Thursday, April 30th TV listings for PBS (Pioneer Public Television)
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Daniel Learns to Ask First; Friends Ask First
Daniel takes a spoon away from Margaret, which makes her cry; Teacher Harriet explains that you should ask first before taking something away from someone.
Phoebe & Jay Queen B Butterfly; Talent Show
Phoebe and Jay use Miss Jean's field guide to identify their new butterfly friend; Phoebe gets courage to perform at the talent show.
Sesame Street Elmo Runs the Race
Elmo tries to win a race without eating his sandwich, but learns that eating healthy food will give him energy; Cookie Monster tries to eat the sandwich for himself.
Work It Out Wombats! Cause and Effect Machine; Riddles of the Treeborhood
The Wombats build a Cause and Effect machine; Super's best friend Chanaa pays a visit.
Donkey Hodie Best Friends Day; Silly Sticky Situation
Donkey and Panda have different ideas about how to celebrate Best Friends Day; while getting ready to make big art, the pals get stuck to a big glue bottle.
Rosie's Rules Lights Out Rosie; Rosie Goes Camping
Rosie and Javi learn how people did things before there was electricity after a storm causes a power outage; Rosie learns to use tools from nature during a family camping trip.
Elinor Wonders Why Melting Point; Mr. Raccoon's Bad Day
While delivering chocolates, the kids learn that warmer temperatures can melt treats; the kids help Mr. Raccoon calm down when he is having a bad day.
The Farmer and the Foodie Beekeeping; Honey
The honey harvesting process; hot honey chicken and waffles; a honey whole wheat flatbread topped with white sauce, bacon and asparagus.
Held In Minnesota: Untold Wwii Pow Stories
Follow the extraordinary journey of German and Italian POWs held in Minnesota during WWII.
Upstate Attractions The International Motor Racing Research Center
Exploring the International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen, a world class library and archive that serves as a destination for hundreds of scholars, journalists, authors and filmmakers from around the globe.
Tradfest: The Fingal Sessions a ceathair
Allison Russell and her musical collective featuring Joy Clark, Caoi de Barra, Caoimhe Hopkinson and Elenna Canlas.
Quilting Arts Try Something New
A new technique in dyeing where the folds allow "glitches" of color to bleed through, creating fascinating intersections of color; little landscapes.
Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South
Selecting and buying seeds; planting spring-blooming bulbs; what you can do in the garden over the winter.
Alma's Way Alma Goes to Puerto Rico; Bomba on the Beach
When Alma and her family travel to Puerto Rico to visit Papi's family, Alma can't wait to dance Bomba on the beach; her dancing plans are put on hold when an unmarked package containing a beautiful Bomba skirt is dropped in front of her bisabuela.
Odd Squad A Town Called Trifle; I Am Oddius
During the town of Trifle's 100-year anniversary party, Ozzie and Onom must stop Tracey Trifler from covering it in trifle; Osric and Omni try to stop a Roman gladiator from causing ancient oddness.
Molly of Denali Sea Lion Crooks and Halibut Hooks; Nature's Medicine
While fishing, Molly and her cousin, Randall, encounter a sea lion with a strange word written on its back; Molly's scout troop halts its hike when Trini scrapes her knee.
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum I Am Confucius; I Am Sacagawea
Xavier and Yadina overcome a sibling spat with the help of Confucius; Sacagawea helps Xavier and Brad realize that just because Yadina is younger, she can do more than they think.
Arthur Pets and Pests; Go Fly a Kite
Arthur enlists the help of an expert mouse catcher; Binky, Muffy and Ladonna find a kite in the park.
Live news program produced out of BBC's Washington, D.C. bureau; host Sumi Somaskanda.
PBS News Hour New
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
Featuring the art, history and cultural heritage of western Minnesota and beyond; funding for the production of Postcards comes from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Prairie Yard and Garden Pollinator Pathways -- Dawson/Boyd
A movement to strategically plant native gardens in the Dawson and Boyd areas, creating healthy habitats for monarchs and vital pollinators.
Chef Mathew Unger and food writer Porcshe Moran provide a food tour of Route 66 in Missouri; stops include Bourbon Coffee Saloon, Spencer Manor Winery and Ted Drewes.
Postcards producer Dana Conroy's great great grandmother received a package in the 1940s from her relatives in a Norway. Inside, she found a pair of boots called "Nesna Lobben." Now Dana and the Postcards crew are bringing those boots back home.
Papa Ray's Vintage Vinyl Roadshow Blues for the 21st Century
American music is heavily laced with the DNA of the blues.
Austin City Limits Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Singer-songwriter Jason Isbell and his band 400 Unit present songs from "Weathervanes."
News. Reporting on the day's international news from London and from BBC correspondents around the world.
Christiane Amanpour leads discussions about world issues and interviews with global leaders.
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
The automobile brings new freedoms as well as perils to Blacks on the road from the 1930s to the late 1960s.
Shared Planet Cities
From New York to Kolkata, dicovering the surprising and beneficial ways urban wildlife transforms cities into thriving, shared ecosystems.
Nature Woodpeckers: The Hole Story
Exploring the unique evolutionary journey of woodpeckers and the role they play in every ecosystem, except Antarctica and Australia.
NOVA Athens: Birth of Democracy
Archaeological investigations into the origins of democracy in Greece 2,500 years ago; mass graves and ancient ruins where tyrants were murdered shine light on the birth of a revolutionary form of government.
Yoga in Practice Find Balance to Find Peace
Using yoga postures such as Revolved Warrior II to help find balance within the asymmetries of the body.
Wai Lana Yoga Salute to the Sun
Steps nine to 12 in the Salute to the Sun; linking all 12 steps.
Wild Kratts Hermit Crab Shell Exchange
Martin and Chris spot a hermit crab on the beach.
Weather Hunters Foggy Trick or Treat
A foggy Halloween almost derails Corky and Lily's trick-or-treating.
Lyla in the Loop Everett's Swim Lesson; Miss Emmaline's New Beginning
Everett faces his fear of water by taking a swimming lesson; Lyla doesn't want Miss Emmaline to move.
Carl the Collector Whole Lotta Lotta; Leaf It to Carl
Lotta is determined to show Skyler that she is more than just "headphone girl"; the new kid in school causes a hullabaloo on the playground.