Thursday, August 21st TV listings for PBS Explore (WRPT2) Hibbing, MN
POV King Coal
The complex history and future of the coal industry, the communities it has shaped and the myths it has created.
Public television's showcase for independent non-fiction films.
When the women join the men on strike at the cannery, they receive an offer to run the machines; Lottie and Ernst meet again.
Christiane Amanpour leads discussions about world issues and interviews with global leaders.
Story in the Public Square James Fishkin
Stanford professor James Fishkin offers a path to improving not just the health of democracy, but the effectiveness of liberal democratic governments.
Second Opinion With Joan Lunden Racial Disparities in Health
Racial disparities that exist in health and health care in the U.S.
Dynamic Planet Earth
How science, nature and tradition can help the world prepare for the future.
The Future of Nature Humans
People work with nature to make the world thrive, from the metropolises of China and outskirts of Los Angeles to the bogs of Ireland and the favelas of Rio.
Big Pacific Passionate
The quest to multiply includes an array of unusual behaviors and adaptations by forest penguins, great white sharks and other species; male pregnancy.
A daily news summary from Europe with anchor Brent Goff.
Live news program produced out of BBC's Washington, D.C. bureau; host Sumi Somaskanda.
Live feed from leading 24/7 international news and current affairs channel based in Paris, providing key information to understand ever-more complex global events through in-depth analysis and an international lens.
Almanac North New
Hosts Julie Zenner, Dennis Anderson.
A trip to the zoo.
A World of Difference: Embracing Neurodiversity Helping LD Kids Win the Homework Wars
How a mom makes homework less of a headache for her sons with ADHD.
Live From the LBJ Library With Mark Updegrove Doris Kearns Goodwin (Part 1)
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses her path to documenting history.
Medical Stories Diagnosis Delayed
A man adjusts his lifestyle after being diagnosed with immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy, a rare kidney disease; a woman with myasthenia gravis (MG) manages symptoms like lack of muscle control and breathing problems.
Power Trip: The Story of Energy
A journey through the past, present and future of energy to uncover the energy embedded in six major faces of modern life.
PBS News Hour New
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
From Wall Street to Bay Street
Examining and comparing the financial banking systems of the U.S. and Canada, whose foundations were laid by Alexander Hamilton.
American Experience Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
The 1970s Love Canal disaster and how the battle for justice, led mostly by women, created the basis for the federal Superfund program.
Sign off.
News, current affairs and documentaries focusing on Japan and Asia.
A selection of acclaimed programs from NHK's domestic channels, dubbed into English.
Wild Metropolis Residents
From pythons in Bangkok to otters in Singapore, a look at the extraordinary ways wildlife is making itself at home in the world's cities.