PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
SDPB2: Thursday, June 6, 6pm (5 MT)
SDPB2: Tuesday, June 16, 7pm (6 MT)
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Independent Lens Rodents of Unusual Size Louisiana residents south of New Orleans have faced many an environmental threat, from oil spills to devastating hurricanes. But a growing menace now lurks in the bayous and backwaters: hordes of monstrous 20-pound swamp rats known as nutria. The voracious appetite of this invasive species from South America is accelerating erosion of the state’s coastal wetlands, already one of the largest disappearing landmasses in the world. But the people who have lived there for generations are not the type of folks to give up without a fight. SDPB2: Tuesday, June 11, 6pm (5 MT)
African Americans Many Rivers to Cross Written and presented by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., this six-hour series explores the evolution of African-Americans, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed — forging their own history, culture and society against unimaginable odds. Commencing with the origins of slavery in Africa, the series moves through five centuries of remarkable historic events, including Barack Obama’s presidency.
Painting: “The Problem We All Live With” by Norman Rockwell, 1963.
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America ReFramed Invisible Patients Through the story of Jessica Macleod, Ph.D., a dedicated nurse practitioner in Evansville, Indiana, and her four homebound and marginalized patients, The Invisible Patients sheds light on some of the most urgent healthcare issues facing our nation today: from the living conditions of the elderly poor and end-of-life care, to the soaring costs of hospitalization, complexity of insurance and over-prescription of opiates. It challenges us to wrestle with not just healthcare policy, but as importantly, asks how to care for all persons with dignity and respect.
SDPB2: Friday, June 7, 5:30pm (4:30 MT) (Episode 1. See listings for additional episodes.) Learn. Dream. Grow.
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Brain Secrets In Brain Secrets, Dr. Merzenich leads viewers on a journey to understand how we as humans have evolved into the people we are today, and how we can grow our brain powers to become the better, stronger people we’d like to become. With practical advice that anyone can follow, Dr. Merzenich reveals that it’s never too late to improve our mental abilities.
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