June 15 - June 21, 2012
Antiques Roadshow Goes Back in Time! Six new "vintage" episodes Mondays at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD 6 Starting June 18th For the past 16 years, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW has been bringing you antiques, collectibles, and hidden treasures from around the country, but now we're turning the lens on ourselves. ROADSHOW producers have dug into the archives to resurrect past appraisals. June 18th - "Vintage Phoenix" June 25th - "Vintage Secaucus" July 2nd - "Vintage Houston" July 9th - "Vintage Atlanta" July 16th - "Vintage San Francisco"
July 23rd - "Vintage Pittsburgh" For "Vintage Phoenix" program info visit here.
Car Talk hosts, Tom and Ray Magliozzi, announce their retirement This October, after 35 years taping Car Talk on WBUR in Boston and the show being a staple on NPR 89.1 FM for many years, Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers are throwing in the oil rag. "My brother has always been 'work-averse,' " says Ray, 63. "Now, apparently, even the one hour a week is killing him!" "It's brutal!" adds Tom, 74.
Read more about plans for Car Talk and post a comment here.
Friday, June 15th Friday, June 15th Arizona Spotlight Arizona Illustrated Political Roundtable 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m. (Repeats at 7 p.m. Saturday) Host: Jim Nintzel Host: Mark McLemore Topics: Features: The CD8 special election results, a look ahead to the *Did you know that Arizona geologists are recording CD2 election, the latest redistricting lawsuits, and the more earthquake activity than ever before? Mark new Rio Nuevo Board's first meeting. Duggan talks with State Geologist Lee Allison. Guests: *A look at the work of Christian Family Care, an *Trent Humphries, Tucson Tea Party organizer organization in Tucson that arranges open adoptions. *Pete Hershberger, former Republican state lawmaker *Pianist and narrator Richard Glazier shares stories *Jeff Rogers, Chairman, Pima County Democratic about some of the great American popular composers Party of the 20th century, including George and Ira Visit AZ Illustrated here. Gershwin, Scott Joplin, and Hugh Martin. *Film reviewer Chris Dashiell looks back at the 1948 Arizona Week movie "The Treasure of The Sierra Madre." Find out 8:30 p.m. some of the reasons why it was actually a big gamble Host: Michael Chihak for star Humphrey Bogart and director John Huston... Topics: An encore program revisiting wildfire threats Visit AZ Spotlight for more stories and prevention. Guests: *Heidi Schewel, Public Affairs Officer, Coronado Saturday, June 16th National Forest Car Talk *Stephen J. Pyne, Fire Historian and Professor in the 10 a.m. (Repeats at 6 p.m.) School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University Soon to retire, brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi of *Molly E. Hunter, Fire Ecologist and Professor in the Boston respond to automotive questions with a blend School of Forestry at Northern Arizona University of quick-witted humor, mechanical expertise and *Maggie McCaffrey, Program Manager and Mediator at engineering education. The single most popular hour in the Morris K. and Stewart L. Udall Foundation's U.S. public radio! Visit here for a tune-up. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution Visit AZ Week here. Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! 11 a.m. (Repeats at 12 noon Sunday) Moyers & Company The oddly informative news show with host Peter 9 p.m. Sagal and judge and scorekeeper, Carl Kasell. Topic: Shining light on the dark money corrupting Test your knowledge here. elections and democracy. Guests: *Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein, Editors of the Studio 360 magazine Mother Jones. 2 p.m. *Thomas Frank, Historian and Author of the bestseller Kurt hits the rifle range with Joel Stein - his new book What's the Matter with Kansas? is Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity. More interview info here. Learn more here
Saturday, June 16th This American Life "Arsenic and Old Lace" Hollywood at 3 p.m. (Repeats at 7 p.m. Sunday on NPR) Go Ask Your Father - In this show, sons and Home film series daughters get to find out the one thing they've always 9 p.m. wanted to know about their father. The answers aren't Based on Joseph Kesselring's play of the same name, always what they hope for. "Arsenic and Old Lace" stars Cary Grant, Josephine Learn more here. Hull, Jean Adair, Raymond Massey. For fun film trivia visit here. Sunday, June 17th Sunday, June 17th To the Best of Our Knowledge 1 p.m. MASTERPIECE Poems Old and New &The Examined Life Mystery: Zen: Learn more here. "Vendetta"
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A Prairie Home Companion What does an honest 4 p.m. (airs at 4 p.m. Saturdays on cop do when his Classical 90.5 FM) bosses are on the Guests - Howling bluesman Elvin Bishop, bluegrass side of the heavyweight Sam Bush, and the feisty instrumentalists lawbreakers? Watch a of the Portland Cello Project. Plus, the Royal Academy preview clip here. of Radio Actors. More PHC info here.
All Things Considered Monday - Thursday, June 18th - 4 p.m. 21st The Sunday edition offers an intelligent presentation of the day's events. Guy Raz hosts. Hear previous Arizona Illustrated shows. 6:30 p.m. Host: Tony Paniagua NPR 89.1 FM/1550AM schedule here *Monday - The latest economic forecast for Southern Arizona with Michael Chihak. *Tuesday - Luis Carrión introduces us to the Tucson Village Farm (TVF), a working urban farm, built by, and for the youth of our community. *Wednesday - Today is the Summer Solstice, James Reel's Cue Sheet and Chaco Culture National Historic Park reveals how ancient cultures maintained a connection with the Orchestra Rebuilding seasonal patterns of the sun. Luis Carrión meets with It's gotten to be an old story, but every month there's a UA Professor of Anthropology, Dr. R. Gwinn Vivian, new iteration of it: An orchestra is about to drown itself curator emeritus of the Arizona State Museum. in red ink, because attendance is flat or declining, and *Thursday - The "real West" of Arizona can be found revenue from ticket sales and especially grants and in a remarkable collection of one hundred photographs, donations is declining. The usual short-term solution: "100 Years 100 Ranchers: Photographs by Scott T. Cut the musicians' pay, cull some back-row players Baxter," at the Tucson Museum of Art, opening June from the strings, don't fill a couple of vacant front-office 16, 2012 and on view through September 23. Luis positions, cut the number of concerts, cut, cut, cut. Carrión has the story. Read more here. Recent Arizona Illustrated episodes here.
Saturday, June 16th Monday, June 18th Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Phoenix Show Boat 9 p.m. 12 Noon (runs 3 hours and 30 mins) See Spotlight above. The Matthew Bucksbaum Family Lyric Opera Broadcasts of the 2011/12 Lyric Opera of Chicago Tuesday, June 19th season continues with a performance of Show Boat by Queen Victoria's Empire: Episodes 1 & 2 Jerome Kern, with book and lyrics by Oscar "Engines of Change" & "Passage to India," Hammerstein II. More information here.
Sunday, June 17th 8 p.m. Queen Victoria's Empire is both the story of this remarkable time, and an engaging portrait of a Queen From the Top who ruled over a one-fifth of the world's population. 12 Noon More information here. Hear a 14-year-old violinist from California perform the glitzy Carmen Fantasie by Franz Waxman and enjoy Wednesday, June 20th an audio postcard sent in by a 16-year-old bass/baritone from nearby Lookout Mountain. Exploration Wednesdays! Learn more program info here. 8 p.m. Nature - "Moment of Impact: Jungle" Community Concerts The jungle's layers are peeled back to dissect more 3 p.m. (Repeats 9 p.m. on Thursday) amazing moments of impact. Renowned for innovative interpretations of music from 9 p.m. the Baroque era, Ensemble Caprice is presented by NOVA "Hunting the Edge of Space: The the Arizona Early Music Society. Mystery of the Milky Way" More concert info here. In this miniseries, NOVA examines how a simple
instrument, the telescope, has fundamentally changed Weeknights our understanding of our place in the universe. 10 p.m. Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin NOVA "Inside Nature's Giants: Giant 7 p.m. Squid" Fit for a King - We'll explore the rich and intriguing A team of experts dissect the largest animals on the world of the court composer. planet to uncover their evolutionary secrets. Visit Exploring Music here.
Thursday, June 21th Classical 90.5 FM schedule here. Wacky Americana: "Ride Along Lincoln Highway" 8 p.m. Rick Sebak travels across America's first transcontinental highway. Travel along here.
PBS-HD 6 schedule here.
7th Annual Fair for Educators Sunnyside High School June 19th, from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Join Arizona Public Media at the Fair for Educators! AZPM will have a booth at the expo with great free professional development and teacher resources to share. Come learn about the PBS LearningMedia program from Mark Becker, Assoc. Director, PBS-Educational Outreach, ASSET at KAET8. Visit here for more information.
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