Wednesday,
November
19
, 2008
10
:05
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President-elect Barack Obama is beginning to create his cabinet and assess roles within the upcoming administration.
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November 11th, 2008 at 11:12 am
November 11th, 2008 at 10:53 am
The Antiques Roadshow crew visits Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where people brought in some outstanding finds, including a 1952 Fender Esquire Guitar. Watch the appraisals. (Originally aired: 10/29/2007).
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November 10th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
On Nov. 10, 1969, Sesame Street, with its cast of puppets teaching kids the alphabet and how to count, made its broadcast debut (here is the rundown of that very first show). Today, it is one of the most widely-viewed children’s programs in the world, airing in more than 120 countries.
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November 10th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Terkel passed away recently, and it prompted us to unearth one of his more unusual segments from the archives. ‘Talkin’ With Terkel’ has Terkel sitting around jawing with a passel of regular folks–sitting, smoking, drinking. It’s a good example of Terkel’s hyper interview techniques. From 1971, the first season of Great American Dream Machine.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
The MoMa was founded in 1929, and moved into, and out of, temporary locations, but in 1939 finally opened the doors of the building it still occupies in midtown Manhattan. The most stunning reinvention of the museum — the ‘New MoMa’ — opened to the public on November 20, 2004. Read more about the building’s state-of-the-art architecture and design…
November 6th, 2008 at 10:53 am
In Washington State, there are 26 Native American tribes–all of them trading in fireworks. Boomtown follows the Suquamish Tribe during the hectic firework season, while exploring the politics of Indian Sovereignty in the US. Watch online through January 5, 2009. (originally aired 2002)
November 3rd, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Journalist and historian Louis “Studs” Terkel, who is credited with popularizing oral histories, which he called “guerrilla journalism,” died Friday, October 31, 2008, at his Chicago home at age 96. See interviews with Terkel from around PBS; read more…
October 28th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
A contributor from Bath, Maine has an 1853 French Napoleon coin with a bent, split edge and a great bit of family lore: it’s said that the coin was shot by Annie Oakley and that Annie herself gave the coin to two of the contributor’s great-grand uncles. History Detectives conducts ballistics tests to find out. Watch. (Originally aired: Season 6, Episode 1).
October 27th, 2008 at 10:40 am
It took approx. 30 years for the NYC Subway to go from concept to opening. In 1904, Mayor McClellan drove the train on the first subway line, which went from City Hall to 145th and Broadway. Read more about the system and watch a 1905 film of the subway.
October 21st, 2008 at 2:28 pm
These video segments are free to watch in Oct…Justine Shapiro takes a gothic Halloween trip to Whitby, England AND visits Munich’s Oktoberfest. Chef Peter Gordon cooks in Southern China whilst Megan McCormick tries her hand at pole-fishing in Sri Lanka and sees the Fall colors of New England. All from season 13. More info; Watch videos.
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Wednesday,
November
19
, 2008
07
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Just two days after the judge declared the trial of three men suspected of involvement in Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya's murder would be open to...
Wednesday,
November
19
, 2008
06
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Jeff Seelbach
Juan Evo Morales Ayma, President of Bolivia, spoke in New York on Tuesday as part of the Columbia University World Leaders Forum. Morales, the...
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