EXPLORE GBH, May 2024

MAY/JUNE 2024

EXPLORE GBH

CONSIDER THIS EXPLORE GBH Editor Katrina Ávila Munichiello Contributors Emily Abi-Kheirs, Ron Bachman, Mary Crotty, Daphne Northrop Designers Tong-Mei Chan, Amy Saidens

The Power of Documentary Storytelling A

A new documentary from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Films looks at the 1968 Kerner Commission report.

t GBH, our mission is to tell stories that matter, whether they are documentaries, news stories, content that inspires children, or dramatic period pieces to help audiences take a breather from the complexity of our day-to-day lives.

Today, I wanted to highlight some of our documentary work, which reveals important information about the state of the world, our communities, and about ourselves. At a time when facts are questioned and news deserts are springing up across the country, GBH’s role as a trusted provider of news and information locally, nationally, and internationally is profoundly important. No matter the platform or subject, GBH tells stories that make a difference to our audiences and, ideally, help make the world a better place. This month we are premiering documentary films that do just that by revealing the truth about history while deepening our understanding about the present.

When Black neighborhoods in scores of American cities erupted in violence during the summer of 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders—informally known as the Kerner Commission—to answer three questions: What happened? Why did it happen? And what could be done to prevent it from happening again? AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’s new documentary, The Riot Report (see page 13), takes us back to 1968, when the Commission released its findings—a shockingly unvarnished assessment that pinned the blame for the unrest on systemic racism in American society. It was a verdict so politically explosive that Johnson refused to acknowledge the report publicly or

GBH PASSPORT

TELEVISION

Photo Research Leah Weisse Production Manager Heidi Lewis Associate Creative Director Alison Kennedy Senior Creative Director Piper Rankine Senior Director of Strategic Communications Barbara Ayotte Chief Marketing Officer Tina Cassidy May/June 2024 Volume 34, Number 5, (ISSN 2152-7458) (USPS 0008-188). Copyright 2024.

WGBH Educational Foundation. One Guest Street, Boston, MA 02135. All rights reserved.

EXPLORE GBH is published monthly by the WGBH Educational Foundation. Subscription is by membership contribution of $60 or more to GBH. Preferred periodicals postage paid at Boston, MA, and additional mailing offices.

POSTMASTER: Send address changes to EXPLORE GBH, GBH, One Guest Street, Boston, MA 02135. Printed in USA. 24CR11834

STAY UP TO DATE Visit GBH online to find the latest broadcast schedules, programming information, member events, and more. Place your mobile phone’s camera over this QR code (and others throughout EXPLORE GBH) to learn more.

Susan Goldberg President & CEO, GBH

RADIO eT Tu b Yo u

ar t er Ch

Co x

RC N

FiO S

Co mc ast

Dig

GBH Passport is our newest member benefit and your easy-access, on-demand library of public television favorites. GBH members contributing $60 or more annually enjoy thousands of hours of drama, science, music, history, and the arts.

ita

l

V

ON THE COVER

even thank the commissioners for their service.

This film explores a pivotal moment in our nation’s history and the fraught social dynamics that simultaneously spurred the commission’s investigation and doomed its findings to oblivion. “This is history we need to reckon with,” says the film’s director, Michelle Ferrari.

“As much as we think that we are making progress, there’s quite a lot more to be done.”

This month we also honor Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with more stories that reveal the truth about history that informs the present. For 50 years, photographer Corky Lee documented the lives of New York City’s Asian American community. His work presented struggles— including civil rights protests, discriminatory immigration legislation, and violence against Sikhs and Muslims of Asian descent following 9/11—but also documented celebration and success. The feature-length film, Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story (see page 4), explores Lee’s quest to ensure that the rich tapestry of Asian American life be preserved and shared.

These are just two examples of GBH’s powerful storytelling from often underrepresented voices that enrich our world. Thank you for your support in making these programs possible.

GBH 2

2.3

2

2

2

2

2

*

GBH 2 HD

2.1

802

502

602

1002

782

n/a

GBH 44

44.2

16

44

14

804

21

n/a

1 Use the four-word activation code that appears on the mailing label of this issue of EXPLORE GBH

GBH 44 HD

44.1

801

544

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

GBH WORLD

2.2

956

473

94

807

181

n/a

2 Enter it at gbh.org/activate

GBH CREATE

44.3

959

474

95

805

182

n/a

Then stream anytime on gbh.org and the PBS App on Apple TV, iOS, Roku, Android, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, and Samsung TV.

GBH Kids

44.4

958

472

93

n/a

180

*

Boston Kids & Family (Boston only)

n/a

22

n/a

3

n/a

n/a

n/a

To get started, follow these easy steps:

Channel numbers and availability may vary by community. Contact your provider for more information.

Comcast subscribers can access selected GBH programs on GBH On Demand.

Go to Comcast 1, choose Get Local, then Local Networks. For more programs, go to Comcast 1 and choose History & Nature, then PBS-GBH.

2

EXPLORE GBH MAY/JUNE 2024 | What matters to you.

*GBH 2 and GBH Kids are broadcast simultaneously on YouTube TV.

GBH 89.7, Boston’s Local NPR® gbhnews.org 89.7 HD1 GBH Jazz 24/7 gbh.org/jazz247 CRB Classical 99.5 classicalwcrb.org 99.5 Boston-NH 89.7 HD2 Boston 96.3 Beacon Hill 88.7 Providence 90.1 HD2 Cape and Islands CAI, Cape & Islands capeandislands.org 90.1 Martha’s Vineyard 91.1 Nantucket 94.3 Brewster 89.7 HD3 All stations are available for streaming on gbh.org/radio

2

4

The power of documentary storytelling

Celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Local, USA: Chinatown Auxiliary and more

CONSIDER THIS

DON’T MISS

10

12

Enjoy two new programs from Great Performances— a modern-day adaptation of Hamlet and Purlie Victorious, recorded live at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre

Learn how to watch video trailers in our digital magazine

HISTORY & CULTURE

INSIDE

6

DRAMA MASTERPIECE returns with MaryLand, a new three-part miniseries about sisters discovering their recently deceased mother’s secret past

7

JOURNALISM

8

In Public Enemies, Private Friends, women from opposing sides of the abortion debate hold secret talks for six years in the wake of Boston-area abortion clinic shootings

Saving the Animals of Ukraine presents the stories of Ukrainian citizens rescuing pets and zoo animals abandoned since the start of the war with Russia

9

SCIENCE

LIVING The Life of Loi returns for its second season, taking viewers across Greece to explore the country’s most loved dishes

16

MEMBERS MATTER

14

13

ALL EARS

COVER STORY AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The Riot Report presents the story of the Kerner Commission’s explosive findings

Experience composer Hector Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted

by Andris Nelsons

ADVERTISEMENT

COMING NEXT MONTH Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution is a new three-part docuseries about the rise and fall of disco and the legacy it left behind

+

18 WHAT’S ON 22 SAVOR 23 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

LOOK FOR ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER (AANHPI) HERITAGE MONTH PROGRAMS

EXPLORE GBH MAY/JUNE 2024 | What matters to you. 3

3

DON’T MISS

cool things

1 LOCAL, USA: CHINATOWN AUXILIARY

Many Chinese senior citizens spent years fighting to establish a sense of belonging in the U.S., living through years of backlash against immigrants in the 1970s and the “Asian Hate” that came to the surface during the COVID-19 pandemic.

For decades, a group of these seniors has patrolled the streets of NYC’s Chinatown as NYPD volunteer police, standing together to keep their community safe.

Mon (5/13) at 9pm on GBH WORLD

PHOTOGRAPHIC JUSTICE: THE CORKY LEE 2 STORY

For 50 years, photographer Corky Lee documented the lives of New York City’s Asian American community. His work presented struggles—including civil rights protests, discriminatory immigration legislation, and violence against Sikhs and Muslims of Asian descent post-9/11—and celebration. This featurelength film tells the story of Lee’s quest to ensure the rich tapestry of Asian American life could be preserved and shared.

Mon (5/13) at 10pm on GBH 2 PLAY VIDEO

AANHPI HERITAGE MONTH LOOK FOR HIDDEN GEMS

DIGITAL

4

3 AMERICA REFRAMED: FROM HERE

“Where are you really from?” is a question that plagues many immigrants. This documentary follows artists and activists who immigrated with their families to New York and Berlin and are growing up at a time of growing xenophobia and political turmoil. They fight for citizenship, produce art, and try to define their identities while grappling with the idea of what it means to belong.

Sun (5/5) at 6pm on GBH 2

EXPLORE GBH MAY/JUNE 2024 | What matters to you.

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

drama

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!

McDonald & Dodds HIDDEN GEM

A Suitable Boy

In newly independent India, Mrs. Rupa Mehra wants to arrange a marriage for her spirited daughter, literature student Lata Mehra (Tanya Maniktala, center). Lata has other ideas. Meeting mysterious fellow student Kabir Durrani may change her future as she struggles to balance romance and responsibility. This series is directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair.

Season One Wednesdays at 9pm on GBH 44

The Paris Murders

Profiler Chloé Saint-Laurent teams with cranky, hard-nosed Detective Thomas Rocher (Philippe Bas) at the Paris homicide division to solve their most challenging cases. SaintLaurent’s exceptional sensitivity allows her to read the minds of both criminals and their victims. This suspenseful and fast-paced series is based on actual criminal cases. From Walter Presents, in French with English subtitles.

Season One Wednesdays at 10pm on GBH 44

6

EXPLORE GBH MAY/JUNE 2024 | What matters to you.

more drama My Life Is Murder Wednesdays at 8pm on GBH 44 Repeats: Tuesdays at 4pm on GBH 44 The Outlaws Thursdays at 8pm on GBH 44 Repeats: Fridays at 4pm on GBH 44

Wildly ambitious Detective Chief Inspector Lauren McDonald (Tala Gouveia, right) arrives in Bath from London to head up the local Criminal Investigation Division. She is partnered with shy, enigmatic Detective Sergeant Dodds (Jason Watkins) who has not worked street duty for more than a decade. When a wealthy entrepreneur discovers a dead body in his home, the mismatched pair are tasked with solving the case.

Season One Mon (5/27) at 9pm on GBH 44

Vienna Blood Thursdays at 10pm on GBH 44 MASTERPIECE/ Mr Bates vs The Post Office Sat (5/4) at 9pm on GBH 2 MASTERPIECE/Guilt Sun (5/5, 5/12, 5/19) at 10pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Thursdays at 4pm on GBH 44 Saturdays at 10pm on GBH 2 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Sun (5/5, 5/12) at 11pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Mon–Fri (5/13– 5/24) at 3pm on GBH 2 Mon–Fri (5/13– 5/24) at 5pm on GBH 44

MASTERPIECE

MaryLand

Estranged sisters, Becca (Suranne Jones) and Rosaline (Eve Best), are caught by surprise when they discover that their mother was not vacationing in Wales but instead died unexpectedly on the Isle of Man. The siblings’ trip to repatriate the body leads them to confront deep family secrets and their mother’s double life. This three-part miniseries also features Stockard Channing.

Sun (5/5, 5/12, 5/19) at 9pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Tue (5/7, 5/14, 5/21) at 9pm on GBH 44 Sat (5/11, 5/18, 5/25) at 9pm on GBH 2

FOR THE RECORD In this new video series, two Gen Z individuals (born in the late 1990s to early 2010s) with differing political viewpoints sit down for one-on-one conversations about the issues they feel are most important.

They will explore what motivates them to vote—or not—and where they may have common ground despite their differences.

The series will run until the November 2024 election.

journalism

Watch the series here.

INDEPENDENT LENS

more journalism PBS NewsHour Mondays–Fridays at 6pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Mondays–Fridays at 11pm on GBH 44 Asian Americans Thu (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23) at 10pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Thu (5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30) at 1pm on GBH 44

Space: The Longest Goodbye

If NASA is to achieve its goal of sending astronauts to Mars, crew members will face extreme isolation as they spend three years away from Earth with no real-time communication possible. This documentary looks at how the challenge of isolation in space was addressed in past missions and what will be required to keep astronauts mentally stable during this lengthy journey.

Mon (5/6) at 10pm on GBH 2

Basic Black Fridays at 7:30pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Sundays at 8:30am on GBH 44

AMERICA REFRAMED

In Search of Bengali Harlem

As a teenager in 1980s Harlem, Alaudin Ullah turned his back on his working-class Bangladeshi and Muslim roots. Faced with Islamophobia in post-9/11 Hollywood, Ullah is inspired to reconnect with his past and learn about his Bengali father who dodged Asian Exclusion laws and married his mother, a Puerto Rican woman who was part of New York’s thriving African American and Puerto Rican communities.

Thu (5/9) at 8pm on GBH WORLD Repeat: Sat (5/11) at 10pm on GBH WORLD

Doc World/ Crossings Sun (5/12) at 6pm on GBH 2 Repeat: Sat (5/18) at 6pm on GBH 44 America ReFramed/ Far East Deep South Sun (5/19) at 6pm on GBH 2 Repeat: Sat (5/25) at 6pm on GBH 44 Independent Lens/ The Tuba Thieves Mon (5/20) at 10pm on GBH 2 Repeat: Sun (5/26) at 9pm on GBH 44

HIDDEN GEM A LOCAL, USA SPECIAL

Public Enemies, Private Friends

In the wake of a shooting spree at two Boston-area abortion clinics in 1994, six women who represent opposing sides of the abortion debate began meeting in secret to discuss how this terrible event could have been prevented. Instead of meeting four times as planned, they met for six years. While no one changed their position, the dialogue changed their lives.

Thu (5/30) at 10pm on GBH 2 Repeat: Fri (5/31) at 9:30pm on GBH 44 Watch Live. Stream Anytime.

7

DISCOVERY ZONE

NATURE

Grizzly 399: Queen of the Tetons

Grizzly 399, the most famous bear of Grand Teton National Park, attempts to raise an unusually large litter of four cubs to adulthood. This bear has become a symbol of the conflicts between people and animals amid a warming climate and human encroachment.

399 makes increasingly unexpected choices to protect her family, giving hope for wildlife preservation.

science

Wed (5/8) at 8pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Thu (5/9) at 6pm on GBH 44 Sat (5/11) at 12pm on GBH 44

Changing Planet: Coral Special Wed (5/1) at 1pm on GBH 44 Repeat: Wed (5/1) at 4pm on GBH 2 NATURE/Season of the Osprey Wed (5/1) at 8pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Sat (5/4) at 12pm on GBH 44 Wed (5/8) at 12pm on GBH 44 Wed (5/8) at 4pm on GBH 2 A Brief History of the Future Wed (5/1, 5/8) at 9pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Fri (5/3, 5/10) at 1pm on GBH 44 Sat (5/4, 5/11) at 2pm on GBH 44 Sun (5/5, 5/12) at 3pm on GBH 2

HIDDEN GEM NATURE

Saving Animals of Ukraine

Before the Russian invasion in February 2022, Ukraine had the world’s second-highest population of pets per capita. Now, Ukrainian citizens are trying to rescue and care for the pets and zoo animals abandoned during the war. Ukrainian YouTuber Anton Ptushkin documents these efforts, presenting the pets and their owners as symbols of resistance in this story of devotion and love.

Wed (5/15) at 8pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Sat (5/18) at 12pm on GBH 44 Sun (5/19) at 1pm on GBH 2

8

more science

EXPLORE GBH MAY/JUNE 2024 | What matters to you.

NOVA/Making North America: Human Wed (5/1) at 10pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Thu (5/2) at 6pm on GBH 44 Sun (5/5) at 8pm on GBH 44 NATURE/Green Island, White Desert Wed (5/22) at 8pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Sun (5/26) at 1pm on GBH 2 Wed (5/29) at 1pm on GBH 44

NOVA

Secrets in Your Data

Whether you’re on social media or surfing the web, you are likely sharing more personal data than you realize, and that can pose a risk to your privacy and even your safety. But these datasets can also lead to advances in medicine and other fields. Host Alok Patel helps viewers understand where our data goes and explores efforts to maximize the benefits without compromising privacy.

Wed (5/15) at 9pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Thu (5/16) at 6pm on GBH 44 Sun (5/19) at 3pm on GBH 2

NOVA

Decoding the Universe: Cosmos

For nearly 50 years, space research and exploration has been digging into some of our biggest questions: How big is the universe? If it began with the Big Bang, will it also have an end? Is there life beyond our planet? Trace groundbreaking discoveries that have transformed our picture of the universe and follow teams trying to solve the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.

Wed (5/22) at 9pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Thu (5/23) at 6pm on GBH 44 Sun (5/26) at 8pm on GBH 44

HOME AND AWAY

Cinco de Mayo: La Frontera with Pati Jinich

Prepare to celebrate Cinco de Mayo by exploring the sights, sounds, and flavors of the Mexican-American border with host Pati Jinich. Travel to Loredo and El Paso, Texas; Juárez, Mexico; the golden coast of California; and more.

living

Fri (5/3) from 9pm–12am on GBH Create Repeats: Sat (5/4) from 10am–1pm on GBH Create Sun (5/5) from 12–3pm on GBH Create

Ask This Old House

The crew from This Old House helps homeowners tackle their most challenging home improvement projects. Join host Kevin O’Connor (center right) and the Ask This Old House team and revisit projects that include cabinet upgrades, fireplace makeovers, and secret gardens.

Mondays–Thursdays at 5pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Sundays at 10:30am on GBH 44 Sundays at 5:30pm on GBH 2 Thursdays at 8:30pm on GBH 2

The Life of Loi

Chef Maria Loi, of Manhattan’s critically acclaimed restaurant Loi Estiatorio, is known as the “Julia Child of Greece.” Join Loi for Season Two of this much loved series as she takes us across her home country and serves up the secret to some of the region’s most authentic dishes.

Season Two Sat (5/11, 5/18, 5/25) at 12pm on GBH 2

more living The Great American Recipe Mon–Fri (5/27–5/31) at 3pm, 4pm, 5pm on GBH 2

HIDDEN GEM

National Memorial Day Concert 2024 Sun (5/26) at 8pm, 9:30pm on GBH 2

Memorial Day with Planet Barbecue

Wine First Sundays at 4:30pm on GBH 44 Start Up Saturdays at 11:30am on GBH 44 Lidia’s Kitchen Mondays–Fridays at 8am on GBH 44 Repeats: Saturdays at 1:30pm on GBH 2

Fri (5/31) from 9pm–2am on GBH Create

Weekends with Yankee Sundays at 11:30am on GBH 2 Repeats: Sundays at 3:30pm on GBH 44

Watch Live. Stream Anytime.

Join host Steven Raichlen in firing up the grill this Memorial Day weekend.

Learn tips and tricks for mouthwatering barbecue dishes, including Jamaican Jerk Chicken, Carne Asada Breakfast Tacos, and Texas Brisket.

9

THEN AND NOW

GREAT PERFORMANCES

Purlie Victorious

GREAT PERFORMANCES

Hamlet

This contemporary production of Hamlet, recorded at Central Park’s Delacorte Theater, is directed by Tony Award–winner Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun) and features an all-Black cast, including Tony Award–nominee Ato Blankson-Wood (Slave Play), Warner Miller, and Solea Pfeiffer (Hadestown).

This present-day take sets the performance in a desolate modern world.

Ossie Davis’s comedic play tells the story of a Black preacher’s scheme to reclaim his inheritance from a plantation owner and to buy back the community church. The performance was recorded live with its full original cast at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre and stars Tony Award–winner Leslie Odom, Jr., above right (Hamilton).

Fri (5/24) at 9pm on GBH 2 Repeat: Sat (5/25) at 8pm on GBH 44

HIDDEN GEM

MASTERPIECE’s drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office shared the story of hundreds of subpostmasters who were falsely accused of theft, when the true fault lay with the Post Office’s new computer system. This documentary presents the interviews with some of the real subpostmasters and those who helped uncover the truth.

Sat (5/4) at 7pm on GBH 2

10 EXPLORE GBH MAY/JUNE 2024 | What matters to you.

The Express Way with Dulé Hill Sun (5/5, 5/12, 5/19) at 2pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Sun (5/5, 5/12, 5/19) at 9pm on GBH 44 Tue (5/7, 5/14) at 9pm on GBH 2 Fight The Power: How Hip Hop Changed The World Thu (5/16, 5/23) at 4pm on GBH 2 Lucy Worsley Investigates Sun (5/12, 5/19) at 8pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Tue (5/14, 5/21) at 8pm on GBH 44 Sat (5/18, 5/25) at 8pm on GBH 2

Fri (5/10) at 9pm on GBH 2 Repeat: Sat (5/11) at 8pm on GBH 44

The Real Story of Mr Bates vs The Post Office

more history & culture

High School Quiz Show Finale

It’s time to discover the winner of GBH’s award-winning academic competition for Massachusetts high school students! Watch the final two high schools vie for victory. This year’s season is hosted by science writer, educator, and TV personality Joe Hanson (right).

Season Finale airs 5/18!

Sat (5/4, 5/11, 5/18) at 6pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Fri (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24) at 12:30pm on GBH 44 Sun (5/5, 5/12, 5/19) at 5pm on GBH 2

Stories from the Stage Fri (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/31) at 8pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Sat (5/4, 5/11, 5/18) at 11:30pm on GBH 2 Sun (5/5, 5/12, 5/19) at 11:30am on GBH 44 Great Performances/ Audra McDonald at the London Palladium Fri (5/17) at 9pm on GBH 2 Repeat: Sat (5/18) at 8pm on GBH 44

Invest in the public schools and colleges our communities deserve The Massachusetts Teachers Association is proud to sponsor high-quality educational programming on GBH — and to be a leading advocate for our students, our public schools and colleges, and a more just Commonwealth.

MTA members include teachers, Education Support Professionals, higher education faculty and staff, retired educators and students preparing for careers in education.

MAX PAGE President

DEB McCARTHY Vice President

�I�� ����� Executive Director�Treasurer

classic newport events 2024

massteacher.org

DiscoverNewport.org ADVERTISEMENT

APRIL

1-30 13-21 20

MAY

18-19

JUNE

1 7-8 21 21-23 27-30 28-30

JULY

4 4-21 14-21 26-28

AUGUST

2-4

Newport Daffodil Days Daffodil Days Blithewold, Bristol Newport Beer Festival Newport Oyster + Chowder Festival International Polo Series Begins British Motorcars, Bristol Newport to Bermuda Race Start Newport Flower Show US Senior Open Golf Championship Newport Pride Weekend Fourth of July Parade, Bristol 55th Newport Classical Music Festival Hall of Fame Open/Tennis 65th Newport Folk Festival 70th Newport Jazz Festival

SEPTEMBER

12-15 15 20-22 28

Newport International Boat Show Porchfest, Bristol Newport Mansions Wine + Food Festival Newport Oktoberfest

OCTOBER

3-7 5-6 10-13 19-20

Audrain Concours + Motor Week 50th Norman Bird Sanctuary Harvest Fair Rogue Island Comedy Festival Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival

NOVEMBER + DECEMBER

Nov 1-10 Newport Restaurant Week Nov 23-Jan 1 Holidays at the Newport Mansions Nov 29 Illuminated Boat Parade Nov 27-Jan 1 Christmas at Blithewold, Bristol Dec 1-31 Christmas in Newport

EXPLORE GBH MAY/JUNE 2024 | What matters to you. 11

MEMBERS MATTER

STAY CONNECTED GBH Member Hotline 617-300-3300 Call or text weekdays 9am–5pm membersonly@wgbh.org

SHOW PREVIEWS AND MORE! Wondering what a show is about?

GBH occasionally exchanges its mailing list with other nonprofit organizations. To opt out, please call our Member Hotline, email us (see above) or write: GBH Member Services, One Guest Street, Boston, MA 02135.

Check out video previews for May/June programs here.

24-Hour Program Feedback Line 617-300-5200 GBH Champions Circle Member Line 617-300-3505 champions_circle@ wgbh.org GBH Beacon Circle Concierge Line 617-300-3900 beacon_circle@wgbh.org Gift Planning and Endowment Hotline 1-800-220-7122 gift_planning@wgbh.org

Check out new ways to enjoy EXPLORE GBH.

DON’T MISS OUT ON JUNE EXPLORE GBH

Watch this video.

Local Corporate Sponsorship and Advertising 617-300-3727 ted_petersen@wgbh.org gbh.org/sponsorship

Mailing address for Gifts and Correspondence GBH Membership PO Box 55875, Boston, MA 02205-8264 openvault.wgbh.org Visit The Linda and Andrew Egendorf Masterpiece Theatre Alistair Cooke Collection

12 EXPLORE GBH MAY/JUNE 2024 | What matters to you.

T

he June edition of EXPLORE GBH will be digital-only, filled with new highlights and video promos as well as the latest primetime schedules.

Make sure you get your copy by updating your preferred email address with us at membersonly@wgbh.org. We’ll email you a link as soon as the issue is ready to access.

ADVERTISEMENT

COVER STORY

M

any Americans watched in horror as violence erupted in cities such as Detroit and Newark in the mid-to-late 1960s. President Lyndon B. Johnson, who had continued President John F. Kennedy’s push for civil rights, recognized the threat to his policy initiatives. He assembled the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (also known as the Kerner Commission after its chair, Illinois Governor Otto Kerner, Jr.) to assess the situation and ways to prevent future rioting. The bipartisan group was composed of eleven politicians— nine White and two Black—all of whom had shown their support for Johnson’s previous Great Society initiatives.

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’s The Riot Report presents the story of the commission and the first-of-its-kind 1968 government report that identified systemic racism as the cause of massive civil unrest in Black communities. But the results of the report were quickly buried by an administration afraid of potential political fallout.

Writer/producer/ director Michelle Ferrari said that following the events of May 2020, “I started to feel like [this] report had something really vital to say to the present that we didn’t actually hear at the time…or did, but ignored.” Ferrari may be best known for her work on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’s Peabody Award–nominated film, The Vote, and on the Emmy-winning film, Seabiscuit.

New Yorker staff writer and Columbia University Journalism School dean Jelani Cobb is co-writer and co-producer. Cobb issued an excerpted version of the commission’s report, The Essential Kerner Commission Report, in 2021. He previously earned a Peabody Award for FRONTLINE’s Whose Vote Counts.

President Johnson hoped that the commission could help galvanize support for his

anti-poverty and civil rights work by proving that external forces were causing the unrest. Instead, the commission unanimously approved a report that pointed the finger not at outside agitators but at racist institutional systems. It was one of the first times that a government group specifically stated that its own systems were perpetuating discrimination and called for significant overhauls of law enforcement, the media, housing policy, and more.

Johnson saw this as political dynamite and did all he could to bury the findings. He never formally accepted the report.

Ferrari and Cobb used archival film footage, interviews with commission staff members, and conversations with the sole surviving commissioner, Senator Fred Harris, to tell the story. “We wanted the film to be built around these voices,” said Ferrari, “and to be augmented by academics, historians, and writers who could help us unpack the social milieu at the time and the really fraught social dynamics.”

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Executive Producer Cameo George said, “The Kerner Commission’s unanimous and blistering report put a spotlight on what was at the heart of structural racism and inequality in America. The findings of this dedicated and bipartisan group remain relevant in today’s America, and we hope our film adds some much-needed context to the ongoing national conversation.”

In the end, Ferrari was struck by the impossible position Johnson found himself in. “Johnson did a lot of good for the country and the fact that he essentially buried the report came as something of a shock...I hope we did the ‘rock and a hard place’ justice in the film, but it is one of those disappointments of history that I think we need to reckon with.”

The Report That LBJ Didn’t Want America to See The Riot Report

Watch a preview of the film.

Tue (5/21) at 9pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Fri (5/24) at 9:30pm on GBH 44 Tue (5/28) at 12pm on GBH 44

EXPLORE GBH MAY/JUNE 2024 | What matters to you. 13

ALL EARS GBH Music | JazzNow

GBH Music

Berlioz Roméo et Juliette E

xperience a live broadcast of the Boston Symphony Orchestra on May 4 at 8pm, featuring Berlioz’s popular choral symphony. This vibrant composition of one of Shakespeare’s most revered stories will be conducted

by Andris Nelsons and performed

by J’Nai Bridges, Lawrence Brownlee, John Relyea, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. It will be sung in French with English supertitles.

Listen here.

A Salute to Duke Ellington

O

n June 6, GBH Music and JazzBoston are partnering with Aardvark Jazz Orchestra for a special musical tribute to renowned jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader, Duke Ellington, live from Fraser Performance Studio. Enjoy inventive Ellington interpretations of classics and selections from Ellington’s ballet score, The River.

music

Register for the event here (in-person and virtual).

GBH Music

GBH Music

Boston Symphony Chamber Players in Fraser

J

oin the Boston Symphony Chamber Players on May 16 in Fraser Performance Studio for an event marking the 150th anniversary of Serge Koussevitzky’s birth. Hear works by composers who were influenced or supported by Koussevitzky or were part of his musical orbit.

Listen here.

Fresh local seafood

The Roots of Jazz: Trumpet Titans!

T

rumpeter Byron Stripling explores a kaleidoscope of legendary jazz voices, from Louis Armstrong to Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis on May 5 at 7pm.

Listen here.

20 public beaches

Ice cream

ALL EARS GBH 89.7 | GBH News

CAI | Cape and Islands

Unpacking the Cost of College with “College Uncovered”

Gray Whale Spotted in the Atlantic

A

stories

college education is part of the American dream, but is it worth the price? GBH News and The Hechinger Report are back with a second season of “College Uncovered”—a podcast that aims to detangle the complexities of the higher education system. Hosted

by GBH News Managing Editor and Higher Education Reporter Kirk Carapezza and Hechinger Report Higher Education Editor Jon Marcus, Season Two will help listeners navigate the maze of college financial information—and lack thereof.

The first season, released last year, pulled back the ivy on the pitfalls of American higher education and the business of college admissions. This year, it’s all about the tough questions people are asking about the cost and value of a college education.

“Americans are losing faith in college. They’re worried about the cost, of course, and uncertain job prospects,” said Carapezza. “We’re going back to school to explore the business of higher ed, and we hope that each episode gives listeners the information they need to make informed decisions.”

Season Two of “College Uncovered” is now available on all major podcast platforms, including Apple, Spotify, Google, and at gbhnews.org

Learn more here.

Meet Phillip Martin

P

hillip Martin, senior investigative reporter for the GBH News Center for Investigative Reporting, will be inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in June. He has been recognized throughout his career for in-depth and thought-provoking reports on inequities and social justice. He earned a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and studied at Harvard Law School and the University of California at Berkeley.

Read more here.

I

n March 2024, researchers from the New England Aquarium spotted a gray whale swimming 30 miles south of Nantucket, even though the species went extinct from the Atlantic Ocean more than 200 years ago.

New England Aquarium researcher Orla O’Brien spotted the whale while flying over the waters, identifying it by its lack of dorsal fin and mottled gray and white skin.

“We know what a gray whale is supposed to look like,” O’Brien told CAI’s Eve Zuckoff, “and you’re looking at it and you’re like, ‘I know this is a gray whale, but there’s no way that this could be a gray whale, right?

Because they just don’t live in the Atlantic.‘” Gray whales are regularly seen in the Pacific Ocean, especially off the coasts of California and Alaska. O’Brien speculated that the whale traveled north around Alaska and then east, making its way through the Northwest Passage.

“As waters have warmed and the Arctic has less ice in it—or not 100% coverage everywhere—it means that passages have opened up where an animal could actually swim all the way through,” O’Brien said. In the last 15 years, researchers have seen gray whales in the Atlantic and Mediterranean five times.

These sightings may indicate how quickly marine species respond to climate change.

Read/listen to the story here.

ADVERTISEMENT

THIS is

SouthCountyRI.com

coming in June

COMING NEXT MONTH

H

ere is a selection of some of our favorite new programs coming in June. Watch these and more.

MASTERPIECE/ Grantchester, Season Nine This period crime drama returns to the cozy Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester in 1961.

Rev. Will Davenport (Tim Brittney, left) and detective Geordie Keating’s (Robson Green) relationship may be about to change as Will is approached with a life-changing offer that would require him to leave Grantchester. The community is introduced to a new resident, the charismatic Rev. Alphy Kotteram (Rishi Nair).

➤➤➤

Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution This three-part docuseries captures the story of disco: its rise, its fall, and the legacy it left behind. The tale begins in NYC’s loft apartments and basement bars in the 1970s and follows the skyrocketing popularity as disco tracks became mainstream and topped the music charts.

Learn about how disco’s rise and fall are influenced by LGBTQ+ culture and the female empowerment and sexual liberation movements.

Great American Recipe, Season Three Season Three brings eight new home cooks, two new judges, and a brand new location for this popular cooking competition series. Celebrating the roots of America’s diverse cuisine, home cooks prepare beloved family recipes that will be evaluated by judges, including Francis Lam (bottom row, center) of public radio’s The Splendid Table, Check the Los Angeles restaurateur Tim schedule.

Hollingsworth (left), and celebrity chef and restaurateur Tiffany Derry (right). The show is hosted by Alejandra Ramos (top).

DISCOVERY, PROGRESS, INNOVATION—FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND BEYOND We are…Explorers. Creators. Thinkers.

Innovators. Committed to progress, leaning into the future. Learn why U.S. News & World Report ranks the Commonwealth’s flagship university as a top-tier public-research institution year after year.

Visit umass.edu today.

16 EXPLORE GBH MAY/JUNE 2024 | What matters to you.

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY

LYDIA R. DIAMOND

ENTERTAINING! BURSTS WITH THE

JOYS OF LIFE. CHICAGO TRIBUNE

MAY 17 - JUN 16

HUNTINGTONTHEATRE.ORG

primetime MAY 2024

1 WED 2 THU 3 FRI

5 SUN 6 MON 7 TUE

CMYK VALUES — print PURPLE 68 99 0 0

BLUE 86 41 23 1 GREEN 33 24 100 1

ORANGE 8 61 100 1 RED 22 96 100 16

8pm 8:30pm 9pm 9:30pm 10pm 10:30pm Nature Season of the Osprey A Brief History of the Future Together Nova Making North America: Human My Life Is Murder Season One, Episode Five A Suitable Boy Episode One The Paris Murders Season One, Episode One (7:30) POV Liquor Store Dreams Frontline Documenting Police Use of Force PBS NewsHour Lidia’s Kitchen The Legacy List Cook’s Country America’s Test Kitchen Rick Steves’ Europe Ireland: County by County This Old House Ask This Old House Secrets of the Royal Palaces Hampton Court Asian Americans Breaking Ground The Outlaws Season One, Episode Five Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries Season Two, Episode Seven Vienna Blood Season Two, The Melancholy Countess, Part One America ReFramed Chinatown Rising Vanishing Chinatown PBS NewsHour Milk Street Television The Legacy List Cook’s Country America’s Test Kitchen Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Stories from the Stage American Anthems Great Performances Now Hear This: The Composer Is Yoo Library of Congress Gershwin Prize Elton John & Bernie Taupin Washington Week w/The… Talking Politics Firing Line with M. Hoover Frontline Documenting Police Use of Force POV Shorts Bring Her Home Who She Is Reel South Hindsight, Vol. 1 PBS NewsHour America’s Test Kitchen The Legacy List La Frontera w/Pati Jinich La Frontera w/Pati Jinich Call the Midwife Season 13, Episode Seven Masterpiece Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Episode Four Masterpiece Guilt, Season Three, Episode One The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song Elton John & Bernie Taupin American Anthems Great Performances Now Hear This: The Composer Is Yoo Asian Americans Breaking Ground Asian Americans A Question of Loyalty America ReFramed Chinatown Rising The Legacy List Best of Joy of Painting Best of Joy of Painting Rick Steves’ Art of Europe Call the Midwife Season 13, Episode Eight Masterpiece MaryLand, Episode One Masterpiece Guilt, Season Three, Episode Two Nova Making North America: Human The Express Way with Dulé Hill Appalachia Finding Your Roots Fathers and Sons Nature Season of the Osprey Finding Your Roots Fathers and Sons Reel South The Only Doctor The Legacy List La Frontera w/Pati Jinich Rick Steves’ Art of Europe Antiques Roadshow Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, Hour Two Antiques Roadshow Charleston, Hour One Independent Lens Space: The Longest Goodbye Midsomer Murders Season Two, Beyond the Grave, Part One Undercover Season One, Episode Four Masterpiece Miss Scarlet and The Duke, Season Two, Episode Four Local, USA A Tale of Three Chinatowns Stories from the Stage PBS NewsHour America’s Test Kitchen The Legacy List La Frontera w/Pati Jinich Rick Steves’ Europe Fly Brother w/Ernest White II Finding Your Roots Buried Secrets The Express Way with Dulé Hill Texas Frontline The Last Survivors Call the Midwife Season 13, Episode Eight Masterpiece MaryLand, Episode One Masterpiece Guilt, Season Three, Episode Two A Brief History of the Future Together Pathways to Invention PBS NewsHour Milk Street Television The Legacy List La Frontera w/Pati Jinich Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

WHAT’S ON

4 SAT

2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create

livestream GBH 2 on

8 WED 9 THU 10 FRI 11 SAT

13 MON EXPLORE GBH MAY/JUNE 2024 | What matters to you. 19

14 TUE 15 WED 16 THU

Nature Grizzly 399: Queen of the Tetons My Life Is Murder Season One, Episode Six (7:30) Independent Lens Space: The Longest Goodbye Lidia’s Kitchen The Legacy List This Old House Ask This Old House The Outlaws Season One, Episode Six America ReFramed In Search of Bengali Harlem Milk Street Television The Legacy List Stories from the Stage American Anthems Washington Week w/The… Talking Politics Independent Lens Hidden Letters America’s Test Kitchen The Legacy List Call the Midwife Season 13, Episode Eight Great Performances Hamlet Asian Americans Good Americans

A Brief History of the Future Tomorrows A Suitable Boy Episode Two Frontline The Last Survivors Pati’s Mexican Table Pati’s Mexican Table Secrets of the Royal Palaces St James’s Palace Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries Season Two, Episode Eight POV Shorts Pati’s Mexican Table Pati’s Mexican Table Great Performances Hamlet Firing Line with M. Hoover Frontline The Last Survivors POV Shorts America’s Test Kitchen Best of Joy of Painting Masterpiece MaryLand, Episode One

Nova The Paris Murders Season One, Episode Two PBS NewsHour Rick Steves’ Europe Ireland: County by County Asian Americans A Question of Loyalty Vienna Blood Season Two, The Melancholy Countess, Part Two PBS NewsHour Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

Asian Americans Generation Rising

America ReFramed In Search of Bengali Harlem

Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create

The Legacy List Lucy Worsley Investigates Madness of King George Nova Nature Grizzly 399: Queen of the Tetons The Legacy List Antiques Roadshow Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, Hour Three Midsomer Murders Season Two, Episode Six (7:30) Independent Lens The Donut King America’s Test Kitchen The Legacy List Finding Your Roots Hold the Laughter Lucy Worsley Investigates Madness of King George A Brief History of the Future Tomorrows Milk Street Television The Legacy List Nature Saving the Animals of Ukraine My Life Is Murder Season One, Episode Seven Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story Lidia’s Kitchen The Legacy List

Best of Joy of Painting Best of Joy of Painting Masterpiece MaryLand, Episode Two The Express Way with Dulé Hill Texas Finding Your Roots Buried Secrets America’s Test Kitchen Best of Joy of Painting Antiques Roadshow Charleston, Hour Two Undercover Season One, Episode Five Local, USA Chinatown Auxiliary Stories from the Stage J. Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest The Express Way with Dulé Hill Chicago Masterpiece MaryLand, Episode Two Amazing Human Body Grow K. Belton’s N. Orleans Kitchen J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom Nova Secrets in Your Data A Suitable Boy Episode Three Frontline A Dangerous Assignment Cook’s Country Ellie’s Real Good Food

Rick Steves’ Art of Europe Masterpiece Guilt, Season Three, Episode Three Finding Your Roots Buried Secrets Reel South For the Record/I’m the Girl Rick Steves’ Art of Europe Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story Masterpiece Miss Scarlet and The Duke, Season Two, Episode Five PBS NewsHour Rick Steves’ Europe Fly Brother w/Ernest White II Frontline A Dangerous Assignment Masterpiece Guilt, Season Three, Episode Three PBS NewsHour Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Pompeii: The New Dig Episode One The Paris Murders Season One, Episode Three PBS NewsHour Rick Steves’ Europe Ireland: County by County

2 44 World Create

This Old House Ask This Old House The Outlaws Season Two, Episode One America ReFramed Far East Deep South Milk Street Television The Legacy List

Secrets of the Royal Palaces Osborne House Death in Paradise Season 12, Christmas 2022, Part One POV Shorts The Jazzy Vegetarian America’s Test Kitchen

Asian Americans Good Americans Vienna Blood Season Two, The Devil’s Kiss, Part One PBS NewsHour Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

POV Shorts PBS NewsHour J. Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest Masterpiece Guilt, Season Three, Episode Two

WHAT’S ON

12 SUN

2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World

primetime MAY 2024

17 FRI

2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create

8pm 8:30pm Stories from the Stage American Anthems Washington Week w/The… Talking Politics Pacific Heartbeat Tokyo Hula America’s Test Kitchen The Legacy List Lucy Worsley Investigates Madness of King George Great Performances Audra McDonald at the London Palladium Asian Americans Breaking Through The Legacy List Lucy Worsley Investigates Princes in the Tower Nova Secrets in Your Data Nature Saving the Animals of Ukraine The Legacy List Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 13 Midsomer Murders Season Two, Blood Will Out, Part One (7:30) American Masters Tyrus Wong America’s Test Kitchen The Legacy List Finding Your Roots Far and Away Lucy Worsley Investigates Princes in the Tower Secrets of the Dead The End of the Romans Milk Street Television The Legacy List Nature Green Island, White Desert My Life Is Murder Season One, Episode Eight (7pm) Independent Lens Lidia’s Kitchen The Legacy List This Old House Ask This Old House The Outlaws Season Two, Episode Two America ReFramed Blurring the Color Line Milk Street Television The Legacy List

livestream GBH 2 on CMYK VALUES — print PURPLE 68 99 0 0

BLUE 86 41 23 1 GREEN 33 24 100 1

ORANGE 8 61 100 1 RED 22 96 100 16

9pm 9:30pm 10pm 10:30pm Great Performances Audra McDonald at the London Palladium POV Shorts Firing Line with M. Hoover Frontline A Dangerous Assignment Pacific Heartbeat American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai’i PBS NewsHour Family Ingredients Family Ingredients Family Ingredients Family Ingredients Masterpiece MaryLand, Episode Two Masterpiece Guilt, Season Three, Episode Three American Masters Tyrus Wong Snapshots of Confinement America ReFramed Far East Deep South Best of Joy of Painting Best of Joy of Painting Rick Steves’ Art of Europe Masterpiece MaryLand, Episode Three Masterpiece Guilt, Season Three, Episode Four The Express Way with Dulé Hill Chicago Finding Your Roots Hold the Laughter Finding Your Roots Hold the Laughter Reel South Land-Scraped Landscapes Family Ingredients Family Ingredients Rick Steves’ Art of Europe Antiques Roadshow Charleston, Hour Three Independent Lens The Tuba Thieves Undercover Season One, Episode Six Masterpiece Miss Scarlet and The Duke, Season Two, Episode Six Local, USA Stories from the Stage PBS NewsHour Family Ingredients Family Ingredients Rick Steves’ Europe Fly Brother w/Ernest White II American Experience The Riot Report Masterpiece MaryLand, Episode Three Masterpiece Guilt, Season Three, Episode Four Amazing Human Body Survive PBS NewsHour Family Ingredients Family Ingredients Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Nova Decoding the Universe: Cosmos Pompeii: The New Dig Episode Two A Suitable Boy Episode Four The Paris Murders Season One, Episode Four Independent Lens The Tuba Thieves PBS NewsHour Family Ingredients Family Ingredients Rick Steves’ Europe Travels with Darley Secrets of the Royal Palaces Kensington Palace Asian Americans Generation Rising Death in Paradise Season 12, Christmas 2022, Part 2 Vienna Blood Season Two, The Devil’s Kiss, Part Two Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066 PBS NewsHour Family Ingredients Family Ingredients Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

primetime 18 SAT

19 SUN

21 TUE 22 WED 23 THU

WHAT’S ON

20 MON

24 FRI 25 SAT 26 SUN

28 TUE EXPLORE GBH MAY/JUNE 2024 | What matters to you. 21

29 WED 30 THU 31 FRI

Stories from the Stage American Anthems Washington Week w/The… Talking Politics American Experience The Riot Report America’s Test Kitchen The Legacy List Lucy Worsley Investigates Princes in the Tower Great Performances Purlie Victorious American Masters Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir The Legacy List National Memorial Day Concert, 2024 Nova Decoding the Universe: Cosmos Nature Green Island, White Desert The Legacy List Antiques Roadshow I Was There Midsomer Murders Season Two, Blood Will Out, Part Two (7:30) American Masters Waterman—Duke: Ambassador of Aloha

Great Performances Purlie Victorious Firing Line with M. Hoover American Experience The Riot Report PBS NewsHour Simply Ming Taste of Malaysia w/M. Yan Confucius Was a Foodie Masterpiece MaryLand, Episode Three Masterpiece Guilt, Season Three, Episode Four Great Performances Now Hear This: Beethoven’s Ghost America ReFramed Blurring the Color Line Best of Joy of Painting Best of Joy of Painting Chesapeake Bay by Air National Memorial Day Concert, 2024 Independent Lens The Tuba Thieves America ReFramed By Water Finding Your Roots Far and Away Independent Lens Beyond Utopia Simply Ming Taste of Malaysia w/M. Yan Dream of Italy Antiques Roadshow Albuquerque, Hour One Going to War McDonald & Dodds Season One, Episode One Masterpiece Miss Scarlet…

Local, USA Stories from the Stage PBS NewsHour

Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create

America’s Test Kitchen The Legacy List Finding Your Roots The Brick Wall Falls Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets The Napoleonic War Secrets of the Dead Abandoning the Titanic Milk Street Television The Legacy List Nature Niagara Falls My Life Is Murder Season One, Episode Nine (7pm) POV How to Have an American Baby Lidia’s Kitchen The Legacy List This Old House Ask This Old House The Outlaws Season Two, Episode Three America ReFramed Geographies of Kinship Milk Street Television The Legacy List Stories from the Stage American Anthems Washington Week w/The… Talking Politics (7pm) Guru Nanak…

America’s First Guru America’s Test Kitchen The Legacy List

Confucius Was a Foodie Rick Steves’ Europe Fly Brother w/Ernest White II Finding Your Roots Children of Exile Frontline South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning Lucy Worsley Investigates The Witch Hunts My Grandparents’ War Carey Mulligan Amazing Human Body Learn PBS NewsHour Lucky Chow Simply Ming Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Nova Pompeii: The New Dig Episode Three A Suitable Boy Episode Five The Paris Murders Season One, Episode Five Frontline South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning PBS NewsHour Simply Ming Family Ingredients Rick Steves’ Europe Travels with Darley Nature Niagara Falls Public Enemies, Private Friends: A Local, USA Special Death in Paradise Season 11, Episode One Vienna Blood Season Two, Darkness Rising, Part One Unadopted PBS NewsHour Taste of Malaysia w/M. Yan Simply Ming Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Great Performances Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Firing Line with M. Hoover Public Enemies, Private Friends: A Local, USA Special PBS NewsHour S. Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue S. Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue S. Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue S. Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue

Full schedules for all channels are available at gbh.org/schedule

WHAT’S ON

27 MON

2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World Create 2 44 World

SAVOR

Lifestyles

What’s Cooking on GBH?

Garides Kerkyraikes (Corfiot Shrimp) | Serves Two

C

hef Maria Loi introduces us to the magical island of Corfu. Maria joins Chef Tasos Andriotis to serve up a seaside feast. On the menu are Fish Soup, Prawns Saganaki with Feta, Smoked Monkfish, Anchovies Saganaki, and Grilled Wild Greens. Inspired by the flavors of this meal, Maria creates some delicious dishes back in New York, including Corfiot Shrimp and Monkfish Lobster-Style. Watch it all come together on Season Two of The Life of Loi on Sat (5/11) at 12pm on GBH 2.

INGREDIENTS

• 10 colossal shrimp (10–15 count), shelled, deveined, and tails on • 3–4 garlic cloves, minced or smashed • 2 ounces white wine • 3–4 tbsp olive oil, plus more for garnish • 2 medium tomatoes, grated • 1 tbsp tomato paste • Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste • 4 tbsp chopped fresh parsley or dill, plus two sprigs for garnish • 4 ounces feta cheese • Lemon zest, for garnish TO PREPARE STEP 1 Heat a medium sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp and allow to cook for 2 minutes, until shrimp begin to look pink and opaque.

Turn the shrimp over.

STEP 2 Add the garlic to the pan. Add wine, swirling to release the fond at the bottom of the pan. Cook for approximately 2 minutes.

STEP 3 Reduce heat to medium. Add olive oil, grated tomato, and tomato paste. Stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

STEP 4 Add chopped parsley to the pan. Reduce heat to low. Add the feta cheese. Stir to combine and to allow cheese to melt, approximately 2–3 minutes.

STEP 5 Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with lemon zest and serve with reserved parsley sprigs.

Note: You may adjust the shrimp size, depending on what’s available in your market. Cooking time may vary.

22 EXPLORE GBH MAY/JUNE 2024 | What matters to you.

ADVERTISEMENT

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

➤➤➤

Come join us

G

BH invites you to participate in virtual or in-person events where you can engage with experts to learn something new, enjoy a reading with an exciting author, or talk with other top-notch talent.

Don’t forget: You can also visit our GBH Boston Public Library Studio to see a live taping or attend other community happenings. GBH will keep you informed and entertained with a full calendar of upcoming events.

To learn more or register for any of our events, visit gbh.org/ events

Stories from the Stage: Pride Thu (5/9) at 6:30pm (In-person) Although LGBTQ+ people have made tremendous political and societal gains, threats persist and the fight for equality continues. Come and hear amazing and true experiences from inspirational storytellers.

Register here.

History Happy Hour Fri (5/17) at 6pm ET (In-person) Join GBH at The Massachusetts Historical Society and immerse yourself in an exclusive, curated just-for-you exhibit of objects that changed New England’s history. Enjoy a glass of wine or beer as you chat with the historians behind the collection.

Register here.

Boston Design Week Tue–Fri (4/23–5/5) (In-person) With more than 70 in-person, indoor and outdoor events citywide, this 12-day design festival includes guest speakers, walking tours, artist open studios, workshops, and more. Boston Design Week is proud to partner with GBH. All events are open to the public.

Register here.

Boston Press Photographers Association Outdoor Exhibit Sat (6/1)–Sat (6/15) (In-person) GBH is proud to support BPPA’s annual Pictures of the Year contest. BPPA is the oldest press photographers association in the U.S. Take a stroll to see this year’s award-winning images on display from local independent and staff photographers representing a range of news organizations.

Read more here.

Ulysses Quartet at the BPL Wed (5/22) at 2:30pm (In-person) Join GBH Music’s quartet in residence for a free performance at the GBH BPL Studio.

Read more here.

Front Cover: WGBH Educational Foundation. Page 2: Celeste Sloman. Page 3: Credit ITV Plc; Anton Ptushkin / © VSE SAM LLC and Yap Films; ©Shutterstock.com/scoutori (2); Boston Symphony Orchestra/Dario Acosta; Dara Bliss Davenport.

Page 4: Zijun Cathy You; ©Shutterstock.com/scoutori (3); Corky Lee; A film by Christina Antonakos-Wallace. Page 6: BBC/Lookout Point; Courtesy of ITV Studios; Credit ITV Plc; © 2012 Beaubourg Audiovisuel. Page 7: GBH News; Vivek Bald; Josh Sabey; ©Shutterstock.com/scoutori (4). Page 8: © Thomas D. Mangelsen; ktsdesign/Shutterstock; Anton Ptushkin / © VSE SAM LLC and Yap Films; GBH Creative. Page 9: Ask This Old House; Darren Durlach / © Mexican Table LLC (2); Dara Bliss Davenport; Courtesy of Planet Barbecue. Page 10: Photo by Joseph Sinnott; Photo by Marc J. Franklin; © 2023 Elizabeth Friar Photography; Courtesy of Little Gem Media, ITV Studios and MASTERPIECE. Page 12: WGBH Educational Foundation; Courtesy of MASTERPIECE / Photographer: Jonathan Ford. Page 13: © Tony Spina/Detroit Free Press/ZUMA Press; WGBH Educational Foundation (2); Abrahm Shearer. Page 14: Boston Symphony Orchestra/Dario Acosta; William Morris Agency (management), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Boston Symphony Orchestra/Robert Torres; John Abbott.

Page 15: GBH News; New England Aquarium; Meredith Nierman/GBH. Page 16: Courtesy of MASTERPIECE / Photographer: Jonathan Ford; PBS; Photographer Tom Hayward / BBC Studios. Page 22: © Shutterstock.com/judyjump; Dara Bliss Davenport. Page 23: © Massachusetts Historical Society; Stories from the Stage; Matthew Holler; Angela Rowlings.

EXPLORE GBH MAY/JUNE 2024 | What matters to you. 23

Check out digital editions of EXPLORE GBH! See page 12 for details.

ADVERTISEMENT

Safety Insurance is proud to be a Major Sponsor of

Providing comprehensive coverage for your auto, home, and business.

Visit SafetyInsurance.com