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wqpt.org/kidsclub © 2021 by WQPT–TV. All rights reserved. USA. Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explore the life and work of the legendary writer and his enduring influence on literature and culture.
The three-part, six-hour series begins on Thursday, April 15 at 9:00PM.
Upcoming Events Hemingway at the Drive-In Friday, April 2 | 8:00PM | Blue Grass, Iowa A preview screening of the documentary. Followed by the movie SHARKNADO at the Blue Grass Drive-In Theater.
Hemingway-Themed Trivia Night Friday, April 9 | 7:00PM | Online Virtual Event The multiple-choice questions will cover Hemingway and much more. Each round will include questions about Hemingway’s life, times and literary themes.
Mary V. Dearborn Discussion and Q&A Tuesday, April 27 | 7:00PM | Online Virtual Event Preview screening of the documentary followed by Hemingway biographer Mary V. Dearborn (featured in the film), who will answer audience questions.
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CORPORATE FUNDING FOR HEMINGWAY WAS PROVIDED BY BANK OF AMERICA. MAJOR FUNDING WAS PROVIDED BY THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION, THE ARTHUR VINING DAVIS FOUNDATIONS, AND BY ‘THE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY,’ AND ITS MEMBERS JOHN & LESLIE MCQUOWN, THE ELIZABETH RUTH WALLACE LIVING TRUST, JOHN & CATHERINE DEBS, THE FULLERTON FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND, THE KISSICK FAMILY FOUNDATION, GAIL M. ELDEN, GILCHRIST & AMY BERG, ROBERT & BEVERLY GRAPPONE, MAUREE JANE & MARK PERRY; AND BY THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND PBS. APRIL 2021 HIGHLIGHTS ATLANTIC CROSSING ON MASTERPIECE A princess steals the heart of the president of the United States in an epic drama based on the World War II relationship of Franklin Roosevelt and Norwegian Crown Princess Martha. Kyle MacLachlan stars as Roosevelt, opposite Swedish star Sofia Helin as the beautiful Martha, who flees the Nazis with her three young children and lives under Roosevelt’s protection.
BEGINS MONDAY, APRIL 12 | 8:00 PM
NOVA PICTURE A SCIENTIST Women make up less than a quarter of STEM professionals in the United States, and numbers are even lower for women of color. But a growing group of researchers is exposing longstanding discrimination and making science more inclusive.
SUNDAY, APRIL 25 | 7:00 PM
LINKING LAND AND LAKES PROTECTING THE GREAT LAKES COASTAL WETLANDS The Great Lakes are under constant threat, and coastal wetlands are on the front lines. Follow the work of Great Lakes researchers as we travel 5,000 miles and talk to more than 40 experts on the vital role coastal wetlands play in keeping the Great Lakes healthy.
SUNDAY, APRIL 18 | 8:00 PM wqpt.org
POV SWIM TEAM Parents of teens on the autism spectrum form a competitive swim team, training them with high expectations. Follow the rise of three athletes as the film captures a moving quest for inclusion, independence and a life that feels like winning.
THURSDAY, APRIL 1 | 10:00 PM
NOVA LOOKING FOR LIFE ON MARS Follow along as NASA launches the Mars 2020 Mission, perhaps the most ambitious hunt ever for signs of life on Mars. For the first time, in February 2021, a rover attempts a risky landing in Jezero Crater, the coveted site of an ancient river delta that scientists believe once held all the ingredients for life.
SUNDAY, APRIL 11 | 7:00 PM
SHIFTING SANDS ON THE PATH TO SUSTAINABILITY This program takes a look at the decades- long effort to create the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore on Lake Michigan amid the presence of heavy industry along Lake Michigan. It also highlights the collaborative effort to clean up and restore the region.
SUNDAY, APRIL 18 | 7:00 PM APRIL 2021 PRIMETIME 10:30 This Old House 10:00 Frontline 1 THURSDAY A Queen Anne Revival 7:00 The Cities 11:00 Austin City Limits Maggie Rogers 7:30 Whitney Reynolds Finding Forgiveness 8:00 Legacy List 3 SATURDAY 7:00 Classic Gospel Country Roots, Gospel Favorites 8:00 Austin City Limits From Jesus to Christ: The First St. Vincent Christians, Part 3: Delve into the 9:00 Song of the Mountains Jewish fight against Rome, the Michael Reno Harrell, Larry Sparks second revolt, and assess its impact & The Lonesome Ramblers on the Christianity movement. 10:00 Bluegrass Underground 11:00 Frontline A Whale of a Time, East Hampton From Jesus to Christ: The First 10:30 The Songwriters 9:00 Generation A Christians, Part 4: Explore the Portraits of Autism and the Arts: extraordinary events of the second Take a look at creative therapies and and third centuries in which art programs which young people Christianity grew from a small on the autism spectrum are utilizing Jewish sect to an official religion to reach their highest potential. of the Roman Empire. 10:00 POV Swim Team: Parents of teens on the autism spectrum form a competitive 5 MONDAY swim team, training them with K.T. Oslin 7:00 New Tricks high expectations. Left Field: UCOS reinvestigates the 11:00 Rick Steves’ Europe case of a missing five year old when 11:30 NOVA Highlights of Castile: Toledo a prisoner is released. Beyond the Elements, Indestructible: and Salamanca 8:00 Prime Suspect: Scientists have created virtually 11:30 Great Scenic indestructible versions of glass, Tennison on Masterpiece Railway Journeys Episode 3: The investigations rubber and plastic. But are they The Texas State Railroad too tough? around the murder of Julie Ann Collins and the robbery plan of the SUNDAY Bentley family come to a head. FRIDAY 4 9:30 Poldark 2 7:00 NOVA 7:00 America’s Test Kitchen on Masterpiece Tagine and Hummus Season 3, Episode 6: Reverend Whitworth puts Morwenna through 7:30 Cook’s Country Chicken and Biscuits the tortures of the damned, while Aunt Agatha and George cross 8:00 Jacques Pepin’s swords in their deadliest match yet. Heart and Soul Cuisine De Ma Cherie 10:30 Seaside Hotel Fatal Consequences: A love triangle 8:30 Moveable Feast between Amanda, Fie, and Morten. with Relish Beyond the Elements, Life: Discover 11:30 Design In Mind: On 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s the molecules that allowed life on Location with James Ivory Milk Street Television Earth to begin, and ultimately thrive, The New American Bakery and how scientists use evolution in 9:30 Lidia’s Kitchen chemistry. 6 TUESDAY 8:00 Frontline 7:00 Rick Steves’ Europe From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, Part 1: Transport back two thousand years to the time and place where Jesus of Nazareth once lived and preached. 9:00 Frontline From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, Part 2: Following the The 1980s Italian American period after Jesus’ death, examine ‘Evolution’ the rise of Christianity and Normandy: War-Torn Yet Full of Life: 10:00 Ask This Old House concluding with the First Revolt, hike with pilgrims to the enchanted Garbage Disposal, Concrete Wall the bloody and violent siege. island abbey of Mont St. Michel.
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7:30 Great Scenic 8:00 Dreams of Hope 8:00 Austin City Limits Railway Journeys Brandi Carlile New Zealand 9:00 Song of the Mountains 8:00 Samantha Brown’s Kornfield Friends: Remembering Places to Love Hee Haw, Part 1 8:30 Two for the Road 10:00 Bluegrass Underground 10:30 The Songwriters Jeffrey Steele 11:00 Rick Steves’ Europe A historic concert at the Sixteenth Normandy: War-Torn Yet Full of Life Street Baptist Church in Alabama. 11:30 Great Scenic 9:00 Eva: A–7063 Railway Journeys New Zealand The incredible true story of an Auschwitz survivor’s journey to forgiveness and healing. SUNDAY 9:00 Cycle Around Japan 11 10:30 Call to Remember 7:00 NOVA 9:30 Illinois Adventure An emotional journey through the Looking for Life on Mars: Follow 10:00 Finding Your Roots life of David Schaecter, from a NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission, Larry David and Bernie Sanders. bucolic childhood amidst vineyards perhaps the most ambitious hunt 11:00 Arab American Stories in Czechoslovakia to his and his ever for signs of life on Mars. Arab Americans who have forged brother Jakob’s struggle for survival 8:00 Cities of Light: The Rise unexpected paths. in Auschwitz, and finally, to David’s and Fall of Islamic Spain dramatic escape from the Nazis. 11:30 Arab American Stories Three Arab Americans who 11:00 NOVA navigate culture differences Beyond the Elements, Life to become bridge-builders. 9 FRIDAY 7 WEDNESDAY 7:00 America’s Test Kitchen 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Mediterranean Comfort Food Vintage Louisville 2021, Hour 2: 7:30 Cook’s Country An epic journey back to a centuries- A Kentucky cherry corner cupboard Pennsylvania Dutch Country long period when Muslims, made around 1815, a Qing period 8:00 Jacques Pepin’s Christians, and Jews inhabited the nephrite jade basin, and a 1911 Heart and Soul same far corner of Western Europe Julian Onderdonk landscape oil. Sweet Endings with Shorey and thrived. 8:00 New Tricks 8:30 Moveable Feast 10:00 Great Museums: Chocolate Factory with Relish Taos, New Mexico The Art of Islam at the 9:00 Inspector Morse 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s Met and the Louvre Milk Street Television Argentina Favorites 9:30 Lidia’s Kitchen Buonavia 10:00 Ask This Old House Power Washing, Deck Lights 10:30 This Old House The Wolvercote Tongue: A wealthy Explore the Islamic galleries at the American tourist is found dead in Metropolitan Museum of Art in New her hotel - a death which appears York and The Louvre in Paris. to be linked to the disappearance 11:00 Islamic Art: Mirror of a priceless Anglo-Saxon antiquity. of the Invisible World 11:00 Jamestown Travel to nine countries and across Season 2, Episode 8: Jocelyn 1,400 years of cultural history to uses secret intelligence to claim explore the astonishing artistic a stronghold in town, but Yeardley Return to Dorchester and architectural riches of Islam. forms a plan that will change 11:00 Austin City Limits Jamestown forever. St. Vincent 12 MONDAY 7:00 New Tricks 8 THURSDAY SATURDAY Dark Chocolate: A chocolate factory 7:00 The Cities 10 7:00 Classic Gospel is the back drop for a serial criminal 7:30 Whitney Reynolds Sandi Patty: Forever Grateful the team investigates tonight.
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Aspire Higher Leadership Donors Arconic Foundation Elisabeth & Samuel Norwood Dr. Joe Rives & Scott Brouette The Ontiveros Family Fund Doris and Victory Day Foundation at the Quad Cities Community Foundation Diane & Hunt Harris Family Foundation Regional Development Authority Rosemary & Dean Huisingh Scott County Regional Authority IH Mississippi Credit Union Deborah & Mark Schwiebert MidAmerican Energy Company Julie & Daryl Shike The Moline Foundation Tri-City Electric Company 8:00 Atlantic Crossing 11:30 Variety Studio: 10:00 Finding Your Roots on Masterpiece Actors On Actors Unfamiliar Kin: Guests include Episode 1: Norwegian Crown George Clooney with Michelle actors Fred Armisen and Princess Martha and her husband Pfeiffer, Zendaya with Carey Mulligan, Christopher Walken, plus Prince Olav visit U.S. President Glenn Close with Pete Davidson. musician Carly Simon. Franklin Roosevelt in 1939. A 11:00 Arab American Stories year later, they must flee the Nazi invasion of their country. 13 TUESDAY 9:00 Poldark 7:00 Rick Steves’ Europe on Masterpiece Belfast and the best of Season 3, Episode 7: Morwenna Northern Ireland gives birth and plunges into 7:30 Great Scenic despair while George triumphs, Railway Journeys as the ground collapses under his relationship with Elizabeth. 10:00 Seaside Hotel America has always been a home Raging Storm: Panic strikes as no for entrepreneurs. one knows how to open the safe, 11:30 Arab American Stories and the grocer is asking to be paid. Art and Life are inextricably 11:00 Variety Studio: intertwined in these three stories. Actors On Actors New Zealand, Part 2 14 WEDNESDAY 8:00 Samantha Brown’s 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Places to Love Our 50 States, Part 1: Celebrate 8:30 Two for the Road America’s hidden treasures from all Texas: Adventure in Austin 50 states in part one of this two-hour and the Hill Country special, with finds such as a Thomas Hart Benton oil on tin, a Kentucky 9:00 Cycle Around Japan sugar chest, and a 1960 inscribed Jodie Foster with Anthony Hopkins, 9:30 Illinois Adventure To Kill a Mockingbird. Riz Ahmed with Steven Yeun. DAYTIME SCHEDULE SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 6:00AM Autoline Dinosaur Train 6:30AM America’s Heartland Pinkalicious & Peterrific 7:00AM Hero Elementary Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 7:30AM Xavier Riddle Daniel Tiger 8:00AM Curious George Daniel Tiger 8:30AM Daniel Tiger Let's Go Luna 9:00AM Daniel Tiger Daniel Tiger 9:30AM Arthur Elinor Wonders Why 10:00AM Woodsmith Shop Sesame Street 10:30AM American Woodshop Pinkalicious & Peterrific 11:00AM Ask This Old House Am. Test Kitchen Jamie's Ultimate Veg Milk Street Moveable Feast 11:30AM This Old House Cook’s Country Jacques Pepin How to Cook Well Lidia’s Kitchen 12:00PM Rick Steves Europe Motorweek Love of Quilting Garden Smart Paint This 12:30PM Illinois Adventure Fishing... Lines It’s Sew Easy A Greener World Joy of Painting 1:00PM Milk Street Chicago Tonight Chicago Tonight 1:30PM Lidia’s Kitchen The Cities 2:00PM Am. Test Kitchen Sesame Street 2:30PM Cook’s Country Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 3:00PM Jaques Pepin Odd Squad 3:30PM Nick Stellino Wild Kratts 4:00PM The Cities Curious George 4:30PM Whitney Reynolds Nature Cat 5:00PM Arthur Antiques Roadshow 5:30PM Chicago Tonight Chicago Tonight 6:00PM The Cities Finding Your Roots 6:30PM BBC World News WQPT KIDS PROGRAMS 8:00 New Tricks 9:00 Hemingway 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s Good Morning Lemmings Milk Street Television 9:00 Inspector Morse Cake and Scones Last Seen Wearing: Morse 9:30 Lidia’s Kitchen investigates the case of a schoolgirl Baking Bread missing for 6 months, and uncovers 10:00 Ask This Old House some unsavory truths about the lives Move Baseboard, Cooler Bench of both the girl’s family and school staff. 10:30 This Old House 11:00 Jamestown Three Decker Heaven Season 3, Episode 1: After the A Writer (1899–1929): Hemingway, burning of her plantation, Jocelyn 11:00 Austin City Limits yearning for adventure, volunteers for Brandi Carlile regains her thirst for advancement. the Red Cross during World War I. 11:00 NOVA THURSDAY Looking for Life on Mars: NASA 17 SATURDAY 15 launches its most ambitious hunt 7:00 The Cities 7:00 Classic Gospel for traces of life on Mars, landing a Booth Brothers: Gospel Favorites 7:30 Whitney Reynolds car-sized rover in a rocky, ancient river delta. 8:00 Austin City Limits 16 FRIDAY 7:00 America’s Test Kitchen Schnitzel and Roesti 7:30 Cook’s Country Motor City Favorites Inclusion 8:00 Jacques Pepin’s Janelle Monae 8:00 Hemingway In Cuba Heart and Soul Viva Mexico! The story of Ernest Hemingway’s 8:30 Moveable Feast 9:00 Song of the Mountains 30-year love affair with the West with Relish Kornfield Friends: Remembering Indies republic. Santa Fe, New Mexico Hee Haw, Part 2
DAYTIME SCHEDULE THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Dinosaur Train Mister Rogers Pinkalicious & Peterrific Wild Kratts Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Hero Elementary Daniel Tiger Xavier Riddle Daniel Tiger Curious George Contest of the Let's Go Luna Daniel Tiger Cathedrals Daniel Tiger Daniel Tiger Elinor Wonders Why Elinor A thousand years ago, why did Christians Sesame Street It’s Sew Easy begin building ornate cathedrals that Pinkalicious & Peterrific Fons and Porter towered over everything? Was this a Moveable Feast Simply Ming Antiques Roadshow demonstration of earthly power—or an Lidia’s Kitchen New Orleans Kitchen attempt to get closer to God? How did the Paint This Ask This Old House robust competition between churches over Joy of Painting This Old House size and magnificence arise? Questions Chicago Tonight explored in the two-part documentary
Sesame Street Masterpiece Contest of the Cathedrals. & Mysteries Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Starting Sunday April 11 | 8:15PM Odd Squad Wild Kratts DW airs on Channel 24.2 Curious George Nature Cat Arthur Lawrence Welk Chicago Tonight Lawrence Welk BBC World News wqpt.org/schedule Schedule subject to change without notice. 10:00 Bluegrass Underground 10:00 Seaside Hotel 8:00 New Tricks 11:00 Rick Steves’ Europe Fashion Victim: The team Belfast and the Best reinvestigates the murder of fashion of Northern Ireland designer Ritchie Levene following an intensive campaign by his 11:30 Great Scenic ex-wife to reopen the case. Railway Journeys 9:00 Inspector Morse The Settling of the Sun: The tranquil SUNDAY cloisters of an ancient Oxford 18 college become the scene of a 7:00 Shifting Sands: On Adventure in the Summer Night: gruesome revenge killing and Morse the Path to Sustainability The love triangle between Amanda, begins to realize that he has been For more than a century, North Fie, and Morten becomes set up as an alibi for whoever is America’s giants in manufacturing more complicated. responsible for the student’s death. and preservationists battled over 11:00 Variety Studio: 11:00 Jamestown a 47–mile stretch of sandy shore Actors On Actors along Lake Michigan that contains Ben Affleck with Sacha Baron one of the most diverse ecosystems Cohen, Andra Day with Leslie on the planet. Odom Jr., Jared Leto with 8:00 Linking Land & Lakes: John David Washington. Protecting The Great Lakes 11:30 Variety Studio: Coastal Wetlands Actors On Actors The Great Lakes are under constant Jamie Dornan with Eddie threat and coastal wetlands are on Redmayne, Vanessa Kirby with the front lines of protecting them. Amanda Seyfried, Tom Holland Season 3, Episode 2: Henry and 9:00 The West is Burning with Daniel Kaluuya. Winganuske clash when their child Explore the state of forests in the falls ill, while a rebellious young boy western U. S. and the history of arrives in town and Meredith takes forest management and litigation 20 TUESDAY an instant shine to him. that has contributed to the current 7:00 Rick Steves’ Europe conditions and the catastrophic London: Mod and Trad fires plaguing the region. THURSDAY 7:30 Great Scenic 22 10:00 American Experience Railway Journeys 7:00 The Cities New Zealand, Part 3 7:30 Whitney Reynolds 8:00 Samantha Brown’s Toxic Free Living Places to Love 8:00 Anisfield-Wolf Book 8:30 Two for the Road Awards 2020 Puerto Rico Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. chronicles the only juried American book prize 9:00 Cycle Around Japan focusing on works that address 9:30 Illinois Adventure racism and diversity. The Swamp: Follow the repeated 10:00 Finding Your Roots 9:00 Hemingway efforts to conquer what was once The Avatar (1929–1944): Having seen as a useless wasteland and achieved a level of fame rarely seen the passionate efforts to preserve it. in the literary world, Hemingway settles in Key West with Pauline Pfeiffer but can’t stay put for long. 19 MONDAY 11:00 The West is Burning 7:00 New Tricks Good Morning Lemmings 8:00 Atlantic Crossing Puritans and Pioneers: Guests on Masterpiece include actors Ted Danson, Mary Episode 2: Olav and the king plan Steenburgen and William H. Macy their escape. Meanwhile, Martha and the children take refuge with 11:00 Arab American Stories her Swedish royal relatives. The United States prides itself on being a nation of innovators, and 9:00 Poldark these three Arab-Americans Explore the conditions and the on Masterpiece are part of that tradition. catastrophic fires plaguing the 11:30 Arab American Stories western United States. So much is passed down from generation to generation, but it sometimes takes time for the next 23 FRIDAY generation to recognize how the 7:00 America’s Test Kitchen past affects their own lives. Indian Feast 7:30 Cook’s Country WEDNESDAY Never Enough Chocolate Season 3, Episode 8: Elizabeth 21 8:00 Jacques Pepin’s turns the tables on George. Demelza 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Heart and Soul and Lt. Armitage reveal their true Vintage Las Vegas 2021, Kitchen Companions feelings. Poldark makes a vow. Hour 1
DEWITT GALESBURG FRUITLAND SAVANNA 8:30 Moveable Feast 9:00 Inspector Morse with Relish MONDAY The Last Bus to Woodstock: The Carmel, California 26 death of a young woman in a car 7:00 New Tricks park presents a puzzle for Morse. 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s Fashion Victim Milk Street Television 11:00 Jamestown Weeknight Italian 8:00 Atlantic Crossing Season 3, Episode 3: Maria forms on Masterpiece 9:30 Lidia’s Kitchen a plan which could secure a new The Italian Products Have Arrived life for her and Pedro, while Silas seeks revenge against Yeardley. 10:00 Ask This Old House Flickering Lights, Brick Stairs 10:30 This Old House 29 THURSDAY House Fire Reclamation 7:00 The Cities 11:00 Austin City Limits 7:30 Whitney Reynolds Janelle Monae 8:00 City at War: Chicago Episode 3: While bombs fall on Olav and the king in London, Martha and 24 SATURDAY the children are in the U.S., where 7:00 Classic Gospel President Roosevelt extends Tribute to the Goodmans a special invitation. 8:00 Austin City Limits 9:00 Poldark on Masterpiece Season 4, Episode 1: While Ross watches Cornwall suffer under a new MP, Demelza remains caught Discover what happened in America’s between Ross and Hugh. major cities during World War II. 10:00 Seaside Hotel 9:00 Hemingway End of Season The Blank Page (1944–1961) 11:00 Secrets of Westminster Hemingway follows the Army as they advance through Europe. Afterwards, Billie Eilish: The L.A. singer/ Discover the hidden worlds of London’s House of Commons he tries to start a life with Mary songwriter performs her hits and Welsh, but is beset with tragedies. songs from her debut album. and House of Lords. 11:00 NOVA 9:00 Song of the Mountains Picture a Scientist: Researchers John Scott Sherrill, Presley Barker, TUESDAY expose longstanding discrimination Kristi Stanley & Running Blind 27 7:00 Rick Steves’ Europe against women in science. 10:00 Bluegrass Underground 10:30 The Songwriters Mark D. Sanders 30 FRIDAY 11:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 7:00 America’s Test Kitchen London: Mod and Trad Bistro Classics at Home 11:30 Great Scenic 7:30 Cook’s Country Railway Journeys Spring Feast 8:00 Jacques Pepin’s Heart and Soul Ocean Harvest SUNDAY Highlights of Paris 25 7:30 Journey on the 8:30 Moveable Feast 7:00 NOVA Trans-Siberian Railway with Relish Picture a Scientist: Researchers San Luis Obispo County, California expose longstanding discrimination 8:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s against women in science. Milk Street Television 9:00 George Washington 8:30 Two for the Road Carver: An Uncommon Life Puerto Rico: Adventure He rose from slavery to scientific in Puerto Rico, Part 2 accomplishment inspiring millions. 9:00 Cycle Around Japan 10:00 American Experience 9:30 Illinois Adventure 10:00 Finding Your Roots The New World: With actor John Lithgow & journalist Maria Hinojosa. 11:00 Arab American Stories Mexican Favorites Community and American life. 9:30 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 Arab American Stories My Goats & Ricotta 10:00 Ask This Old House WEDNESDAY Spring Projects: Paint, Prune, Eugenics Crusade: The story of the 28 Spigots unlikely—and largely unknown— 7:00 Antiques Roadshow campaign to breed a “better” Vintage Las Vegas 2021, Hour 2 10:30 This Old House Urban Oasis American race, tracing the rise of 8:00 New Tricks the movement that turned into a Where There’s Smoke. Tune in for 11:00 Austin City Limits powerful instrument of social control. another installment of New Tricks. Billie Eilish
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