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May Program Highlights

All times are marked in Eastern Time.

  • Secrets of The Dead: Bugging Hitler’s Solders

    Spied upon in a bugging operation of unprecedented scale and cunning, 4,000 German POWs revealed their inner thoughts about the Third Reich and let slip military secrets that helped the Allies win WWII.

  • 10 Buildings That Changed America

    These are the buildings surveyed in this cross-country journey to 10 influential works of American architecture.

  • Antiques Roadshow: "Seattle" (Hour One)

    Antiques Roadshow rocks out at Seattle’s EMP Museum and discusses Jimi Hendrix’ trend-setting fashion style, a Vladimir Kagan desk used by Kagan himself and an impressive 1874 Francis A. Silva oil painting valued at $250,000.

  • NOVA: Decoding Neanderthals

    What happened when the first modern humans encountered Neanderthals 60,000 years ago?

  • American Masters: Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

    Laugh as the comedy giant shares never-before-heard stories about his life and career.

  • National Memorial Day Concert 2013

    A night of remembrance from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol featuring an all-star lineup and the National Symphony Orchestra.

  • Call the Midwife

    • Episode 6 -

      Dr. Turner is determined that Poplar will no longer live under the threat of tuberculosis and Jenny works to reconcile a dying father and his only remaining daughter

    • Episode 7 -

      Cynthia administers daily insulin to a man who consistently belittles his wife and Jenny witnesses a black mother-to-be who is subjected to racial prejudice from neighbors.

    • Episode 8 -

      Chummy and PC Noakes meet with new challenges as they settle back into life in Poplar. Jenny's own jubilation comes in the form of potential love interest.

  • Masterpiece Contemporary

    • Part 6 -

      Two dead relatives show up at a store séance prompted by Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle. Agnes moves to fashion and develops a closer relationship with Henri.

    • Part 7 -

      F.W. Woolworth tries to undercut his old friend and competitor, Harry. The temperature rises with Agnes and Henri.

    • Part 8 -

      Tragedy strikes on the day polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton comes to the store; Harry and Rose attend a shocking play.

  • Big Questions

    Produced by DePaul University’s Institute for Business and Professional Ethics, Big Questions has a core audience of intelligent people who want to change the world. Big Questions is co-hosted by DePaul University’s Patricia Werhane, Kim Clark and Laura Pincus Hartman.

    • Criminal Recidivism -
    • Food Deserts -
    • Bangladesh: The Inter-Relatedness of Poverty -
    • Wage Theft -