Celebrating America’s Independence F.S. Key and the Song That Built America Heroes on Deck: World War II on Lake Michigan Thomas Paine’s To Begin the World Over Again Forgotten Ellis Island Mestiza Music in A Toad’s Big Award-Winning America—page 6 Adventure—page 7 Actors—page 9 July at-a-glance Please visit wycc.org/schedule for the most current programming schedule. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY AM Daniel Tiger’s Sesame Street 6:00 Classical Stretch Neighborhood 6:30 Body Electric Curious George Sid the Science Kid Wai Lana Yoga Ribert & Robert’s Mister Rogers’ 7:00 WonderWorld Neighborhood 7:30 Sit and Be Fit Bob the Builder Curious George Nature Cat Nature Cat 8:00 Cyberchase 8:30 Ready, Jet, Go! (except 7/4, 7/8) Arthur Bug Bites Ready, Jet, Go! Odd Squad 9:00 Wild Kratts Thomas Edison’s Cyberchase 9:30 Sesame Street Secret Lab Dinosaur Train iQ: smartparent Ready, Jet, Go! 10:00 (7/16, 7/23, 7/30) Mid-American Expeditions with 10:30 Curious George Gardener Patrick McMillan Bob the Builder Garden Smart Pritzker Military 11:00 Presents P. Allen Smith’s 11:30 Peg + Cat Garden Home PM Katie Brown Workshop Charlie Rose: 12:00 Super Why! The Week This Old House Justice and Law 12:30 Thomas & Friends Weekly The Best of the Sewing with Nancy Well Read Quilting Arts The Beauty of The American Religion & Ethics 1:00 Joy of Painting Oil Painting Woodshop Newsweekly Wyland’s Art Studio Sew It All Between the Lines Fons & Porter’s Beads, Baubles, Woodcarving with Closer to Truth 1:30 with Barry Kibrick Love of Quilting and Jewels Rick Bütz Painting and Travel Fit 2 Stitch Taste of Louisiana Knitting Daily For Your Home The Woodwright’s Second Opinion 2:00 (7/20, 7/27) (except 7/1) Shop P. Allen Smith’s Steven Raichlen’s Cooking with Nick New Scandinavian Creative Living Woodsmith Shop Baby Makes 3 2:30 Garden Home Project Smoke Stellino (7/20, 7/27) Cooking with Sheryl Borden (except 7/4) Pati’s Mexican Table Ellie’s Real Good Food Martha Bakes Lidia’s Kitchen New Orleans Cooking Woodworking with Arts in Context 3:00 Tommy Mac A Chef’s Life Sara’s Weeknight Meals In Julia’s Kitchen Simply Ming America’s Test Kitchen Ask This Old House Growing a Greener 3:30 with Master Chefs from Cook’s Illustrated World Fly Tying: The Heart of the World: 4:00 Newsline Angler’s Art Colorado’s National Parks (7/10, 7/17, Washington Week 4:30 DW News 7/24) Consuelo Mack To the Contrary Out of Ireland Focus on Europe Asia Insight Antiques Roadshow Chaplains (7/17, 7/24) 5:00 WealthTrack with Bonne Erbe 5:30 Nightly Business Report Variety Studio: On Story 6:00 Actors on Actors Charlie Rose (except 7/2) 6:30 In the Loop MotorWeek Antiques Roadshow This Wild Life In the Loop The Red Green Show Chris Tarrant: Extreme Bomb’s Away: LBJ, 7:00 Railways (7/23, 7/30) Goldwater, and the 1964 Campaign That Autoline This Week Family Ingredients British Antiques Sun Studio Sessions Changed It All 7:30 (except 7/6) Roadshow (7/17 only) NOVA Afterlife Rick Steves’ Europe Masterpiece Classic: Austin City Limits Father Brown DCI Banks 8:00 (7/5, 7/12) Mr. Selfridge (except 7/22) (except 7/16) 8:30 Travelscope Chicago’s True Globe Trekker On Story Front and Center New Tricks 9:00 Nature: The Forest (except 7/22) Preserves of Cook County (7/11 only) Theater Talk Films ByKids 9:30 (7/17, 7/24, 7/31) Doctor Who: Tom Independent Lens 10:00 DW News (except 7/26) Baker Movies (except 7/17) 10:30 Tavis Smiley (except 7/26) 11:00 Charlie Rose The Detectorists Theater Talk 11:30 (7/2, 7/9, 7/16) (except 7/31) Children’s Comedy General How-to Drama Local News/Talk Travel 2 wycc.org contents JULY 2016 Staff 4 First Nations Experience 20 Station Break Paul Buckner - Station Manager 5 MHz Worldview • American Politics Cesar Rodriguez - Creative Services Director • Politics as a Science Alisa Clark - Membership Coordinator 6 Cover Story Shaunese Teamer - Director of Revenue & Development Celebrating America’s 21 One-Minute Biography Sybil Berry - Manager, Education and Outreach Services WYCC Teachers Michael McKenna - Manager, Programming Independance WYCC PBS Chicago is located at 22 Education and Kennedy-King College 7 July Program Listings Outreach at WYCC 6258 S. Union Ave., Chicago, IL 60621 Telephone: 773-224-3300 23 Membership Membership Department: 773-487-1350 http://www.wycc.org WYCC PBS Chicago is licensed to the In 1968, the American voters faced an unwelcome but unavoidable dilemma: Could they right Cheryl L. Hyman - Chancellor America’s course, especially with an unsatisfying set of choices in Board of Trustees Charles R. Middleton - Chairperson the November election for the Gary Gardner - Vice Chairperson White House? Learn more during Clarisol Duque - Secretary Ball of Confusion: The 1968 Isaac Goldman - Trustee Election, airing Sunday, July 10 Pastor Darrell Griffin - Trustee at 7 p.m. Karen Kent - Trustee Marisela Lawson - Trustee Eliana Blancas - Student Trustee WYCC PBS Chicago Magazine is published in cooperation with A+ Media, Inc. Julio Abreu - Publisher Amy Sawyer - Editorial Director Tammy West - Art Director WYCC PBS Chicago Magazine—Copyright © 2016 by WYCC PBS Chicago. Editorial Offices: WYCC PBS Chicago, 6258 S. Union Ave., Chicago, Nancy Dreher IL 60621 (773-224-3300). Material in this issue may not be reproduced in whole or part in any form or format without special per- Anton Galang mission from the publisher. Periodical postage paid at Chicago, IL, and additional entry. Printed in the U.S.A. POSTMASTER: Send Contributing Editors address changes to WYCC PBS Chicago Magazine, Publication Offices: WYCC PBS Chicago, 6258 S. Union Ave., Chicago, IL 60621. For more information on on-line courses, call the Center for Distance Learning at 312-553-5975. Late Night on WYCC PBS Chicago Please visit wycc.org/schedule for the most current programming schedule. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY AM Beyond the Beltway Democracy Now! Democracy Now! Democracy Now! Democracy Now! Democracy Now! Front and Center 12:00 with Bruce DuMont 12:30 Washington Week NOVA Miss Fisher’s Murder Rick Steves’ Europe Masterpiece Classic: In the Loop Austin City Limits 1:00 Mysteries (7/20, 7/27) Mr. Selfridge Limits Religion & Ethics Travelscope British Antiques 1:30 Newsweekly Roadshow 2:00 Classic Gospel The Brain with David Globe Trekker On Story WYCC Classic Movies WYCC Classic Movies Eagleman (7/5 only) 2:30 Theater Talk Heart of the World: This Wild Life Independent Lens DCI Banks Father Brown 3:00 Colorado’s National (except 7/20) Parks (except 7/4) Family Ingredients Chicago’s True David Holt’s State of 3:30 (except 7/5) Nature: The Forest Music (7/24, 7/31) Preserves of Cook Chaplains (7/18, 7/25) Antiques Roadshow New Tricks County (7/16 only) Travels with Darley 4:00 (except 7/31) Theater Talk The Detectorists Islands Without Cars Fly Tying: The 4:30 (7/7, 7/14) (7/2, 7/9, 7/16) Angler’s Art Business First AM This Wild Life Pritzker Military 5:00 Presents MotorWeek Consuelo Mack To the Contrary with Out of Ireland Asia Insight 3, 2, 1 Fireworks 5:30 WealthTrack Bonne Erbe (7/9 only) Children’s Comedy General How-to Drama Local News/Talk Travel wycc.org July 2016Bold type indicates a new program or a program being aired at a new time. 3 Yamba the honey ant and her best friend Jacinta are very curious and love to learn. Yamba’s Playtime, airing weekends at 10 a.m., is an educational and entertaining program perfect for preschoolers. FNX: First Nations Experience gives voice to the stories of Native American and indigenous peoples around the world through documentaries, entertainment, news, family programs, and much more—24 hours a day on WYCC 20.2. Please visit wycc.org/schedule First Nations Experience July at-a-glance for the current full schedule. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 6:00 FNX Documentary FNX Documentary 6:30 FNX Documentary 7:00 7:30 8:00 Fish Out of Water Fish Out of Water Fish Out of Water Vitality Health Vitality Health 8:30 Vitality Health 9:00 Wakanheja Wakanheja Wakanheja 9:30 Bizou Lakota Berenstain Bears Lakota Berenstain Bears 10:00 Tansi! Nehiyawetan Yamba’s Playtime Yamba’s Playtime 10:30 Wapos Bay Wapos Bay Wapos Bay 11:00 Art Zone Kagagi: The Raven Kagagi: The Raven 11:30 Vitality Gardening Vitality Gardening Vitality Gardening 12:00 PM Finding Our Talk Finding Our Talk Finding Our Talk Cooking with the Wolfman Cooking with the Wolfman 12:30 Cooking with the Wolfman 1:00 The Creative Native The Creative Native The Creative Native 1:30 First Talk First Talk First Talk 2:00 Mirando Desde Nuestras FNX Documentary FNX Documentary FNX Documentary FNX Documentary FNX Documentary FNX Documentary Raices: Looking from 2:30 Our Roots (except 7/25) 3:00 Ravens and Eagles Samaqan Water Stories Ravens and Eagles Samaqan Water Stories Ravens and Eagles Seasoned with Spirit Storytellers in Motion Champions of the North Native Report 3:30 Vitality Gardening 4:00 Vitality Health Native Nation Building Seasoned with Spirit 4:30 From the Spirit People of the Pines Champions of the North 5:00 The Creative Native Making Regalia FNX Documentary Make Prayers 5:30 Cooking with the Wolfman to the Raven 6:00 Working It Out Together Indian Pride On Native Ground Indian Pride Storytellers in Motion The Other Side 6:30 Back in the Day Oskayak Down Under The Voices Of Down the Mighty River On Native Ground Indians and Aliens 7:00 First Talk Indigenous Focus 7:30 Native Report People of the Pines Making Regalia People of the Pines Make Prayers to Dab Iyiyuu the Raven 8:00 Osiyo: Voices of the Native Voice TV Cherokee People FNX Documentary 8:30 Native Report On Native Ground 9:00 Wapos Bay Wapos Bay Wapos Bay 9:30 Fish Out of Water Fish Out of Water Fish Out of Water 10:00 The Other Side Mixed Blessings Moose T.V.