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April 2011 Quarterly Program Topic Report

Category: Abortion NOLA: MLNH 010002 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: Airdate: 4/8/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:10:09

Budget Battle Lines Drawn Over Spending, Planned Parenthood as Shutdown Nears: Federal agencies prepared for a shutdown as negotiators struggled to reach a budget compromise. Jeffrey Brown discusses the latest on the budget talks with Todd Zwillich, Washington correspondent for WNYC radio.

Category: Abortion NOLA: MLNH 010015 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/27/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:07:47

Budget Battles Reignite Animosity Between Congress, D.C. Government: Kwame Holman reports on the historically tense relations between Congress and the District of Columbia's residents and local politicians. The two worlds collided recently when Congress and President Obama reached a budget agreement in part through provisions affecting abortion services and private- school voucher programs in D.C.

Category: Aging NOLA: MLNH 010000 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/6/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:06:55

Estrogen Study Lead Researcher on Risks, Benefits of Hormone-Replacement Therapy: Once a popular treatment for menopause symptoms, hormone- replacement therapy had come under scrutiny for raising the risk of certain diseases, but a new study found a reduced risk of breast cancer and other benefits for some women. Jeffrey Brown discusses the latest findings with Dr. Andrea LaCroix, the study's lead author.

Category: Aging NOLA: NBRT 030214 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/28/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Baby Boomers are Working Longer; Baby Boomers, Retirement, and Inheritance; NYSE Says No to Merger Bids; Demand for Nuclear Energy Rises; Preview of Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting; US Economy Slows in First Quarter; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for April 28, 2011.

Category: Alcohol, Drug Abuse/Addiction NOLA: COSE 017088 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17088 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/27/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:18:24

A look at the film Everything Must Go, an adaptation of a Raymond Carver story, with director Dan Rush and actor Will Ferrell.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: AMEX 002301 Series Title: Robert E. Lee: American Experience Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 4/4/2011 1:30:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:26:46

He is celebrated by handsome equestrian statues in countless cities and towns across the American South, and by no less than five postage stamps issued by the government he fought against during the four bloodiest years in American history. Nearly a century and a half after his death, Robert E. Lee, the leading Confederate general of the American Civil War, remains a source of fascination and, for some, veneration. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Robert E. Lee examines the life and reputation of the general whose military successes made him the scourge of the Union and the hero of the Confederacy, and who was elevated to almost god-like status by admirers after his death.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: CIVW 000102 Stacked Series Title: Civil War; The Episode Title: A Very Bloody Affair - 1862/Forever Free - 1862 Length: 150 minutes Airdate: 4/4/2011 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 02:30:00

“A Very Bloody Affair — 1862” — 1862 sees the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of Abraham Lincoln’s war to preserve the Union into a war to emancipate the slaves. Political infighting threatens to swamp Lincoln’s administration, and Union General George McClellan wages an ill-fated campaign on the peninsula. The episode follows the battle of ironclad ships, camp life and the beginning of the end of slavery. Ulysses S. Grant’s exploits come to a bloody resolution at the Battle of Shiloh, and rumors swarm about Europe’s readiness to recognize the Confederacy. Episode two of nine.

“Forever Free — 1862” — Convinced by July 1862 that emancipation is now morally and militarily crucial to the future of the Union, Abraham Lincoln must wait for a victory to issue his proclamation. But there are no Union victories to be had, thanks to the brilliance of Confederate generals Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. With Lee’s September 1862 invasion of Maryland, the bloodiest day of the war takes place on the banks of Antietam Creek, followed shortly by the brightest — the emancipation of the slaves. Episode three of nine.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: MLNH 010004 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/12/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:14:33

Civil War's Causes: Historians Largely United on Slavery, But Public Divided: On the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War at South Carolina's Fort Sumter, Judy Woodruff has an excerpt from Ken Burns' "The Civil War" and discusses the conflict's causes and legacy with 's Drew Gilpin Faust, Howard University's Edna Medford and the University of South Carolina's Walter Edgar.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: NETK 000147 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/1/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:07:23

Jon Meacham speaks with Jeff Greenfield, journalist and author of Then Everything Changed: Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics to speculate about how the trajectory of American politics could have changed drastically with just a few alterations in historical events.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: PPHO 000000 Series Title: President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office; The Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/12/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Pete Souza is never far behind President Obama. In fact, sometimes he’s ahead of him. As the president’s chief White House photographer, Souza is the president’s shadow. Now, National Geographic and PBS follow Souza inside the Obama White House — aboard Air Force One, backstage at the and into the heart of the West Wing. It’s a behind-the-scenes look at the everyday grit of the American presidency and a chance to see what it’s like to cover the most powerful man in the world, for history.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: AMMS 002402 Series Title: American Masters Episode Title: John Muir in the New World Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 4/18/2011 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Nearly a century after his death, John Muir is remembered and revered as the father of the environmental movement and the founder of the Sierra Club. It was this Scottish American who believed that it was our responsibility as citizens to protect our natural surroundings. And, by example and by passion, he taught us how to care for our wilderness treasures. Through his tireless advocacy and his writings, he almost single-handedly preserved the Yosemite Valley of California and was the force behind the creation of the National Park Service. Filmed throughout the majestic landscapes in which Muir traveled, this documentary places our nation’s most important wilderness assets in a cultural and social context. Muir’s story could not be a timelier reminder of America’s unique and, ultimately, threatened eco-systems.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: COSE 017081 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17081 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/18/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:35:12

A conversation with Paul Allen, philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft on his book 'Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft'

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: HIDE 000709 Series Title: History Detectives Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/24/2011 5:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Other Segment Length: 00:56:46

Mural studies that may have been commissioned by the WPA in the 1930s or 40s; a miniature painting that may depict George Washington; and a balloon scrap that may be a missing piece of a secret weapon.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: MLNH 010013 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/25/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:39

At Stanford, Debate Brews Over Reviving ROTC Program on Campus: Decades after protests surrounding the Vietnam War, some private universities are taking another look at bringing back Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs, but the idea is rekindling some decades-old disputes over military presence on campuses. Spencer Michels reports on how the debate is playing out at Stanford.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: NETK 000149 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/15/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Nearly one year ago this week, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history. How are residents of Grand Isle, La., faring one year after the incident? We revisit some of the families and business owners we met last year during the oil spill to find out. We also sit down with ecologist Carl Safina and ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten to discuss BP’s regulatory failures and the accident’s impact on the environment, and speak with energy expert Lisa Margonelli about the U.S.’s post-oil spill energy policy.

Also: As a follow-up to our popular “Fixing America” series, we feature another series of “big thinkers” — educators, administrators and policy- makers — who share their thoughts on how to fix American education. also sits down with Jim Simons, founder of Math for America and one of the richest men in the country, to talk about his dedication to improving American mathematics education.

And: Jon Meacham delivers an “In Perspective” essay on the Constitution framers’ decision that only native-born Americans may become President.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: SBAY 000102 Series Title: Saving the Bay Episode Title: Harbor of Harbors Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/27/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

The second hour follows San Francisco’s "rapid monstrous maturity" into a major metropolis following the California Gold Rush (1849-1906). Establishing the infrastructure to support the instant city meant radical change for San Francisco Bay. By the century’s end, San Francisco Bay was the center of a broad economic empire on the Pacific.

Category: Arts NOLA: COSE 017079 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17079 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/14/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:28:59

History and art history professor Simon Schama talked about his new book, Scribble, Scribble, Scribble: Writing on Politics, Ice Cream, Churchill, and My Mother.

Category: Arts NOLA: FRON 002910 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: Money and March Madness Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/3/2011 1:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

FRONTLINE continues its new monthly magazine program with the lead story "Money and March Madness," an inside look at the multi-billion dollar business of the NCAA and its brand of amateur college sports. In this investigation, correspondent Lowell Bergman gains access to Sonny Vaccaro, a former marketing executive at Nike, Adidas and Reebok, who helped bring about the rapid commercialization of college basketball. Vaccaro's success made coaches, administrators and companies rich. But the players remain at the mercy of the NCAA, which, despite a new $10.8 billion contract for its basketball tournament, has continued to insist that the athletes don't get paid. Now, Vaccaro has left the business world, and he's spearheading a class-action lawsuit that aims to ensure that players get a piece of the action. Also in this hour: a portrait of a man who's sometimes called China's Andy Warhol--Ai Weiwei. He's a global art star who's now using his international renown, along with a video camera and a growing underground Twitter following, to push the boundaries of freedom in today's China. Later in the hour, as the fall-out from WikiLeaks continues, an exclusive interview with Private Bradley Manning's father, who speaks out for the first time about his son's upbringing and troubled youth, Manning's time in the army, and why he still believes his son did not hand over the largest cache ever of classified documents to the whistle-blowing site.

Category: Arts NOLA: MLNH 010003 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/11/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:07:09

Detroit Orchestra Back for Encore After Labor, Budget Discord: After a sixth-month strike over pay cuts and balanced budgets, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra returned to the stage this weekend for two free concerts thanking fans for their support. talks to Mark Stryker of the Detroit Free Press about how the symphony's return impacts the struggling city.

Category: Arts NOLA: NETK 000147 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/1/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:07:23

Jon Meacham speaks with Jeff Greenfield, journalist and author of Then Everything Changed: Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics to speculate about how the trajectory of American politics could have changed drastically with just a few alterations in historical events.

Category: Arts NOLA: COSE 017082 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17082 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/19/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Segment Length: 00:33:41

A look at the play 'The House of Blue Leaves' with actor Ben Stiller, playwright John Guare, and director David Cromer.

Category: Arts NOLA: HIDE 000709 Series Title: History Detectives Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/24/2011 5:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Other Segment Length: 00:56:46

Mural studies that may have been commissioned by the WPA in the 1930s or 40s; a miniature painting that may depict George Washington; and a balloon scrap that may be a missing piece of a secret weapon.

Category: Arts NOLA: MLNH 010014 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/26/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:05:26

Poet CD Wright Weaves History, Reporting, Storytelling in Verse: professor CD Wright weaves oral histories, news reports and interviews into her poetry. Her latest volume, "One With Others," looks back at the civil rights era in her native Arkansas.

Category: Arts NOLA: NETK 000151 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/29/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week, we sit down with New York Times columnist , who recently reported on the case of Charlie Engle, a marathon runner who served jail time after being convicted of lying on a mortgage application. Nocera questions why borrowers like Engle are being prosecuted while lenders responsible for the subprime mortgage crisis still have not faced punishment.

Also: Alison Stewart speaks with PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley about his new book “Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure.” We also visit a music school in Chicago that is providing free lessons to fill the gap left by budget cuts in music education in public schools.

And: Jon Meacham comments on transparency in corporate political donations.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: COSE 017073 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17073 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/6/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:29:15

Bob Diamond, American CEO of Barclays Bank, discussed his management strategy in a post-financial crisis world.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: FRON 002910 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: Money and March Madness Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/3/2011 1:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

FRONTLINE continues its new monthly magazine program with the lead story "Money and March Madness," an inside look at the multi-billion dollar business of the NCAA and its brand of amateur college sports. In this investigation, correspondent Lowell Bergman gains access to Sonny Vaccaro, a former marketing executive at Nike, Adidas and Reebok, who helped bring about the rapid commercialization of college basketball. Vaccaro's success made coaches, administrators and companies rich. But the players remain at the mercy of the NCAA, which, despite a new $10.8 billion contract for its basketball tournament, has continued to insist that the athletes don't get paid. Now, Vaccaro has left the business world, and he's spearheading a class-action lawsuit that aims to ensure that players get a piece of the action. Also in this hour: a portrait of a man who's sometimes called China's Andy Warhol--Ai Weiwei. He's a global art star who's now using his international renown, along with a video camera and a growing underground Twitter following, to push the boundaries of freedom in today's China. Later in the hour, as the fall-out from WikiLeaks continues, an exclusive interview with Private Bradley Manning's father, who speaks out for the first time about his son's upbringing and troubled youth, Manning's time in the army, and why he still believes his son did not hand over the largest cache ever of classified documents to the whistle-blowing site.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: MLNH 010004 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/12/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:51

China Weighs Environmental Concerns Against Economic Growth: Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports from Guangdong province in southern China on the clash between the populous nation's economic ambitions and worsening pollution problem.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: NBRT 030195 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/1/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

International Investing Buys; Market Stats for April 1, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; The Employment Picture Brightens; Austan Goolsbee has the White House Reaction to Employment Numbers; The Battle for the NYSE.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: NETK 000149 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/15/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Nearly one year ago this week, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history. How are residents of Grand Isle, La., faring one year after the incident? We revisit some of the families and business owners we met last year during the oil spill to find out. We also sit down with ecologist Carl Safina and ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten to discuss BP’s regulatory failures and the accident’s impact on the environment, and speak with energy expert Lisa Margonelli about the U.S.’s post-oil spill energy policy.

Also: As a follow-up to our popular “Fixing America” series, we feature another series of “big thinkers” — educators, administrators and policy- makers — who share their thoughts on how to fix American education. Jon Meacham also sits down with Jim Simons, founder of Math for America and one of the richest men in the country, to talk about his dedication to improving American mathematics education.

And: Jon Meacham delivers an “In Perspective” essay on the Constitution framers’ decision that only native-born Americans may become President.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: COSE 017087 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17087 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/26/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:20:44

Karl Gerth on the developing Chinese economy and his book, As China Goes, So Goes the World: How Chinese Consumers Are Transforming Everything.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: FRON 002912 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: The Silence Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/19/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

Producer Tom Curran and reporter Mark Trahant examine a little-known chapter of the Catholic Church sex abuse story: decades of abuse of Native Americans by priests and church workers in Alaska. The isolation of the villages and the absolute authority of the church over the Native population created an atmosphere where molestation could go unchecked and unreported. Also in this hour, a re-airing of “Flying Cheaper,” a January 2011 investigation into the outsourcing of major airline repair work to lower-cost independent maintenance operations in the U.S. and abroad. Closing the hour will be a news update on “Flying Cheaper” from correspondent Miles O’Brien, as well as a follow-up on the story of Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, who was taken into custody by government authorities days after FRONTLINE’s March 2011 profile of him, as part of a larger crackdown on artists, bloggers, and human-rights advocates.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: MLNH 010008 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/18/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:12:17

In Downgrading U.S. Rating, Standard & Poor's Fires 'Warning Shot': Citing a "significant risk" of legislative stalemate until after the 2012 election, bond-rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the long-term outlook on U.S. Treasury debt from stable to negative. Judy Woodruff discusses the rating's economic impact with the Financial Times' James Politi and Perna Associates' Nick Perna.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: NBRT 030207 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/19/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Investing in College; Gulf Shrimpers Still Suffer Big Losses; Japan's Damage Estimates; Goldman Sachs Reports Better Than Expected Earnings; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for April 19, 2011.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: NETK 000149 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/15/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Nearly one year ago this week, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history. How are residents of Grand Isle, La., faring one year after the incident? We revisit some of the families and business owners we met last year during the oil spill to find out. We also sit down with ecologist Carl Safina and ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten to discuss BP’s regulatory failures and the accident’s impact on the environment, and speak with energy expert Lisa Margonelli about the U.S.’s post-oil spill energy policy.

Also: As a follow-up to our popular “Fixing America” series, we feature another series of “big thinkers” — educators, administrators and policy- makers — who share their thoughts on how to fix American education. Jon Meacham also sits down with Jim Simons, founder of Math for America and one of the richest men in the country, to talk about his dedication to improving American mathematics education.

And: Jon Meacham delivers an “In Perspective” essay on the Constitution framers’ decision that only native-born Americans may become President.

Category: Community Politics, Government NOLA: COSE 017072 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17072 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/5/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:28:09

A conversation with Cory Booker, mayor of Newark.

Category: Community Politics, Government NOLA: MLNH 010003 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/11/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:07:09

Detroit Orchestra Back for Encore After Labor, Budget Discord: After a sixth-month strike over pay cuts and balanced budgets, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra returned to the stage this weekend for two free concerts thanking fans for their support. Ray Suarez talks to Mark Stryker of the Detroit Free Press about how the symphony's return impacts the struggling city.

Category: Community Politics, Government NOLA: NETK 000147 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/1/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:14:59

In January, Camden, N.J., one of the most impoverished cities in the country, lost half its police force in budget cuts. In a time when massive local and state budget deficits are threatening cities’ ability to provide basic services for their residents, how can struggling cities survive the financial crisis? This week, we visit Camden to explore possible solutions.

Category: Community Politics, Government NOLA: MLNH 010010 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/20/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:12:01

Along Gulf Coast, Cautious Optimism for Future a Year After Oil Spill Began: Wednesday marked the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that killed 11 people and began to dump millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Jim Lehrer reports on the day's vigils, and Tom Bearden reports on the clean-up progress and compensation efforts along the Gulf Coast.

Category: Community Politics, Government NOLA: NETK 000150 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/22/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we team up with ProPublica to examine the harmful effects of tainted drywall manufactured in China, and the legal frustrations consumers encounter when trying to sue foreign manufacturers for damages. We follow one homeowner whose family abandoned their home because of tainted drywall, and see how she eventually took her case to Congress.

Also: In collaboration with Blueprint America, we look at a controversial plan in Detroit to “right size” the city for easier management by using financial incentives to encourage residents to move out. We also follow students at a Detroit middle school as they participate in a competition to design the “city of the future.”

And: Author Anatole Kaletsky speaks with us about a new era of capitalism that we are approaching, and Jon Meacham comments on a recent controversy over Pastor Rob Bell’s remarks questioning the existence of hell.

Category: Consumerism NOLA: COSE 017079 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17079 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/14/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:12:28

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver discusses Food Revolution, the latest season of his television series promoting healthful eating.

Category: Consumerism NOLA: MLNH 010005 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/13/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:05:20

Unrest in Middle East, U.S. Demand Drive Gas Toward $4 Average: As gas prices creep above $4 per gallon in parts of the U.S., a new poll shows two- thirds of Americans say they will cut down on expenses to cope with rising fuel costs. Ray Suarez discusses the effects of higher petroleum prices with David Kirsch of PFC Energy.

Category: Consumerism NOLA: NBRT 030198 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/6/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for April 6, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Kramer Eyes Cisco and Microsoft; The Budget Battle Rages On; Oil and Gas Prices Continue to Rise; Flash Crash Prevention; Psychology of Tax Refunds.

Category: Consumerism NOLA: COSE 017087 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17087 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/26/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:20:44

Karl Gerth on the developing Chinese economy and his book, As China Goes, So Goes the World: How Chinese Consumers Are Transforming Everything.

Category: Consumerism NOLA: MLNH 010014 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/26/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:07:14

Supreme Court Takes Up Case on Data Mining by Drug Companies: Are prescription-drug records confidential medical data, or can drug companies use them to market their products? The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on some states' aimed at curbing the marketing process known as "data mining." Ray Suarez reviews the arguments with the National Journal's Marcia Coyle.

Category: Consumerism NOLA: NBRT 030207 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/19/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Investing in College; Gulf Shrimpers Still Suffer Big Losses; Japan's Damage Estimates; Goldman Sachs Reports Better Than Expected Earnings; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for April 19, 2011.

Category: Consumerism NOLA: NETK 000150 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/22/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we team up with ProPublica to examine the harmful effects of tainted drywall manufactured in China, and the legal frustrations consumers encounter when trying to sue foreign manufacturers for damages. We follow one homeowner whose family abandoned their home because of tainted drywall, and see how she eventually took her case to Congress.

Also: In collaboration with Blueprint America, we look at a controversial plan in Detroit to “right size” the city for easier management by using financial incentives to encourage residents to move out. We also follow students at a Detroit middle school as they participate in a competition to design the “city of the future.”

And: Author Anatole Kaletsky speaks with us about a new era of capitalism that we are approaching, and Jon Meacham comments on a recent controversy over Pastor Rob Bell’s remarks questioning the existence of hell.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: COSE 017079 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17079 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/14/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:10:47

Gretchen Morgenson of discussed the lack of high-profile prosecutions in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the public's conviction that financial institutions were guilty of fraud.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: FRON 002910 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: Money and March Madness Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/3/2011 1:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

FRONTLINE continues its new monthly magazine program with the lead story "Money and March Madness," an inside look at the multi-billion dollar business of the NCAA and its brand of amateur college sports. In this investigation, correspondent Lowell Bergman gains access to Sonny Vaccaro, a former marketing executive at Nike, Adidas and Reebok, who helped bring about the rapid commercialization of college basketball. Vaccaro's success made coaches, administrators and companies rich. But the players remain at the mercy of the NCAA, which, despite a new $10.8 billion contract for its basketball tournament, has continued to insist that the athletes don't get paid. Now, Vaccaro has left the business world, and he's spearheading a class-action lawsuit that aims to ensure that players get a piece of the action. Also in this hour: a portrait of a man who's sometimes called China's Andy Warhol--Ai Weiwei. He's a global art star who's now using his international renown, along with a video camera and a growing underground Twitter following, to push the boundaries of freedom in today's China. Later in the hour, as the fall-out from WikiLeaks continues, an exclusive interview with Private Bradley Manning's father, who speaks out for the first time about his son's upbringing and troubled youth, Manning's time in the army, and why he still believes his son did not hand over the largest cache ever of classified documents to the whistle-blowing site.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: MLNH 010001 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/7/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:32

NAACP Report Says Shift in Funding Toward Prisons 'Failing Us': A new report from the NAACP shows states are devoting increasingly larger portions of their budgets to prisons, while education gets smaller and smaller portions. Judy Woodruff discusses the report with NAACP President Benjamin Jealous and Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: NBRT 030204 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/14/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Last Minute Tax Tips; US Economy and Inflation; Analysis of the Financial Crisis Report; Goldman Sachs Blamed for Deceiving Customers; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for April 14, 2011.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: NETK 000147 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/1/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:14:59

In January, Camden, N.J., one of the most impoverished cities in the country, lost half its police force in budget cuts. In a time when massive local and state budget deficits are threatening cities’ ability to provide basic services for their residents, how can struggling cities survive the financial crisis? This week, we visit Camden to explore possible solutions.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: COSE 017085 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17085 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/22/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:14:05

Financial journalist and author James B. Stewart discusses his book, Tangled Webs: How American Society Is Drowning In Lies.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: FRON 002907 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: Post Mortem Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/26/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

Every day, nearly 7,000 people die in America. And when these deaths happen suddenly, or under suspicious circumstances, we assume there will be a thorough investigation, just like we see on CSI. But the reality is very different. In over 2,000 counties across America, elected coroners, many with no medical or scientific background, are in charge of death investigations. Nationwide there is a severe shortage of competent forensic pathologists to do autopsies. The rate of autopsies—the gold standard of death investigation—has plummeted over the decades from fifty percent of those who die to less than six percent. As a result, not only do murderers go free and innocent people go to jail, but the crisis in death investigation in America is also a threat to public health. FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman reports the results of a joint investigation with ProPublica, NPR, and the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: MLNH 010009 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/19/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:09:32

Should Courts or EPA Regulate Greenhouse Gases? The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday stemming from a 2004 lawsuit over whether the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Gwen Ifill speaks with the National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle about the case, the arguments and the justices' reactions.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: NETK 000151 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/29/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week, we sit down with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera, who recently reported on the case of Charlie Engle, a marathon runner who served jail time after being convicted of lying on a mortgage application. Nocera questions why borrowers like Engle are being prosecuted while lenders responsible for the subprime mortgage crisis still have not faced punishment.

Also: Alison Stewart speaks with PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley about his new book “Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure.” We also visit a music school in Chicago that is providing free lessons to fill the gap left by budget cuts in music education in public schools.

And: Jon Meacham comments on transparency in corporate political donations.

Category: Culture NOLA: COSE 017080 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17080 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/15/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:28:23

An interview with Gabrielle Hamilton, chef, owner of Prune and author of Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef, who discussed her life and development as both a writer and a chef.

Category: Culture NOLA: HIDE 000707 Series Title: History Detectives Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/10/2011 5:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Other Segment Length: 00:56:46

Encore presentations: An instrument that may have been recovered from the Hindenburg; a book that may have been a gift from John Adams to his son; a home in the Bronx that may have been the birthplace of hip hop.

Category: Culture NOLA: MLNH 010004 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/12/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:14:33

Civil War's Causes: Historians Largely United on Slavery, But Public Divided: On the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War at South Carolina's Fort Sumter, Judy Woodruff has an excerpt from Ken Burns' "The Civil War" and discusses the conflict's causes and legacy with Harvard University's Drew Gilpin Faust, Howard University's Edna Medford and the University of South Carolina's Walter Edgar.

Category: Culture NOLA: GNOR 000000 Series Title: Games of the North Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/20/2011 3:30:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

For thousands of years, traditional Inuit sports have been vital for surviving the unforgiving Arctic. Acrobatic and explosive, these ancestral games evolved to strengthen mind, body and spirit within the community. Following four modern Inuit athletes reveals their unique relationship with the games as they compete across the North. As unprecedented changes sweep across their traditional lands, their stories illuminate the importance of the games today.

Category: Culture NOLA: HIDE 000708 Series Title: History Detectives Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/17/2011 5:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

A dagger that may have belonged to dictator Benito Mussolini; letters from a man who may have been part of the post-slavery exodus to Liberia; a device that could have had something to do with nuclear attack preparedness.

Category: Economy NOLA: COSE 017073 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17073 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/6/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:29:15

Bob Diamond, American CEO of Barclays Bank, discussed his management strategy in a post-financial crisis world.

Category: Economy NOLA: MLNH 010003 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/11/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:04:15

Government Stays Open, But Parties Ready for More Budget Brawling: After striking a deal to dodge a federal government shutdown late Friday, congressional leaders shifted their focus on Monday to raising the debt ceiling and lowering the deficit in next year's budget and beyond. Judy Woodruff reports on the two battles promising to dwarf the political intensity of their predecessor.

Category: Economy NOLA: NBRT 030198 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/6/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for April 6, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Kramer Eyes Cisco and Microsoft; The Budget Battle Rages On; Oil and Gas Prices Continue to Rise; Flash Crash Prevention; Psychology of Tax Refunds.

Category: Economy NOLA: NETK 000147 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/1/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:14:59

In January, Camden, N.J., one of the most impoverished cities in the country, lost half its police force in budget cuts. In a time when massive local and state budget deficits are threatening cities’ ability to provide basic services for their residents, how can struggling cities survive the financial crisis? This week, we visit Camden to explore possible solutions.

Category: Economy NOLA: WWIR 005040 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/1/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

Encouraging new unemployment figures arrive as Congress debates the budget and tries to avoid a government shutdown. Also, the U.S. hands over some military control in Libya to NATO. Plus, the panel looks at the 2012 GOP hopefuls. Joining Gwen Ifill: Yochi Dreazen, National Journal; Greg Ip, The Economist; Naftali Bendavid, ; and Karen Tumulty, .

Category: Economy NOLA: COSE 017090 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17090 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/29/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:17:48

David Leonhardt of The New York Times discusses the economy, inflation, and Chairman Bernanke's unprecedented press conference from the Federal Reserve.

Category: Economy NOLA: MLNH 010015 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/27/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:07:47

Budget Battles Reignite Animosity Between Congress, D.C. Government: Kwame Holman reports on the historically tense relations between Congress and the District of Columbia's residents and local politicians. The two worlds collided recently when Congress and President Obama reached a budget agreement in part through provisions affecting abortion services and private- school voucher programs in D.C.

Category: Economy NOLA: NBRT 030209 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/21/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Money and Responsibility for Kids; Trend Is Your Friend, Says Leibovit; Signs of Economic Recovery in the Gulf Coast; Southwest Airlines CEO on First Quarter Profits; Silver Shines Near Old Record; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for April 21, 2011.

Category: Economy NOLA: NETK 000150 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/22/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we team up with ProPublica to examine the harmful effects of tainted drywall manufactured in China, and the legal frustrations consumers encounter when trying to sue foreign manufacturers for damages. We follow one homeowner whose family abandoned their home because of tainted drywall, and see how she eventually took her case to Congress.

Also: In collaboration with Blueprint America, we look at a controversial plan in Detroit to “right size” the city for easier management by using financial incentives to encourage residents to move out. We also follow students at a Detroit middle school as they participate in a competition to design the “city of the future.”

And: Author Anatole Kaletsky speaks with us about a new era of capitalism that we are approaching, and Jon Meacham comments on a recent controversy over Pastor Rob Bell’s remarks questioning the existence of hell.

Category: Economy NOLA: WWIR 005043 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/22/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

With gas prices on the rise, an S&P report lowering America's credit outlook, continuing debate over the deficit and a stalemate in Libya, President Obama’s approval numbers have declined just at the moment he launched his reelection campaign. Joining Gwen tonight: David Wessel/Wall Street Journal; Coral Davenport/ National Journal; Dan Balz/ Washington Post and Martha Raddatz/ABC News.

Category: Education NOLA: COSE 017079 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17079 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/14/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:12:28

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver discusses Food Revolution, the latest season of his television series promoting healthful eating.

Category: Education NOLA: FRON 002911 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: Football High Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/12/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

High school football has never had a higher profile, with nationally televised games, corporate sponsorships and minute-by-minute coverage on sports websites. In northwest Arkansas, FRONTLINE examines one ambitious high school team working its way towards national renown. With a superstar quarterback at the helm, tiny Shiloh Christian is striving to join the ranks of the country's best high school teams-teams whose workout schedules, practices, and styles of play increasingly imitate the pros. But as high school players grow bigger, faster, and stronger, there are growing concerns about the health and safety of these young players-with rising rates of concussions, career-ending injuries, even death. In Arkansas, FRONTLINE documents a tragic story of heat-stroke injuries that reveal how weak regulation has created a crucial lack of athletic trainers at most high schools. It all raises a critical question: has the amped-up culture of high school football outrun necessary protections for the boys who play the game?

Category: Education NOLA: MLNH 010002 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/8/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:57

North Carolina School Engages Tech Generation With Digital Learning Tools: John Tulenko of Learning Matters, which produces education stories for the NewsHour, reports on a North Carolina school district switching from textbooks to all-digital learning materials.

Category: Education NOLA: NETK 000149 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/15/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Nearly one year ago this week, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history. How are residents of Grand Isle, La., faring one year after the incident? We revisit some of the families and business owners we met last year during the oil spill to find out. We also sit down with ecologist Carl Safina and ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten to discuss BP’s regulatory failures and the accident’s impact on the environment, and speak with energy expert Lisa Margonelli about the U.S.’s post-oil spill energy policy.

Also: As a follow-up to our popular “Fixing America” series, we feature another series of “big thinkers” — educators, administrators and policy- makers — who share their thoughts on how to fix American education. Jon Meacham also sits down with Jim Simons, founder of Math for America and one of the richest men in the country, to talk about his dedication to improving American mathematics education.

And: Jon Meacham delivers an “In Perspective” essay on the Constitution framers’ decision that only native-born Americans may become President.

Category: Education NOLA: MLNH 010011 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/21/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:10:37

Autism Now: Demand for Educational Resources for Children Outstrips Supply: For public school systems, the demand for special educational and treatment resources for children with autism often outpaces what is available. In the fourth report in his Autism Now series, Robert MacNeil looks at how two schools in the area handle teaching children and teens with autism.

Category: Education NOLA: NETK 000151 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/29/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week, we sit down with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera, who recently reported on the case of Charlie Engle, a marathon runner who served jail time after being convicted of lying on a mortgage application. Nocera questions why borrowers like Engle are being prosecuted while lenders responsible for the subprime mortgage crisis still have not faced punishment.

Also: Alison Stewart speaks with PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley about his new book “Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure.” We also visit a music school in Chicago that is providing free lessons to fill the gap left by budget cuts in music education in public schools.

And: Jon Meacham comments on transparency in corporate political donations.

Category: Employment NOLA: COSE 017072 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17072 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/5/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:28:09

A conversation with Cory Booker, mayor of Newark.

Category: Employment NOLA: MLNH 010005 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/13/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:07:53

In China, Factory Workers Allege Poisoning From iPhone Production: Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports from the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou, where some factory workers say they've been poisoned by exposure to a toxic chemical while working at an Apple iPhone assembly plant.

Category: Employment NOLA: NBRT 030199 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/7/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for April 7, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Federal Government Shutdown Countdown; European Central Bank Raises Interest Rates; Cruiseline Tourism Sails Right By Mexico; How to Land a Summer Job: Tips for Teens.

Category: Employment NOLA: WWIR 005040 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/1/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

Encouraging new unemployment figures arrive as Congress debates the budget and tries to avoid a government shutdown. Also, the U.S. hands over some military control in Libya to NATO. Plus, the panel looks at the 2012 GOP hopefuls. Joining Gwen Ifill: Yochi Dreazen, National Journal; Greg Ip, The Economist; Naftali Bendavid, The Wall Street Journal; and Karen Tumulty, The Washington Post.

Category: Employment NOLA: COSE 017088 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17088 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/27/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:18:24

A look at the film Everything Must Go, an adaptation of a Raymond Carver story, with director Dan Rush and actor Will Ferrell.

Category: Employment NOLA: NBRT 030208 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/20/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Social Media Impact; Hyundai Sales Skyrocket; Workers Train For Offshore Drilling Jobs; Financial Firms End Freebies; Apple Reports Big Quarterly Numbers; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for April 20, 2011.

Category: Energy NOLA: MLNH 010005 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/13/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:05:20

Unrest in Middle East, U.S. Demand Drive Gas Toward $4 Average: As gas prices creep above $4 per gallon in parts of the U.S., a new poll shows two- thirds of Americans say they will cut down on expenses to cope with rising fuel costs. Ray Suarez discusses the effects of higher petroleum prices with David Kirsch of PFC Energy.

Category: Energy NOLA: NBRT 030198 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/6/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for April 6, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Kramer Eyes Cisco and Microsoft; The Budget Battle Rages On; Oil and Gas Prices Continue to Rise; Flash Crash Prevention; Psychology of Tax Refunds.

Category: Energy NOLA: NETK 000149 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/15/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Nearly one year ago this week, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history. How are residents of Grand Isle, La., faring one year after the incident? We revisit some of the families and business owners we met last year during the oil spill to find out. We also sit down with ecologist Carl Safina and ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten to discuss BP’s regulatory failures and the accident’s impact on the environment, and speak with energy expert Lisa Margonelli about the U.S.’s post-oil spill energy policy.

Also: As a follow-up to our popular “Fixing America” series, we feature another series of “big thinkers” — educators, administrators and policy- makers — who share their thoughts on how to fix American education. Jon Meacham also sits down with Jim Simons, founder of Math for America and one of the richest men in the country, to talk about his dedication to improving American mathematics education.

And: Jon Meacham delivers an “In Perspective” essay on the Constitution framers’ decision that only native-born Americans may become President.

Category: Energy NOLA: MLNH 010011 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/21/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:04:12

AP Photojournalist Documents 'Horror Show,' Aftermath of Gulf Coast Oil Spill: Associated Press photographer Gerald Herbert's work captured the environmental and personal toll of the Deepwater Horizen oil spill along the Gulf Coast. Herbert narrates a slideshow of his images from the spill's early days and the subsequent struggle to clean up the coast and rebuild the coastal economy.

Category: Energy NOLA: NBRT 030208 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/20/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Social Media Impact; Hyundai Sales Skyrocket; Workers Train For Offshore Drilling Jobs; Financial Firms End Freebies; Apple Reports Big Quarterly Numbers; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for April 20, 2011.

Category: Energy NOLA: NETK 000149 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/15/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Nearly one year ago this week, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history. How are residents of Grand Isle, La., faring one year after the incident? We revisit some of the families and business owners we met last year during the oil spill to find out. We also sit down with ecologist Carl Safina and ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten to discuss BP’s regulatory failures and the accident’s impact on the environment, and speak with energy expert Lisa Margonelli about the U.S.’s post-oil spill energy policy.

Also: As a follow-up to our popular “Fixing America” series, we feature another series of “big thinkers” — educators, administrators and policy- makers — who share their thoughts on how to fix American education. Jon Meacham also sits down with Jim Simons, founder of Math for America and one of the richest men in the country, to talk about his dedication to improving American mathematics education.

And: Jon Meacham delivers an “In Perspective” essay on the Constitution framers’ decision that only native-born Americans may become President.

Category: Energy NOLA: NOVA 003809 Series Title: NOVA Episode Title: Power Surge Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/20/2011 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

Can emerging technology defeat global warming? The has invested tens of billions of dollars in clean energy projects as our leaders try to save our crumbling economy and our poisoned planet in one bold, green stroke. Are we finally on the brink of a green-energy POWER SURGE, or is it all a case of too little, too late? From solar panel factories in China to a carbon capture and storage facility in the Sahara desert to massive wind and solar installations in the United States, NOVA travels the globe to reveal the surprising technologies that just might turn back the clock on . NOVA will focus on the latest and greatest innovations, including everything from artificial trees to green reboots of familiar technologies like coal and nuclear energy. Can our technology, which helped create this problem, now solve it?

Category: Energy NOLA: WWIR 005043 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/22/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

With gas prices on the rise, an S&P report lowering America's credit outlook, continuing debate over the deficit and a stalemate in Libya, President Obama’s approval numbers have declined just at the moment he launched his reelection campaign. Joining Gwen tonight: David Wessel/Wall Street Journal; Coral Davenport/ National Journal; Dan Balz/ Washington Post and Martha Raddatz/ABC News.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: MLNH 010001 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/7/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:05:56

News Wrap: Major Aftershock Rattles Northeast Japan: In other news Thursday, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Japan's already devastated northeast coast, touched off fears of another tsunami and disrupted gas, power and water service in the region. Also, Libyan rebels said that NATO mistakenly attacked their position outside Brega and killed at least two people.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NAAT 002810 Series Title: Nature Episode Title: Outback Pelicans Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/3/2011 1:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

The Australian outback is the driest place on the driest inhabited continent on the planet. It is a place you might expect to see kangaroos but certainly not waterbirds. Yet once every ten years, rains flood into dried-up river beds and head inland to create the largest lake in Australia, and 100,000 pelicans -- a third of all the pelicans in Australia -- arrive for the event. Leaving their homes on coasts and harbors, they come to feed on fish washed in on the floods and on billions of brine shrimp and other crustaceans which hatch and grow to adulthood in a few days in water twice as salty as the Dead Sea. The pelicans have come home to court and raise as many families as possible before the water and the food disappear once more.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NETK 000149 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/15/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Nearly one year ago this week, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history. How are residents of Grand Isle, La., faring one year after the incident? We revisit some of the families and business owners we met last year during the oil spill to find out. We also sit down with ecologist Carl Safina and ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten to discuss BP’s regulatory failures and the accident’s impact on the environment, and speak with energy expert Lisa Margonelli about the U.S.’s post-oil spill energy policy.

Also: As a follow-up to our popular “Fixing America” series, we feature another series of “big thinkers” — educators, administrators and policy- makers — who share their thoughts on how to fix American education. Jon Meacham also sits down with Jim Simons, founder of Math for America and one of the richest men in the country, to talk about his dedication to improving American mathematics education.

And: Jon Meacham delivers an “In Perspective” essay on the Constitution framers’ decision that only native-born Americans may become President.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: PLAF 000201 Series Title: Planet Forward Episode Title: Energy Innovation Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/9/2011 1:30:00 AM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:56:46

Hosted by Emmy Award-winning CNN veteran Frank Sesno, the latest edition of PLANET FORWARD is a one-hour special that harnesses the power of the online community to uncover innovative, real-world solutions to global energy and climate challenges. Featuring ideas submitted to its public affairs website, this season of PLANET FORWARD focuses on ground-breaking concepts for how energy can be generated or used more efficiently. Taped before an audience at the George Washington University, energy experts with backgrounds in business, science and policy evaluate the top ideas, then audience members vote for their favorite concept, which is named the Earth Day 2011 Planet Forward Innovation.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: SEDE 000603 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: Herculaneum Uncovered Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/1/2011 1:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

On August 24th, A.D. 79, the people of Herculaneum, a prosperous seaside town in Italy's Bay of Naples, watched in horror as Mount Vesuvius erupted, hurling a boiling, churning column of gas and ash 10 miles high into the sky. They saw the wind carry the deadly cloud toward the neighboring city of Pompeii, where the hapless citizens suffered a slow and torturous death in the poisonous detritus. It was only a matter of time before Vesuvius would unleash its fury on Herculaneum, killing its citizens in an even more spectacular and gruesome way.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: COSE 017090 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17090 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/29/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:11:24

A remote conversation with of NBC Nightly News, who reports from Alabama on the devastating tornadoes that hit the South on Wednesday

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: MLNH 010008 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/18/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:09

Deadly Tornadoes Roar Through South, Midwest; Hundreds Left Homeless: After deadly tornadoes pummeled states across the South and Midwest over the weekend, emergency workers assessed the devastation and continued to search for victims on Monday. Gwen Ifill discusses the storm's aftermath with David Schrader of the American Red Cross.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NAAT 002811 Series Title: Nature Episode Title: Survivors of the Firestorm Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/17/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

The bushfires that tore through the Australian state of Victoria in February 2009 incinerated over a million acres of land, including key mountain ash forest ecosystems. Fires are a natural force of nature which spur regeneration, but the immediate aftermath of this giant firestorm was devastation. Kangaroos and koalas, wombats and wallabies, endangered possums and gliders, lizards, echidnas, birds of all kinds, and even fish that lived among these eucalypts were overcome by the flames. Millions died. But burned and traumatized survivors tenderly nursed back to health at wildlife hospitals showed a remarkable ability to bounce back, and the environment an extraordinary capacity for healing.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NBRT 030206 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/18/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Comcast Purchase of NBC and Sports; BP Compensation Claim Payouts Explained by Ken Feinberg; Business, Tourism Struggle to Recover One Year After Gulf Oil Spill; US Credit Rating Takes a Hit; Market Focus with Tom Hudson 04/18/11; Market Stats for April 18, 2011.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NETK 000149 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/15/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Nearly one year ago this week, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history. How are residents of Grand Isle, La., faring one year after the incident? We revisit some of the families and business owners we met last year during the oil spill to find out. We also sit down with ecologist Carl Safina and ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten to discuss BP’s regulatory failures and the accident’s impact on the environment, and speak with energy expert Lisa Margonelli about the U.S.’s post-oil spill energy policy.

Also: As a follow-up to our popular “Fixing America” series, we feature another series of “big thinkers” — educators, administrators and policy- makers — who share their thoughts on how to fix American education. Jon Meacham also sits down with Jim Simons, founder of Math for America and one of the richest men in the country, to talk about his dedication to improving American mathematics education.

And: Jon Meacham delivers an “In Perspective” essay on the Constitution framers’ decision that only native-born Americans may become President.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NOVA 003809 Series Title: NOVA Episode Title: Power Surge Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/20/2011 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

Can emerging technology defeat global warming? The United States has invested tens of billions of dollars in clean energy projects as our leaders try to save our crumbling economy and our poisoned planet in one bold, green stroke. Are we finally on the brink of a green-energy POWER SURGE, or is it all a case of too little, too late? From solar panel factories in China to a carbon capture and storage facility in the Sahara desert to massive wind and solar installations in the United States, NOVA travels the globe to reveal the surprising technologies that just might turn back the clock on climate change. NOVA will focus on the latest and greatest innovations, including everything from artificial trees to green reboots of familiar technologies like coal and nuclear energy. Can our technology, which helped create this problem, now solve it?

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: SBAY 000101 Series Title: Saving the Bay Episode Title: Marvel of Nature Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/20/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

In the first episode, photo-realistic animation illustrates the formation of the Bay following the last Ice Age. This hour introduces the first inhabitants along the Bay’s shores, including Native Peoples along with flora and fauna, and continues through European exploration and settlement, including Spanish, Russian and ultimately, American influences that dramatically altered the region.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: SEDE 001102 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: Lost in the Amazon Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/20/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

A modern day quest to find the truth behind one of exploration's greatest mysteries: What happened to famed adventurer Col. Percy Fawcett who went looking for a city of gold — the Lost City of "Z" — in the Amazon in 1925 and disappeared in the jungles of Brazil forever? New archaeological digs, the science behind the discovery of "newly found" jungle cities and clues collected over the years reveal the fate of Fawcett. The program unravels the truth of what really happened to Fawcett, and shares surprising finds that are causing experts to re-think the image of a pristine uninhabited Amazon rainforest: a place that before Columbus, may have had large populations living in sophisticated towns and cities. Fawcett may have actually discovered these ruins fueling his fervor to find the city of gold. The myth becomes reality!

Category: Family/Marriage NOLA: COSE 017074 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17074 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/7/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:12:58

Steven and discussed their book, Our Haggadah: Uniting Traditions for Interfaith Families, offering young families a Passover Seder reflecting their own Jewish-Catholic relationship.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: COSE 017079 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17079 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/14/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:12:28

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver discusses Food Revolution, the latest season of his television series promoting healthful eating.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: FRON 002911 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: Football High Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/12/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

High school football has never had a higher profile, with nationally televised games, corporate sponsorships and minute-by-minute coverage on sports websites. In northwest Arkansas, FRONTLINE examines one ambitious high school team working its way towards national renown. With a superstar quarterback at the helm, tiny Shiloh Christian is striving to join the ranks of the country's best high school teams-teams whose workout schedules, practices, and styles of play increasingly imitate the pros. But as high school players grow bigger, faster, and stronger, there are growing concerns about the health and safety of these young players-with rising rates of concussions, career-ending injuries, even death. In Arkansas, FRONTLINE documents a tragic story of heat-stroke injuries that reveal how weak regulation has created a crucial lack of athletic trainers at most high schools. It all raises a critical question: has the amped-up culture of high school football outrun necessary protections for the boys who play the game?

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: MLNH 010004 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/12/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:06:24

Obama Administration Introduces Plan to Reduce Preventable Medical Errors: The Obama administration announced a new patient-safety program Tuesday on the heels of medical journal Health Affairs publishing a study showing that one in three people admitted to hospitals suffers a medical error or accident. Margaret Warner talks with Heath Affairs' Susan Dentzer about the study and the new plan.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: NBRT 030205 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/15/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Avoiding Errors in Filing Taxes; Emerging World Economies Examination; Food Inflation and Restaurants; House Medicare Budget Battle Begins; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for April 15, 2011; Earnings Season Gets a Rocky Start.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: NETK 000148 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/8/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we visit the island of Hispaniola, where the Dominican Republic is beginning to deport Haitians that had fled across the border following last year’s devastating earthquake. Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat follows up with a conversation about the American perception of Haiti and Haitian immigrants.

Also, a look at the Republican proposals for changes to Medicare and Medicaid, and essay from Jon Meacham and the return of .

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: WWIR 005042 Series Title: Washington Week Episode Title: Washington Week - 5042 Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/15/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

While President Obama and Rep. Paul Ryan both unveiled plans to cut $4 trillion from the national debt they continue to argue over how to do it. The GOP and Democrats continued to fight over America’s deficit, from taxes to overhauling Medicare and Medicaid. This week: Susan Davis, National Journal; Jeff Zeleny, New York Times; Janet Hook, Wall Street Journal; John Harwood, CNBC/NY Times.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: COSE 017085 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17085 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/22/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:11:23

Alexandra Styron on her book Reading My Father, about her late father, author William Styron, and his struggles with depression.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: FRON 002907 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: Post Mortem Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/26/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

Every day, nearly 7,000 people die in America. And when these deaths happen suddenly, or under suspicious circumstances, we assume there will be a thorough investigation, just like we see on CSI. But the reality is very different. In over 2,000 counties across America, elected coroners, many with no medical or scientific background, are in charge of death investigations. Nationwide there is a severe shortage of competent forensic pathologists to do autopsies. The rate of autopsies—the gold standard of death investigation—has plummeted over the decades from fifty percent of those who die to less than six percent. As a result, not only do murderers go free and innocent people go to jail, but the crisis in death investigation in America is also a threat to public health. FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman reports the results of a joint investigation with ProPublica, NPR, and the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: MLNH 010011 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/21/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:10:37

Autism Now: Demand for Educational Resources for Children Outstrips Supply: For public school systems, the demand for special educational and treatment resources for children with autism often outpaces what is available. In the fourth report in his Autism Now series, Robert MacNeil looks at how two schools in the New York City area handle teaching children and teens with autism.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: WWIR 005042 Series Title: Washington Week Episode Title: Washington Week - 5042 Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/15/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

While President Obama and Rep. Paul Ryan both unveiled plans to cut $4 trillion from the national debt they continue to argue over how to do it. The GOP and Democrats continued to fight over America’s deficit, from taxes to overhauling Medicare and Medicaid. This week: Susan Davis, National Journal; Jeff Zeleny, New York Times; Janet Hook, Wall Street Journal; John Harwood, CNBC/NY Times.

Category: Housing, Shelter NOLA: NBRT 030202 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/12/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for April 12, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Stocks Fall as Oil Prices Drop; Financials Forecast; Jeffrey Saut Sees a Short Term Correction; Rising Energy Prices, the Global Market and World Hunger; Home Buyer Tax Credit.

Category: Housing, Shelter NOLA: NBRT 030212 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/26/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Content Commodity; Algae as Alternative Energy Source; Alan Mulally on Ford's Future; Fed. Chairman Ben Bernanke to Meet the Media; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for April 26, 2011; Construction Industry Recovery.

Category: Housing, Shelter NOLA: NETK 000150 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/22/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we team up with ProPublica to examine the harmful effects of tainted drywall manufactured in China, and the legal frustrations consumers encounter when trying to sue foreign manufacturers for damages. We follow one homeowner whose family abandoned their home because of tainted drywall, and see how she eventually took her case to Congress.

Also: In collaboration with Blueprint America, we look at a controversial plan in Detroit to “right size” the city for easier management by using financial incentives to encourage residents to move out. We also follow students at a Detroit middle school as they participate in a competition to design the “city of the future.”

And: Author Anatole Kaletsky speaks with us about a new era of capitalism that we are approaching, and Jon Meacham comments on a recent controversy over Pastor Rob Bell’s remarks questioning the existence of hell.

Category: Media NOLA: COSE 017077 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17077 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/12/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:18:52

Lionel Barber, editor of The Financial Times, talked about his recent travels in China and the changing Chinese economy's impact on the global economy.

Category: Media NOLA: MLNH 010006 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/14/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Segment Length: 00:07:56

Lincoln Assassination Film 'The Conspirator' Raises Timely Justice Questions: Ray Suarez reports on a new film profiling Mary Surratt, the sole woman implicated in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and the questions raised about the use of military commission trials, both then and now. He is joined by screenwriter James Solomon and retired U.S. Army Col. Fred Borch.

Category: Media NOLA: PPHO 000000 Series Title: President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office; The Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/12/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Pete Souza is never far behind President Obama. In fact, sometimes he’s ahead of him. As the president’s chief White House photographer, Souza is the president’s shadow. Now, National Geographic and PBS follow Souza inside the Obama White House — aboard Air Force One, backstage at the State of the Union and into the heart of the West Wing. It’s a behind-the-scenes look at the everyday grit of the American presidency and a chance to see what it’s like to cover the most powerful man in the world, for history.

Category: Media NOLA: COSE 017090 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17090 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/29/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:22:58

A conversation with prize-winning photographer Lynsey Addario on what attracted her to photography and her recent experience being held for six days by Qaddafi's forces in Libya

Category: Media NOLA: MLNH 010013 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/25/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:11:27

Extraordinary' Guantanamo Documents Shed New Light on Detainees: Hundreds of newly released classified documents revealed details on hundreds of men who have been held -- and are being held -- at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. Jeffrey Brown discusses the leak, WikiLeaks' involvement and what was revealed in the files with The New York Times' and NPR's Tom Gjelten.

Category: Media NOLA: NBRT 030208 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/20/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Social Media Impact; Hyundai Sales Skyrocket; Workers Train For Offshore Drilling Jobs; Financial Firms End Freebies; Apple Reports Big Quarterly Numbers; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for April 20, 2011.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: CIVW 000108 Stacked Series Title: Civil War; The Episode Title: War Is All Hell - 1865/The Better Angels of Our Nature - 1865 Length: 150 minutes Airdate: 4/7/2011 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 02:30:00

“War Is All Hell — 1865” — William Tecumseh Sherman’s March to the Sea brings war to the heart of Georgia and the Carolinas and spells the end of the Confederacy. Following Abraham Lincoln’s second inauguration, Petersburg and Richmond finally fall to Ulysses S. Grant’s army. Robert E. Lee’s tattered Army of Northern Virginia flees westward towards Appomattox, where the surrender of Lee to Grant takes place. Meanwhile, John Wilkes Booth begins to dream of vengeance for the South.

“The Better Angels of Our Nature — 1865” — On April 14, five days after Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, Abraham Lincoln is assassinated. Lincoln is buried, John Wilkes Booth is captured and the war finally comes to a close. The series ends by considering the consequences and meaning of a war that transformed the country from a collection of states to the nation it is today.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: MLNH 009999 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/5/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:44

Chicago Program Aims to Close Achievement Gap for Youngest Students: Education correspondent John Merrow reports on a Chicago program that targets high-risk, low-income young children before they begin falling behind in school.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: BILA 000102 Series Title: Black in Latin America Episode Title: Cuba: The Next Revolution Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/26/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

In Cuba, Professor Gates finds out how the culture, religion, politics and music of this island are inextricably linked to the huge amount of slave labor imported to produce its enormously profitable 19th century sugar industry, and how race and racism have fared since Fidel Castro's Communist revolution in 1959.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: COSE 017089 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17089 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/28/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:17:29

On the 100th anniversary of The Civil War, Jon Meacham talks about Random House's re-release of The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote; and American Homer, an accompanying collection of essays edited by Meacham,

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: FRON 002912 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: The Silence Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/19/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

Producer Tom Curran and reporter Mark Trahant examine a little-known chapter of the Catholic Church sex abuse story: decades of abuse of Native Americans by priests and church workers in Alaska. The isolation of the villages and the absolute authority of the church over the Native population created an atmosphere where molestation could go unchecked and unreported. Also in this hour, a re-airing of “Flying Cheaper,” a January 2011 investigation into the outsourcing of major airline repair work to lower-cost independent maintenance operations in the U.S. and abroad. Closing the hour will be a news update on “Flying Cheaper” from correspondent Miles O’Brien, as well as a follow-up on the story of Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, who was taken into custody by government authorities days after FRONTLINE’s March 2011 profile of him, as part of a larger crackdown on artists, bloggers, and human-rights advocates.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: NETK 000151 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/29/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week, we sit down with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera, who recently reported on the case of Charlie Engle, a marathon runner who served jail time after being convicted of lying on a mortgage application. Nocera questions why borrowers like Engle are being prosecuted while lenders responsible for the subprime mortgage crisis still have not faced punishment.

Also: Alison Stewart speaks with PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley about his new book “Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure.” We also visit a music school in Chicago that is providing free lessons to fill the gap left by budget cuts in music education in public schools.

And: Jon Meacham comments on transparency in corporate political donations.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: AMEX 002308 Series Title: Great Famine: American Experience; The Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/11/2011 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

When a devastating famine descended on Soviet Russia in 1921, it was the worst natural disaster in Europe since the Black Plague in the Middle Ages. Half a world away, Americans responded with a massive two-year relief campaign, championed by a new secretary of commerce, “the Great Humanitarian” Herbert Hoover. The nearly 300 American relief workers, “Hoover’s boys,” would be tested by a railroad system in disarray, a forbidding climate and — being among the first group of outsiders to break through Russia’s isolation following the Bolshevik Revolution — a ruthless government suspicious of their motives. By the summer of 1922, Americans were feeding nearly 11- million Soviet citizens a day in 19,000 kitchens. THE GREAT FAMINE: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE from producer Austin Hoyt (GEORGE H.W. BUSH: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE) tells this riveting story of America’s engagement with a distant and desperate people — an operation hailed for its efficiency, grit and generosity — within the larger story of the Russian Revolution and the roots of the U.S.-Soviet rivalry that would dominate the second half of the 20th century.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: COSE 017070 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17070 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/1/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:14:24

A look at the Obama administration’s response to the events in the Middle East with guest host Al Hunt of Bloomberg News; , chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News; and Michael Duffy, assistant managing editor of Time Magazine.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: MLNH 009999 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/5/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:04:32

Top Democrats, Republicans Continue Talks as Shutdown Deadline Nears: President Obama met with key congressional leaders Tuesday, but the meeting failed to break the budget stalemate. If they don't agree on a deal by Friday, the government will shut down. Jeffrey Brown reports.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: NBRT 030197 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/5/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Cash in on Seasonal Travel Stocks; Market Stats for April 5, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Congressman Ryan's Path to Prosperity; Analysis of the Congressional Budget Divide; Precious Metals for your Portfolio; Housing Market Rescues;.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: NETK 000147 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/1/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:02:19

Jon Meacham: Libya war didn’t follow the law: President Obama has placed himself above democracy in launching a military campaign in Libya without congressional approval, says Jon Meacham.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: RAHA 000000 Series Title: Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 4/11/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:56:46

REDISCOVERING ALEXANDER HAMILTON is hosted and written by prominent author and journalist Richard Brookhiser. The documentary focuses on Hamilton’s character in six chronological segments. The film is not meant to be “the definitive chronology of Alexander Hamilton,” but rather a look at particular traits in his character — his strengths and weakness — how they were shaped into being, and how they played out within the new nation that was being created around him. To tell that story, the documentary combines traditional documentary techniques with Brookhiser’s exploration of Hamilton’s legacy and life in contemporary America. The film takes the viewer to the Caribbean Islands where Hamilton was born, to Yorktown and Wall Street where he fought and worked, to Harlem and Weehaken, New Jersey, where he lived and died. A Treasury Secretary, Supreme Court Justice, publishers, pornographers, , warriors, Calypso singers and urban gang members speak about money, rights, news, war, sex and honor – all the themes that shaped Hamilton’s life, which led him to his early death resulting in modern capitalist America. REDISCOVERING ALEXANDER HAMILTON is the second film in the REDISCOVERING documentary film series. The first film, REDISCOVERING GEORGE WASHINGTON, aired on PBS in 2002.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: WWIR 005041 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/8/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

With a $39 billion spending cut agreed upon, the possibility of a government shutdown is finally over. The panel discusses why leaders of neither side wanted a shutdown in the first place, and how their constituents may feel. Joining Gwen Ifill: John Dickerson, Slate Magazine/CBS News; Michael Duffy, TIME Magazine; and Jeanne Cummings, Politico.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: COSE 017083 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17083 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/20/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:53:40

From the State Department in Washington DC, The Secretaries: Conversations on Diplomacy with secretary of state and former secretary of state Henry Kissinger.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: MLNH 010009 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/19/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:09:32

Should Courts or EPA Regulate Greenhouse Gases? The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday stemming from a 2004 lawsuit over whether the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Gwen Ifill speaks with the National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle about the case, the arguments and the justices' reactions.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: NBRT 030213 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/27/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Commodity Speculators & Rising Prices; How to Save One Million Dollars; David Sokol Accused of Misleading Berkshire Hathaway Management; Analysis of Fed. Chairman's News Conference; Fed. Chairman Bernanke's First News Conference; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for April 27, 2011.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: NETK 000149 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/15/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Nearly one year ago this week, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history. How are residents of Grand Isle, La., faring one year after the incident? We revisit some of the families and business owners we met last year during the oil spill to find out. We also sit down with ecologist Carl Safina and ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten to discuss BP’s regulatory failures and the accident’s impact on the environment, and speak with energy expert Lisa Margonelli about the U.S.’s post-oil spill energy policy.

Also: As a follow-up to our popular “Fixing America” series, we feature another series of “big thinkers” — educators, administrators and policy- makers — who share their thoughts on how to fix American education. Jon Meacham also sits down with Jim Simons, founder of Math for America and one of the richest men in the country, to talk about his dedication to improving American mathematics education.

And: Jon Meacham delivers an “In Perspective” essay on the Constitution framers’ decision that only native-born Americans may become President.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: WWIR 005043 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/22/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

With gas prices on the rise, an S&P report lowering America's credit outlook, continuing debate over the deficit and a stalemate in Libya, President Obama’s approval numbers have declined just at the moment he launched his reelection campaign. Joining Gwen tonight: David Wessel/Wall Street Journal; Coral Davenport/ National Journal; Dan Balz/ Washington Post and Martha Raddatz/ABC News.

Category: Nuclear Issues/WMD NOLA: MLNH 010003 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/11/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:10:13

One Month After Tsunami, What Are Japan's Biggest Needs? A month after an earthquake and tsunami killed tens of thousands and touched off a nuclear crisis, Japan struggles to cope with the aftermath. Jeffrey Brown talks with the Stimson Center's Yuki Tatsumi, the American Red Cross's Nan Buzard and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's James Acton.

Category: Nuclear Issues/WMD NOLA: COSE 017088 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17088 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/27/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:33:36

After a news update on the release of President Obama's birth certificate and changes in the national security leadership, a conversation with Nobel Laureate and possible Egyptian presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei on his book, The Age of Deception: Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times.

Category: Poverty/Hunger NOLA: MLNH 009999 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/5/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:44

Chicago Program Aims to Close Achievement Gap for Youngest Students: Education correspondent John Merrow reports on a Chicago program that targets high-risk, low-income young children before they begin falling behind in school.

Category: Poverty/Hunger NOLA: NBRT 030202 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/12/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for April 12, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Stocks Fall as Oil Prices Drop; Financials Forecast; Jeffrey Saut Sees a Short Term Correction; Rising Energy Prices, the Global Market and World Hunger; Home Buyer Tax Credit.

Category: Poverty/Hunger NOLA: NETK 000147 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/1/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:14:59

In January, Camden, N.J., one of the most impoverished cities in the country, lost half its police force in budget cuts. In a time when massive local and state budget deficits are threatening cities’ ability to provide basic services for their residents, how can struggling cities survive the financial crisis? This week, we visit Camden to explore possible solutions.

Category: Poverty/Hunger NOLA: COSE 017089 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17089 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/28/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:12:06

Christy Turlington discusses her film, No Woman, No Cry, about the challenges face by pregnant women.

Category: Recreation/Leisure/Sports NOLA: COSE 017070 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17070 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/1/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:17:08

A conversation about the NCAA Basketball Final Four with guest host Al Hunt, Craig Robinson, head coach of the Oregon State University men’s basketball team, and John Feinstein of The Washington Post.

Category: Recreation/Leisure/Sports NOLA: FRON 002911 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: Football High Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/12/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

High school football has never had a higher profile, with nationally televised games, corporate sponsorships and minute-by-minute coverage on sports websites. In northwest Arkansas, FRONTLINE examines one ambitious high school team working its way towards national renown. With a superstar quarterback at the helm, tiny Shiloh Christian is striving to join the ranks of the country's best high school teams-teams whose workout schedules, practices, and styles of play increasingly imitate the pros. But as high school players grow bigger, faster, and stronger, there are growing concerns about the health and safety of these young players-with rising rates of concussions, career-ending injuries, even death. In Arkansas, FRONTLINE documents a tragic story of heat-stroke injuries that reveal how weak regulation has created a crucial lack of athletic trainers at most high schools. It all raises a critical question: has the amped-up culture of high school football outrun necessary protections for the boys who play the game?

Category: Recreation/Leisure/Sports NOLA: NBRT 030196 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/4/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for April 4, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Government Shutdown Showdown; National Day of Action; Economic Pessimism in Japan; NCAA Tournament Money; Suggestions for Solving Nation's Fiscal Problems.

Category: Recreation/Leisure/Sports NOLA: NBRT 030210 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/22/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Nightly Business Report profiles Nancy Lieberman in the first of a series of holiday programs on "Women in Leadership." Sports Business Expert Rick Horrow takes an in depth look at the Texas Legends Coach. Learn about her rise to the top and how she maintains her ongoing success.

Category: Religion/Ethics NOLA: COSE 017079 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17079 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/14/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:10:47

Gretchen Morgenson of The New York Times discussed the lack of high-profile prosecutions in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the public's conviction that financial institutions were guilty of fraud.

Category: Religion/Ethics NOLA: MLNH 010006 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/14/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Segment Length: 00:07:19

Pakistani Legislator Stands Up to Extremists Over Blasphemy Law: In Pakistan, calls to reform a blasphemy law have resulted in the assassination of two key moderate politicians. Margaret Warner talks to Pakistani Parliament member Sherry Rehman, who has challenged the law and become the focus of several protests and drawn ire from conservative imams.

Category: Religion/Ethics NOLA: NETK 000147 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/1/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:07:59

Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated magazine talks about his book, Scorecasting, and how behavioral economics plays out in professional sports. He recently offered a few tips on how to use economics to win at March Madness pools.

Category: Religion/Ethics NOLA: COSE 017086 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17086 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/25/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:52:59

A one-hour interview with Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, president of Indonesia, a growing economic power in Southeast Asia.

Category: Religion/Ethics NOLA: FRON 002912 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: The Silence Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/19/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

Producer Tom Curran and reporter Mark Trahant examine a little-known chapter of the Catholic Church sex abuse story: decades of abuse of Native Americans by priests and church workers in Alaska. The isolation of the villages and the absolute authority of the church over the Native population created an atmosphere where molestation could go unchecked and unreported. Also in this hour, a re-airing of “Flying Cheaper,” a January 2011 investigation into the outsourcing of major airline repair work to lower-cost independent maintenance operations in the U.S. and abroad. Closing the hour will be a news update on “Flying Cheaper” from correspondent Miles O’Brien, as well as a follow-up on the story of Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, who was taken into custody by government authorities days after FRONTLINE’s March 2011 profile of him, as part of a larger crackdown on artists, bloggers, and human-rights advocates.

Category: Religion/Ethics NOLA: NETK 000150 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/22/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we team up with ProPublica to examine the harmful effects of tainted drywall manufactured in China, and the legal frustrations consumers encounter when trying to sue foreign manufacturers for damages. We follow one homeowner whose family abandoned their home because of tainted drywall, and see how she eventually took her case to Congress.

Also: In collaboration with Blueprint America, we look at a controversial plan in Detroit to “right size” the city for easier management by using financial incentives to encourage residents to move out. We also follow students at a Detroit middle school as they participate in a competition to design the “city of the future.”

And: Author Anatole Kaletsky speaks with us about a new era of capitalism that we are approaching, and Jon Meacham comments on a recent controversy over Pastor Rob Bell’s remarks questioning the existence of hell.

Category: Religion/Ethics NOLA: SEDE 000602 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: Battle for the Bible Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/13/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

"Battle for the Bible" explores the lives and lasting influence of three major figures in the translation and propagation of the English Bible: the 14th-century theologian, politician, and reformer John Wycliffe; Tyndale; and Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII and advisor to the king through the period that saw the split with Rome and the creation of the Anglican Church.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: NBRT 030198 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/6/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for April 6, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Kramer Eyes Cisco and Microsoft; The Budget Battle Rages On; Oil and Gas Prices Continue to Rise; Flash Crash Prevention; Psychology of Tax Refunds.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: PLAF 000201 Series Title: Planet Forward Episode Title: Energy Innovation Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/9/2011 1:30:00 AM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:56:46

Hosted by Emmy Award-winning CNN veteran Frank Sesno, the latest edition of PLANET FORWARD is a one-hour special that harnesses the power of the online community to uncover innovative, real-world solutions to global energy and climate challenges. Featuring ideas submitted to its public affairs website, this season of PLANET FORWARD focuses on ground-breaking concepts for how energy can be generated or used more efficiently. Taped before an audience at the George Washington University, energy experts with backgrounds in business, science and policy evaluate the top ideas, then audience members vote for their favorite concept, which is named the Earth Day 2011 Planet Forward Innovation.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: SEDE 000603 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: Herculaneum Uncovered Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/1/2011 1:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

On August 24th, A.D. 79, the people of Herculaneum, a prosperous seaside town in Italy's Bay of Naples, watched in horror as Mount Vesuvius erupted, hurling a boiling, churning column of gas and ash 10 miles high into the sky. They saw the wind carry the deadly cloud toward the neighboring city of Pompeii, where the hapless citizens suffered a slow and torturous death in the poisonous detritus. It was only a matter of time before Vesuvius would unleash its fury on Herculaneum, killing its citizens in an even more spectacular and gruesome way.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: MLNH 010017 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/29/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:04:01

News Wrap: At Least 62 Reported Killed in Protests: In other developments Friday, thousands of people in Syria defied a government crackdown to stage protests across the country and a scheduled launch of the space shuttle Endeavour was delayed.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: NBRT 030208 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/20/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Social Media Impact; Hyundai Sales Skyrocket; Workers Train For Offshore Drilling Jobs; Financial Firms End Freebies; Apple Reports Big Quarterly Numbers; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for April 20, 2011.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: NOVA 003809 Series Title: NOVA Episode Title: Power Surge Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/20/2011 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

Can emerging technology defeat global warming? The United States has invested tens of billions of dollars in clean energy projects as our leaders try to save our crumbling economy and our poisoned planet in one bold, green stroke. Are we finally on the brink of a green-energy POWER SURGE, or is it all a case of too little, too late? From solar panel factories in China to a carbon capture and storage facility in the Sahara desert to massive wind and solar installations in the United States, NOVA travels the globe to reveal the surprising technologies that just might turn back the clock on climate change. NOVA will focus on the latest and greatest innovations, including everything from artificial trees to green reboots of familiar technologies like coal and nuclear energy. Can our technology, which helped create this problem, now solve it?

Category: Social Services NOLA: MLNH 010005 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/13/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:04:20

Obama Unveils Plan to Save $4 Trillion via Spending Cuts, Tax Reform: In a speech at George Washington University, President Obama called for cutting the U.S. deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years. His plan includes ending tax cuts for incomes above $250,000, reducing defense spending by $400 billion and exacting $480 billion in savings from Medicare and Medicaid. Kwame Holman reports.

Category: Social Services NOLA: WWIR 005042 Series Title: Washington Week Episode Title: Washington Week - 5042 Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/15/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

While President Obama and Rep. Paul Ryan both unveiled plans to cut $4 trillion from the national debt they continue to argue over how to do it. The GOP and Democrats continued to fight over America’s deficit, from taxes to overhauling Medicare and Medicaid. This week: Susan Davis, National Journal; Jeff Zeleny, New York Times; Janet Hook, Wall Street Journal; John Harwood, CNBC/NY Times.

Category: Social Services NOLA: WWIR 005042 Series Title: Washington Week Episode Title: Washington Week - 5042 Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/15/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

While President Obama and Rep. Paul Ryan both unveiled plans to cut $4 trillion from the national debt they continue to argue over how to do it. The GOP and Democrats continued to fight over America’s deficit, from taxes to overhauling Medicare and Medicaid. This week: Susan Davis, National Journal; Jeff Zeleny, New York Times; Janet Hook, Wall Street Journal; John Harwood, CNBC/NY Times.

Category: Transportation NOLA: MLNH 009998 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/4/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:10:19

Airline Safety Checks: Reactive to Mishaps or Problem Prevention? Southwest Airlines continued safety inspections Monday after a hole opened in a jet's fuselage last week. Judy Woodruff talks with aviation expert John Goglia for insight.

Category: Transportation NOLA: FRON 002912 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: The Silence Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/19/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

Producer Tom Curran and reporter Mark Trahant examine a little-known chapter of the Catholic Church sex abuse story: decades of abuse of Native Americans by priests and church workers in Alaska. The isolation of the villages and the absolute authority of the church over the Native population created an atmosphere where molestation could go unchecked and unreported. Also in this hour, a re-airing of “Flying Cheaper,” a January 2011 investigation into the outsourcing of major airline repair work to lower-cost independent maintenance operations in the U.S. and abroad. Closing the hour will be a news update on “Flying Cheaper” from correspondent Miles O’Brien, as well as a follow-up on the story of Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, who was taken into custody by government authorities days after FRONTLINE’s March 2011 profile of him, as part of a larger crackdown on artists, bloggers, and human-rights advocates.

Category: Transportation NOLA: MLNH 010010 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/20/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:48

LaHood: 2 Controllers Fired, but All Must Take 'Personal Responsibility': Federal officials moved to dispel new air-travel safety concerns after a military plane carrying first lady breached the safety zone of another plane landing ahead of it. Gwen Ifill talks to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood about the latest in a series of incidents involving air- traffic controllers.

Category: Transportation NOLA: NBRT 030208 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/20/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Social Media Impact; Hyundai Sales Skyrocket; Workers Train For Offshore Drilling Jobs; Financial Firms End Freebies; Apple Reports Big Quarterly Numbers; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for April 20, 2011.

Category: Urban Development/Infrastructure NOLA: MLNH 010003 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/11/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:27

Are California's Schools Ready for the Next Big Earthquake? The earthquake in Japan is prompting concerns about the ability of U.S. buildings to withstand a similar disaster. Special correspondent Anna Werner reports on the seismic safety risks in many California schools. Her report was jointly produced by the Center for Investigative Reporting and KQED.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: CIVW 000106 Stacked Series Title: Civil War; The Episode Title: Valley of the Shadow of Death - 1864/Most Hallowed Ground - 1864 Length: 150 minutes Airdate: 4/6/2011 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 02:30:00

“Valley of the Shadow of Death — 1864” — Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee are pitted against each other in an extraordinary series of battles from the wilderness to Petersburg in Virginia. With Grant and Lee finally deadlocked at Petersburg, we move to the ghastly hospitals in both the North and South, and follow Sherman’s Atlanta campaign through the mountains of northern Georgia. As the horrendous casualty lists increases, Abraham Lincoln’s chance for re-election begins to dim and with them, the possibility of Union victory. Episode six of nine.

“Most Hallowed Ground — 1864” — The presidential campaign of 1864 sets Abraham Lincoln against his old commanding general, George McClellan. The stakes are nothing less than the survival of the Union itself. Opinion in the North has turned strongly against Lincoln and the war, but 11th-hour Union victories at Mobile Bay, Atlanta and the Shenandoah Valley tilt the election to Lincoln, and the Confederacy’s last hope for independence dies. In an ironic twist, Robert E. Lee’s Arlington mansion is turned into a Union military hospital and the estate becomes Arlington National Cemetery — the Union’s most hallowed ground. Episode seven of nine.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: COSE 017071 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17071 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/4/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:51:38

We continue to look at Libya with journalist Bernard-Henri Lévy, Les Gelb of The Council on Foreign Relations and, from Benghazi, Kareem Fahim of The New York Times. Later, Ben Wedeman of CNN reports from Eastern Libya.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: MLNH 010004 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/12/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:35

Budget Deal Cuts Target EPA, Homeland Security, But Education Spared: New details of the $38.5 billion budget deal that avoided a government shutdown revealed that the Environmental Protection Agency and Homeland Security were among those impacted. Ray Suarez discusses the cuts with Naftali Bendavid, congressional correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: NETK 000147 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/1/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:15:33

Correspondent continues our coverage of war veterans with traumatic brain injury and the families who have made tremendous sacrifices to care for them.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: WWIR 005040 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/1/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

Encouraging new unemployment figures arrive as Congress debates the budget and tries to avoid a government shutdown. Also, the U.S. hands over some military control in Libya to NATO. Plus, the panel looks at the 2012 GOP hopefuls. Joining Gwen Ifill: Yochi Dreazen, National Journal; Greg Ip, The Economist; Naftali Bendavid, The Wall Street Journal; and Karen Tumulty, The Washington Post.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: COSE 017089 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17089 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/28/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:17:29

On the 100th anniversary of The Civil War, Jon Meacham talks about Random House's re-release of The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote; and American Homer, an accompanying collection of essays edited by Meacham,

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: MLNH 010009 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/19/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:07:10

Will Uptick in Violence Derail U.S. Troop Drawdown in Afghanistan? As the U.S. prepares to reduce troop levels in Afghanistan, coalition forces are battling increased attacks by the Taliban. Ray Suarez talks with the Washington Post's Rajiv Chandrasekaran, who just returned from Afghanistan, about the rise in violence there.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: WWIR 005044 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/29/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

Washington D.C. was busy this week with a national security team shuffle, newly published Wiki-leaks documents on Guantanamo Bay, the release of the president's long form birth certificate, and Ben Bernanke’s first press conference. Joining Gwen: Mark Mazzetti, New York Times; Tom Gjelten, NPR; John Harwood, CNBC/New York Times; and Karen Tumulty, Washington Post.

Category: Women NOLA: MLNH 010000 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/6/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:18

'Hunger' for Success a Driving Force in Belva Davis' Storied Career: Belva Davis, the first African-American woman television journalist on the West Coast, speaks with Judy Woodruff about her pioneering--and sometimes difficult--career in broadcast news and her new memoir. This story was done in partnership with KQED in San Francisco.

Category: Women NOLA: COSE 017089 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17089 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/28/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:12:06

Christy Turlington discusses her film, No Woman, No Cry, about the challenges face by pregnant women.

Category: Women NOLA: MLNH 010016 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/28/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:39

In Nigerian Maternity Wards, Preventable Causes Claim Many Lives: In "The Edge of Joy," filmmaker Dawn Shapiro goes inside a busy maternity ward in Nigeria, where maternal deaths are among the world's highest. The documentary is the first in a series of independently produced films from around the world aired in a partnership between The Economist magazine and the NewsHour.

Category: Women NOLA: NBRT 030210 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/22/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Nightly Business Report profiles Nancy Lieberman in the first of a series of holiday programs on "Women in Leadership." Sports Business Expert Rick Horrow takes an in depth look at the Texas Legends Coach. Learn about her rise to the top and how she maintains her ongoing success.

Category: Youth NOLA: COSE 017079 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17079 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/14/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:12:28

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver discusses Food Revolution, the latest season of his television series promoting healthful eating.

Category: Youth NOLA: FRON 002911 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: Football High Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/12/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

High school football has never had a higher profile, with nationally televised games, corporate sponsorships and minute-by-minute coverage on sports websites. In northwest Arkansas, FRONTLINE examines one ambitious high school team working its way towards national renown. With a superstar quarterback at the helm, tiny Shiloh Christian is striving to join the ranks of the country's best high school teams-teams whose workout schedules, practices, and styles of play increasingly imitate the pros. But as high school players grow bigger, faster, and stronger, there are growing concerns about the health and safety of these young players-with rising rates of concussions, career-ending injuries, even death. In Arkansas, FRONTLINE documents a tragic story of heat-stroke injuries that reveal how weak regulation has created a crucial lack of athletic trainers at most high schools. It all raises a critical question: has the amped-up culture of high school football outrun necessary protections for the boys who play the game?

Category: Youth NOLA: MLNH 009999 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/5/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:44

Chicago Program Aims to Close Achievement Gap for Youngest Students: Education correspondent John Merrow reports on a Chicago program that targets high-risk, low-income young children before they begin falling behind in school.

Category: Youth NOLA: NBRT 030199 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/7/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for April 7, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Federal Government Shutdown Countdown; European Central Bank Raises Interest Rates; Cruiseline Tourism Sails Right By Mexico; How to Land a Summer Job: Tips for Teens.

Category: Youth NOLA: MLNH 010009 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/19/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:12:15

Autism Now: Exploring the 'Phenomenal' Increase in U.S. Prevalence: In the second report in his Autism Now series, Robert MacNeil investigates why the number of children with autism is increasing in the U.S. He meets children at different points on the autism spectrum and gets several views on the increase in prevalence -- from better diagnosis to a variety of environmental factors.

Category: Youth NOLA: NBRT 030209 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 4/21/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Money and Responsibility for Kids; Trend Is Your Friend, Says Leibovit; Signs of Economic Recovery in the Gulf Coast; Southwest Airlines CEO on First Quarter Profits; Silver Shines Near Old Record; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for April 21, 2011.

Category: Youth NOLA: NETK 000150 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 4/22/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we team up with ProPublica to examine the harmful effects of tainted drywall manufactured in China, and the legal frustrations consumers encounter when trying to sue foreign manufacturers for damages. We follow one homeowner whose family abandoned their home because of tainted drywall, and see how she eventually took her case to Congress.

Also: In collaboration with Blueprint America, we look at a controversial plan in Detroit to “right size” the city for easier management by using financial incentives to encourage residents to move out. We also follow students at a Detroit middle school as they participate in a competition to design the “city of the future.”

And: Author Anatole Kaletsky speaks with us about a new era of capitalism that we are approaching, and Jon Meacham comments on a recent controversy over Pastor Rob Bell’s remarks questioning the existence of hell.

May 2011 Quarterly Program Topic Report

Category: Abortion NOLA: NETK 000152 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/6/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we look at the State Department’s recent suspension of international adoption of abandoned children in Nepal. We traveled to Nepal to meet with Americans who had adopted children there but were unable to bring them home.

Also, in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death this week, we explore the financial cost of the war on terror and America’s efforts to prioritize security after the events of September 11, 2001. Princeton University professor Bernard Haykel also joins us to discuss the Arab world’s reaction to bin Laden’s death, arguing that it is not the end of jihadism, and Jon Meacham comments on opportunities his death could provide for the U.S.’s national agenda. Read more of Need to Know’s coverage of Osama bin Laden’s death.

And: Alison Stewart moderates a panel of three women on the economic, political and legal status of women today, including the fight over reproductive rights. And New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast provides an animation for a unique take on the story of the Ant and the Grasshopper.

Category: Aging NOLA: NBRT 030224 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/12/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Diesel Fuel Price Pain at the Pump; Spare Colleges The Budget Axe; Workforce Rebuilding With Older Employees; What Makes A Great Leader; Big Oil Execs. Get Grilled on the Hill; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 12, 2011.

Category: Aging NOLA: NBRT 030226 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/16/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Bringing Down the National Debt; NFL and Players Union Resume Talks; Japan's Senior Citizens Work Program; The Latest on the Louisiana Flooding; Eurozone Debts Worsen; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 16, 2011.

Category: Agriculture NOLA: MLNH 010021 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/5/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:08

In Calif. Town, Prison May Fix One Employment Problem, But Create Another: The small California farm town of Mendota is struggling to diversify its economy, which revolves around seasonal agricultural work that creates times of very high unemployment. University of California, Berkeley student Alissa Figueroa reports on one solution that could also create a big problem for farms and their workers.

Category: Alcohol, Drug Abuse/Addiction NOLA: MLNH 010023 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/9/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:02:24

Protesters in Mexico Take to the Streets Over Drug Cartel Violence: Demonstrators took to the streets in Mexico this weekend to protest the violence brought on by drug cartels. Margret Warner reports.

Category: Alcohol, Drug Abuse/Addiction NOLA: FRON 002407 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: The Meth Epidemic Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/10/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Speed. Meth. Glass. On the street, methamphetamine has many names. What started as a fad among motorcycle gangs in the 1970s has become big business, largely due to the efforts of two Mexican drug runners who began smuggling ephedrine -- the same chemical used to make over-the-counter cold remedies -- into California by the ton. Hundreds of illegal meth labs are now operating in the western United States, and the effects are sweeping the nation. From coast to coast, meth abuse is on the rise, but who's responsible? Is the government doing enough to crack down on this latest drug craze? In a reporting partnership with The Oregonian, FRONTLINE investigates America's addiction to meth and exposes the inherent conflict between the illegal drug trade and the legitimate three-billion-dollar cold remedy business.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: AMEX 002310 Series Title: Soundtrack for a Revolution: American Experience Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 5/9/2011 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:26:46

Hear protest songs that energized the U.S. civil rights movement, with original performances by John Legend, Joss Stone, Blind Boys of Alabama, Richie Havens, Mary Mary, Wyclef Jean, and The Roots. Soundtrack for a Revolution, produced by Danny Glover, blends archival footage of civil rights leaders in the 1950s and '60s with current interviews from those who were there: Harry Belafonte, Andrew Young, John Lewis, and Julian Bond, and more.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: COSE 017094 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17094 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/5/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:26:33

Brian Williams of NBC Nightly News hosts a discussion on President Obama's visit to Ground Zero with Bobby Ghosh of Time Magazine, presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker magazine

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: MLNH 010021 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/5/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:04:19

Philadelphia 'Health for Sale' Exhibit Retraces Medicinal History in Vintage Ads: The Philadelphia Museum of Art is featuring an exhibit of vintage medical posters that advertise cures for all kinds of ailments. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the advertisements-turned-art.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: MUMM 000000 Series Title: Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/4/2011 3:30:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

"Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami" explores the critical role that Miami played in the evolution of one of the most significant cultural figures of our time: Muhammad Ali (né Cassius Clay). The film chronicles Cassius Clay's arrival in Miami in the fall of 1960 (fresh from earning a gold medal in the Rome Olympics), his life in Overtown -- a neighborhood that was considered "Harlem South" and a vibrant center of black entertainment and commerce -- and his affiliation with the famed Fifth Street Gym in Miami Beach. Over the course of the next few years -- coinciding with the height of the national civil rights movement -- Clay evolved both professionally and politically, piling up victories in the ring and adopting the black separatist teachings of the Nation of Islam. As "Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami" makes clear, it was in this period that Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: NETK 000153 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/13/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we investigate a task force in the U.S. military charged with investigating abuse of detainees in after the harrowing revelations of Abu Ghraib came to light. One special agent alleges that the task force is under-resourced and overwhelmed, which prevents it from being able to function adequately.

We also look at the structure of the telecommunications industry and competition in Europe, and how it has propelled the region ahead of the U.S. in terms of broadband service. We also report on how the humanitarian community has used mobile technology to aid people in times of crisis, and how it has been used to help victims of the earthquakes in Haiti and Japan, the tornadoes in the Midwest and the unrest in the Middle East.

And: Alison Stewart speaks with “Freedom Riders” Francis and Laura Randall, who took part in protests against Jim Crow laws in the deep south 50 years ago, and Jon Meacham’s “In Perspective” essay honors the long career of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who retires this year.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: SBAY 000104 Series Title: Saving the Bay Episode Title: Bay in the Balance Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/11/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Demonstration/Instructional Segment Length: 00:00:00

In the final episode, the very survival of the Bay is threatened by the postwar boom and the issue becomes how best to balance the competing demands of a major urban center set amidst an environmentally significant landscape.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: COSE 017101 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17101 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/16/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:27:25

Frederick Kempe, president and CEO of the Atlantic Council, discusses his book 'Berlin 1961' and that city's role in the Cold War.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: FRER 000000 Series Title: Freedom Riders: American Experience Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 5/16/2011 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

In 1961, segregation seemed to have an overwhelming grip on American society. Many states violently enforced the policy, while the federal government, under the Kennedy administration, remained indifferent, preoccupied with matters abroad. That is, until an integrated band of college students -- many of whom were the first in their families to attend a university --decided, en masse, to risk everything and buy a ticket on a Greyhound bus bound for the Deep South. They called themselves the Freedom Riders, and they managed to bring the president and the entire American public face to face with the challenge of correcting civil-rights inequities that plagued the nation. Filmmaker Stanley Nelson's inspirational documentary is the first feature- length film about this courageous band of civil-rights activists. Gaining access to influential figures on both sides of the issue, Nelson chronicles a chapter of American history that stands as an astonishing testament to the accomplishment of youth and what can result from the incredible combination of personal conviction and the courage to organize against all odds.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: HAGR 000000 Series Title: Hallowed Grounds Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/30/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

HALLOWED GROUNDS provides a rare visit to America's extraordinary overseas military cemeteries. There are 23 World War I and World War II American military cemeteries in England, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, Italy, Tunisia and the Philippines. The program weaves historical elements with contemporary scenes of the cemeteries and powerful stories about the men and women who are buried in them. It contains interviews with formal and informal historians and witnesses to the wars and the creation of the cemeteries.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: HIDE 000802 Series Title: History Detectives Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/22/2011 5:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Other Segment Length: 00:00:00

Iwo Jima Map: Did a Japanese map found during World War II play a role in the Battle of Iwo Jima? Copperhead Cane: Tracing the Civil War-era history of cane topped with a coiled snake. Theremin: Is an instrument owned by a New Mexico man one of the few built by Leon Theremin himself?

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: MLNH 010028 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/16/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:14:00

'Freedom Riders' Film Revisits Those Who Risked Lives for Civil Rights: "Freedom Riders," a documentary that will air Monday on PBS' American Experience, revisits a group of young men and women who boarded commercial buses headed for the Deep South during the civil rights movement. Judy Woodruff discusses the risks and rewards with Rep. John Lewis and a young man who participated in a reenactment.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: SEDE 001104 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: The World's Biggest Bomb Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/17/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Beginning in the 1950s, American and Soviet scientists engaged in a dangerous race to see who could build and detonate the world's largest bomb. The results exceeded all expectations about how big a bomb could be built. This is a story where the United States led the way, but then left the field clear for the Soviet Union to break all records. Terrifyingly, the bomb-makers on both sides were flying blind as they pushed the technology far into unknown territory. The story of the race to build the world's biggest bomb has never been fully told. But this 50-year anniversary provides the perfect opportunity share this chilling story with the world.

Category: Arts NOLA: AMMS 002102 Series Title: American Masters Episode Title: Marvin Gaye: What's Going On Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/9/2011 9:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

His standing among the most enduring 20th-century American musical artists is without question, yet his story is rarely told beyond the tragic circumstances of his death. Enormously talented and equally complicated, Gaye created an intimate style - full of honesty, integrity, vulnerability - and, essentially, gave the world his autobiography in lyrics and melody. "The Wonderful One," "The Trouble Man," "The Prince of Soul" -- he was the Motown star who challenged and changed the face of black music, embodying its evolution from roots in gospel, jazz and rhythm and blues to sophisticated pop and sexually, politically charged soul. Extensive performance footage and insight from Mary Wilson, Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight, Mos Def, among many others, capture the tone and texture of a career that still leaves an indelible mark on the musical landscape.

Category: Arts NOLA: COSE 017100 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17100 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/13/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:53:45

The conclusion of a three-day look at Turkey with a conversation about Turkish arts and culture with Orhan Pamuk, author and Nobel Laureate.

Category: Arts NOLA: JOUB 000000 Series Title: Journey of the Bonesetter's Daughter Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/8/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

JOURNEY OF THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER follows the creation of the San Francisco Opera's celebrated production of The Bonesetter's Daughter, composed by Stewart Wallace with a libretto by Amy Tan, based on her bestselling book of the same name. An ambitious, cross-cultural tour de force that brings together artists from China and the U.S, the opera tells a deeply moving story about the difficult but unbreakable bond between mothers and daughters inspired by Tan's own family history.

Category: Arts NOLA: MLNH 010021 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/5/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:04:19

Philadelphia 'Health for Sale' Exhibit Retraces Medicinal History in Vintage Ads: The Philadelphia Museum of Art is featuring an exhibit of vintage medical posters that advertise cures for all kinds of ailments. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the advertisements-turned-art.

Category: Arts NOLA: NETK 000151 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/1/2011 4:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week, we sit down with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera, who recently reported on the case of Charlie Engle, a marathon runner who served jail time after being convicted of lying on a mortgage application. Nocera questions why borrowers like Engle are being prosecuted while lenders responsible for the subprime mortgage crisis still have not faced punishment.

Also: Alison Stewart speaks with PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley about his new book “Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure.” We also visit a music school in Chicago that is providing free lessons to fill the gap left by budget cuts in music education in public schools.

And: Jon Meacham comments on transparency in corporate political donations.

Category: Arts NOLA: COSE 017101 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17101 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/16/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:26:48

An interview with Keira Knightley on her career and her new film, “Last Night”.

Category: Arts NOLA: LCAT 000000 Series Title: Lost Cave Temples Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/25/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

In a remote corner of the Himalaya, in the forbidden kingdom of Mustang, a team of climbers scale cliffs to climb into mysterious caves for the first time and discover ancient cave temples lost to the modern world.

Category: Arts NOLA: MLNH 010030 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/18/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:04:55

Los Angeles Artist Finds Inspiration in Everyday Places, Things: Michael McMillen finds inspiration for his work in an intriguing collection of everyday places and things. Spencer Michels has a look back at the unusual 40-year career of this Los Angeles artist.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: MLNH 010022 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/6/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:09:30

What Does Widening U.S. Income Gap Mean for Future of Economy, Americans? The jobs report for April was released Friday as well as a new report that found top CEO pay is above where it was in 2007, before the recession. Jeffrey Brown discusses the widening income gap and increase in executive pay with AFL-CIO Office of Investment's Vinetta Anand and The Council on Competitiveness' Deborah Wince-Smith.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: NBRT 030218 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/4/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

How To Be Rich - A College Student's Guide; Tesla CEO Elon Musk Electric Car Outlook; Budget Debt Battle; Precious Metals Some Lose Luster; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Stock Prices Grow Along With Waistlines, says Kramer; Market Stats for May 4, 2011.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: NETK 000151 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/1/2011 4:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week, we sit down with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera, who recently reported on the case of Charlie Engle, a marathon runner who served jail time after being convicted of lying on a mortgage application. Nocera questions why borrowers like Engle are being prosecuted while lenders responsible for the subprime mortgage crisis still have not faced punishment.

Also: Alison Stewart speaks with PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley about his new book “Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure.” We also visit a music school in Chicago that is providing free lessons to fill the gap left by budget cuts in music education in public schools.

And: Jon Meacham comments on transparency in corporate political donations.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: COSE 017110 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17110 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/27/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:22:49

Michael Spence discusses his latest book, The Next Convergence: The Future of Economic Growth in a Multi-Speed World.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: MLNH 010031 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/19/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:38

Report on Deadly W.Va. Mine Blast Castigates Massey for Safety Lapses: In the worst U.S. mining disaster in four decades, 29 trapped miners were killed after an explosion deep inside the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia. Ray Suarez speaks with NPR's Howard Berkes about a new report on the disaster's causes that criticized the safety practices of mine owner Massey Energy.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: NBRT 030227 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/17/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Entrepreneurs and the Economy; Mississippi Flood Financial Damage; Hewlett- Packard Analysis; New Home Construction Slows; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 17, 2011; Internet Security Stocks.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: NETK 000154 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/20/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week, we explore the threats that climate change may already be posing to human health. We report on a rare but deadly fungal disease, previously known to occur only in tropical and subtropical regions, that has recently led to several deaths in the Pacific Northwest. Scientists believe climate change may have already affected the spread of other diseases like West Nile virus and dengue fever.

Also: We revisit the Upper Big Branch coal mining disaster, one year later, to find out the results of the investigation into the cause of the explosion. We also take a look at the sophisticated and alarming Stuxnet worm, the first major manifestation of a physical cyber attack that targeted an Iranian uranium enrichment facility last year.

And: We speak with John Esposito of Georgetown University on President Obama’s attempt to redefine the U.S.’s relationship with the Middle East in light of the Arab Spring, and Jon Meacham returns with another “In Perspective” essay.

Category: Community Politics, Government NOLA: MLNH 010021 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/5/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:08

In Calif. Town, Prison May Fix One Employment Problem, But Create Another: The small California farm town of Mendota is struggling to diversify its economy, which revolves around seasonal agricultural work that creates times of very high unemployment. University of California, Berkeley student Alissa Figueroa reports on one solution that could also create a big problem for farms and their workers.

Category: Community Politics, Government NOLA: NETK 000151 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/1/2011 4:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week, we sit down with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera, who recently reported on the case of Charlie Engle, a marathon runner who served jail time after being convicted of lying on a mortgage application. Nocera questions why borrowers like Engle are being prosecuted while lenders responsible for the subprime mortgage crisis still have not faced punishment.

Also: Alison Stewart speaks with PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley about his new book “Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure.” We also visit a music school in Chicago that is providing free lessons to fill the gap left by budget cuts in music education in public schools.

And: Jon Meacham comments on transparency in corporate political donations.

Category: Community Politics, Government NOLA: SBAY 000104 Series Title: Saving the Bay Episode Title: Bay in the Balance Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/11/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Demonstration/Instructional Segment Length: 00:00:00

In the final episode, the very survival of the Bay is threatened by the postwar boom and the issue becomes how best to balance the competing demands of a major urban center set amidst an environmentally significant landscape.

Category: Community Politics, Government NOLA: MLNH 010033 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/23/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:07:34

Divided Supreme Court Orders California to Ease Prison Overcrowding: The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday that the living conditions in overcrowded California prisons threatened inmates' health and violated constitutional rights against cruel and unusual punishment. Ray Suarez discusses the outcome with The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle, who was in the courtroom.

Category: Community Politics, Government NOLA: NETK 000155 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/27/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

In recent weeks, many U.S. cities have experienced massive devastation from one of the deadliest tornado seasons in decades. This week on Need to Know, we explore whether climate change has played a significant role. We also feature the story of one veteran, Scott Winkler, whose war injury led him to take up paralympic sports, become a world-class athlete and help his fellow soldiers.

Also: Earlier this year, we featured a look at Detroit’s plan to “right-size” the city, using financial incentives to entice residents to move. Continuing with our “Shrinking Cities” series, this week we visit Youngstown, Ohio, a city trying to cope with population loss and abandoned buildings by revitalizing itself on a smaller scale.

And: Alison Stewart interviews New York Times East Africa Bureau Chief Jeffrey Gettleman on Libyans’ attitudes toward Col. Moammar Gadhafi and the political outlook for Africa’s newest country, South Sudan.

Category: Consumerism NOLA: MLNH 010027 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/13/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:09:09

Tracking Inflation: How Fast Are Prices Rising? As part of his continuing coverage of Making Sense of financial news, Paul Solman reports on the growing rate of inflation and how Americans are dealing with the extra costs. According to the government's latest figures, prices made the biggest jump in any 12-month period since October 2008.

Category: Consumerism NOLA: MLNH 010037 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/27/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:15:59

Is a College Diploma Worth the Soaring Student Debt? As a growing number of students suffer soaring college debt, many questions are being raised about the value of higher education amid meager job prospects in a struggling economy. Jeffrey Brown gets four views on whether today's diplomas are worth the cost.

Category: Consumerism NOLA: NBRT 030226 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/16/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Bringing Down the National Debt; NFL and Players Union Resume Talks; Japan's Senior Citizens Work Program; The Latest on the Louisiana Flooding; Eurozone Debts Worsen; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 16, 2011.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: COSE 017097 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17097 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/10/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 01:00:14

An hour-long conversation with Felipe Calderon, president of Mexico.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: MLNH 010023 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/9/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:02:24

Protesters in Mexico Take to the Streets Over Drug Cartel Violence: Demonstrators took to the streets in Mexico this weekend to protest the violence brought on by drug cartels. Margret Warner reports.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: NBRT 030223 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/11/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Social Security Myth Busting; Doing Business With Pumped Up Gas Prices; AT&T and TMobile get Grilled on the Hill; Atty. Steven Feldman of Herrick, Feinstein on Rajaratnam Verdict; Raj Rajaratnam Convicted; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 11, 2011; Foreign Electricity and Water Stocks.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: NETK 000151 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/1/2011 4:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week, we sit down with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera, who recently reported on the case of Charlie Engle, a marathon runner who served jail time after being convicted of lying on a mortgage application. Nocera questions why borrowers like Engle are being prosecuted while lenders responsible for the subprime mortgage crisis still have not faced punishment.

Also: Alison Stewart speaks with PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley about his new book “Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure.” We also visit a music school in Chicago that is providing free lessons to fill the gap left by budget cuts in music education in public schools.

And: Jon Meacham comments on transparency in corporate political donations.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: COSE 017106 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17106 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/23/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:10:49

A look at Frontline's WikiSecrets documentary on the WikiLeaks security breach, with Martin Smith.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: FRER 000000 Series Title: Freedom Riders: American Experience Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 5/16/2011 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

In 1961, segregation seemed to have an overwhelming grip on American society. Many states violently enforced the policy, while the federal government, under the Kennedy administration, remained indifferent, preoccupied with matters abroad. That is, until an integrated band of college students -- many of whom were the first in their families to attend a university --decided, en masse, to risk everything and buy a ticket on a Greyhound bus bound for the Deep South. They called themselves the Freedom Riders, and they managed to bring the president and the entire American public face to face with the challenge of correcting civil-rights inequities that plagued the nation. Filmmaker Stanley Nelson's inspirational documentary is the first feature- length film about this courageous band of civil-rights activists. Gaining access to influential figures on both sides of the issue, Nelson chronicles a chapter of American history that stands as an astonishing testament to the accomplishment of youth and what can result from the incredible combination of personal conviction and the courage to organize against all odds.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: FRON 002407 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: The Meth Epidemic Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/10/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Speed. Meth. Glass. On the street, methamphetamine has many names. What started as a fad among motorcycle gangs in the 1970s has become big business, largely due to the efforts of two Mexican drug runners who began smuggling ephedrine -- the same chemical used to make over-the-counter cold remedies -- into California by the ton. Hundreds of illegal meth labs are now operating in the western United States, and the effects are sweeping the nation. From coast to coast, meth abuse is on the rise, but who's responsible? Is the government doing enough to crack down on this latest drug craze? In a reporting partnership with The Oregonian, FRONTLINE investigates America's addiction to meth and exposes the inherent conflict between the illegal drug trade and the legitimate three-billion-dollar cold remedy business.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: MLNH 010032 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/20/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:03:26

News Wrap: Freed on Bail, Strauss-Kahn Now in Undisclosed 'Safe House': In other news Friday, former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from jail on $1 million bail. He was taken under armed guard to an undisclosed location awaiting trial on charges of sex crimes against a hotel maid. Also in Vicksburg, Miss., the Mississippi River crested lower than expected.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: NBRT 030235 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/27/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Spring-Green Tends to Business; The Feds Investigate Gas Price Gouging; Rising Fuel Prices and Air Travel; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Increase Interest Rates To Improve Economy; Market Stats for May 27, 2011.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: WWIR 005048 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/27/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

With Sarah Palin's new nationwide tour, the panel looks at the changing complexion of the GOP field and reaction to this week’s New York special election. Also, President Obama works with European allies on the Mid-East and Libya. And the Supreme Court decides two important cases. With Helene Cooper, New York Times, Major Garrett, National Journal, Dan Balz, Washington Post, Joan Biskupic, USA Today.

Category: Culture NOLA: COSE 017100 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17100 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/13/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:53:45

The conclusion of a three-day look at Turkey with a conversation about Turkish arts and culture with Orhan Pamuk, author and Nobel Laureate.

Category: Culture NOLA: MLNH 010029 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/17/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:07:44

Author James Gleick Traces Information's Evolution in New Book: Author James Gleick's new book, "The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood," chronicles the evolution of information. Jeffrey Brown and the science and technology author discuss how our era of information overload evolved from pre-digital times.

Category: Economy NOLA: COSE 017096 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17096 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/9/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:39:31

From Washington D.C., a conversation with US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Chinese vice premier Wang Qishan about the U.S./China strategic and economic dialogue that is taking place this week

Category: Economy NOLA: MLNH 010020 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/4/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:05:50

Oscar-Winning 'Inside Job' Director Attacks Economists' Ties to Financial Sector: As part of his continuing coverage of Making Sen$e of financial news, Paul Solman reports on the aftermath of the financial crisis and how the Academy Award-winning documentary, "Inside Job" is influencing some leading economic thinkers. The film raises concerns about conflicts of interest for economists in academics.

Category: Economy NOLA: NBRT 030219 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/5/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Shopping With Kids Tantrum Free; Innovators of the Year in Renewable Energy; Flash Crash a Year Later; Unemployment Claims Concern Investors; Crude Drops Below $100 a Barrel; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 5, 2011.

Category: Economy NOLA: WWIR 005044 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/1/2011 3:30:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

Washington D.C. was busy this week with a national security team shuffle, newly published Wiki-leaks documents on Guantanamo Bay, the release of the president's long form birth certificate, and Ben Bernanke’s first press conference. Joining Gwen: Mark Mazzetti, New York Times; Tom Gjelten, NPR; John Harwood, CNBC/New York Times; and Karen Tumulty, Washington Post.

Category: Economy NOLA: COSE 017106 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17106 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/23/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:16:37

A discussion about HBO's Too Big to Fail, a film about the banking crisis, with writer Andrew Ross Sorkin and actors Billy Crudup and James Woods.

Category: Economy NOLA: MLNH 010030 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/18/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:04:00

Debate Over Rising Gas Prices Heats Up in Congress: Two bills focused on oil company tax breaks, deep-sea drilling and reducing rising gas prices have reignited energy policy debates on Capitol Hill. Congressional correspondent Kwame Holman reports on the political fight over prices at the pump.

Category: Economy NOLA: NBRT 030231 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/23/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Kids and Longevity; Athletes and Sports Brands; Outlook for Motorola Solutions; Oil Prices and the European Debt Crisis; US Investors Worry About Eurozone; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 23, 2011.

Category: Education NOLA: COSE 017095 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17095 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/6/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:53:34

An hour with actor James Franco, taped at Brown University.

Category: Education NOLA: MLNH 010023 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/9/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:31

'Last In, First Out' Among Teacher Layoff Policies Under Scrutiny: As the end of the school year approaches, thousands of teachers across the U.S. are facing the prospect of being laid off. NewsHour special correspondent John Tulenko reports on questions over layoff policies in Hartford, Conn.

Category: Education NOLA: NBRT 030224 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/12/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Diesel Fuel Price Pain at the Pump; Spare Colleges The Budget Axe; Workforce Rebuilding With Older Employees; What Makes A Great Leader; Big Oil Execs. Get Grilled on the Hill; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 12, 2011.

Category: Education NOLA: NETK 000151 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/1/2011 4:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week, we sit down with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera, who recently reported on the case of Charlie Engle, a marathon runner who served jail time after being convicted of lying on a mortgage application. Nocera questions why borrowers like Engle are being prosecuted while lenders responsible for the subprime mortgage crisis still have not faced punishment.

Also: Alison Stewart speaks with PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley about his new book “Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure.” We also visit a music school in Chicago that is providing free lessons to fill the gap left by budget cuts in music education in public schools.

And: Jon Meacham comments on transparency in corporate political donations.

Category: Education NOLA: MLNH 010037 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/27/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:15:59

Is a College Diploma Worth the Soaring Student Debt? As a growing number of students suffer soaring college debt, many questions are being raised about the value of higher education amid meager job prospects in a struggling economy. Jeffrey Brown gets four views on whether today's diplomas are worth the cost.

Category: Education NOLA: NBRT 030230 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/20/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Liberty Media's Billion Dollar Barnes & Noble Bid; College Grad Job Search; Small Business Job Creators; The Growing Business of E-books; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Japan is the Place to Invest; Market Stats for May 20, 2011.

Category: Employment NOLA: MLNH 010026 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/12/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:05:46

Communities Watch, Wait as Miss. River Flood Threat Looms: In other news Thursday, people along the Mississippi spent another day bracing for high water volumes. The president added 14 more flooded counties to the Federal Disaster list. Also, the economic recovery struggled in April, first-time claims for unemployment benefits were down, but remained at relatively high levels.

Category: Employment NOLA: NBRT 030220 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/6/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Prices at the Pump Fall Again; Mohamed el-Erian of PIMCO on Jobs Report; US Companies Add 250M New Jobs; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 6, 2011.

Category: Employment NOLA: COSE 017110 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17110 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/27/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:13:17

Marissa Mayer, vice president of product management at Google and Susan Mashibe, executive director and founder of the East African company TanJet, discuss their experiences together as part of a mentoring program sponsored by the State Department and Fortune Magazine.

Category: Employment NOLA: MLNH 010036 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/26/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:06:39

Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Law Punishing Employers of Illegal Workers: In a split decision Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled federal law does not preempt an Arizona measure that punishes employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. Jeffrey Brown discusses the measure, which could strip businesses of licenses if they're caught hiring illegal workers, with The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle.

Category: Employment NOLA: NBRT 030237 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/31/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for May 31, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Why People Buy "No Yield" Money Market Funds; Consumers Spend on Luxury Retail; Homebuilder Stocks; Unemployment Outlook Interview; Treasury Bond Prices Rise.

Category: Energy NOLA: MLNH 010026 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/12/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:07

Tax Breaks for Oil Companies: Good for Business or Unfair Advantage? Lawmakers targeted the oil industry's tax breaks and profits in budget debates Thursday. Judy Woodruff discusses the debate over tax breaks for oil production and other rules with The Energy Program at Public Citizen's Tyson Slocum and The American Petroleum Institute's Brian Johnson.

Category: Energy NOLA: NBRT 030219 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/5/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Shopping With Kids Tantrum Free; Innovators of the Year in Renewable Energy; Flash Crash a Year Later; Unemployment Claims Concern Investors; Crude Drops Below $100 a Barrel; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 5, 2011.

Category: Energy NOLA: MLNH 010030 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/18/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:04:00

Debate Over Rising Gas Prices Heats Up in Congress: Two bills focused on oil company tax breaks, deep-sea drilling and reducing rising gas prices have reignited energy policy debates on Capitol Hill. Congressional correspondent Kwame Holman reports on the political fight over prices at the pump.

Category: Energy NOLA: NBRT 030231 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/23/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Kids and Longevity; Athletes and Sports Brands; Outlook for Motorola Solutions; Oil Prices and the European Debt Crisis; US Investors Worry About Eurozone; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 23, 2011.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: MLNH 010024 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/10/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:03:05

Miss. River Crests in Memphis, Flood Worries Head Downstream: The "Mighty Mississippi" more than lived up to its nickname, swelling two and a half miles beyond its banks and inundating low-lying areas in and around Memphis, Tenn. Jeffrey Brown reports on the damage in Memphis and new flood worries for communities downstream.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NAAT 002812 Series Title: Nature Episode Title: Salmon: Running the Gauntlet Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/1/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

This film investigates the parallel stories of collapsing Pacific salmon populations and how biologists and engineers engaged in audacious experiments to shore up their numbers. Each of our efforts to save salmon has involved replacing their natural cycle of reproduction and death with a radically manipulated life history. Our once great runs of salmon are now conceived in laboratories, raised in tanks, driven in trucks and farmed in pens. The program goes beyond the ongoing debate over how to save an endangered species. In its exposure of a wildly creative, hopelessly complex and stunningly expensive approach to managing salmon, the film explores possible paths to salmon recovery.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NETK 000153 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/13/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we investigate a task force in the U.S. military charged with investigating abuse of detainees in Iraq after the harrowing revelations of Abu Ghraib came to light. One special agent alleges that the task force is under-resourced and overwhelmed, which prevents it from being able to function adequately.

We also look at the structure of the telecommunications industry and competition in Europe, and how it has propelled the region ahead of the U.S. in terms of broadband service. We also report on how the humanitarian community has used mobile technology to aid people in times of crisis, and how it has been used to help victims of the earthquakes in Haiti and Japan, the tornadoes in the Midwest and the unrest in the Middle East.

And: Alison Stewart speaks with “Freedom Riders” Francis and Laura Randall, who took part in protests against Jim Crow laws in the deep south 50 years ago, and Jon Meacham’s “In Perspective” essay honors the long career of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who retires this year.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NOVA 003710 Series Title: NOVA Episode Title: Mt. St. Helens Back From the Dead Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/1/2011 12:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, every living thing in the blast zone was buried beneath 300 feet of avalanche debris, covered with steaming mud, and finally, topped with a superheated layer of frothy rock from deep within the earth. It seemed as though Mount St. Helens might remain a wasteland forever. When biologist Charlie Crisafulli first flew over the disaster zone, finding no sign of life, little did he realize that his own life would be forever changed. Crisafulli has remained at the site for 27 years, documenting the dramatic return of plant and animal life to the barren landscape and pioneering a new understanding of the interaction between geologic forces and the life surrounding the mountain. NOVA brings viewers on an inspiring journey of a landscape brought back from the dead.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: SBAY 000104 Series Title: Saving the Bay Episode Title: Bay in the Balance Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/11/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Demonstration/Instructional Segment Length: 00:00:00

In the final episode, the very survival of the Bay is threatened by the postwar boom and the issue becomes how best to balance the competing demands of a major urban center set amidst an environmentally significant landscape.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: COSE 017112 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17112 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/31/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:53:35

An hour with , editor-At-large of Time Magazine, host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS and author of Post-American World 2.0.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: CRIA 000301 Series Title: Craft in America Episode Title: Messages Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/24/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

This episode looks at the ways many craft artists go beyond skill to personal and political expression. They use craft to tell a story, prove a point, or bring attention to contemporary issues. Often their work is passionate and provocative. The artists selected for "Messages" express many different interests and points of view, but they have one thing in common: their skill and creativity are of the highest level.

Wisconsin glass artist Beth Lipman explores the symbolism of 17th century still life paintings through glimmering creations. New Mexico santero Charles Carrillo uses authentic materials to combine historic religious subject matter with contemporary culture. Baltimore quilter, sculptor, and performance artist Joyce J. Scott learned quilting and beading from her mother and draws from references as wide-ranging as Africa and comic books to focus on issues such as race and stereotyping. New Orleans metal and jewelry artist Thomas Mann is famous for his "Techno-Romantic" designs. He created a series of works called Storm Cycle of wall panels and accompanying brooches that document his beloved city after Hurricane Katrina.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: MLNH 010029 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/17/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:04:00

News Wrap: Part of Mississippi River Closed, Reopen Date Uncertain: In other news Tuesday, the Coast Guard closed part of the Mississippi River and didn't say when it might reopen. Meanwhile, floodwater continued to creep across Louisiana's Cajun country after a key spillway was opened. Also, Pakistani troops exchanged shots with a NATO helicopter in an incident on the Afghan border.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NAAT 002815 Series Title: Nature | Bears of the Last Frontier Episode Title: Arctic Wanderers Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/22/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

Bears are an ultimate icon of the wild, regarded as among the most successful wild animals on the planet. Three of the eight bear species in the world – brown bears, black bears, and polar bears –can be found in Alaska, one of North America’s last truly wild frontiers. Nature joins adventurer and bear biologist Chris Morgan on a year-long motorcycle odyssey deep into Alaska’s bear country to explore the amazing resiliency and adaptability of these majestic animals as they struggle to make a living in five dramatically diverse Alaskan ecosystems: coastal, urban, mountain, tundra, and pack ice.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NBRT 030226 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/16/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Bringing Down the National Debt; NFL and Players Union Resume Talks; Japan's Senior Citizens Work Program; The Latest on the Louisiana Flooding; Eurozone Debts Worsen; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 16, 2011.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NETK 000155 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/27/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

In recent weeks, many U.S. cities have experienced massive devastation from one of the deadliest tornado seasons in decades. This week on Need to Know, we explore whether climate change has played a significant role. We also feature the story of one Iraq War veteran, Scott Winkler, whose war injury led him to take up paralympic sports, become a world-class athlete and help his fellow soldiers.

Also: Earlier this year, we featured a look at Detroit’s plan to “right-size” the city, using financial incentives to entice residents to move. Continuing with our “Shrinking Cities” series, this week we visit Youngstown, Ohio, a city trying to cope with population loss and abandoned buildings by revitalizing itself on a smaller scale.

And: Alison Stewart interviews New York Times East Africa Bureau Chief Jeffrey Gettleman on Libyans’ attitudes toward Col. Moammar Gadhafi and the political outlook for Africa’s newest country, South Sudan.

Category: Family/Marriage NOLA: AMMS 002102 Series Title: American Masters Episode Title: Marvin Gaye: What's Going On Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/9/2011 9:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

His standing among the most enduring 20th-century American musical artists is without question, yet his story is rarely told beyond the tragic circumstances of his death. Enormously talented and equally complicated, Gaye created an intimate style - full of honesty, integrity, vulnerability - and, essentially, gave the world his autobiography in lyrics and melody. "The Wonderful One," "The Trouble Man," "The Prince of Soul" -- he was the Motown star who challenged and changed the face of black music, embodying its evolution from roots in gospel, jazz and rhythm and blues to sophisticated pop and sexually, politically charged soul. Extensive performance footage and insight from Mary Wilson, Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight, Mos Def, among many others, capture the tone and texture of a career that still leaves an indelible mark on the musical landscape.

Category: Family/Marriage NOLA: JOUB 000000 Series Title: Journey of the Bonesetter's Daughter Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/8/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

JOURNEY OF THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER follows the creation of the San Francisco Opera's celebrated production of The Bonesetter's Daughter, composed by Stewart Wallace with a libretto by Amy Tan, based on her bestselling book of the same name. An ambitious, cross-cultural tour de force that brings together artists from China and the U.S, the opera tells a deeply moving story about the difficult but unbreakable bond between mothers and daughters inspired by Tan's own family history.

Category: Family/Marriage NOLA: NBRT 030219 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/5/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Shopping With Kids Tantrum Free; Innovators of the Year in Renewable Energy; Flash Crash a Year Later; Unemployment Claims Concern Investors; Crude Drops Below $100 a Barrel; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 5, 2011.

Category: Family/Marriage NOLA: NETK 000152 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/6/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we look at the State Department’s recent suspension of international adoption of abandoned children in Nepal. We traveled to Nepal to meet with Americans who had adopted children there but were unable to bring them home.

Also, in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death this week, we explore the financial cost of the war on terror and America’s efforts to prioritize security after the events of September 11, 2001. Princeton University professor Bernard Haykel also joins us to discuss the Arab world’s reaction to bin Laden’s death, arguing that it is not the end of jihadism, and Jon Meacham comments on opportunities his death could provide for the U.S.’s national agenda. Read more of Need to Know’s coverage of Osama bin Laden’s death.

And: Alison Stewart moderates a panel of three women on the economic, political and legal status of women today, including the fight over reproductive rights. And New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast provides an animation for a unique take on the story of the Ant and the Grasshopper.

Category: Family/Marriage NOLA: NBRT 030231 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/23/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Kids and Longevity; Athletes and Sports Brands; Outlook for Motorola Solutions; Oil Prices and the European Debt Crisis; US Investors Worry About Eurozone; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 23, 2011.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: MLNH 010025 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/11/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:09:55

Ukraine Struggles to Curb HIV Epidemic Amid Drug Shortages, Political Hurdles: Ukraine has the highest HIV infection rate in Europe and now there are fears its epidemic could spread to neighboring countries. Special correspondent Kira Kay reports from Ukraine on the health issue.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: NBRT 030225 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/13/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Nonprofits Struggle With Gas Prices; Social Security and Medicare Funds are Running Low; Gas Prices, Food Prices and the Economy; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 13, 2011; It's Time to Buy Stocks.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: COSE 017102 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17102 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/17/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:11:28

Kathy Freston discusses her book Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: MLNH 010032 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/20/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:03:47

Gingrich Campaign Suffers Setbacks as GOP's 2012 Field Sees Topsy-Turvy Week: In a week that was supposed to be about bolstering his presidential campaign, Newt Gingrich outraged many Republicans when he dismissed Rep. Paul Ryan's proposal to reform Medicare in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press." Ray Suarez reports on the stumble and other developments in the race for the GOP nomination.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: NBRT 030228 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/18/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Healthcare Coverage Costs to Rise; Kramer Sees Growth In Defense Contractors; Summer Jobs are Scarce for Teens; Economy Shows Signs of Stalling; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 18, 2011.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: NETK 000154 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/20/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week, we explore the threats that climate change may already be posing to human health. We report on a rare but deadly fungal disease, previously known to occur only in tropical and subtropical regions, that has recently led to several deaths in the Pacific Northwest. Scientists believe climate change may have already affected the spread of other diseases like West Nile virus and dengue fever.

Also: We revisit the Upper Big Branch coal mining disaster, one year later, to find out the results of the investigation into the cause of the explosion. We also take a look at the sophisticated and alarming Stuxnet worm, the first major manifestation of a physical cyber attack that targeted an Iranian uranium enrichment facility last year.

And: We speak with John Esposito of Georgetown University on President Obama’s attempt to redefine the U.S.’s relationship with the Middle East in light of the Arab Spring, and Jon Meacham returns with another “In Perspective” essay.

Category: Housing, Shelter NOLA: NETK 000151 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/1/2011 4:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week, we sit down with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera, who recently reported on the case of Charlie Engle, a marathon runner who served jail time after being convicted of lying on a mortgage application. Nocera questions why borrowers like Engle are being prosecuted while lenders responsible for the subprime mortgage crisis still have not faced punishment.

Also: Alison Stewart speaks with PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley about his new book “Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure.” We also visit a music school in Chicago that is providing free lessons to fill the gap left by budget cuts in music education in public schools.

And: Jon Meacham comments on transparency in corporate political donations.

Category: Housing, Shelter NOLA: MLNH 010039 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/31/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:09:10

Foreclosures, Unemployment, Confidence Continue to Drag Down Housing Market: A new report released Tuesday showed the state of the U.S. housing market has grown even more bleak as prices have dropped for more than two consecutive quarters. Gwen Ifill, RealtyTrac's Rick Sharga and Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics discuss which factors are responsible for the continuing strains on the market.

Category: Housing, Shelter NOLA: NBRT 030227 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/17/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Entrepreneurs and the Economy; Mississippi Flood Financial Damage; Hewlett- Packard Analysis; New Home Construction Slows; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 17, 2011; Internet Security Stocks.

Category: Immigration/Refugees NOLA: COSE 017097 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17097 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/10/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 01:00:14

An hour-long conversation with Felipe Calderon, president of Mexico.

Category: Immigration/Refugees NOLA: MLNH 010024 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/10/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:13:05

Obama Renews Call to Fix 'Broken' Immigration System: The president visited El Paso, Texas, Tuesday to launch a public campaign for immigration reform. Ray Suarez discusses the new push with Hernan Rozemberg and Michel Marizco, senior correspondents for "Fronteras: The Changing America Desk," a network of National Public Radio stations across the southwest focusing on border issues.

Category: Immigration/Refugees NOLA: MLNH 010036 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/26/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:06:39

Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Law Punishing Employers of Illegal Workers: In a split decision Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled federal law does not preempt an Arizona measure that punishes employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. Jeffrey Brown discusses the measure, which could strip businesses of licenses if they're caught hiring illegal workers, with The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle.

Category: Media NOLA: COSE 017093 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17093 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/4/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:26:44

Reed Hastings, the co-founder and CEO of Netflix, discusses his company's strategy involving both DVD distribution and Internet streaming.

Category: Media NOLA: MLNH 010027 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/13/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:04:45

Robert MacNeil on Jim Lehrer's 'Stealth' Exit: Jim Lehrer announced Thursday that he is taking another step toward ending his 36 years of anchoring or co- anchoring out daily public television news broadcast. Long-time colleague and friend, Robert MacNeil offers this reflection.

Category: Media NOLA: COSE 017108 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17108 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/25/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:20:43

Actor Bradley Cooper discusses his latest film, The Hangover Part 2.

Category: Media NOLA: MLNH 010035 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/25/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:12:19

After 25 Years Atop Daytime TV, Oprah Takes Final Bow to Run Network: After 25 years, Oprah Winfrey signed off from her top-rated daytime television talk show for the final time Wednesday. Gwen Ifill discusses Oprah's lasting impact on television and American culture with Audrey Edwards, formerly of Essence Magazine, and The ' Mary McNamara.

Category: Media NOLA: NBRT 030230 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/20/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Liberty Media's Billion Dollar Barnes & Noble Bid; College Grad Job Search; Small Business Job Creators; The Growing Business of E-books; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Japan is the Place to Invest; Market Stats for May 20, 2011.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: AMEX 002310 Series Title: Soundtrack for a Revolution: American Experience Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 5/9/2011 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:26:46

Hear protest songs that energized the U.S. civil rights movement, with original performances by John Legend, Joss Stone, Blind Boys of Alabama, Richie Havens, Mary Mary, Wyclef Jean, and The Roots. Soundtrack for a Revolution, produced by Danny Glover, blends archival footage of civil rights leaders in the 1950s and '60s with current interviews from those who were there: Harry Belafonte, Andrew Young, John Lewis, and Julian Bond, and more.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: BILA 000103 Series Title: Black in Latin America Episode Title: Brazil: A Racial Paradise? Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/3/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

In Brazil, Professor Gates delves behind the façade of Carnaval to discover how this ‘rainbow nation’ is waking up to its legacy as the world’s largest slave economy.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: JOUB 000000 Series Title: Journey of the Bonesetter's Daughter Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/8/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

JOURNEY OF THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER follows the creation of the San Francisco Opera's celebrated production of The Bonesetter's Daughter, composed by Stewart Wallace with a libretto by Amy Tan, based on her bestselling book of the same name. An ambitious, cross-cultural tour de force that brings together artists from China and the U.S, the opera tells a deeply moving story about the difficult but unbreakable bond between mothers and daughters inspired by Tan's own family history.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: NETK 000153 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/13/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we investigate a task force in the U.S. military charged with investigating abuse of detainees in Iraq after the harrowing revelations of Abu Ghraib came to light. One special agent alleges that the task force is under-resourced and overwhelmed, which prevents it from being able to function adequately.

We also look at the structure of the telecommunications industry and competition in Europe, and how it has propelled the region ahead of the U.S. in terms of broadband service. We also report on how the humanitarian community has used mobile technology to aid people in times of crisis, and how it has been used to help victims of the earthquakes in Haiti and Japan, the tornadoes in the Midwest and the unrest in the Middle East.

And: Alison Stewart speaks with “Freedom Riders” Francis and Laura Randall, who took part in protests against Jim Crow laws in the deep south 50 years ago, and Jon Meacham’s “In Perspective” essay honors the long career of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who retires this year.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: COSE 017108 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17108 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/25/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:32:04

A look at the 25-year finale of Oprah with Alexandra Wentworth, Kelefa Sanneh of The New Yorker and Bill Carter of The New York Times.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: FRER 000000 Series Title: Freedom Riders: American Experience Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 5/16/2011 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

In 1961, segregation seemed to have an overwhelming grip on American society. Many states violently enforced the policy, while the federal government, under the Kennedy administration, remained indifferent, preoccupied with matters abroad. That is, until an integrated band of college students -- many of whom were the first in their families to attend a university --decided, en masse, to risk everything and buy a ticket on a Greyhound bus bound for the Deep South. They called themselves the Freedom Riders, and they managed to bring the president and the entire American public face to face with the challenge of correcting civil-rights inequities that plagued the nation. Filmmaker Stanley Nelson's inspirational documentary is the first feature- length film about this courageous band of civil-rights activists. Gaining access to influential figures on both sides of the issue, Nelson chronicles a chapter of American history that stands as an astonishing testament to the accomplishment of youth and what can result from the incredible combination of personal conviction and the courage to organize against all odds.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: MLNH 010028 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/16/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:14:00

'Freedom Riders' Film Revisits Those Who Risked Lives for Civil Rights: "Freedom Riders," a documentary that will air Monday on PBS' American Experience, revisits a group of young men and women who boarded commercial buses headed for the Deep South during the civil rights movement. Judy Woodruff discusses the risks and rewards with Rep. John Lewis and a young man who participated in a reenactment.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: COSE 017091 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17091 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/2/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:21:59

A conversation with Brian Ross of ABC news about Osama bin Laden's death.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: MLNH 010027 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/13/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:35

Napolitano: 'Heightened State of Alert' Continues After Bin Laden's Death: In a newsmaker interview with Judy Woodruff on Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano discusses what impact the death of Osama bin Laden will have on security in the U.S.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: NBRT 030224 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/12/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Diesel Fuel Price Pain at the Pump; Spare Colleges The Budget Axe; Workforce Rebuilding With Older Employees; What Makes A Great Leader; Big Oil Execs. Get Grilled on the Hill; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 12, 2011.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: NETK 000151 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/1/2011 4:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week, we sit down with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera, who recently reported on the case of Charlie Engle, a marathon runner who served jail time after being convicted of lying on a mortgage application. Nocera questions why borrowers like Engle are being prosecuted while lenders responsible for the subprime mortgage crisis still have not faced punishment.

Also: Alison Stewart speaks with PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley about his new book “Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure.” We also visit a music school in Chicago that is providing free lessons to fill the gap left by budget cuts in music education in public schools.

And: Jon Meacham comments on transparency in corporate political donations.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: WWIR 005045 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/6/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

After U.S. forces kill Osama bin Laden, America rejoices but the war on terror continues. The panel looks at the intelligence that led to bin Laden, the political and national security impact, and the strained US-Pakistan relationship. Joining guest host : James Kitfield, National Journal, Tom Gjelten, NPR, Peter Baker, New York Times, and Charles Babington, AP.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: COSE 017105 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17105 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/20/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:52:04

A rebroadcast (first broadcast on 3/28/11) of an hour with Lee Kuan Yew, former prime minister of Singapore and author of From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: FRER 000000 Series Title: Freedom Riders: American Experience Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 5/16/2011 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

In 1961, segregation seemed to have an overwhelming grip on American society. Many states violently enforced the policy, while the federal government, under the Kennedy administration, remained indifferent, preoccupied with matters abroad. That is, until an integrated band of college students -- many of whom were the first in their families to attend a university --decided, en masse, to risk everything and buy a ticket on a Greyhound bus bound for the Deep South. They called themselves the Freedom Riders, and they managed to bring the president and the entire American public face to face with the challenge of correcting civil-rights inequities that plagued the nation. Filmmaker Stanley Nelson's inspirational documentary is the first feature- length film about this courageous band of civil-rights activists. Gaining access to influential figures on both sides of the issue, Nelson chronicles a chapter of American history that stands as an astonishing testament to the accomplishment of youth and what can result from the incredible combination of personal conviction and the courage to organize against all odds.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: MLNH 010031 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/19/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:10:35

After Obama Speech, What's Next for Arab World, Israeli-Palestinian Relations? In a speech Thursday, President Obama called for support of democratic reforms in the Arab world and steps toward peace in the Middle East. Jeffrey Brown discusses the president's address and U.S. policy with reporter Mona Eltahawy, former U.S. Ambassador to Martin Indyk and American University of 's Rami Khouri.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: NBRT 030232 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/24/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Financial Literacy Lesson; Elizabeth Warren Defends the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; New Home Sales Build Up; Chrysler Repays Government Loans; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 24, 2011; 3 Small Cap Stocks Worth Taking a Look At.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: NETK 000154 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/20/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week, we explore the threats that climate change may already be posing to human health. We report on a rare but deadly fungal disease, previously known to occur only in tropical and subtropical regions, that has recently led to several deaths in the Pacific Northwest. Scientists believe climate change may have already affected the spread of other diseases like West Nile virus and dengue fever.

Also: We revisit the Upper Big Branch coal mining disaster, one year later, to find out the results of the investigation into the cause of the explosion. We also take a look at the sophisticated and alarming Stuxnet worm, the first major manifestation of a physical cyber attack that targeted an Iranian uranium enrichment facility last year.

And: We speak with John Esposito of Georgetown University on President Obama’s attempt to redefine the U.S.’s relationship with the Middle East in light of the Arab Spring, and Jon Meacham returns with another “In Perspective” essay.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: WWIR 005048 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/27/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

With Sarah Palin's new nationwide tour, the panel looks at the changing complexion of the GOP field and reaction to this week’s New York special election. Also, President Obama works with European allies on the Mid-East and Libya. And the Supreme Court decides two important cases. With Helene Cooper, New York Times, Major Garrett, National Journal, Dan Balz, Washington Post, Joan Biskupic, USA Today.

Category: Nuclear Issues/WMD NOLA: NETK 000154 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/20/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week, we explore the threats that climate change may already be posing to human health. We report on a rare but deadly fungal disease, previously known to occur only in tropical and subtropical regions, that has recently led to several deaths in the Pacific Northwest. Scientists believe climate change may have already affected the spread of other diseases like West Nile virus and dengue fever.

Also: We revisit the Upper Big Branch coal mining disaster, one year later, to find out the results of the investigation into the cause of the explosion. We also take a look at the sophisticated and alarming Stuxnet worm, the first major manifestation of a physical cyber attack that targeted an Iranian uranium enrichment facility last year.

And: We speak with John Esposito of Georgetown University on President Obama’s attempt to redefine the U.S.’s relationship with the Middle East in light of the Arab Spring, and Jon Meacham returns with another “In Perspective” essay.

Category: Nuclear Issues/WMD NOLA: SEDE 001104 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: The World's Biggest Bomb Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/17/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Beginning in the 1950s, American and Soviet scientists engaged in a dangerous race to see who could build and detonate the world's largest bomb. The results exceeded all expectations about how big a bomb could be built. This is a story where the United States led the way, but then left the field clear for the Soviet Union to break all records. Terrifyingly, the bomb-makers on both sides were flying blind as they pushed the technology far into unknown territory. The story of the race to build the world's biggest bomb has never been fully told. But this 50-year anniversary provides the perfect opportunity share this chilling story with the world.

Category: Poverty/Hunger NOLA: MLNH 010026 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/12/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:07:46

Pakistan Microlending Program Looks to Aid Women in Poverty: A Pakistani program that gives small loans to needy woman is making a difference for those in poverty. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the program that focuses on women. It's part of a partnership with the Undertold Stories Project at St. Mary's University in Minnesota.

Category: Poverty/Hunger NOLA: MLNH 010033 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/23/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:07:51

Pakistani Program Offers Affordable Health Insurance to Help Urban Poor: One program in Pakistan is attempting to combat urban poverty, the root of many Pakistanis' problems, by providing affordable health insurance. Special correspondent Saima Mohsin reports from the nation's largest city, Karachi.

Category: Recreation/Leisure/Sports NOLA: NBRT 030221 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/9/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Debt Ceiling Debate Points; NFL Players Push for Pay; China's Inflation Battle; US/China Economic Sit Down; End is Near for Gas Prices Exceeding $4 per Gallon; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 9, 2011.

Category: Recreation/Leisure/Sports NOLA: COSE 017103 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17103 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/18/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:26:55

We look at Penske Racing with Roger Penske, founder and chairman of the Penske Corporation, and drivers Helio Castroneves, Ryan Briscoe and Will Power.

Category: Recreation/Leisure/Sports NOLA: NBRT 030226 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/16/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Bringing Down the National Debt; NFL and Players Union Resume Talks; Japan's Senior Citizens Work Program; The Latest on the Louisiana Flooding; Eurozone Debts Worsen; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 16, 2011.

Category: Recreation/Leisure/Sports NOLA: NETK 000155 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/27/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

In recent weeks, many U.S. cities have experienced massive devastation from one of the deadliest tornado seasons in decades. This week on Need to Know, we explore whether climate change has played a significant role. We also feature the story of one Iraq War veteran, Scott Winkler, whose war injury led him to take up paralympic sports, become a world-class athlete and help his fellow soldiers.

Also: Earlier this year, we featured a look at Detroit’s plan to “right-size” the city, using financial incentives to entice residents to move. Continuing with our “Shrinking Cities” series, this week we visit Youngstown, Ohio, a city trying to cope with population loss and abandoned buildings by revitalizing itself on a smaller scale.

And: Alison Stewart interviews New York Times East Africa Bureau Chief Jeffrey Gettleman on Libyans’ attitudes toward Col. Moammar Gadhafi and the political outlook for Africa’s newest country, South Sudan.

Category: Religion/Ethics NOLA: MLNH 010019 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/3/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:11:03

Gauging Americans' Range of Reactions to Bin Laden's Death: American reactions to the news of Osama bin Laden's death ranged from exuberance to quiet relief. Judy Woodruff discusses U.S. reactions with the Rev. Janet Vincent, who ministered to 9/11 rescuers and families; former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky and Lauren French, editor-in-chief of George Washington University's student paper.

Category: Religion/Ethics NOLA: MUMM 000000 Series Title: Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/4/2011 3:30:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

"Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami" explores the critical role that Miami played in the evolution of one of the most significant cultural figures of our time: Muhammad Ali (né Cassius Clay). The film chronicles Cassius Clay's arrival in Miami in the fall of 1960 (fresh from earning a gold medal in the Rome Olympics), his life in Overtown -- a neighborhood that was considered "Harlem South" and a vibrant center of black entertainment and commerce -- and his affiliation with the famed Fifth Street Gym in Miami Beach. Over the course of the next few years -- coinciding with the height of the national civil rights movement -- Clay evolved both professionally and politically, piling up victories in the ring and adopting the black separatist teachings of the Nation of Islam. As "Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami" makes clear, it was in this period that Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali.

Category: Religion/Ethics NOLA: MLNH 010037 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/27/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:05:08

Catholic Church Looks to Lead Conversation on Combating HIV/AIDS: Amid its controversial stance over condom use, the Catholic Church is hosting a two- day conference on the global fight against HIV/AIDS. Reporting from Rome, Ray Suarez previews the conference.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: COSE 017094 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17094 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/5/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:16:02

Steven Levy discusses his book In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: MLNH 010024 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/10/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:06:13

What's Behind Microsoft's Decision to Buy Skype? Microsoft announced Tuesday it was purchasing the Internet telephone service Skype in a deal valued at $8.5 billion. Jeffrey Brown discusses the deal with The Washington Post's Technology Reporter Cecilia Kang.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: NAAT 002812 Series Title: Nature Episode Title: Salmon: Running the Gauntlet Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/1/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

This film investigates the parallel stories of collapsing Pacific salmon populations and how biologists and engineers engaged in audacious experiments to shore up their numbers. Each of our efforts to save salmon has involved replacing their natural cycle of reproduction and death with a radically manipulated life history. Our once great runs of salmon are now conceived in laboratories, raised in tanks, driven in trucks and farmed in pens. The program goes beyond the ongoing debate over how to save an endangered species. In its exposure of a wildly creative, hopelessly complex and stunningly expensive approach to managing salmon, the film explores possible paths to salmon recovery.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: NBRT 030222 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/10/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Spare Charitable Tax Breaks; Gas Stations Feel the Pinch at the Pump Too; Cellphone Secrets Revealed; Microsoft Buys Skype; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 10, 2011; Stocks Poised to Grow as the Economy Recovers.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: NETK 000153 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/13/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we investigate a task force in the U.S. military charged with investigating abuse of detainees in Iraq after the harrowing revelations of Abu Ghraib came to light. One special agent alleges that the task force is under-resourced and overwhelmed, which prevents it from being able to function adequately.

We also look at the structure of the telecommunications industry and competition in Europe, and how it has propelled the region ahead of the U.S. in terms of broadband service. We also report on how the humanitarian community has used mobile technology to aid people in times of crisis, and how it has been used to help victims of the earthquakes in Haiti and Japan, the tornadoes in the Midwest and the unrest in the Middle East.

And: Alison Stewart speaks with “Freedom Riders” Francis and Laura Randall, who took part in protests against Jim Crow laws in the deep south 50 years ago, and Jon Meacham’s “In Perspective” essay honors the long career of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who retires this year.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: NOVA 003710 Series Title: NOVA Episode Title: Mt. St. Helens Back From the Dead Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/1/2011 12:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, every living thing in the blast zone was buried beneath 300 feet of avalanche debris, covered with steaming mud, and finally, topped with a superheated layer of frothy rock from deep within the earth. It seemed as though Mount St. Helens might remain a wasteland forever. When biologist Charlie Crisafulli first flew over the disaster zone, finding no sign of life, little did he realize that his own life would be forever changed. Crisafulli has remained at the site for 27 years, documenting the dramatic return of plant and animal life to the barren landscape and pioneering a new understanding of the interaction between geologic forces and the life surrounding the mountain. NOVA brings viewers on an inspiring journey of a landscape brought back from the dead.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: SEDE 001103 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: China's Terracotta Warriors Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/4/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

The extraordinary story of China's 8,000 terracotta warriors begins two centuries before the birth of Christ. The First Emperor of China was preparing an extravagant tomb for his journey into the afterlife -- and decreed that he be protected forever by a monumental army. Since then no one has seen these ancient warriors in their original splendor, brightly painted and fully armed, ready to protect their Emperor for all eternity. Now this once mighty army will be returned to its former glory for the first time. Row upon row of life-size, lavishly painted warriors will rise from the dust of two millennia. But how was a terracotta army of this size made in less than two years using the technology of 2,200 years ago? Led by archaeologist Agnes Hsu, the investigation shows that the Chinese may have Henry Ford beat by more than 2,000 years with their own assembly line used to produce the 8,000- strong terracotta army. After the revelation of what the army really looked like when it was buried, biometric analysis to find out if these clay soldiers were individually modeled on living men. The tantalizing possibility is that the warriors are the actual representations of the warriors who served the Emperor in life and then became part of his Spirit Army.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: COSE 017107 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17107 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/24/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:22:26

A conversation with biologist Jane Lubchenco, the first woman administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: FRON 002915 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: WikiSecrets Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/24/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

It's the biggest intelligence breach in U.S. history-the leaking of more than half-a-million classified documents on the Wikileaks website in the spring of 2010. Behind it all, stand two very different men: Julian Assange, the Internet activist and hacker who published the documents, and an Army intelligence analyst named Bradley E. Manning, who's currently charged with handing them over. Private Manning allegedly leaked the secret cables-along with a controversial video-in the hope of inciting "worldwide discussion, debates and reforms." Assange's stated mission has been to force the U.S. and other governments into maximum transparency through his whistle-blowing website. Through in-depth interviews with Manning's father, Assange, and others close to the case, veteran FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith tells the full story behind the leaks. He also reports on the U.S. government's struggle to protect national security information in a post 9/11 world.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: MLNH 010028 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/16/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:04:18

'Life on Mars' Author Explores Humans' Relationship With Universe Through Poetry: "Life on Mars," Tracy K. Smith's third book, explores the cosmos through words. The Princeton creative writing professor and poet reflects on the relationship between our lives and the universe at her Brooklyn home.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: NBRT 030230 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/20/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Liberty Media's Billion Dollar Barnes & Noble Bid; College Grad Job Search; Small Business Job Creators; The Growing Business of E-books; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Japan is the Place to Invest; Market Stats for May 20, 2011.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: NETK 000154 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/20/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week, we explore the threats that climate change may already be posing to human health. We report on a rare but deadly fungal disease, previously known to occur only in tropical and subtropical regions, that has recently led to several deaths in the Pacific Northwest. Scientists believe climate change may have already affected the spread of other diseases like West Nile virus and dengue fever.

Also: We revisit the Upper Big Branch coal mining disaster, one year later, to find out the results of the investigation into the cause of the explosion. We also take a look at the sophisticated and alarming Stuxnet worm, the first major manifestation of a physical cyber attack that targeted an Iranian uranium enrichment facility last year.

And: We speak with John Esposito of Georgetown University on President Obama’s attempt to redefine the U.S.’s relationship with the Middle East in light of the Arab Spring, and Jon Meacham returns with another “In Perspective” essay.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: SEDE 001104 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: The World's Biggest Bomb Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/17/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Beginning in the 1950s, American and Soviet scientists engaged in a dangerous race to see who could build and detonate the world's largest bomb. The results exceeded all expectations about how big a bomb could be built. This is a story where the United States led the way, but then left the field clear for the Soviet Union to break all records. Terrifyingly, the bomb-makers on both sides were flying blind as they pushed the technology far into unknown territory. The story of the race to build the world's biggest bomb has never been fully told. But this 50-year anniversary provides the perfect opportunity share this chilling story with the world.

Category: Sexuality NOLA: MLNH 010038 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/30/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:51

Vatican Maintains Stance on Condoms at HIV/AIDS Summit: At a weekend HIV/AIDS conference at the Vatican, the Catholic Church stood firm on its stance against the use of condoms to protect against the transmission of HIV. Ray Suarez and the NewsHour's Global Health Unit report from Rome.

Category: Social Services NOLA: NBRT 030225 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/13/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Nonprofits Struggle With Gas Prices; Social Security and Medicare Funds are Running Low; Gas Prices, Food Prices and the Economy; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 13, 2011; It's Time to Buy Stocks.

Category: Transportation NOLA: NBRT 030218 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/4/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

How To Be Rich - A College Student's Guide; Tesla CEO Elon Musk Electric Car Outlook; Budget Debt Battle; Precious Metals Some Lose Luster; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Stock Prices Grow Along With Waistlines, says Kramer; Market Stats for May 4, 2011.

Category: Transportation NOLA: COSE 017110 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17110 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/27/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:13:17

Marissa Mayer, vice president of product management at Google and Susan Mashibe, executive director and founder of the East African company TanJet, discuss their experiences together as part of a mentoring program sponsored by the State Department and Fortune Magazine.

Category: Transportation NOLA: FRER 000000 Series Title: Freedom Riders: American Experience Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 5/16/2011 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

In 1961, segregation seemed to have an overwhelming grip on American society. Many states violently enforced the policy, while the federal government, under the Kennedy administration, remained indifferent, preoccupied with matters abroad. That is, until an integrated band of college students -- many of whom were the first in their families to attend a university --decided, en masse, to risk everything and buy a ticket on a Greyhound bus bound for the Deep South. They called themselves the Freedom Riders, and they managed to bring the president and the entire American public face to face with the challenge of correcting civil-rights inequities that plagued the nation. Filmmaker Stanley Nelson's inspirational documentary is the first feature- length film about this courageous band of civil-rights activists. Gaining access to influential figures on both sides of the issue, Nelson chronicles a chapter of American history that stands as an astonishing testament to the accomplishment of youth and what can result from the incredible combination of personal conviction and the courage to organize against all odds.

Category: Transportation NOLA: MLNH 010028 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/16/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:04:29

News Wrap: Space Shuttle Endeavour Blasts Off for Final Mission: In other news Monday, Space Shuttle Endeavour blasted into orbit, marking the penultimate takeoff for the shuttle program. The launch attracted a large crowd including Gabrielle Giffords, wife of the mission commander. Also, Wall Street never got off the ground amid concerns over European debt and unease about the U.S. economy.

Category: Transportation NOLA: NBRT 030235 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/27/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Spring-Green Tends to Business; The Feds Investigate Gas Price Gouging; Rising Fuel Prices and Air Travel; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Increase Interest Rates To Improve Economy; Market Stats for May 27, 2011.

Category: Urban Development/Infrastructure NOLA: SBAY 000103 Series Title: Saving the Bay Episode Title: Miracle Workers Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/4/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

The third hour begins with the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906, the rise of California’s water re-distribution projects and the Bay's transformation into the world's greatest shipbuilding center by the close of World War II.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: COSE 017091 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17091 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/2/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:21:59

A conversation with Brian Ross of ABC news about Osama bin Laden's death.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: FRON 002913 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: Fighting for Bin Laden Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/3/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

In the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden, FRONTLINE presents two inside views of the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban. First, Afghan journalist Najibullah Quraishi--who reported last year’s award-winning FRONTLINE film "Behind Taliban Lines"--once again journeys deep inside enemy territory. This time, he gains extraordinary access to a band of militants and foreign fighters in Afghanistan who say they’re loyal to bin Laden and are readying a Spring offensive against the U.S. Then, FRONTLINE crosses the border into Pakistan, where correspondents Stephen Grey and Martin Smith go inside “The Secret War” against the militants. They uncover new details of a CIA “private army” of militiamen launching kill raids against al Qaeda and the Taliban inside Pakistan. They also find new evidence of covert support for elements of the Taliban by the Pakistani military and its intelligence service, the ISI. At a safe house not far from where bin Laden was killed, they make contact with one mid-level Taliban commander who tells FRONTLINE, "If they really wanted to, [the Pakistanis] could arrest us all in an hour."

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: MLNH 010027 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/13/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:35

Napolitano: 'Heightened State of Alert' Continues After Bin Laden's Death: In a newsmaker interview with Judy Woodruff on Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano discusses what impact the death of Osama bin Laden will have on security in the U.S.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: NBRT 030217 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/3/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:00:00

Medicare and Politics; Rep. Barney Frank vs. Federal Reserve; Compact Cars Fuel Automotive Sales; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 3, 2011; Military Defense Stocks.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: NETK 000153 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/13/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we investigate a task force in the U.S. military charged with investigating abuse of detainees in Iraq after the harrowing revelations of Abu Ghraib came to light. One special agent alleges that the task force is under-resourced and overwhelmed, which prevents it from being able to function adequately.

We also look at the structure of the telecommunications industry and competition in Europe, and how it has propelled the region ahead of the U.S. in terms of broadband service. We also report on how the humanitarian community has used mobile technology to aid people in times of crisis, and how it has been used to help victims of the earthquakes in Haiti and Japan, the tornadoes in the Midwest and the unrest in the Middle East.

And: Alison Stewart speaks with “Freedom Riders” Francis and Laura Randall, who took part in protests against Jim Crow laws in the deep south 50 years ago, and Jon Meacham’s “In Perspective” essay honors the long career of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who retires this year.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: WWIR 005045 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/6/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

After U.S. forces kill Osama bin Laden, America rejoices but the war on terror continues. The panel looks at the intelligence that led to bin Laden, the political and national security impact, and the strained US-Pakistan relationship. Joining guest host Gloria Borger: James Kitfield, National Journal, Tom Gjelten, NPR, Peter Baker, New York Times, and Charles Babington, AP.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: COSE 017110 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17110 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/27/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:14:27

A conversation with Eric Greitens, former U.S. Navy SEAL and author of the book The Heart and the Fist.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: FRON 002915 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: WikiSecrets Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/24/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

It's the biggest intelligence breach in U.S. history-the leaking of more than half-a-million classified documents on the Wikileaks website in the spring of 2010. Behind it all, stand two very different men: Julian Assange, the Internet activist and hacker who published the documents, and an Army intelligence analyst named Bradley E. Manning, who's currently charged with handing them over. Private Manning allegedly leaked the secret cables-along with a controversial video-in the hope of inciting "worldwide discussion, debates and reforms." Assange's stated mission has been to force the U.S. and other governments into maximum transparency through his whistle-blowing website. Through in-depth interviews with Manning's father, Assange, and others close to the case, veteran FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith tells the full story behind the leaks. He also reports on the U.S. government's struggle to protect national security information in a post 9/11 world.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: HAGR 000000 Series Title: Hallowed Grounds Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/30/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

HALLOWED GROUNDS provides a rare visit to America's extraordinary overseas military cemeteries. There are 23 World War I and World War II American military cemeteries in England, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, Italy, Tunisia and the Philippines. The program weaves historical elements with contemporary scenes of the cemeteries and powerful stories about the men and women who are buried in them. It contains interviews with formal and informal historians and witnesses to the wars and the creation of the cemeteries.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: MLNH 010029 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/17/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:04:00

News Wrap: Part of Mississippi River Closed, Reopen Date Uncertain: In other news Tuesday, the Coast Guard closed part of the Mississippi River and didn't say when it might reopen. Meanwhile, floodwater continued to creep across Louisiana's Cajun country after a key spillway was opened. Also, Pakistani troops exchanged shots with a NATO helicopter in an incident on the Afghan border.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: NBRT 030228 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/18/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Healthcare Coverage Costs to Rise; Kramer Sees Growth In Defense Contractors; Summer Jobs are Scarce for Teens; Economy Shows Signs of Stalling; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 18, 2011.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: NETK 000154 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/20/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week, we explore the threats that climate change may already be posing to human health. We report on a rare but deadly fungal disease, previously known to occur only in tropical and subtropical regions, that has recently led to several deaths in the Pacific Northwest. Scientists believe climate change may have already affected the spread of other diseases like West Nile virus and dengue fever.

Also: We revisit the Upper Big Branch coal mining disaster, one year later, to find out the results of the investigation into the cause of the explosion. We also take a look at the sophisticated and alarming Stuxnet worm, the first major manifestation of a physical cyber attack that targeted an Iranian uranium enrichment facility last year.

And: We speak with John Esposito of Georgetown University on President Obama’s attempt to redefine the U.S.’s relationship with the Middle East in light of the Arab Spring, and Jon Meacham returns with another “In Perspective” essay.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: SEDE 001104 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: The World's Biggest Bomb Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/17/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Beginning in the 1950s, American and Soviet scientists engaged in a dangerous race to see who could build and detonate the world's largest bomb. The results exceeded all expectations about how big a bomb could be built. This is a story where the United States led the way, but then left the field clear for the Soviet Union to break all records. Terrifyingly, the bomb-makers on both sides were flying blind as they pushed the technology far into unknown territory. The story of the race to build the world's biggest bomb has never been fully told. But this 50-year anniversary provides the perfect opportunity share this chilling story with the world.

Category: Women NOLA: MLNH 010026 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/12/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:07:46

Pakistan Microlending Program Looks to Aid Women in Poverty: A Pakistani program that gives small loans to needy woman is making a difference for those in poverty. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the program that focuses on women. It's part of a partnership with the Undertold Stories Project at St. Mary's University in Minnesota.

Category: Women NOLA: NETK 000152 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/6/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we look at the State Department’s recent suspension of international adoption of abandoned children in Nepal. We traveled to Nepal to meet with Americans who had adopted children there but were unable to bring them home.

Also, in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death this week, we explore the financial cost of the war on terror and America’s efforts to prioritize security after the events of September 11, 2001. Princeton University professor Bernard Haykel also joins us to discuss the Arab world’s reaction to bin Laden’s death, arguing that it is not the end of jihadism, and Jon Meacham comments on opportunities his death could provide for the U.S.’s national agenda. Read more of Need to Know’s coverage of Osama bin Laden’s death.

And: Alison Stewart moderates a panel of three women on the economic, political and legal status of women today, including the fight over reproductive rights. And New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast provides an animation for a unique take on the story of the Ant and the Grashhopper.

Category: Women NOLA: COSE 017110 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17110 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/27/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:13:17

Marissa Mayer, vice president of product management at Google and Susan Mashibe, executive director and founder of the East African company TanJet, discuss their experiences together as part of a mentoring program sponsored by the State Department and Fortune Magazine.

Category: Women NOLA: MLNH 010032 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/20/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:03:26

News Wrap: Freed on Bail, Strauss-Kahn Now in Undisclosed 'Safe House': In other news Friday, former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from jail on $1 million bail. He was taken under armed guard to an undisclosed location awaiting trial on charges of sex crimes against a hotel maid. Also in Vicksburg, Miss., the Mississippi River crested lower than expected.

Category: Youth NOLA: MLNH 010019 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/3/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:11:03

Gauging Americans' Range of Reactions to Bin Laden's Death: American reactions to the news of Osama bin Laden's death ranged from exuberance to quiet relief. Judy Woodruff discusses U.S. reactions with the Rev. Janet Vincent, who ministered to 9/11 rescuers and families; former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky and Lauren French, editor-in-chief of George Washington University's student paper.

Category: Youth NOLA: NBRT 030218 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/4/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

How To Be Rich - A College Student's Guide; Tesla CEO Elon Musk Electric Car Outlook; Budget Debt Battle; Precious Metals Some Lose Luster; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Stock Prices Grow Along With Waistlines, says Kramer; Market Stats for May 4, 2011.

Category: Youth NOLA: NETK 000152 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/6/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we look at the State Department’s recent suspension of international adoption of abandoned children in Nepal. We traveled to Nepal to meet with Americans who had adopted children there but were unable to bring them home.

Also, in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death this week, we explore the financial cost of the war on terror and America’s efforts to prioritize security after the events of September 11, 2001. Princeton University professor Bernard Haykel also joins us to discuss the Arab world’s reaction to bin Laden’s death, arguing that it is not the end of jihadism, and Jon Meacham comments on opportunities his death could provide for the U.S.’s national agenda. Read more of Need to Know’s coverage of Osama bin Laden’s death.

And: Alison Stewart moderates a panel of three women on the economic, political and legal status of women today, including the fight over reproductive rights. And New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast provides an animation for a unique take on the story of the Ant and the Grashhopper.

Category: Youth NOLA: MLNH 010037 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 5/27/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:15:59

Is a College Diploma Worth the Soaring Student Debt? As a growing number of students suffer soaring college debt, many questions are being raised about the value of higher education amid meager job prospects in a struggling economy. Jeffrey Brown gets four views on whether today's diplomas are worth the cost.

Category: Youth NOLA: NBRT 030228 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 5/18/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Healthcare Coverage Costs to Rise; Kramer Sees Growth In Defense Contractors; Summer Jobs are Scarce for Teens; Economy Shows Signs of Stalling; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for May 18, 2011.

June 2011 Quarterly Program Topic Report

Category: Abortion NOLA: NETK 000158 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

With candidates already gearing up for the upcoming 2012 election, we look at how several states have been rewriting their voting laws and how it might impact the coming electoral season. We visit Ohio to see how the new laws there might affect voter turnout.

Also, as a follow-up to our panel on the state of women’s rights, we speak with Charmaine Yoest of the group Americans United for Life to see how the anti-abortion movement strategy has evolved and what their efforts have achieved at the state level. We also examine a new alternative therapy to Tourette’s syndrome and how it has already helped one 12-year-old boy battle the disorder.

And: Science journalist Chris Mooney explains the psychological factors behind science denial and how our pre-existing beliefs affect our capacity for logic. Author Benjamin Skinner speaks to us about his work exposing the world of modern-day slavery, and Jon Meacham delivers an “In Perspective” essay on the West Virginia coal mining disaster and the need for a national energy plan.

Category: Aging NOLA: NBRT 030246 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/13/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Economic Policy Arguments; Other Winners from the NBA Championship; Big Business Profits in a Soft Economy; Baby Boomers & Boomerang Kids; President Obama Pushes for Jobs; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for June 13, 2011.

Category: Aging NOLA: MLNH 010055 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/22/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:09:37

Is Your Pension Safe? States Struggle With Pricey Challenges: As part of his continuing coverage of Making Sen$e of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports from Rhode Island on the struggles that states are facing over how to calculate investment returns for public pension funds to keep them fully funded.

Category: Agriculture NOLA: MLNH 010041 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/2/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:03:29

In Europe, Fingers Pointing Over Origin of Deadly, Costly New E. Coli Strain: A deadly new strain of E. coli is sickening hundreds throughout Europe and so far baffling researchers and health officials. Ray Suarez reports on the outbreak that has many Europeans concerned about the contents of their salads and soups.

Category: Agriculture NOLA: COSE 017134 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17134 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/30/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:17:20

Peter Seligmann, CEO of Conservation International, and Roger Altman, chairman of Evercore Partners, discuss their efforts to protect the environment and natural resources.

Category: Alcohol, Drug Abuse/Addiction NOLA: MLNH 010041 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/2/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:05:27

News Wrap: Massachusetts Tornadoes Kill at Least 3, Fling Cars Atop Homes: In other news Thursday, at least 18 central and western Massachusetts communities experienced a night of tornadoes that killed at least three people and injured 200. Gov. Deval Patrick declared a state of emergency. Also, an international group of political, financial and cultural figures declared the "war on drugs" a failure.

Category: Alcohol, Drug Abuse/Addiction NOLA: SEDE 000801 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: Doping for Gold Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/14/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

In the 1970s, female East German athletes came out of nowhere to dominate international sport. But behind their success lay a secret, state-sponsored doping program that distributed untested steroids and male hormones to athletes as young as 12. Many of these girls had no knowledge that they were being doped, and now, as grown women (and men), their broken bodies and damaged psyches bear witness to the cruelty of a government that pursued international glory and gold at the expense of its most acclaimed citizens. "Doping for Gold" digs deep into the secretive Cold War world of East German athletes, examining what drugs were used, how they were distributed and what damage they did to many of the athletes who were forced to take them. The result creates a timely perspective on today's many doping scandals and reveals the truth behind the biggest and most horrifying state-sponsored doping program the world has ever known.

Category: Alcohol, Drug Abuse/Addiction NOLA: SEDE 000801 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: Doping for Gold Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/14/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

In the 1970s, female East German athletes came out of nowhere to dominate international sport. But behind their success lay a secret, state-sponsored doping program that distributed untested steroids and male hormones to athletes as young as 12. Many of these girls had no knowledge that they were being doped, and now, as grown women (and men), their broken bodies and damaged psyches bear witness to the cruelty of a government that pursued international glory and gold at the expense of its most acclaimed citizens. "Doping for Gold" digs deep into the secretive Cold War world of East German athletes, examining what drugs were used, how they were distributed and what damage they did to many of the athletes who were forced to take them. The result creates a timely perspective on today's many doping scandals and reveals the truth behind the biggest and most horrifying state-sponsored doping program the world has ever known.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: AMEX 001401 Series Title: War Letters: American Experience Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/1/2011 2:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

This collection of personal correspondence brings to life the deepest, most human side of war, from the American Revolution to the Gulf War. Based on Andrew Carroll's bestseller, War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars, the one-hour film transcends the subject of war by exploring the love, passion, pain, horror and hope of the men and women who fought and those who waited at home.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: COSE 017113 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17113 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/1/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:23:39

A conversation about a restaging of the 1985 AIDS-related play, The Normal Heart, with George C. Wolfe and actors Joe Mantello and Ellen Barkin.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: MLNH 010044 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/7/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:12:41

AIDS at 30: Who's at Greatest Risk of Infection Now? In the spring of 1981, young gay men in New York and California were being sickened by rare forms of pneumonia and cancer, and the unknown disease fueled fears across society. What we now know as HIV/AIDS was once considered a death sentence. Ray Suarez reports on the state of the disease, plus the risks, treatment and research.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: NOVA 003513 Series Title: NOVA Episode Title: Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/9/2011 12:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

Mark Oliver Everett, better known as E, is the lead singer of U.S. cult band the EELS. What most of his fans don't know is that Mark's father, Hugh Everett III, was one of America's top quantum physicists. In 1957, Hugh Everett came up with a revolutionary theory that predicted the existence of parallel universes. The idea quickly seeped into popular culture, but only recently has it been accepted by mainstream physicists. The film follows the wry and charismatic Mark, who had been estranged from his father, as he travels across America to learn about the father he never knew. It is only by entering the paradoxical world of quantum mechanics that Mark can hope to understand why he was such a stranger to his own father.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: ABML 000101 Series Title: Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided: American Experience Episode Title: Part I: Ambition Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/20/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Elected President only to see the nation fracture in two, Lincoln led a confused and frightened people through the most terrible war in their history. At the same time, his own household mirrored the fissures that split the nation: the great emancipator was married to the daughter of a slave owner from Kentucky. Mary Todd Lincoln was an aristocratic southerner who met Lincoln when he was still a backwoods politician lacking in experience and sophistication. Although she remained fiercely loyal to her husband and the Union cause, two of her brothers fought for the South. Their marriage was long and turbulent, and knew many trials, including the loss of two children. Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided weaves together the lives of the two Lincolns, drawing us into their long-vanished world.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: ABML 000102 Series Title: Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided: American Experience Episode Title: Part II: We Are Elected Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/27/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Elected President only to see the nation fracture in two, Lincoln led a confused and frightened people through the most terrible war in their history. At the same time, his own household mirrored the fissures that split the nation: the great emancipator was married to the daughter of a slave owner from Kentucky. Mary Todd Lincoln was an aristocratic southerner who met Lincoln when he was still a backwoods politician lacking in experience and sophistication. Although she remained fiercely loyal to her husband and the Union cause, two of her brothers fought for the South. Their marriage was long and turbulent, and knew many trials, including the loss of two children. Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided weaves together the lives of the two Lincolns, drawing us into their long-vanished world.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: COSE 017126 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17126 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/20/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:37:07

A conversation with Donald Rumsfeld, former secretary of defense, on his book Known and Unknown: A Memoir.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: HIDE 000901 Series Title: History Detectives Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/21/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

Yakima Canutt's Saddle: A veteran collector of cowboy gear, our contributor thinks he may have a saddle that once belonged to rodeo champion and Hollywood legend, Yakima Canutt. The Ni'ihau Incident: History Detectives’ first ever Hawaii story takes us to the island of Ni’ihau, the backdrop for a fascinating tale often overshadowed by the enormity of the raid on Pearl Harbor. Civil War Cannon: A Charleston, SC antique dealer discovered a century old puzzle in a corked test tube.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: MLNH 010053 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/20/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:02:26

Remembering the Life of 'E Street Band' Saxophonist Clarence Clemons: Saxophonist Clarence Clemons died on Saturday at the age of 69 from complications from a stroke. Jeffrey Brown takes a look back at the musician's career.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: SEDE 000804 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: Blackbeard's Lost Ship Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/22/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

Off the coast of North Carolina, a group of marine archaeologists has discovered the remains of the Queen Anne's Revenge, the pirate Blackbeard's flagship. Their careful preservation and analysis of the remains - including cannons, guns, anchors, even gold - are helping to solve the biggest mystery about the infamous pirate's reign: Was the ship's sinking an accident or was the grounding a carefully laid plot by Blackbeard to double-cross his men and steal the treasure for himself? Three hundred years later, "Secrets of the Dead" reveals the true story.

Category: Arts NOLA: COSE 017123 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17123 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/15/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:32:13

Writer/director J.J. Abrams discusses his film and television career and his new science fiction film, Super 8.

Category: Arts NOLA: MLNH 010044 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/7/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:05:40

'The Tiger's Wife' Mixes Realism, Fantasy in Larger-Than-Life Tale From Balkans: In her first novel, Tea Obreht mixes realism and fantasy in a larger-than-life story about her native Balkans. Jeffrey Brown sits down with the author to discuss her debut book, "The Tiger's Wife."

Category: Arts NOLA: NETK 000156 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/3/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we look at the financial cost of taking care of veterans coming home from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Also, as part of our Watch List series, we explore how the use of antipsychotic drugs on children has proliferated in the foster care system. Also: We visit Somerville, Mass., to see how its innovative community-based program is helping fight the epidemic of childhood obesity, and editorial cartoonist Roz Chast offers her new take on an old fable, The Ant and the Grasshopper.

Category: Arts NOLA: SEDE 000901 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: Michelangelo Revealed Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/15/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Other Segment Length: 00:56:46

Throughout his masterful career, Michelangelo glorified the church, etching Catholic ideals into the sculptures and artwork that defined religion for the masses. Now, 500 years after his death, art historian Antonio Forcellino has found evidence of Michelangelo's involvement with a clandestine fellowship trying to reform the Catholic Church from within. The group's radical ideas and accusations of corruption were considered heretical and punishable by death. Michelangelo's involvement put him at dangerous odds with powerful officials who held his livelihood -- and life -- in their hands. "Michelangelo Revealed" paints a stunning new picture of brave religious expression, personal vendettas, careful cover-ups and a most gifted artist desperately trying to reconcile his loyalty to the church with his own personal belief about the road to salvation.

Category: Arts NOLA: COSE 017125 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17125 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:15:12

A look at this year's summer movies with Dana Stevens of Slate magazine, A.O. Scott of The New York Times and David Denby of The New Yorker.

Category: Arts NOLA: HIDE 000901 Series Title: History Detectives Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/21/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

Yakima Canutt's Saddle: A veteran collector of cowboy gear, our contributor thinks he may have a saddle that once belonged to rodeo champion and Hollywood legend, Yakima Canutt. The Ni'ihau Incident: History Detectives’ first ever Hawaii story takes us to the island of Ni’ihau, the backdrop for a fascinating tale often overshadowed by the enormity of the raid on Pearl Harbor. Civil War Cannon: A Charleston, SC antique dealer discovered a century old puzzle in a corked test tube.

Category: Arts NOLA: MLNH 010053 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/20/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:02:26

Remembering the Life of 'E Street Band' Saxophonist Clarence Clemons: Saxophonist Clarence Clemons died on Saturday at the age of 69 from complications from a stroke. Jeffrey Brown takes a look back at the musician's career.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: COSE 017116 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17116 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/6/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:22:02

Gretchen Morgenson, a business columnist for the New York Times, talks about her book Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: FRON 002802 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: The Warning Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/14/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

In the devastating aftermath of the economic meltdown, FRONTLINE sifts the ashes for clues about why it happened and examines critical moments when it might have gone much differently. Looking back into the 1990s, producer/director Michael Kirk (Inside the Meltdown, Breaking the Bank) discovers early warnings of the crash, reveals an intense battle among high- ranking members of the Clinton administration, and uncovers a concerted effort not to regulate the emerging, highly complex, and lucrative derivatives markets, which would become the ticking time-bomb within the American economy.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: MLNH 010041 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/2/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:16

Europe's Deadly E. Coli Outbreak a 'Wake-Up Call' Over Global Food Distribution: A new strain of E. coli is sickening hundreds throughout Europe and leaving health officials baffled. Ray Suarez discusses the outbreak's global impact with attorney Bill Marler, who has worked on foodborne illness cases, and Cornell University food science professor Robert Gravani.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: NBRT 030240 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/3/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for June 3, 2011; Joblessness and the Disabled; How to Diversify Your Investments; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Obama Economic Advisor on Jobless Rate; Unemployment Rate Economic Impact; Unemployment Rate Increases in May.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: NETK 000157 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/11/2011 12:30:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we feature an investigation into the globalization of the pharmaceutical industry. Has insufficient oversight of foreign clinical trials led to dangerous drugs becoming available or staying on the U.S. market? We also delve into the problem of nuclear waste storage in the U.S. As policymakers turn to nuclear energy as a necessary part of our energy policy, the question of where nuclear waste will go remains unanswered. Theoretical physicist Brian Greene also joins us to discuss what science tells us about the possibility of multiple universes and different planes of reality. And: We visit several up-and-coming gourmet food trucks that have been proliferating on streets throughout the country as a model of thriving entrepreneurship borne from the recession, and editorial cartoonist Steve Brodner conducts an illustrated interview with author Eduardo Porter on the rise of income inequality in the U.S.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: FRON 002714 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: The Madoff Affair Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/21/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

In the mid-1960s, Bernard Madoff tapped money from Jewish businessmen at exclusive country clubs with the promise of steady guaranteed returns on their investments. He then set his sights on Europe and Latin America, brokering deals with powerful hedge fund managers and feeder funds from Buenos Aires to Geneva. Billions of dollars were channeled to Madoff's investment firm, and his feeders became fabulously wealthy. The competition wondered how the man could produce such steady returns in good times and bad. There were allegations that Madoff was "front-running" or operating a Ponzi scheme, which the SEC investigated several times over the last two decades. But Madoff remained untouched until December 11, 2008, when he admitted it was all "one big lie." FRONTLINE producers Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria unravel the story behind the world's first truly global Ponzi scheme -- a deception that lasted longer, reached wider, and cut deeper than any other business scandal in history.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: MLNH 010052 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:05:36

Boeing Battle: Was Dreamliner Move to S.C. Legal or Strike Retaliation? A new $750 million Boeing factory in South Carolina is at the heart of a controversial National Labor Relations Board case. It was opened as a second location to build 787 Dreamliner jets after a series of union strikes in Washington state plants. Margaret Warner discusses the matter with The New York Times' Steven Greenhouse.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: NBRT 030251 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/20/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Investor Anxiety About Greece Eases; Market Stats for June 20, 2011; Florida Couple Beats the Bank; "Warren Buffet Invests Like A Girl"; NFL and Local TV Stations; Spending Cuts and the Debt Ceiling.

Category: Child Abuse NOLA: FRON 002916 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: The Child Cases Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/28/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

When a child dies under suspicious circumstances, abuse is often suspected. That's what happened in the case of six-month-old Isis Vas, whose death was deemed "a clear-cut and classic" case of child abuse, sending a man named Ernie Lopez to prison for 60 years. But now a Texas judge has moved to overturn Lopez's conviction, and new questions are being asked about the quality of expert testimony in this and many other similar cases. In this joint investigation with ProPublica and NPR, FRONTLINE correspondent A.C. Thompson unearths more than 20 child death cases in which people were jailed on medical evidence--involving abuse, assault, and "shaken baby syndrome"-- that was later found unreliable or flat-out wrong. Are death investigators being properly trained for child cases? Also in this magazine hour: Correspondent Martin Smith (College Inc.) continues to investigate for-profit colleges, this time focusing on their aggressive recruitment of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. Are the for-profits making promises that they can't keep?

Category: Community Politics, Government NOLA: MLNH 010046 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/9/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:03:14

New Wrap: After Top Staff Resign, Gingrich Pledges to Revive Campaign: In other news Thursday, Newt Gingrich's bid for the GOP 2012 nomination suffered a major blow when his campaign manager, senior staff and key aides in early primary states all resigned, but the candidate pledged to stay in the race. Also, Alabama's governor signed what may be the nation's toughest law on illegal immigration.

Category: Community Politics, Government NOLA: NBRT 030244 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/9/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Taming Deficit While Growing Economy; Chicago is Hurting From the Housing Crisis; Housing Market Analysis; Wall Street Closing Gain; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for June 9, 2011.

Category: Community Politics, Government NOLA: NETK 000156 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/3/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we look at the financial cost of taking care of veterans coming home from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Also, as part of our Watch List series, we explore how the use of antipsychotic drugs on children has proliferated in the foster care system. Also: We visit Somerville, Mass., to see how its innovative community-based program is helping fight the epidemic of childhood obesity, and editorial cartoonist Roz Chast offers her new take on an old fable, The Ant and the Grasshopper.

Category: Community Politics, Government NOLA: COSE 017131 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17131 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/27/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:19:33

A look at New York State's legalization of gay marriage with Jeff Toobin of The New Yorker and CNN, Adam Nagourney of The New York Times and Nicholas Confessore of The New York Times.

Category: Community Politics, Government NOLA: MLNH 010052 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:05:36

Boeing Battle: Was Dreamliner Move to S.C. Legal or Strike Retaliation? A new $750 million Boeing factory in South Carolina is at the heart of a controversial National Labor Relations Board case. It was opened as a second location to build 787 Dreamliner jets after a series of union strikes in Washington state plants. Margaret Warner discusses the matter with The New York Times' Steven Greenhouse.

Category: Community Politics, Government NOLA: NBRT 030253 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/22/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for June 22, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; The Federal Reserve Sees Slow Economic Growth; Finding Promise In The Service Side Of Energy; Analysis of Fed's Economic Outlook; Shadow Inventory Slims Down; Lotsa Lattes.

Category: Community Politics, Government NOLA: NETK 000158 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

With candidates already gearing up for the upcoming 2012 election, we look at how several states have been rewriting their voting laws and how it might impact the coming electoral season. We visit Ohio to see how the new laws there might affect voter turnout.

Also, as a follow-up to our panel on the state of women’s rights, we speak with Charmaine Yoest of the group Americans United for Life to see how the anti-abortion movement strategy has evolved and what their efforts have achieved at the state level. We also examine a new alternative therapy to Tourette’s syndrome and how it has already helped one 12-year-old boy battle the disorder.

And: Science journalist Chris Mooney explains the psychological factors behind science denial and how our pre-existing beliefs affect our capacity for logic. Author Benjamin Skinner speaks to us about his work exposing the world of modern-day slavery, and Jon Meacham delivers an “In Perspective” essay on the West Virginia coal mining disaster and the need for a national energy plan.

Category: Consumerism NOLA: COSE 017117 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17117 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/7/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:11:54

Walter Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal discusses Apple's iCloud, a new consumer service for storing personal files on remote systems.

Category: Consumerism NOLA: FRON 002802 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: The Warning Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/14/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

In the devastating aftermath of the economic meltdown, FRONTLINE sifts the ashes for clues about why it happened and examines critical moments when it might have gone much differently. Looking back into the 1990s, producer/director Michael Kirk (Inside the Meltdown, Breaking the Bank) discovers early warnings of the crash, reveals an intense battle among high- ranking members of the Clinton administration, and uncovers a concerted effort not to regulate the emerging, highly complex, and lucrative derivatives markets, which would become the ticking time-bomb within the American economy.

Category: Consumerism NOLA: MLNH 010043 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/6/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:09:06

Apple Unveils New iCloud Music Service, but Privacy Issues May Lurk: Steve Jobs returned to the public stage Monday to announce Apple's iCloud, a new online music storage service. Ray Suarez discusses the announcement with The Washington Post's Technology Reporter Cecilia Kang.

Category: Consumerism NOLA: NBRT 030242 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/7/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Ester Levanon, CEO of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange; Ford CEO Alan Mulally Talks Expansion; Fed. Chairman Bernanke Remains Optimistic; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for June 7, 2011; Middle East Economy - Interview with Tel Aviv Stock Exchange CEO; Social Media Stocks.

Category: Consumerism NOLA: FRON 002714 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: The Madoff Affair Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/21/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

In the mid-1960s, Bernard Madoff tapped money from Jewish businessmen at exclusive country clubs with the promise of steady guaranteed returns on their investments. He then set his sights on Europe and Latin America, brokering deals with powerful hedge fund managers and feeder funds from Buenos Aires to Geneva. Billions of dollars were channeled to Madoff's investment firm, and his feeders became fabulously wealthy. The competition wondered how the man could produce such steady returns in good times and bad. There were allegations that Madoff was "front-running" or operating a Ponzi scheme, which the SEC investigated several times over the last two decades. But Madoff remained untouched until December 11, 2008, when he admitted it was all "one big lie." FRONTLINE producers Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria unravel the story behind the world's first truly global Ponzi scheme -- a deception that lasted longer, reached wider, and cut deeper than any other business scandal in history.

Category: Consumerism NOLA: MLNH 010054 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/21/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:42

Cigarette Warnings Get Graphic, but Will Smokers Be Deterred? The biggest change to cigarette pack health warnings in 25 years came Tuesday when the FDA released nine graphic color images that will cover the entire top half of cigarette packs beginning next year. Margaret Warner discusses the new warnings with FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg.

Category: Consumerism NOLA: NBRT 030249 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/16/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for June 16, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Greece's Financial Uncertainty and Wall Street; Outlook for Greece's Impact on US; Rebuilding After Disaster; Family Vacation Learning Fun; IBM turns 100.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: COSE 017116 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17116 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/6/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:22:02

Gretchen Morgenson, a business columnist for the New York Times, talks about her book Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: MLNH 010047 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/10/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:05:21

Plea in NSA Leak Case Seen as Setback for Government, Prosecutors: A former National Security Agency official pleaded guilty Friday to misdemeanor unauthorized use of a government computer after being charged with 10 felony counts related to leaking classified information. Ray Suarez and Politico's Josh Gerstein discuss what the deal means for President Obama's efforts to crack down on leaks.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: NBRT 030239 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/2/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Wire Tap Weapon; Saks CEO Stephen Sadove's Company Outlook; The New Interest in IPOs; Google G-mail Gets Hacked; New For-Profit College Rules; Moody's Threatens US Govt. Credit Rating; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for June 2, 2011.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: COSE 017129 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17129 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/23/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:22:13

The arrest of Whitey Bulger, a notorious mobster and murderer, with Abby Goodnough of The New York Times and Kevin Cullen of .

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: FRON 002916 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: The Child Cases Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/28/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

When a child dies under suspicious circumstances, abuse is often suspected. That's what happened in the case of six-month-old Isis Vas, whose death was deemed "a clear-cut and classic" case of child abuse, sending a man named Ernie Lopez to prison for 60 years. But now a Texas judge has moved to overturn Lopez's conviction, and new questions are being asked about the quality of expert testimony in this and many other similar cases. In this joint investigation with ProPublica and NPR, FRONTLINE correspondent A.C. Thompson unearths more than 20 child death cases in which people were jailed on medical evidence--involving abuse, assault, and "shaken baby syndrome"-- that was later found unreliable or flat-out wrong. Are death investigators being properly trained for child cases? Also in this magazine hour: Correspondent Martin Smith (College Inc.) continues to investigate for-profit colleges, this time focusing on their aggressive recruitment of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. Are the for-profits making promises that they can't keep?

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: MLNH 010052 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:02:21

Saudi Women Take the Wheel to Protest Religious Ban on Driving: Some Saudi Arabian women coordinated through social media to get behind the wheel Friday in protest of a religious ban on them driving legally. Judy Woodruff reports on the women who risked arrest to fight for new rights.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: NBRT 030258 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/29/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for June 29, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Tough Austerity Measure Passes in Greece; President Obama Wants Debt Ceiling Raised Now; Bank of America Settles Mortgage-Backed Securities Claims; Who May Pay When Debt Ceiling is Raised; Kramer Takes Stock of Ford.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: NETK 000159 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/24/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, have been a trademark of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Over the past decade, they have been used with increasing frequency in combat and are responsible for hundreds of deaths and casualties. This week on Need to Know, we explore the inner workings of a little-known military organization and its $17 billion campaign to combat IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan.

We also speak with legal analyst Jami Floyd on the long-term impact of the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss the class action suit against Wal-Mart over discrimination of female employees. This week, Floyd wrote about the Wal-Mart case, arguing that despite this latest setback, the women still could prevail in court. We also interview former Deputy Defense Secretary Celeste Ward Gventer about President Obama’s announcement on troop withdrawals from Afghanistan.

And: What makes a happy marriage happy? We delve into some recent research on the science of marital satisfaction, including the health benefits that come with happy marriages.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: SEDE 000803 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: Executed in Error Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/29/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Other Segment Length: 00:56:46

In 1910, Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen was hanged for poisoning and dismembering his wife, after he attempted to flee the country with his young lover. However, investigators have now found that the human remains discovered in Crippen's cellar were not those of his wife. Their further DNA work - revealed exclusively in this film - throws up startling new evidence about what really happened. It exposes a historic miscarriage of justice and poses uncomfortable questions about the police and prosecutors, who claimed to have solved the crime of the century.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: WWIR 005052 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/24/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

President Obama’s announcement to begin drawing down U.S. troops from Afghanistan and what it means; the impact on class action suits because of the Supreme Court’s Wal-Mart decision; and the latest on the growing GOP presidential field. Joining Gwen: Martha Raddatz, ABC News; Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times; Nia-Malika Henderson, Washington Post; and Pete Williams, NBC News.

Category: Culture NOLA: BOXG 000000 Series Title: Boxing Gym Length: 105 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 1:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

This film explores an Austin, Texas institution, Lord's Gym, which was founded by Richard Lord, a former professional boxer. A wide variety of people of all ages, races, ethnicities and social classes train at the gym: men, women, children, doctors, lawyers, judges, business men and women, immigrants, professional boxers and people who want to become professional boxers alongside amateurs who love the sport and teenagers who are trying to develop strength and assertiveness. The gym is an example of the American "melting pot" where people meet, talk, and train.

Category: Disabilities NOLA: NBRT 030240 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/3/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for June 3, 2011; Joblessness and the Disabled; How to Diversify Your Investments; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Obama Economic Advisor on Jobless Rate; Unemployment Rate Economic Impact; Unemployment Rate Increases in May.

Category: Disabilities NOLA: MLNH 010059 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/28/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:11:37

Minds, Machines Merge to Offer New Hope for Overcoming Impairments: Scientists are creating a new generation of artificial body parts to help people with disabilities see, walk, swim, grip and run among other things. Miles O'Brien reports on the latest advances in prosthetics.

Category: Economy NOLA: COSE 017116 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17116 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/6/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:22:02

Gretchen Morgenson, a business columnist for the New York Times, talks about her book Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon.

Category: Economy NOLA: FRON 002802 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: The Warning Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/14/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

In the devastating aftermath of the economic meltdown, FRONTLINE sifts the ashes for clues about why it happened and examines critical moments when it might have gone much differently. Looking back into the 1990s, producer/director Michael Kirk (Inside the Meltdown, Breaking the Bank) discovers early warnings of the crash, reveals an intense battle among high- ranking members of the Clinton administration, and uncovers a concerted effort not to regulate the emerging, highly complex, and lucrative derivatives markets, which would become the ticking time-bomb within the American economy.

Category: Economy NOLA: MLNH 010040 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/1/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:07:20

Amid 'Serious Negotiations' on Debt, Can Obama and GOP Find Common Ground? President Obama met with congressional Republicans Wednesday to talk about a debt-reduction deal, but none was made. The meeting followed Tuesday night's largely symbolic House vote that rejected any stand-alone increase to the debt ceiling. Jim Lehrer discusses the prospects for a deal with Political Editor David Chalian.

Category: Economy NOLA: NBRT 030243 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/8/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Safety Plays from Hilary Kramer; Home Ownership Numbers Drop; Debit Card Swipe Fee Fight; Oil Prices Back Above $100 a Barrel; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for June 8, 2011.

Category: Economy NOLA: NETK 000157 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/10/2011 12:30:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we feature an investigation into the globalization of the pharmaceutical industry. Has insufficient oversight of foreign clinical trials led to dangerous drugs becoming available or staying on the U.S. market? We also delve into the problem of nuclear waste storage in the U.S. As policymakers turn to nuclear energy as a necessary part of our energy policy, the question of where nuclear waste will go remains unanswered. Theoretical physicist Brian Greene also joins us to discuss what science tells us about the possibility of multiple universes and different planes of reality. And: We visit several up-and-coming gourmet food trucks that have been proliferating on streets throughout the country as a model of thriving entrepreneurship borne from the recession, and editorial cartoonist Steve Brodner conducts an illustrated interview with author Eduardo Porter on the rise of income inequality in the U.S.

Category: Economy NOLA: WWIR 005049 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/3/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

Today, with news of unemployment rising to 9.1%, visited Toledo, Ohio to refocus on the economy. The panel examines several disappointing economic numbers, the debate around the debt ceiling, the GOP demand for spending cuts, and the growing 2012 presidential field. Joining Gwen: Deborah Solomon, Wall Street Journal, John Harwood, CNBC/New York Times, and Jeff Zeleny, New York Times.

Category: Economy NOLA: COSE 017125 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17125 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:36:59

An interview with Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, at the Harvard Club in New York City.

Category: Economy NOLA: FRON 002714 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: The Madoff Affair Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/21/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

In the mid-1960s, Bernard Madoff tapped money from Jewish businessmen at exclusive country clubs with the promise of steady guaranteed returns on their investments. He then set his sights on Europe and Latin America, brokering deals with powerful hedge fund managers and feeder funds from Buenos Aires to Geneva. Billions of dollars were channeled to Madoff's investment firm, and his feeders became fabulously wealthy. The competition wondered how the man could produce such steady returns in good times and bad. There were allegations that Madoff was "front-running" or operating a Ponzi scheme, which the SEC investigated several times over the last two decades. But Madoff remained untouched until December 11, 2008, when he admitted it was all "one big lie." FRONTLINE producers Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria unravel the story behind the world's first truly global Ponzi scheme -- a deception that lasted longer, reached wider, and cut deeper than any other business scandal in history.

Category: Economy NOLA: MLNH 010054 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/21/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:12

JPMorgan to Pay $153 Million to Settle SEC Fraud Charges: The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday that JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay $153 million to settle charges of misleading investors in the housing market. Judy Woodruff discusses the settlement and back story with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter of ProPublica.

Category: Economy NOLA: NBRT 030252 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/21/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for June 21, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; What's Next from the Fed? PIMCO Founder William Gross on Fed Options; Crude Oil Prices Drop; Signs of Confidence in the US Economy; Competition Among Charities; The New Cigarette Warning Labels.

Category: Economy NOLA: WWIR 005051 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

Analysis of the 2nd GOP presidential debate, and a new fact check feature, “Just the Facts.” Plus, details of VP Biden’s negotiations on raising the debt ceiling. Also, the Pentagon and Defense Department post-Robert Gates and controversy over the U.S. involvement in Libya. Joining Gwen: Michael Duffy, Time; Nancy Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers; Dan Balz, Washington Post; and Jim Barnes, National Journal.

Category: Education NOLA: MLNH 010043 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/6/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:09:15

Grading Schools: How to Determine the 'Good' From the 'Bad'? Students get graded by test scores, but how do we best determine if a school is "good" or "bad"? Education Correspondent John Merrow examines that question.

Category: Education NOLA: NBRT 030247 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/14/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

The Value of a College Education; Writing the Rules for SWAPS; Fed. Chairman Bernanke on Debt Ceiling Delays; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for June 14, 2011; M&A Activity in Retail.

Category: Education NOLA: FRON 002916 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: The Child Cases Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/28/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

When a child dies under suspicious circumstances, abuse is often suspected. That's what happened in the case of six-month-old Isis Vas, whose death was deemed "a clear-cut and classic" case of child abuse, sending a man named Ernie Lopez to prison for 60 years. But now a Texas judge has moved to overturn Lopez's conviction, and new questions are being asked about the quality of expert testimony in this and many other similar cases. In this joint investigation with ProPublica and NPR, FRONTLINE correspondent A.C. Thompson unearths more than 20 child death cases in which people were jailed on medical evidence--involving abuse, assault, and "shaken baby syndrome"-- that was later found unreliable or flat-out wrong. Are death investigators being properly trained for child cases? Also in this magazine hour: Correspondent Martin Smith (College Inc.) continues to investigate for-profit colleges, this time focusing on their aggressive recruitment of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. Are the for-profits making promises that they can't keep?

Category: Education NOLA: MLNH 010053 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/20/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:07:57

N.Y. Teacher Takes Students on a Virtual Trip to Learn Realities of Refugee Life: A high school teacher in New York City decided to set aside the usual curriculum and take her students on a virtual five week journey to the Middle East to learn about the millions who have fled the war in Iraq and became refugees. Special correspondent John Tulenko of Learning Matters reports.

Category: Education NOLA: NBRT 030257 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/28/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for June 28, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Christine Lagarde Named IMF Managing Director; Bank Stocks Lag Behind; Analysis of Lagarde & IMF; Higher Education Career Adjustments; Innovation & Job Creation; Some Think Gold Mining Stocks are Undervalued.

Category: Employment NOLA: COSE 017117 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17117 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/7/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:24:18

Janny Scott on her book, A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother, and Joseph Lelyveld on his book Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India.

Category: Employment NOLA: MLNH 010044 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/7/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:13:09

What More Could, Should Government Do for U.S. Economy? A new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that 57 percent of those surveyed say an economic turnaround has not yet begun in the U.S. Gwen Ifill discusses what's next for the economy--and the political implications--with USA Today's Susan Page, Wells Fargo economist Mark Vitner and Tom Binnings of Summit Economics.

Category: Employment NOLA: NBRT 030246 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/13/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Economic Policy Arguments; Other Winners from the NBA Championship; Big Business Profits in a Soft Economy; Baby Boomers & Boomerang Kids; President Obama Pushes for Jobs; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for June 13, 2011.

Category: Employment NOLA: NETK 000157 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/11/2011 12:30:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we feature an investigation into the globalization of the pharmaceutical industry. Has insufficient oversight of foreign clinical trials led to dangerous drugs becoming available or staying on the U.S. market? We also delve into the problem of nuclear waste storage in the U.S. As policymakers turn to nuclear energy as a necessary part of our energy policy, the question of where nuclear waste will go remains unanswered. Theoretical physicist Brian Greene also joins us to discuss what science tells us about the possibility of multiple universes and different planes of reality. And: We visit several up-and-coming gourmet food trucks that have been proliferating on streets throughout the country as a model of thriving entrepreneurship borne from the recession, and editorial cartoonist Steve Brodner conducts an illustrated interview with author Eduardo Porter on the rise of income inequality in the U.S.

Category: Employment NOLA: WWIR 005049 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/3/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

Today, with news of unemployment rising to 9.1%, Barack Obama visited Toledo, Ohio to refocus on the economy. The panel examines several disappointing economic numbers, the debate around the debt ceiling, the GOP demand for spending cuts, and the growing 2012 presidential field. Joining Gwen: Deborah Solomon, Wall Street Journal, John Harwood, CNBC/New York Times, and Jeff Zeleny, New York Times.

Category: Employment NOLA: COSE 017124 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17124 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/16/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:12:06

Anne Kreamer, author of It's Always Personal, and Mark Truss of J. Walter Thompson discuss differences in how women and men express emotions in the workplace.

Category: Employment NOLA: MLNH 010061 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/30/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:04:43

Growing Dissent From Youth, Labor Unions Spark Rare Protests in China: Growing dissent among young people and labor union members has sparked rare protests in China. Independent Television News' John Sparks reports from the southeastern city of Xintang, which saw four days of protests in recent weeks.

Category: Employment NOLA: NBRT 030257 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/28/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for June 28, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Christine Lagarde Named IMF Managing Director; Bank Stocks Lag Behind; Analysis of Lagarde & IMF; Higher Education Career Adjustments; Innovation & Job Creation; Some Think Gold Mining Stocks are Undervalued.

Category: Employment NOLA: NETK 000159 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/24/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, have been a trademark of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Over the past decade, they have been used with increasing frequency in combat and are responsible for hundreds of deaths and casualties. This week on Need to Know, we explore the inner workings of a little-known military organization and its $17 billion campaign to combat IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan.

We also speak with legal analyst Jami Floyd on the long-term impact of the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss the class action suit against Wal-Mart over discrimination of female employees. This week, Floyd wrote about the Wal-Mart case, arguing that despite this latest setback, the women still could prevail in court. We also interview former Deputy Defense Secretary Celeste Ward Gventer about President Obama’s announcement on troop withdrawals from Afghanistan.

And: What makes a happy marriage happy? We delve into some recent research on the science of marital satisfaction, including the health benefits that come with happy marriages.

Category: Employment NOLA: WWIR 005052 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/24/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

President Obama’s announcement to begin drawing down U.S. troops from Afghanistan and what it means; the impact on class action suits because of the Supreme Court’s Wal-Mart decision; and the latest on the growing GOP presidential field. Joining Gwen: Martha Raddatz, ABC News; Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times; Nia-Malika Henderson, Washington Post; and Pete Williams, NBC News.

Category: Energy NOLA: COSE 017118 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17118 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/8/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:12:04

An economic update with Jon Hilsenrath of The Wall Street Journal and Peter Coy of Bloomberg Businessweek.

Category: Energy NOLA: MLNH 010048 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/13/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:59

Obama Pledges to Grow Economy as New Faces Join GOP Debate in N.H.: President Obama pledged Monday at an energy-efficient lighting plant in North Carolina to make good on a promise to grow the economy. Meanwhile, Republican presidential hopefuls were preparing for a second debate. Judy Woodruff gets an update on the 2012 campaign from Political Editor David Chalian, reporting from New Hampshire.

Category: Energy NOLA: NBRT 030243 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/8/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Safety Plays from Hilary Kramer; Home Ownership Numbers Drop; Debit Card Swipe Fee Fight; Oil Prices Back Above $100 a Barrel; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for June 8, 2011.

Category: Energy NOLA: NBRT 030252 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/21/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for June 21, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; What's Next from the Fed? PIMCO Founder William Gross on Fed Options; Crude Oil Prices Drop; Signs of Confidence in the US Economy; Competition Among Charities; The New Cigarette Warning Labels.

Category: Energy NOLA: NETK 000158 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

With candidates already gearing up for the upcoming 2012 election, we look at how several states have been rewriting their voting laws and how it might impact the coming electoral season. We visit Ohio to see how the new laws there might affect voter turnout.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: BEIS 000000 Series Title: Bear Island Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/9/2011 4:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska, is Jurassic Park in real time. Its dense rainforests hide more grizzlies per square mile than any other place on Earth. Follow veteran tracker Vern Beier, as he meets Chichagof's brown bears on their own turf - the deep, dark forests of Bear Island.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: MLNH 010046 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/9/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:10

Go Fish? Not in Pacific Ocean Sanctuaries off California's Coast: Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the controversy over dozens of no- fishing zones off the California coast.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NAAT 002307 Series Title: Nature Episode Title: Underdogs Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/7/2011 4:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Extreme doggie makeover! Two pure-bred dogs are selected from animal shelters and adoption centers in the U.S. and England -- a bearded collie (sheep herding) and a bloodhound (scent tracking). With the help of trainers, they each will be taught to hone their skills as working dogs, then tested to judge their success. By the end of the film each dog will have a new home.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NBRT 030245 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/10/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Investor Uncertainty; Index Funds; Arizona Fire Economic Impact; Economic Worries Keep Stocks Dropping; Market Stats for June 10, 2011.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: COSE 017134 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17134 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/30/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:17:20

Peter Seligmann, CEO of Conservation International, and Roger Altman, chairman of Evercore Partners, discuss their efforts to protect the environment and natural resources.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: MLNH 010053 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/20/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:06:35

Justices Rule on Wal-Mart Discrimination, Global Warming Lawsuits: In two major decisions Monday, the Supreme Court threw out the largest class-action lawsuit in history and rejected a global warming lawsuit against power companies. Gwen Ifill discusses the rulings with The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NBRT 030249 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/16/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for June 16, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Greece's Financial Uncertainty and Wall Street; Outlook for Greece's Impact on US; Rebuilding After Disaster; Family Vacation Learning Fun; IBM turns 100.

Category: Family/Marriage NOLA: NBRT 030246 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/13/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Economic Policy Arguments; Other Winners from the NBA Championship; Big Business Profits in a Soft Economy; Baby Boomers & Boomerang Kids; President Obama Pushes for Jobs; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for June 13, 2011.

Category: Family/Marriage NOLA: NOVA 003513 Series Title: NOVA Episode Title: Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/9/2011 12:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

Mark Oliver Everett, better known as E, is the lead singer of U.S. cult band the EELS. What most of his fans don't know is that Mark's father, Hugh Everett III, was one of America's top quantum physicists. In 1957, Hugh Everett came up with a revolutionary theory that predicted the existence of parallel universes. The idea quickly seeped into popular culture, but only recently has it been accepted by mainstream physicists. The film follows the wry and charismatic Mark, who had been estranged from his father, as he travels across America to learn about the father he never knew. It is only by entering the paradoxical world of quantum mechanics that Mark can hope to understand why he was such a stranger to his own father.

Category: Family/Marriage NOLA: ABML 000102 Series Title: Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided: American Experience Episode Title: Part II: We Are Elected Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/27/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Elected President only to see the nation fracture in two, Lincoln led a confused and frightened people through the most terrible war in their history. At the same time, his own household mirrored the fissures that split the nation: the great emancipator was married to the daughter of a slave owner from Kentucky. Mary Todd Lincoln was an aristocratic southerner who met Lincoln when he was still a backwoods politician lacking in experience and sophistication. Although she remained fiercely loyal to her husband and the Union cause, two of her brothers fought for the South. Their marriage was long and turbulent, and knew many trials, including the loss of two children. Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided weaves together the lives of the two Lincolns, drawing us into their long-vanished world.

Category: Family/Marriage NOLA: COSE 017131 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17131 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/27/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:19:33

A look at New York State's legalization of gay marriage with Jeff Toobin of The New Yorker and CNN, Adam Nagourney of The New York Times and Nicholas Confessore of The New York Times.

Category: Family/Marriage NOLA: MLNH 010052 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:09:15

'Unlikely Brothers' Chronicles Forging of a Unique Bond for 2 Men: Siblings don't always have to share a mother or a father to forge a lasting bond. Human rights activist John Prendergast and "little brother" Michael Mattocks speak with Gwen Ifill about the highs and lows of their unlikely "brotherhood" and their new book.

Category: Family/Marriage NOLA: NBRT 030249 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/16/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for June 16, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Greece's Financial Uncertainty and Wall Street; Outlook for Greece's Impact on US; Rebuilding After Disaster; Family Vacation Learning Fun; IBM turns 100.

Category: Family/Marriage NOLA: NETK 000159 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/24/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, have been a trademark of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Over the past decade, they have been used with increasing frequency in combat and are responsible for hundreds of deaths and casualties. This week on Need to Know, we explore the inner workings of a little-known military organization and its $17 billion campaign to combat IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan.

We also speak with legal analyst Jami Floyd on the long-term impact of the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss the class action suit against Wal-Mart over discrimination of female employees. This week, Floyd wrote about the Wal-Mart case, arguing that despite this latest setback, the women still could prevail in court. We also interview former Deputy Defense Secretary Celeste Ward Gventer about President Obama’s announcement on troop withdrawals from Afghanistan.

And: What makes a happy marriage happy? We delve into some recent research on the science of marital satisfaction, including the health benefits that come with happy marriages.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: COSE 017120 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17120 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/10/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:53:29

An hour with David Brooks of The New York Times on his book The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement (Originally aired 03/07/11).

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: MLNH 010049 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/14/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:05:47

New FDA Guidelines Help Consumers Spot Sunscreen Effectiveness: The FDA announced Tuesday a series of changes in what consumers will see on sunscreen labels beginning next summer. Judy Woodruff discusses the new rules with The Skin Cancer Foundation's Dr. Ali Hendi.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: NBRT 030238 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/1/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for June 1, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Tips to Financial Minimalism; Health Care Stocks; Bank of Japan and Analysts on Japan Tsunami Economic Impact; Auto Sales Dip in May; Dow Stocks Tumble in the Uncertain Economy.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: NETK 000156 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/3/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we look at the financial cost of taking care of veterans coming home from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Also, as part of our Watch List series, we explore how the use of antipsychotic drugs on children has proliferated in the foster care system. Also: We visit Somerville, Mass., to see how its innovative community-based program is helping fight the epidemic of childhood obesity, and editorial cartoonist Roz Chast offers her new take on an old fable, The Ant and the Grasshopper.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: SEDE 000801 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: Doping for Gold Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/14/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

In the 1970s, female East German athletes came out of nowhere to dominate international sport. But behind their success lay a secret, state-sponsored doping program that distributed untested steroids and male hormones to athletes as young as 12. Many of these girls had no knowledge that they were being doped, and now, as grown women (and men), their broken bodies and damaged psyches bear witness to the cruelty of a government that pursued international glory and gold at the expense of its most acclaimed citizens. "Doping for Gold" digs deep into the secretive Cold War world of East German athletes, examining what drugs were used, how they were distributed and what damage they did to many of the athletes who were forced to take them. The result creates a timely perspective on today's many doping scandals and reveals the truth behind the biggest and most horrifying state-sponsored doping program the world has ever known.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: MLNH 010053 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/20/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:06:26

Study: Food Allergies in Children Becoming More Common, Severe: A new study out Monday find that children's food allergies are now more common, and more severe. Gwen Ifill discusses the findings with Dr. Ruchi Gupta, the lead author of the study.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: NBRT 030252 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/21/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for June 21, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; What's Next from the Fed? PIMCO Founder William Gross on Fed Options; Crude Oil Prices Drop; Signs of Confidence in the US Economy; Competition Among Charities; The New Cigarette Warning Labels.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: NETK 000158 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

With candidates already gearing up for the upcoming 2012 election, we look at how several states have been rewriting their voting laws and how it might impact the coming electoral season. We visit Ohio to see how the new laws there might affect voter turnout.

Also, as a follow-up to our panel on the state of women’s rights, we speak with Charmaine Yoest of the group Americans United for Life to see how the anti-abortion movement strategy has evolved and what their efforts have achieved at the state level. We also examine a new alternative therapy to Tourette’s syndrome and how it has already helped one 12-year-old boy battle the disorder.

And: Science journalist Chris Mooney explains the psychological factors behind science denial and how our pre-existing beliefs affect our capacity for logic. Author Benjamin Skinner speaks to us about his work exposing the world of modern-day slavery, and Jon Meacham delivers an “In Perspective” essay on the West Virginia coal mining disaster and the need for a national energy plan.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: NOSN 000503 Series Title: NOVA scienceNOW Episode Title: How Does the Brain Work? Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/29/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:56:46

This episode of NOVA scienceNOW delves into some pretty heady stuff, examining magic and the brain, artificial intelligence, magnetic mind control, and the work of neuroscientist and synesthesia researcher David Eagleman. Can we really believe our own eyes? Will machines one day think like us? Can magnetic wands effectively control brain functions and treat depression? Explore this and more

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: SEDE 000801 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: Doping for Gold Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/14/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

In the 1970s, female East German athletes came out of nowhere to dominate international sport. But behind their success lay a secret, state-sponsored doping program that distributed untested steroids and male hormones to athletes as young as 12. Many of these girls had no knowledge that they were being doped, and now, as grown women (and men), their broken bodies and damaged psyches bear witness to the cruelty of a government that pursued international glory and gold at the expense of its most acclaimed citizens. "Doping for Gold" digs deep into the secretive Cold War world of East German athletes, examining what drugs were used, how they were distributed and what damage they did to many of the athletes who were forced to take them. The result creates a timely perspective on today's many doping scandals and reveals the truth behind the biggest and most horrifying state-sponsored doping program the world has ever known.

Category: Homosexuality NOLA: COSE 017113 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17113 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/1/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:23:39

A conversation about a restaging of the 1985 AIDS-related play, The Normal Heart, with George C. Wolfe and actors Joe Mantello and Ellen Barkin.

Category: Homosexuality NOLA: MLNH 010044 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/7/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:12:41

AIDS at 30: Who's at Greatest Risk of Infection Now? In the spring of 1981, young gay men in New York and California were being sickened by rare forms of pneumonia and cancer, and the unknown disease fueled fears across society. What we now know as HIV/AIDS was once considered a death sentence. Ray Suarez reports on the state of the disease, plus the risks, treatment and research.

Category: Homosexuality NOLA: COSE 017131 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17131 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/27/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:19:33

A look at New York State's legalization of gay marriage with Jeff Toobin of The New Yorker and CNN, Adam Nagourney of The New York Times and Nicholas Confessore of The New York Times.

Category: Housing, Shelter NOLA: NBRT 030243 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/8/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Safety Plays from Hilary Kramer; Home Ownership Numbers Drop; Debit Card Swipe Fee Fight; Oil Prices Back Above $100 a Barrel; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for June 8, 2011.

Category: Housing, Shelter NOLA: MLNH 010054 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/21/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:12

JPMorgan to Pay $153 Million to Settle SEC Fraud Charges: The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday that JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay $153 million to settle charges of misleading investors in the housing market. Judy Woodruff discusses the settlement and back story with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Jesse Eisinger of ProPublica.

Category: Housing, Shelter NOLA: NBRT 030249 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/16/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for June 16, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Greece's Financial Uncertainty and Wall Street; Outlook for Greece's Impact on US; Rebuilding After Disaster; Family Vacation Learning Fun; IBM turns 100.

Category: Immigration/Refugees NOLA: MLNH 010046 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/9/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:03:14

New Wrap: After Top Staff Resign, Gingrich Pledges to Revive Campaign: In other news Thursday, Newt Gingrich's bid for the GOP 2012 nomination suffered a major blow when his campaign manager, senior staff and key aides in early primary states all resigned, but the candidate pledged to stay in the race. Also, Alabama's governor signed what may be the nation's toughest law on illegal immigration.

Category: Immigration/Refugees NOLA: MLNH 010053 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/20/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:07:57

N.Y. Teacher Takes Students on a Virtual Trip to Learn Realities of Refugee Life: A high school teacher in New York City decided to set aside the usual curriculum and take her students on a virtual five week journey to the Middle East to learn about the millions who have fled the war in Iraq and became refugees. Special correspondent John Tulenko of Learning Matters reports.

Category: Media NOLA: COSE 017116 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17116 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/6/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:17:59

Roger Simon of Politico and Mark Halperin of Time on the Anthony Weiner scandal.

Category: Media NOLA: MLNH 010049 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/14/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:10:15

Twitter Is Everywhere Now, but Can It Make Money? From the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden to Rep. Anthony Weiner's scandal, Twitter has been in the news recently for helping break news. While the social media giant's popularity has soared among politicians, movie stars and people around the world, can the micro-blogging service make money? Spencer Michels reports.

Category: Media NOLA: NBRT 030242 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/7/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Ester Levanon, CEO of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange; Ford CEO Alan Mulally Talks Expansion; Fed. Chairman Bernanke Remains Optimistic; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for June 7, 2011; Middle East Economy - Interview with Tel Aviv Stock Exchange CEO; Social Media Stocks.

Category: Media NOLA: WWIR 005050 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/11/2011 12:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

As his top staff resigns, Newt Gingrich’s presidential ambitions seem to falter while Democrats distance themselves from Rep. Anthony Weiner after he confessed to sexually explicit online activity. Also, a report on the future of Afghanistan as U.S. troops get set to withdraw. Joining Gwen: James Kitfield, National Journal; John Dickerson, Slate/CBS News; and Karen Tumulty, Washington Post.

Category: Media NOLA: COSE 017131 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17131 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/27/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:16:16

A discussion about a new documentary called Page One: Inside the New York Times with David Carr, Gay Talese and .

Category: Media NOLA: MLNH 010051 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/16/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:03:51

News Wrap: Rep. Anthony Weiner Reverses Course, Resigns In other news Thursday, at a senior center in Brooklyn, Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner said he would resign from Congress, marking the end of a three-week scandal over online relations with several women. Also, President Obama drew more fire from Congress for saying he does not need its approval for the U.S. role in Libya.

Category: Media NOLA: NBRT 030251 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/20/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Investor Anxiety About Greece Eases; Market Stats for June 20, 2011; Florida Couple Beats the Bank; "Warren Buffet Invests Like A Girl"; NFL and Local TV Stations; Spending Cuts and the Debt Ceiling.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: COSE 017117 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17117 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/7/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:24:18

Janny Scott on her book, A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother, and Joseph Lelyveld on his book Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: MLNH 010049 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/14/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:02:41

Obama Makes First Presidential Visit to Puerto Rico in 50 Years: President Obama's brief Tuesday visit to Puerto Rico's capital was the first official trip to the commonwealth by a sitting president since JFK. Ray Suarez reports on the president's visit and what it might mean for his 2012 campaign.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: COSE 017124 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17124 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/16/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:15:46

Gov. Deval Patrick, governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on his autobiography “A Reason to Believe: Lessons From An Improbable Life.”

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: HIDE 000902 Series Title: History Detectives Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/28/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

World War II Leaflets: Going through her brother’s belongings in El Paso, TX, a History Detectives fan came across a leaflet with Japanese writing and startling war images. Tiffany Window: Our contributor cherishes a small, framed watercolor handed down from his great-great grandmother, Anne Weston. But he has reason to believe the value of this painting may extend beyond his family bond. Spanish Civil War Eulogy: War traumatized Sol Fellman. He rarely discussed his Spanish Civil War experience until shortly before his death when he passed on his mementos.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: MLNH 010052 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:09:15

'Unlikely Brothers' Chronicles Forging of a Unique Bond for 2 Men: Siblings don't always have to share a mother or a father to forge a lasting bond. Human rights activist John Prendergast and "little brother" Michael Mattocks speak with Gwen Ifill about the highs and lows of their unlikely "brotherhood" and their new book.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: COSE 017114 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17114 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/2/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:11:32

An update on the 2012 presidential race with Al Hunt of Bloomberg News and John Harris of Politico

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: FRON 002802 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: The Warning Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/14/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

In the devastating aftermath of the economic meltdown, FRONTLINE sifts the ashes for clues about why it happened and examines critical moments when it might have gone much differently. Looking back into the 1990s, producer/director Michael Kirk (Inside the Meltdown, Breaking the Bank) discovers early warnings of the crash, reveals an intense battle among high- ranking members of the Clinton administration, and uncovers a concerted effort not to regulate the emerging, highly complex, and lucrative derivatives markets, which would become the ticking time-bomb within the American economy.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: MLNH 010045 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/8/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:06:17

Germany's Merkel Faces Big Challenges Over Bailouts, Libya, E. Coli: As German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the U.S., her nation--the richest in Europe--is facing some daunting challenges. Ray Suarez reports.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: NBRT 030246 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/13/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Economic Policy Arguments; Other Winners from the NBA Championship; Big Business Profits in a Soft Economy; Baby Boomers & Boomerang Kids; President Obama Pushes for Jobs; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for June 13, 2011.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: WWIR 005050 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/11/2011 12:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

As his top staff resigns, Newt Gingrich’s presidential ambitions seem to falter while Democrats distance themselves from Rep. Anthony Weiner after he confessed to sexually explicit online activity. Also, a report on the future of Afghanistan as U.S. troops get set to withdraw. Joining Gwen: James Kitfield, National Journal; John Dickerson, Slate/CBS News; and Karen Tumulty, Washington Post.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: COSE 017126 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17126 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/20/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:37:07

A conversation with Donald Rumsfeld, former secretary of defense, on his book Known and Unknown: A Memoir.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: FRON 002714 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: The Madoff Affair Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/21/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

In the mid-1960s, Bernard Madoff tapped money from Jewish businessmen at exclusive country clubs with the promise of steady guaranteed returns on their investments. He then set his sights on Europe and Latin America, brokering deals with powerful hedge fund managers and feeder funds from Buenos Aires to Geneva. Billions of dollars were channeled to Madoff's investment firm, and his feeders became fabulously wealthy. The competition wondered how the man could produce such steady returns in good times and bad. There were allegations that Madoff was "front-running" or operating a Ponzi scheme, which the SEC investigated several times over the last two decades. But Madoff remained untouched until December 11, 2008, when he admitted it was all "one big lie." FRONTLINE producers Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria unravel the story behind the world's first truly global Ponzi scheme -- a deception that lasted longer, reached wider, and cut deeper than any other business scandal in history.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: MLNH 010053 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/20/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:06:35

Justices Rule on Wal-Mart Discrimination, Global Warming Lawsuits: In two major decisions Monday, the Supreme Court threw out the largest class-action lawsuit in history and rejected a global warming lawsuit against power companies. Gwen Ifill discusses the rulings with The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: NBRT 030252 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/21/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for June 21, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; What's Next from the Fed? PIMCO Founder William Gross on Fed Options; Crude Oil Prices Drop; Signs of Confidence in the US Economy; Competition Among Charities; The New Cigarette Warning Labels.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: NETK 000158 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

With candidates already gearing up for the upcoming 2012 election, we look at how several states have been rewriting their voting laws and how it might impact the coming electoral season. We visit Ohio to see how the new laws there might affect voter turnout.

Also, as a follow-up to our panel on the state of women’s rights, we speak with Charmaine Yoest of the group Americans United for Life to see how the anti-abortion movement strategy has evolved and what their efforts have achieved at the state level. We also examine a new alternative therapy to Tourette’s syndrome and how it has already helped one 12-year-old boy battle the disorder.

And: Science journalist Chris Mooney explains the psychological factors behind science denial and how our pre-existing beliefs affect our capacity for logic. Author Benjamin Skinner speaks to us about his work exposing the world of modern-day slavery, and Jon Meacham delivers an “In Perspective” essay on the West Virginia coal mining disaster and the need for a national energy plan.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: WWIR 005052 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/24/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

President Obama’s announcement to begin drawing down U.S. troops from Afghanistan and what it means; the impact on class action suits because of the Supreme Court’s Wal-Mart decision; and the latest on the growing GOP presidential field. Joining Gwen: Martha Raddatz, ABC News; Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times; Nia-Malika Henderson, Washington Post; and Pete Williams, NBC News.

Category: Nuclear Issues/WMD NOLA: MLNH 010044 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/7/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:02:39

Report: Puts Fukushima's Radiation Release at 1/6th of Chernobyl's: It's been three months since a massive earthquake and tsunami ravaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. A new official report says the amount of radiation released was more than double the earlier estimates. Judy Woodruff reports on the findings.

Category: Nuclear Issues/WMD NOLA: NETK 000157 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/11/2011 8:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we feature an investigation into the globalization of the pharmaceutical industry. Has insufficient oversight of foreign clinical trials led to dangerous drugs becoming available or staying on the U.S. market? We also delve into the problem of nuclear waste storage in the U.S. As policymakers turn to nuclear energy as a necessary part of our energy policy, the question of where nuclear waste will go remains unanswered. Theoretical physicist Brian Greene also joins us to discuss what science tells us about the possibility of multiple universes and different planes of reality. And: We visit several up-and-coming gourmet food trucks that have been proliferating on streets throughout the country as a model of thriving entrepreneurship borne from the recession, and editorial cartoonist Steve Brodner conducts an illustrated interview with author Eduardo Porter on the rise of income inequality in the U.S.

Category: Recreation/Leisure/Sports NOLA: COSE 017121 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17121 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/13/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:23:35

Bob Costas, Tim McCarver and George Vecsey discuss baseball legend Stan Musial.

Category: Recreation/Leisure/Sports NOLA: MLNH 010047 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/10/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:07:23

Dance Helps Parkinson's Patients Harness Therapeutic Power of Movement: Special correspondent Dave Iverson looks at a unique program that uses dance as therapy for people with Parkinson's disease.

Category: Recreation/Leisure/Sports NOLA: NBRT 030246 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/13/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Economic Policy Arguments; Other Winners from the NBA Championship; Big Business Profits in a Soft Economy; Baby Boomers & Boomerang Kids; President Obama Pushes for Jobs; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for June 13, 2011.

Category: Recreation/Leisure/Sports NOLA: SEDE 000801 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: Doping for Gold Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/14/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

In the 1970s, female East German athletes came out of nowhere to dominate international sport. But behind their success lay a secret, state-sponsored doping program that distributed untested steroids and male hormones to athletes as young as 12. Many of these girls had no knowledge that they were being doped, and now, as grown women (and men), their broken bodies and damaged psyches bear witness to the cruelty of a government that pursued international glory and gold at the expense of its most acclaimed citizens. "Doping for Gold" digs deep into the secretive Cold War world of East German athletes, examining what drugs were used, how they were distributed and what damage they did to many of the athletes who were forced to take them. The result creates a timely perspective on today's many doping scandals and reveals the truth behind the biggest and most horrifying state-sponsored doping program the world has ever known.

Category: Recreation/Leisure/Sports NOLA: COSE 017133 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17133 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/29/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:12:52

Former champion boxer Sugar Ray Leonard discusses his book The Big Fight: My Life in and out of the Ring.

Category: Recreation/Leisure/Sports NOLA: MLNH 010058 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/27/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:07:46

Citing Violence in Fairy Tales, Justices Strike Down Calif. Video Game Law: The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Monday to uphold an appeals court ruling to throw out California's ban on the sale and rental of violent video games to minors. In a separate decision, the court struck down a provision of Arizona's campaign finance system. Gwen Ifill discusses the rulings with The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle.

Category: Recreation/Leisure/Sports NOLA: NBRT 030256 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/27/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Rally on Wall Street; What's Moving the Markets? Home Mortgage vs. Refi; The Los Angeles Dodgers File Bankruptcy; Non-Profits & Job Creation; Market Stats for June 27, 2011.

Category: Recreation/Leisure/Sports NOLA: SEDE 000801 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: Doping for Gold Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/14/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

In the 1970s, female East German athletes came out of nowhere to dominate international sport. But behind their success lay a secret, state-sponsored doping program that distributed untested steroids and male hormones to athletes as young as 12. Many of these girls had no knowledge that they were being doped, and now, as grown women (and men), their broken bodies and damaged psyches bear witness to the cruelty of a government that pursued international glory and gold at the expense of its most acclaimed citizens. "Doping for Gold" digs deep into the secretive Cold War world of East German athletes, examining what drugs were used, how they were distributed and what damage they did to many of the athletes who were forced to take them. The result creates a timely perspective on today's many doping scandals and reveals the truth behind the biggest and most horrifying state-sponsored doping program the world has ever known.

Category: Religion/Ethics NOLA: COSE 017117 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17117 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/7/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:24:18

Janny Scott on her book, A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother, and Joseph Lelyveld on his book Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India.

Category: Religion/Ethics NOLA: MLNH 010043 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/6/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:06:57

Monastery Works to Preserve Ancient Christian Texts: Fred de Sam Lazaro tells the story of one Minnesota monastery's mission to preserve sacred religious texts from deterioration.

Category: Religion/Ethics NOLA: SEDE 000901 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: Michelangelo Revealed Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/15/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Other Segment Length: 00:56:46

Throughout his masterful career, Michelangelo glorified the church, etching Catholic ideals into the sculptures and artwork that defined religion for the masses. Now, 500 years after his death, art historian Antonio Forcellino has found evidence of Michelangelo's involvement with a clandestine fellowship trying to reform the Catholic Church from within. The group's radical ideas and accusations of corruption were considered heretical and punishable by death. Michelangelo's involvement put him at dangerous odds with powerful officials who held his livelihood -- and life -- in their hands. "Michelangelo Revealed" paints a stunning new picture of brave religious expression, personal vendettas, careful cover-ups and a most gifted artist desperately trying to reconcile his loyalty to the church with his own personal belief about the road to salvation.

Category: Religion/Ethics NOLA: MLNH 010052 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:07:23

Could Saudi Women's Driving Protest Usher in Social Reforms? Videos posted on YouTube Friday showed several Saudi Arabian women driving in Riyadh and other cities -- a direct violation of a religious ban that prohibits women to drive a car or obtain a driver’s license. Judy Woodruff discusses the protests' impact with blogger Hala Al-Dosari and Arab Reform Bulletin Editor Michele Dunne.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: COSE 017117 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17117 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/7/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:11:54

Walter Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal discusses Apple's iCloud, a new consumer service for storing personal files on remote systems.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: MLNH 010040 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/1/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:06:14

Scientists Strive for Way to Issue Earlier Tornado Warnings: This spring has been one of the deadliest tornado seasons ever, prompting questions about just how well scientists can anticipate and warn people of storms about to strike. Tom Bearden reports on researchers who are trying to improve warning systems in the hopes of saving more lives.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: NBRT 030241 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/6/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

The Fight for Top Talent; Apple's iCloud Arrives; Economic Signs of Slowing; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for June 6, 2011.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: NETK 000157 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/11/2011 12:30:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we feature an investigation into the globalization of the pharmaceutical industry. Has insufficient oversight of foreign clinical trials led to dangerous drugs becoming available or staying on the U.S. market? We also delve into the problem of nuclear waste storage in the U.S. As policymakers turn to nuclear energy as a necessary part of our energy policy, the question of where nuclear waste will go remains unanswered. Theoretical physicist Brian Greene also joins us to discuss what science tells us about the possibility of multiple universes and different planes of reality. And: We visit several up-and-coming gourmet food trucks that have been proliferating on streets throughout the country as a model of thriving entrepreneurship borne from the recession, and editorial cartoonist Steve Brodner conducts an illustrated interview with author Eduardo Porter on the rise of income inequality in the U.S.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: NOVA 003513 Series Title: NOVA Episode Title: Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/9/2011 12:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46

Mark Oliver Everett, better known as E, is the lead singer of U.S. cult band the EELS. What most of his fans don't know is that Mark's father, Hugh Everett III, was one of America's top quantum physicists. In 1957, Hugh Everett came up with a revolutionary theory that predicted the existence of parallel universes. The idea quickly seeped into popular culture, but only recently has it been accepted by mainstream physicists. The film follows the wry and charismatic Mark, who had been estranged from his father, as he travels across America to learn about the father he never knew. It is only by entering the paradoxical world of quantum mechanics that Mark can hope to understand why he was such a stranger to his own father.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: COSE 017124 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17124 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/16/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:12:06

Anne Kreamer, author of It's Always Personal, and Mark Truss of J. Walter Thompson discuss differences in how women and men express emotions in the workplace.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: MLNH 010059 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/28/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:11:37

Minds, Machines Merge to Offer New Hope for Overcoming Impairments: Scientists are creating a new generation of artificial body parts to help people with disabilities see, walk, swim, grip and run among other things. Miles O'Brien reports on the latest advances in prosthetics.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: NBRT 030255 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/24/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

How to Invest in a Bad Economy; Market Stats for June 24, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; The Economy Grows at a Snail's Pace; FTC Investigates Google; HP Tries Tablet Computers Again.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: NETK 000158 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

With candidates already gearing up for the upcoming 2012 election, we look at how several states have been rewriting their voting laws and how it might impact the coming electoral season. We visit Ohio to see how the new laws there might affect voter turnout.

Also, as a follow-up to our panel on the state of women’s rights, we speak with Charmaine Yoest of the group Americans United for Life to see how the anti-abortion movement strategy has evolved and what their efforts have achieved at the state level. We also examine a new alternative therapy to Tourette’s syndrome and how it has already helped one 12-year-old boy battle the disorder.

And: Science journalist Chris Mooney explains the psychological factors behind science denial and how our pre-existing beliefs affect our capacity for logic. Author Benjamin Skinner speaks to us about his work exposing the world of modern-day slavery, and Jon Meacham delivers an “In Perspective” essay on the West Virginia coal mining disaster and the need for a national energy plan.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: NOSN 000503 Series Title: NOVA scienceNOW Episode Title: How Does the Brain Work? Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/29/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:56:46

This episode of NOVA scienceNOW delves into some pretty heady stuff, examining magic and the brain, artificial intelligence, magnetic mind control, and the work of neuroscientist and synesthesia researcher David Eagleman. Can we really believe our own eyes? Will machines one day think like us? Can magnetic wands effectively control brain functions and treat depression? Explore this and more

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: SEDE 000803 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: Executed in Error Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/29/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Other Segment Length: 00:56:46

In 1910, Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen was hanged for poisoning and dismembering his wife, after he attempted to flee the country with his young lover. However, investigators have now found that the human remains discovered in Crippen's cellar were not those of his wife. Their further DNA work - revealed exclusively in this film - throws up startling new evidence about what really happened. It exposes a historic miscarriage of justice and poses uncomfortable questions about the police and prosecutors, who claimed to have solved the crime of the century.

Category: Sexuality NOLA: COSE 017116 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17116 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/6/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:17:59

Roger Simon of Politico and Mark Halperin of Time on the Anthony Weiner scandal.

Category: Sexuality NOLA: WWIR 005050 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/11/2011 12:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

As his top staff resigns, Newt Gingrich’s presidential ambitions seem to falter while Democrats distance themselves from Rep. Anthony Weiner after he confessed to sexually explicit online activity. Also, a report on the future of Afghanistan as U.S. troops get set to withdraw. Joining Gwen: James Kitfield, National Journal; John Dickerson, Slate/CBS News; and Karen Tumulty, Washington Post.

Category: Sexuality NOLA: MLNH 010051 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/16/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:03:51

News Wrap: Rep. Anthony Weiner Reverses Course, Resigns: In other news Thursday, at a senior center in Brooklyn, Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner said he would resign from Congress, marking the end of a three-week scandal over online relations with several women. Also, President Obama drew more fire from Congress for saying he does not need its approval for the U.S. role in Libya.

Category: Social Services NOLA: COSE 017121 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17121 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/13/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:12:33

Joel L. Fleishman and Thomas J. Tierney discuss their book about philanthropy, Give Smart.

Category: Transportation NOLA: NBRT 030242 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/7/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Ester Levanon, CEO of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange; Ford CEO Alan Mulally Talks Expansion; Fed. Chairman Bernanke Remains Optimistic; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for June 7, 2011; Middle East Economy - Interview with Tel Aviv Stock Exchange CEO; Social Media Stocks.

Category: Transportation NOLA: MLNH 010052 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:02:21

Saudi Women Take the Wheel to Protest Religious Ban on Driving: Some Saudi Arabian women coordinated through social media to get behind the wheel Friday in protest of a religious ban on them driving legally. Judy Woodruff reports on the women who risked arrest to fight for new rights.

Category: Transportation NOLA: NBRT 030258 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/29/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Market Stats for June 29, 2011; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Tough Austerity Measure Passes in Greece; President Obama Wants Debt Ceiling Raised Now; Bank of America Settles Mortgage-Backed Securities Claims; Who May Pay When Debt Ceiling is Raised; Kramer Takes Stock of Ford.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: COSE 017118 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17118 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/8/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:09:38

Jennet Conant on her book A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: MLNH 010045 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/8/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:03:20

News Wrap: Thousands of Troops Advance on Libyan Rebels in Misrata: In other news Wednesday, the Libyan rebels' stronghold of Misrata came under fresh attack by President Moammar Gadhafi's forces, and U.S. drone planes struck in Northwest Pakistan for the fifth time this week.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: NETK 000156 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/3/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we look at the financial cost of taking care of veterans coming home from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Also, as part of our Watch List series, we explore how the use of antipsychotic drugs on children has proliferated in the foster care system. Also: We visit Somerville, Mass., to see how its innovative community-based program is helping fight the epidemic of childhood obesity, and editorial cartoonist Roz Chast offers her new take on an old fable, The Ant and the Grasshopper.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: WWIR 005050 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/11/2011 12:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

As his top staff resigns, Newt Gingrich’s presidential ambitions seem to falter while Democrats distance themselves from Rep. Anthony Weiner after he confessed to sexually explicit online activity. Also, a report on the future of Afghanistan as U.S. troops get set to withdraw. Joining Gwen: James Kitfield, National Journal; John Dickerson, Slate/CBS News; and Karen Tumulty, Washington Post.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: ABML 000102 Series Title: Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided: American Experience Episode Title: Part II: We Are Elected Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/27/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Elected President only to see the nation fracture in two, Lincoln led a confused and frightened people through the most terrible war in their history. At the same time, his own household mirrored the fissures that split the nation: the great emancipator was married to the daughter of a slave owner from Kentucky. Mary Todd Lincoln was an aristocratic southerner who met Lincoln when he was still a backwoods politician lacking in experience and sophistication. Although she remained fiercely loyal to her husband and the Union cause, two of her brothers fought for the South. Their marriage was long and turbulent, and knew many trials, including the loss of two children. Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided weaves together the lives of the two Lincolns, drawing us into their long-vanished world.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: COSE 017126 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17126 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/20/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:37:07

A conversation with Donald Rumsfeld, former secretary of defense, on his book Known and Unknown: A Memoir.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: HIDE 000901 Series Title: History Detectives Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/21/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

Yakima Canutt's Saddle: A veteran collector of cowboy gear, our contributor thinks he may have a saddle that once belonged to rodeo champion and Hollywood legend, Yakima Canutt. The Ni'ihau Incident: History Detectives’ first ever Hawaii story takes us to the island of Ni’ihau, the backdrop for a fascinating tale often overshadowed by the enormity of the raid on Pearl Harbor. Civil War Cannon: A Charleston, SC antique dealer discovered a century old puzzle in a corked test tube.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: MLNH 010052 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:12:19

Harry Reid Confident of 'Substantial' U.S. Troop Drawdown in Afghanistan: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told Jim Lehrer Friday that he's confident that President Obama will soon announce a "substantial" withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. He also stood by the president's assertion that the War Powers Act does not apply to the mission in Libya and thus, does not need congressional approval.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: WWIR 005052 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/24/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

President Obama’s announcement to begin drawing down U.S. troops from Afghanistan and what it means; the impact on class action suits because of the Supreme Court’s Wal-Mart decision; and the latest on the growing GOP presidential field. Joining Gwen: Martha Raddatz, ABC News; Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times; Nia-Malika Henderson, Washington Post; and Pete Williams, NBC News.

Category: Women NOLA: COSE 017117 Series Title: Charlie Rose Episode Title: Charlie Rose - 17117 Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/7/2011 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:24:18

Janny Scott on her book, A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother, and Joseph Lelyveld on his book Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India.

Category: Women NOLA: MLNH 010041 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/2/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:08:28

New York Times' Abramson on Role as First Female Top Editor, Challenges Ahead: Jill Abramson was named executive editor of the New York Times Thursday, becoming the first woman to hold the top editorial position at the newspaper of record. Abramson speaks with Jim Lehrer about the milestone and the future of the news organization.

Category: Women NOLA: MLNH 010053 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/20/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:09:15

Ruling on Wal-Mart Gender Bias May Reshape Class-Action Claims: A landmark Supreme Court ruling Monday rejected a class-action gender bias lawsuit against retail giant Wal-Mart. Jeffrey Brown talks to two legal experts about the wider impact on class-action claims.

Category: Women NOLA: NETK 000158 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

With candidates already gearing up for the upcoming 2012 election, we look at how several states have been rewriting their voting laws and how it might impact the coming electoral season. We visit Ohio to see how the new laws there might affect voter turnout.

Also, as a follow-up to our panel on the state of women’s rights, we speak with Charmaine Yoest of the group Americans United for Life to see how the anti-abortion movement strategy has evolved and what their efforts have achieved at the state level. We also examine a new alternative therapy to Tourette’s syndrome and how it has already helped one 12-year-old boy battle the disorder.

And: Science journalist Chris Mooney explains the psychological factors behind science denial and how our pre-existing beliefs affect our capacity for logic. Author Benjamin Skinner speaks to us about his work exposing the world of modern-day slavery, and Jon Meacham delivers an “In Perspective” essay on the West Virginia coal mining disaster and the need for a national energy plan.

Category: Women NOLA: WWIR 005052 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/24/2011 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:00:00

President Obama’s announcement to begin drawing down U.S. troops from Afghanistan and what it means; the impact on class action suits because of the Supreme Court’s Wal-Mart decision; and the latest on the growing GOP presidential field. Joining Gwen: Martha Raddatz, ABC News; Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times; Nia-Malika Henderson, Washington Post; and Pete Williams, NBC News.

Category: Youth NOLA: MLNH 010042 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/3/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:09:36

'Sesame Street' Tells You How to Get to Sunnier Days Financially: As part of his continuing coverage of Making Sen$e of financial news, business correspondent Paul Solman reports on how "Sesame Street" friends Elmo, Grover and Cookie Monster are teaching children smart ways to save and spend money - - and how many adults could use a refresher on the basics of saving for the future.

Category: Youth NOLA: NBRT 030246 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/13/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Economic Policy Arguments; Other Winners from the NBA Championship; Big Business Profits in a Soft Economy; Baby Boomers & Boomerang Kids; President Obama Pushes for Jobs; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for June 13, 2011.

Category: Youth NOLA: NETK 000156 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/3/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

This week on Need to Know, we look at the financial cost of taking care of veterans coming home from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Also, as part of our Watch List series, we explore how the use of antipsychotic drugs on children has proliferated in the foster care system. Also: We visit Somerville, Mass., to see how its innovative community-based program is helping fight the epidemic of childhood obesity, and editorial cartoonist Roz Chast offers her new take on an old fable, The Ant and the Grasshopper.

Category: Youth NOLA: FRON 002916 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: The Child Cases Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/28/2011 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

When a child dies under suspicious circumstances, abuse is often suspected. That's what happened in the case of six-month-old Isis Vas, whose death was deemed "a clear-cut and classic" case of child abuse, sending a man named Ernie Lopez to prison for 60 years. But now a Texas judge has moved to overturn Lopez's conviction, and new questions are being asked about the quality of expert testimony in this and many other similar cases. In this joint investigation with ProPublica and NPR, FRONTLINE correspondent A.C. Thompson unearths more than 20 child death cases in which people were jailed on medical evidence--involving abuse, assault, and "shaken baby syndrome"-- that was later found unreliable or flat-out wrong. Are death investigators being properly trained for child cases? Also in this magazine hour: Correspondent Martin Smith (College Inc.) continues to investigate for-profit colleges, this time focusing on their aggressive recruitment of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. Are the for-profits making promises that they can't keep?

Category: Youth NOLA: MLNH 010051 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/16/2011 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News Segment Length: 00:06:23

Supreme Court Rules 5-4 That Age Matters in Miranda Warnings: The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that juveniles suspected of a crime are entitled to Miranda protections when questioned by police at school. Ray Suarez discusses the ruling's significance with Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal.

Category: Youth NOLA: NBRT 030259 Series Title: Nightly Business Report Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 6/30/2011 5:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

Keeping Students Debt Free; Where Best to Invest?; Market Focus with Tom Hudson; Market Stats for June 30, 2011.

Category: Youth NOLA: NETK 000158 Series Title: Need to Know Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 6/17/2011 7:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Magazine Segment Length: 00:00:00

With candidates already gearing up for the upcoming 2012 election, we look at how several states have been rewriting their voting laws and how it might impact the coming electoral season. We visit Ohio to see how the new laws there might affect voter turnout.

Also, as a follow-up to our panel on the state of women’s rights, we speak with Charmaine Yoest of the group Americans United for Life to see how the anti-abortion movement strategy has evolved and what their efforts have achieved at the state level. We also examine a new alternative therapy to Tourette’s syndrome and how it has already helped one 12-year-old boy battle the disorder.

And: Science journalist Chris Mooney explains the psychological factors behind science denial and how our pre-existing beliefs affect our capacity for logic. Author Benjamin Skinner speaks to us about his work exposing the world of modern-day slavery, and Jon Meacham delivers an “In Perspective” essay on the West Virginia coal mining disaster and the need for a national energy plan.