PBS Related

Shelter Me

Shelter Me, hosted by actress Katherine Heigl, is a family-friendly PBS show that celebrates the human-animal bond with stories about shelter pets and their new homes. We will speak, via SKYPE from Los Angeles, with film producer Steven Latham about his upcoming PBS...

Why I left the Amish

In conjunction with PBS Feb 28 American Experience documentary “The Amish” we will interview Saloma Miller Furlong of Sunderland. She is interviewed in the PBS documentary and is the author of “Why I Left the Amish.”...

We Still Live Here

Anne Makepeace will discuss her documentary “We Still Live Here: As Nutayunean” telling the story of Native American linguist Jessie Little Doe Baird and her efforts to save the native language of the Wampanoags which had not been spoken for over a...

Joyce Slokum

Interim CEO of National Public Radio, Joyce Slocum discusses the role of member stations, how NPR has endured the controversies of the past year and her thoughts on what should happen to public funding for the radio powerhouse....

PBS Fall Arts Festival

Guest: John Wilson, Senior Vice President and Chief TV Programming Executive John Wilson, Senior VP and Chief TV Programming Executive will join us via Skype interview to discuss the “PBS Arts Fall Festival” airing this fall on Friday evenings....

The War of 1812 on PBS

Larry Hott of Florentine Films/Hott Productions discusses his latest production, “The War of 1812” which airs nationally on PBS on Monday, October 10th. Additional Info: For two and a half years, Americans fought against the British, Canadian colonists and...

About Prohibition

Guests: Prof. Dan Czitrom,  Mount Holyoke College,  Guy McClain, Museum of Springfield History, and Kathleen Banks Nutter, Archivist, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College. When we paint the picture of prohibition in Western Massachusetts in the 19th century, what do...

Prohibition on PBS

Prohibition is a three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the entire era it encompassed. Ken and Lynn sat...

POV Preview

Guest: Simon Kilmurry, Exec. Dir./Exec. Prod. — P.O.V. Host Carrie Saldo talks with P.O.V. Executive Producer Simon Kilmurry vie Skype about the shows upcoming season. P.O.V. begins new season on June 21 with the film, “Kings of Pastry” Additional Info:...