrial Revolution, contributing to the wage gap and journalist Joe Rodriguez and new technology has increased strategize on ways to attain equal educator Jeffrey Kwong as they wealth, freedom and life pay. CNBC's Sharon Epperson take us through neighborhoods expectancy. But it has also serves as the program host, with being transformed by skyrocketing destroyed outdated businesses and guests including the namesake of rents and evictions. Two local automated jobs. How can the U.S. the 2009 Fair Pay Act, Lilly candidates represent opposing best prepare for the challenges of Ledbetter; National Organization for views on the role of gentrification this new technological disruption? Women (NOW) President Terry and the "sharing economy." We 5 Tuesday O'Neill, American Association of follow their campaigns and debates 8pm America ReFramed University Women (AAUW) from the inside as they take on Exit Music Executive Director and CEO Linda issues that affect cities across the 9:30pm Employment Matters Hallman, Ms. Foundation for country. Employment Matters is a Women CEO Teresa Younger and 9pm Local, USA documentary that explores the YWCA-USA CEO Dr. Dara My Everyday Hustle untapped market and huge Richardson-Heron. CLOSING THE In MY EVERYDAY HUSTLE, five potential of the intellectually GAP offers advice for overcoming young men and women chase their disabled in the workplace. wage secrecy policies in the versions of the American Dream. 10pm PBS NewsHour workplace and researching fair They work hard to support 11pm Dw The Day salaries for jobs; considers themselves and their families but 11:30pm BBC World News pathways to improved public they also live in one of the most 12am America ReFramed policies; arms women with the expensive cities in America. Meet Exit Music information and skills they need to Nadir, Walid, Cecilia, Daniel, and earn fair pay at all points on the 6 Wednesday Heidi as they explain why they love 8pm Independent Lens career continuum; and provides tips their jobs, as dog walker, street cart on achieving a financially secure A Woman's Work: The NFL's vendor, on-demand driver, courier, Cheerleader Problem retirement. and subway performer. In New 12am Nature NFL cheerleaders revolve their York they are an integral part of lives around their sport, but most Page 3 of 12 – January 2021 WORLD expanded guide earn less than minimum wage. 11pm Dw The Day finders point the way, and Igor Three of them decide they deserve 11:30pm BBC World News Sikorsky's latest flying boat, the more. In high-stakes lawsuits, 12am Nova S-42, pioneers the route before these courageous women take a Prediction by the Numbers giving way to the Martin M-130 stand against the massive, Discover how predictions underpin known as the China Clipper. Within male-dominated sports league. nearly every aspect of our lives and two years, Pan Am is offering 9pm Frontline why some succeed spectacularly regular passenger service to Hong American Voices: A Nation In while others fail. Explore Kong, connecting America and the Turmoil entertaining real-world challenges Asian mainland. Air service from A FRONTLINE election special: the and join experts as they tackle that New York to London begins in lives, fears and hopes of Americans age-old question: Can we forecast 1939, completing a chain of from the pandemic to the polls. the future? airways encircling the globe. Filmed around the country for much 8 Friday 10pm PBS NewsHour of the year, Americans confront the 8pm Across The Pacific 11pm Dw The Day pandemic, racial tensions, the Latin Laboratory 11:30pm BBC World News polarizing election and its As they push southward, Trippe, 12am Across The Pacific aftermath. Sikorsky, Lindbergh and Leuteritz Airborne 10pm PBS NewsHour build larger flying boats, harness The film's four main characters - 11pm Dw The Day radio to navigate safely over great airline executive Juan Trippe, pilot 11:30pm BBC World News distances, and, with help from the Charles Lindbergh, airplane builder 12am Independent Lens U.S.
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