Stream PBS Programs Anywhere, Anytime
Looking for entertaining and educational PBS shows to watch while you are stuck at home? Check out our recommendations from a variety of different genres! From Martha Bakes to Ken Burn’s Baseball series, these shows are all free to watch online or on the PBS App!
Arts & Music
Austin City Limits: Norah Jones/Angel Olsen
Enjoy an unforgettable hour with dynamic performances from two of today’s most acclaimed singer-songwriters, Norah Jones and Angel Olsen. Texas native Jones makes her fourth appearance on ACL in support of her LP Day Breaks. Indie breakout star Olsen sings tunes from her stellar album My Woman:
Great Performances: Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
In honor of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday, Tanglewood — the famed summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra — dedicated its entire 2018 season to the iconic composer, conductor, performer, educator and humanitarian:
American Masters: Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Discover the man behind the legend. With full access to the Miles Davis Estate, the film features never-before-seen footage, including studio outtakes from his recording sessions, rare photos and new interviews: https://video.thinktv.org/video/miles-davis-birth-of-the-cool-rfotn2/ (Expiring Tuesday, March 24)
Education
TED Talks: The Education Revolution
TED Talks: Education Revolution focuses on how education is changing to adapt to our new digital world, examining what the classroom might look like in the future and the impact of online teaching, with talks from innovators in the field of education:
Food
Martha Bakes
Learn to create the finest desserts and goodies in your own home. Martha Stewart shares the best baking tips and techniques, giving you the confidence to create delectable baked goods-from scratch- in your own kitchen:
History
Stories of Service: The Draft
Race, class, culture — the draft in the 1960s and 1970s was a lightning rod that lit up every schism in American society. But ending the draft has produced unintended consequences, creating a citizenry completely disconnected from the soldiers who bear the entire burden of endless wars. The Draft tells the story of how a single, controversial issue continues to define a nation:
American Masters: Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel features interviews with leading historians, biographers and people with personal connections to her as well as dramatic re-enactments based on her own personal reflections. The film also looks at the reasons behind the amazing endurance of Gone With the Wind across cultures and over time:
Indie Films
Independent Lens: Happiness
A 9-year-old monk has never before left his Bhutanese village perched high in the Himalayas, where the nearest road is a three-day walk. When connected to electricity for the first time, he treks to the nearest city in search of a television. The Independent Lens Documentary Happiness tells a story of the bittersweet seduction of technology and progress:
POV Shorts: There’s No Place Like Home
Crisanto Street: In the shadow of Silicon Valley, a hidden community thrives despite difficult circumstances. For one resident, eight-year-old Geovany Cesario, impending change is bittersweet.
Edgecombe: Through the deeply personal truths of three local residents, Edgecombe examines the ways trauma repeats and reinvents itself in rural black communities.
Science
Medicine Woman
She was America’s first Native doctor, breaking barriers of race and gender to heal her traumatized people. A century later, Native women from many tribes follow in the footsteps of Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte. How can they hope to mend wounds of body and spirit that history has created? What have they learned about new ways of healing that can help us all? Medicine Woman documents their stories:
The Poison Squad
The Poison Squad tells the story of government chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley who, determined to banish these dangerous substances from dinner tables, took on the powerful food manufacturers and their allies:
NATURE: India’s Wandering Lions
As India’s population booms, her legendary wildlife has been squeezed almost out of existence. But the commitment of the Indian people to preserve their wildlife is surprising – leading even to bringing back what has been lost. Against a backdrop of teak forest, farmland and villages, this film explores the extraordinary story of Asia’s last lions and their recovery from near extinction:
Sports
Ken Burn’s Baseball
The story of Baseball is the story of America. It is an epic overflowing with heroes and hopefuls, scoundrels and screwballs. It is a saga spanning the quest for racial justice, the clash of labor and management, the transformation of popular culture, and the unfolding of the national pastime. Watch the first episode of the free series here:
Travel
Rick Steves’ Europe: Greek Islands: Santorini, Mykonos, and Rhodes
Island-hopping to Santorini, Mykonos, and Rhodes, we’ll tour ancient ruins, sample rustic cuisine and compare beaches. And we’ll see how cruising lets you do this efficiently:
