Wednesday, August 20th TV listings for PBS World (KAID-DT4) Boise, ID
World events, business news and weather forecasts; broadcast in English.
NHK World-Japan Special Program
News, current affairs, and documentaries focusing on Japan and Asia.
News, current affairs and documentaries focusing on Japan and Asia.
NOVA Cat Tales
The perplexing behaviors of cats have often raised the question of whether humans ever really domesticated felines.
Pompeii: The New Dig The Final Hours
The archaeologists complete the excavation of a wealthy residence, bakery and laundry, discovering details about what people were doing in the city during its final hours.
Exploring small communities in the United States.
Exploring small communities in the United States.
Doc World Afghanistan: The Wounded Land -- Part 3: Taliban
Fighting continues within Afghanistan, eventually becoming a civil war; as the Taliban emerge and triumph, the country becomes a lab for a new type of Islamic state and a training ground for Osama Bin Laden's terrorist network.
Outdoor Idaho Fire Line
Idaho wildfires.
Dialogue Adam Johnson
Author Adam Johnson, winner of both a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, talks with Marcia Franklin about his writing philosophy. The two also discuss his thoughts on North Korea, which he wrote bout in "The Orphan Master's Son."
To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé
Women at the gym -- dealing with self-image issues and harassment.
Energy Switch Grid-Scale Batteries
The potential benefits and challenges of large-scale batteries on the power grid.
Dynamic Planet Water
The consequences of global warming on the oceans and the life they support.
The Future of Nature Forests
People working to improve biodiversity, saving keystone species and using Indigenous wisdom to rebuild and restore the forests.
Big Pacific Voracious
For creatures of all sizes, the challenge of finding food drives life in the Pacific.
Christiane Amanpour leads discussions about world issues and interviews with global leaders.
A regular panel of guests from across the political spectrum discuss the biggest international stories of the day, along with news-making interviews and analysis from BBC correspondents around the globe.
Presenting a round-up of the most recent news and developments from across the world.
POV King Coal
The complex history and future of the coal industry, the communities it has shaped and the myths it has created.
POV Emergent City New
When a developer lays plans for an "innovation district," a battle erupts over the future of Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood.
PBS News Hour New
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
A daily news summary from Europe with anchor Brent Goff.
News. Reporting on the day's international news from London and from BBC correspondents around the world.
POV King Coal
The complex history and future of the coal industry, the communities it has shaped and the myths it has created.
POV Emergent City
When a developer lays plans for an "innovation district," a battle erupts over the future of Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood.
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
Christiane Amanpour leads discussions about world issues and interviews with global leaders.
Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries Deep Relationships
Uncovering surprising undersea relationships and connections as sharks befriend fish and whales play with dolphins.
News. Reporting on the day's international news from London and from BBC correspondents around the world.
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.