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- Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
- Six-hour documentary on the American Revolution, from the passage of the Stamp Act (1765) through the ratification of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights (1789). In addition to narration and interviews with historians, the series uses re-enactments of military engagements and excerpts from letters, diaries and other documents of the period, spoken by actors.
- A deep dive into the evolutionary history of whales, elephants, crocodiles and birds.
- Three Candidates, Two blind Politicians, One Race. Anytown USA follows a tightly run race in the small town of Bogota, New Jersey and resonates as an all-too-familiar look at partisan politics in our increasingly polarized nation.
- A day in the life of a young artist who longs for professional success and the attention of beautiful women, but who encounters only frustration and violence.
- Follows a handful of people as they journey through the heartwarming and often challenging process of receiving their service dogs from Canine Assistants in Georgia.
- Documentary follows Bill T. Jones as he develops his acclaimed "Still/Here" dance show. First, he holds workshops around the country with seriously ill people. During these he encourages them to express their angst, hopes and fears through original gestures, which he incorporates into dance moments for his piece.
- What is it really like to go to war? For millennia, only warriors could really answer that question. Now, a new PBS documentary takes us inside the experience of battle and reveals the soldier's experiences as never before.
- While the United States was publicly engaged in the Vietnam War, a secret conflict was raging just next door in the country of Laos. Under the command of the CIA, a full-blown military operation engulfed Laos, with a select few of the U.S. Armed Forces participating. At Long Tieng, a secret airbase in the heart of Laos, the CIA trained an army of allied guerrilla fighters including a large number of the Hmong people (an ethnic group from the mountainous regions of southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand), to assist in destroying enemy supply lines. The hour-long documentary AMERICA'S SECRET WAR uncovers the history of this covert war through the stories of Hmong elders and a rich collection of never-been-seen archival images, maps, and documents, including recently declassified CIA intelligence.
- An immersive observation of unrest in the days between the murder of George Floyd and the charges filed against police officer Derek Chauvin, as centuries of racial oppression erupted into five days that changed the world.
- This two hour program gives viewers a window into the intense human dramas that rage inside people who have been labeled obese and how hard their weight problem is to solve. Follow people and experts through the complex human puzzle that is driving this epidemic in America.
- Television dramas often provide an inaccurate portrayal of how evidence is gathered and used in a criminal investigation. Learn how law enforcement applies the scientific method to their work.
- Mary Lahammer visits local restaurants and cafes all across the state to see farm fresh food prepared.
- The story behind the creation of the transistor, one of the 20th century's most important inventions.
- It was the focal point of the railroad industry that made St. Paul and Minnesota a key hub in Americas rail system. Then it fell into decay and abandonment. How did Lowertown return to vibrancy in the last decades of the twentieth century?
- Minnesota's Iron Range built America from sea to shining sea. Steel buildings to enriched bread. Co-produced with the Minnesota Humanities Center.
- Historically the African American community has been under and uninsured. The historic road to health insurance is rooted in isolation but changes in society and the Affordable Care Act itself carries some surprises for consideration.
- Hosted by journalist Dave Iverson, Kids and Divorce examines the emotional and legal aftermath of divorce, seeking to answer: What's best for the kids? In their own voices, parents and children tell their stories of facing divorce's fallout. This special explores the pros and cons of joint custody, looks at efforts to reform how custody is decided in the judicial system, and examines how divorce education programs are helping both parents and kids.
- Each and every day, whether we notice it or not, an endless current of change occurs without pause, flowing relentlessly on the river of time, through and around us. Surprisingly, we never see the vast majority of these vital processes. In fact we can't see them because these events happen much too quickly or too slowly for our human senses to perceive. Scientists are now opening new windows on this landscape, illuminating nature from the inner workings of atoms to the motions of the stars, from billionths of seconds to billions of years.