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Helping Georgians Receive Early Diagnosis for Alzheimer’s Is a loved one having trouble remembering things? It’s true that Alzheimer’s disease is a major cause of memory problems, but there are others. Thyroid disorders, sleep apnea, medications, and vascular disorders can all lead to dementia-like symptoms. Some memory problems are reversible, and accurate diagnosis can lead to appropriate support and treatment. The first step is to talk to a Primary Care Provider about your concerns. They may recommend an appointment with Georgia Memory Net for an accelerated, accurate diagnosis.

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What’s Inside Welcome

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A Word from GPB President and CEO Bert Wesley Huffman

Cover Story – Mary Oliver: Saved By The Beauty Of The World

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American Masters explores the life of Pulitzer Prize -winning poet and author Mary Oliver with a new documentary.

New Mysteries Available on GPB Passport

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Set in Italy and Australia respectively, Signora Volpe and Mystery Road offer stunning landscapes and stories.

Get More of What You Love with the Updated GPB App

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From the latest Georgia news any time you need it to quick access to your favorite shows and educational resources, the updated GPB app makes it easier to enjoy more of what you love from GPB.

Accessibility in Georgia Communities

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Learn how GPB is working with community partners in Georgia as part of Move to Include, an award-winning initiative focused on disability inclusion and accessibility in public media.

Monthly Program Guide - Black to the Bigs

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This program traces the decline of Black players in Major League Baseball since Jackie Robinson’s 1947 breakthrough.

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A Word from President & CEO Bert Wesley Huffman

Dear Friend, As you’re reading this issue of NEXT, we will have just completed the first month of our new fiscal year here at GPB (while our giving cycle is spurred by the calendar year our budget year runs from July 1 to June 30 every year). I don’t have to tell you that this year was a particularly challenging one, but GPB stood up to that challenge and used it as a catalyst to propel us forward. We successfully completed the fiscal year raising the additional dollars needed to cover the $4.3 million funding gap left behind by the dissolution of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and that couldn’t have happened without you.

But it doesn’t end there. I hope that if you joined us as one of the thousands of new donors who found their way to GPB this year, you will continue your support as we move forward. We have exciting plans on the horizon focusing on our audacious vision to Unite and Uplift Georgia. That said, I’m ready to move forward - to leave the challenges behind and lean into the boundless opportunities that exist for public media. Stay tuned throughout the year as we announce some exciting projects aligned with our five-year strategic plan. GPB is going places, I promise!

This month’s issue is filled with features that highlight GPB’s expansive programming offerings and the way we reach out to Georgians across the state with resources to improve their lives.

From our cover story on the new film from American Masters about best-selling poet and Pulitzer Prizewinner Mary Oliver, to our celebration honoring the winning young storytellers of the 2026 PBS KIDS Writers Contest, GPB is deeply committed to making sure Georgians know that we have something for everyone regardless of where they are or what type of learning enrichment they are seeking.

In fact, one of GPB’s most exciting new projects is our participation in Move to Include, an award-winning initiative focused on disability inclusion, representation and accessibility in public media. As part of this effort, GPB is launching a new webpage featuring several of our community partners who are leading advocates for accessibility in Georgia communities.

We’re also proud to announce the upgrade of the GPB App and how its features make it easier than ever to find all your favorite shows, Georgia news, featured podcasts, educational resources and games, and more.

Your support makes all of this and more possible, and everyone at GPB is truly grateful for you.

Warmly,

Bert Wesley Huffman

Mystery Road Available August 1 This dark, twisty neo-Western has been described as “True Detective of the Australian Outback” (Junkee) and “a stylish thriller that rises above cliches” (The Guardian). Don’t miss this riveting crime drama brought to you exclusively by GPB.

Madam President Available August 7 Single mother Vigdis Finnbogadottir battles prejudice and doubt to become the first woman elected President of Iceland. In Icelandic with English subtitles.

Professor T Early Access August 9 Stream Season 5 in advance of the October broadcast premiere!

Jasper is confronted by personal turmoil that clouds his judgement and shakes his focus, threatening his fragile romance with Helena, while the team faces darker, twisting cases.

Bergerac Early Access August 16 Jim Bergerac is a broken man, battling his demons, when a member of one of Jersey’s wealthiest families is murdered. Stream this modern reimagining of the iconic Jersey-set detective series in advance of the October 15 broadcast premiere.

Good News: the PBS App and GPB Passport are now supported on LG Smart TVs (2022 and newer)! More information available at gpb.org/passport/setup-guide.

Sustaining donors of at least $8/month, as well as donors of $96 or more, have access to GPB Passport. Go to pbs.org/passport/lookup or call 800-222-4788 to activate GPB Passport on your streaming device.

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Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World Premieres Tuesday, August 25 at 9 PM “Tell me, what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”

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or many, this famous line from renowned poet and author Mary Oliver’s poem “The Summer Day” serves as a source of inspiration, often adorning the walls of personal spaces and being shared on social media in today’s meme-obsessed

society.

But there is much more to the works of Mary Oliver, and the new American Masters documentary “Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World,” from producer/director Sasha Waters, gives viewers an in-depth look at how Oliver answered the question about her own life.

As the film reveals, from a lonely and traumatic childhood in Ohio to literary fame as both a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner, Oliver’s life and writings were shaped by devotion to nature, paying attention and the long journey toward learning to love and to be loved.

Born in 1933, she began writing at age 13 and wryly cites Walt Whitman among other “dead poets” as a major influence. At 17, she had a pivotal experience hiding in the woods for a week, where she’d run away to seek solace from a household she described as dark and broken.

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“Ohio, where I grew up was important to me, it being the initial place where I learned to love the earth,” Oliver reflects in the film. “The two things I loved from an early age were the natural world and dead poets. I was kind of a solitary kid, and dead poets were my friends.”

Beginning with her first book in 1963, “No Voyage and Other Poems,” Oliver is credited with works that serve as a touchstone for understanding the human spirit and the complexity of nature.

“I think you have to be in the world to understand what the spiritual is about, and you have to be spiritual to really be able to accept what the world is about,” Oliver explains.

“I think you have to be in the world to understand what the spiritual is about, and you have to be spiritual to really be able to accept what the world is about.”

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Though she was initially intensely private as her success grew, in the latter part of her career, Oliver, who passed away in 2019 at the age of 83, opened herself up to speaking engagements and more opportunities to discuss her life’s work. One such occasion was a conference where journalist and former First Lady of California Maria Shriver finally convinced Oliver to appear after six years.

Shriver appears in the film to discuss the impact of Oliver’s work on her, including the noted poem “The Journey.” Other interviews include filmmaker John Waters and playwright V (formerly Eve Ensler). Stephen Colbert, Lucy Dacus, Steve Buscemi and Oprah Winfrey also offer recitations of Oliver’s work.

“It would have been a very different life if I hadn’t written poetry,” Oliver surmises. “Who knows? But I did find the entire world in looking for something. I got saved by poetry, and I got saved by the beauty of the world.”

“Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World” premieres Tuesday, August 25 at 9 p.m. on GPB.

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In addition to receiving the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 for “American Primitive” and the National Book Award in 1992 for “New and Selected Poetry,” Mary Oliver was awarded numerous fellowships and Honorary Doctorates, as well as teaching at various colleges and universities.

If you’re looking for an introduction to her work, “Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver,” a 2017 collection curated

by Oliver herself, spans 50 years of her career and is widely celebrated in literary communities as the best single-volume overview of her observations on nature, spirituality, and everyday life.

Additional recommendations include “A Thousand Mornings” and the essay collection, “Upstream.”

For a complete list of Oliver’s works, visit maryoliver.com.

GPB Celebrates Young Storytelling Stars at the 2026 PBS KIDS Writers Contest Awards Ceremony

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n Saturday, June 27, Georgia Public Broadcasting welcomed families, educators, and some of Georgia’s most imaginative young storytellers for a joyful celebration honoring the winners of GPB’s 2026 PBS KIDS Writers Contest. The annual statewide contest

encourages children in kindergarten through third grade to explore their creativity by writing and illustrating original stories while strengthening important literacy and storytelling skills.

Each year, students from across Georgia submit entries in a variety of formats, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose and graphic novels. This year’s young authors once again demonstrated remarkable imagination, originality and talent through stories that entertained, inspired and informed.

After submissions were received, stories were judged by students in Georgia State University’s Master of Arts in Creative and Innovative Education (MACIE) program. Entries were evaluated on creative expression, storytelling, originality and the effective use of both words and illustrations.

First, second and third-place winners were selected from each grade level and invited to GPB’s headquarters for a special awards celebration recognizing their achievements.

The event provided an unforgettable experience for the winning authors and their families.

Throughout the event, MACIE students led a variety of music, art and movement experiences, giving children opportunities to create, collaborate and celebrate their creativity while waiting to record their stories. Authors also had the unique opportunity to step behind the microphone and record narrated versions of their stories in GPB’s radio editing booths with support from GPB’s radio operations team. Recordings will be combined with the students’ original illustrations to create videos that will be featured on GPB’s website, allowing audiences across Georgia to enjoy the creativity and hard work of these talented young writers.

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The PBS KIDS Writers Contest continues to inspire children to discover the power of their own voices and ideas. By encouraging students to create and share original stories, the contest helps build confidence, literacy skills and a lifelong love of reading and writing.

Congratulations to all the 2026 PBS KIDS Writers Contest winners and participants!

GPB is proud to celebrate these outstanding young authors and looks forward to sharing their stories with audiences across the state.

Kindergarten Winners 1st - Harper Kay (Violet’s Cartwheels) 2nd - Prisha Rohan Kamat (The Christmas Princess Who Helped Community) 3rd - Reagan Wood (Lily’s Snow Day)

First Grade Winners 1st - Margaret (Greta) Dexter (The Cheese Whiz) 2nd - Elizabeth Ohuegbe (The Fairy Without Friends) 3rd - Naomi Zhang (Stella and Shu)

Second Grade Winners 1st - Blake Stevens (The Slow Snail) 2nd - Dylan Beswick (The Adventures of Rabbit and Fox: Fox Invasion) 3rd - Annie Aitchison (The Big Snow)

Third Grade Winners 1st - Nmachi Uzoho (The Imaginary Zoo) 2nd - Sharone Lee (Tona the Flower) 3rd - Manvith Prakash (Leo the Lion Faces His Fears)

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GPB’s Christian Stegall, Amanda Densmore and Christina Rand host attendees at the Augusta GreenJackets game.

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rom baseball in Augusta to collaborations with the Atlanta History Center, check out our recap of recent events at GPB’s 14th Street headquarters and around the state.

Augusta GreenJackets GPB stopped by the Augusta GreenJackets baseball game in May to help celebrate their Sesame Street Family Fun Day. Over 300 people stopped by our space to say hi, and enjoy activities and giveaways. Attendees also had the chance to meet Cookie Monster and enjoy some Oscar the Grouch nachos while having a blast at the ballpark.

Cookie Monster poses with families at the Augusta GreenJackets game.

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TV Operations Manager Matthew Wolff leads a tour of GPB Studios for Party with the Past.

Party With the Past Atlanta History Center featured GPB in its ongoing event series Party With the Past with an evening at GPB’s Atlanta headquarters in May. Party With the Past provides attendees with the opportunity to learn more about the history and work of organizations around Atlanta. Guests were invited to tour GPB’s radio and television studios and learn more about some of our most popular past and current productions.

Additionally, GPB President and CEO Bert Wesley Huffman gave an overview of our organization’s history and insight into the origins of public media and the many ways GPB serves Georgians across the state.

Attendees were also able to pose for photos with PBS KIDS favorite Arthur.

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Arthur poses with a fan at Party with the Past.

In partnership with the Atlanta History Center, GPB helped welcome visitors and locals alike to Atlanta on July 3 in celebration of the Peachtree Road Race and Atlanta’s participation in the World Cup. Held at the Trellis Room in the Margaret Mitchell House in Midtown Atlanta, visitors were treated not only to self-guided tours of the Georgia writer’s home but also visited GPB’s booth to learn more about our initiative, Marked!, and play our card matching game to win GPB-branded prizes. For those who visited our booth before Atlanta History Center’s trivia contest, they were given a hint to one of the question’s answers: the Atlanta History Center asked guests to name the three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence, the topic of Episode 9 of Marked!.

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Scenic Views with Dark Secrets: Exploring Signora Volpe and Mystery Road with GPB Passport

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trip to the countryside usually warrants rest and relaxation, with life moving at a slower pace. But when you’re a detective or an MI6 spy, it’s impossible to resist being pulled into the murder mysteries that permeate through

a small town. That’s what the two newest mystery series added to GPB Passport, Signora Volpe and Mystery Road, have in common: with either central Italy or northwest Australia as stunning backdrops, our protagonists discover both the charm and customs of new places while uncovering their secrets.

In Signora Volpe, released in July on GPB Passport, MI6 spy Sylvia Fox (Emilia Fox, Silent Witness) is disillusioned with her work when her sister, Isabel (Tara Fitzgerald, Game of Thrones) invites Sylvia to her daughter’s wedding in Panicale, a municipality in the Italian region of Umbria. With little excuse to skip it and needing space after her divorce from her ex-husband, Adam Haines (Jamie Bamber, Law and Order: UK), Sylvia travels to Italy to celebrate her niece’s nuptials and meet her new brother-inlaw, the local physician, and his devoted mother. But when the groom doesn’t turn up at the altar, Sylvia investigates his disappearance on her own and in the process, falls in love with Italy and strikes up a relationship with local police captain Giovanni Riva (Giovanni Cirfiera, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story), who often seeks out her expertise. Sylvia decides to stay, deepening her relationships with both her family and Giovanni while being pulled into various investigations, but it isn’t long until her past life at MI6 catches up with her.

Ideal for fans of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries and The Marlow Murder Club, Signora Volpe is a mystery series with a confident, creative protagonist that will have viewers craving a scoop of gelato, if not a trip to Umbria, while solving the mysteries right alongside Sylvia. Two seasons of Signora Volpe are available on GPB Passport now with a third currently in production.

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gpb.org Next, in a world away from central Italy, Aboriginal detective Jay Swan (Aaron Pedersen, A Place to Call Home) has left Australian city life behind in favor of an investigation focusing on the disappearance of two young farmhands, an indigenous football hero and a white backpacker, on an outback cattle station in the Kimberley region of northwest Australia. There, he must team up with local police sergeant Emma James (Judy

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Davis, Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows), whose family has made a profitable business in the town, to find the two men.

While Jay and Emma uncover racial tensions, drug trafficking and buried secrets, Jay also must contend with his daughter and ex-wife arriving in town, bringing their family’s complicated past with them.

Mystery Road spans two television seasons, both of which take place between the first and second films. However, viewers don’t need to have seen the first film to get swept up in the mystery, characters and beauty of the Australian outback. Fans of Broadchurch, Unforgotten and My Life Is Murder will want to add Mystery Road to their streaming list.

Both seasons of Mystery Road arrive on GPB Passport on August 1.

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Check Out the New Updates to the GPB App!

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ave you downloaded the GPB app? If you haven’t yet, or you’re already a user, you’ll want to check out the new upgrades that make it easier than ever to enjoy more of what you love from GPB, including:

Quick Access to Top Shows All your favorite GPB shows are one tap away.

The GPB app puts the top shows from each of our channels right up front, so you get to what you love faster.

News Features The latest Georgia news — anytime you need it.

The GPB app’s dedicated news page gives you more of the Georgia coverage that matters to you. Plus, you can listen to the latest newscasts on demand and receive live news alerts straight to your phone.

Featured Podcasts & Episodes The best podcasts, already picked for you.

The GPB app highlights the best public media podcasts so you can jump straight into great content with no searching required. And each day, the GPB app surfaces a standout podcast episode curated from the best of public media.

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GPB Radio Feed & Classical Two great channels. One simple app.

Love GPB Radio? Can’t get enough of GPB Classical? Flip between news, talk, and classical music instantly.

Latest Community Events Don’t miss what’s happening in Georgia Festivals, town halls, local performances — the GPB app brings your community’s best events right to your phone.

Educational Resources/Games Learning tools and fun you can count on.

Parents, teachers, caregivers — the GPB app has educational resources that are trusted and age-appropriate built for the kids in your life. Additionally, the GPB app’s game feature offers content built around learning and fun.

Listening in the Car GPB goes wherever the road takes you.

GPB Radio and GPB Classical can be streamed through your car’s speakers, plus the GPB app works seamlessly with CarPlay and Android Auto.

Download the GPB app and stay informed on your schedule.

Search GPB in the App Store or Google Play.

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GLS patrons learn line dancing with verbal cues from GLS Atlanta Assistant Manager Vanessa Meadows in 2024. Credit: Georgia Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled

Accessibility in Georgia Communities: Spotlighting Community Partners Through Move to Include

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or many people with disabilities, accessibility and inclusion are not just helpful additions, but necessary resources to lead a healthy and fulfilling life. That’s why GPB is partnering with public broadcasting stations across the country to participate in

Move to Include, an award-winning initiative focused on disability inclusion, representation and accessibility in public media.

As part of this effort, GPB is launching a new webpage dedicated to accessibility, featuring a series of blog posts spotlighting several of our community partners who are making accessibility a reality in Georgia communities.

GPB connected with Georgia Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (GLS), exploring the organization’s work to provide free accessible reading materials to Georgians with disabilities. GLS Outreach Librarian Sarah Trowbridge explained how accessing information through books and media is often essential for GLS’s patrons.

“We’re in an information society, and if someone has a disability that is putting up a barrier between them and what they need to know, then it’s very easy to get disconnected from life, from reality, from your community,” Trowbridge said.

Alongside GLS, GPB’s new webpage highlights organizations including Advancing Employment, Full Radius Dance and Vocal Point. GPB strives to connect with communities across Georgia through our shared dedication to disability inclusion and representation.

Join GPB as we work towards greater accessibility in public media through exploring our community spotlight series. In addition, learn more about Move to Include by visiting movetoinclude.us.

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Encore Television Broadcasts Begin Monday, August 31, 9 PM

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Monthly Program Guide Black to the Bigs Monday, August 3, 10 PM Black to the Bigs traces one of American sports’ most overlooked crises: the dramatic decline of Black players in MLB since Jackie Robinson’s 1947 breakthrough. Through conversations with legends Ken Griffey Jr., Dusty Baker, Ron Washington and Mookie Betts, alongside GMs, scouts and coaches, the film uncovers the forces pushing Black youth from the diamond and the search to bring them back.

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POV: The Gas Station Attendant Monday, August 3, 11 PM Using intimate recorded phone calls and home movies, a daughter reflects on her father’s life and their complex relationship — weaving the story of his miraculous journey from the streets of India with the realities of life in America.

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Fleetwood Mac: The Dance Saturday, August 8, 8 PM Recorded in 1997, Fleetwood Mac: The Dance marks the return of the band’s most successful line-up of Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie and Stevie Nicks, who had not released an album together since 1987’s Tango in the Night.

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John Williams: The Berlin Concert Friday, August 14, 8:30 PM In October 2021, Hollywood legend John Williams made his conducting debut with the internationally renowned Berliner Philharmoniker. Filmed live at the Berlin Philharmonie, this program captures this magical performance of his music.

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Luther Vandross: Live at Wembley Monday, August 17, 8:30 PM Recorded during Luther’s record-breaking 10 standing-room-only shows at London’s Wembley Arena during his worldwide 1988-89 tour. The performance features many of the R&B star’s hit songs, including “Give Me the Reason,” “Never Too Much” and “A House Is Not a Home.”

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Resolve to Solve with Miles O’Brien Wednesday, August 19, 10 PM Miles O’Brien travels the globe searching for solutions to climate, water and health crises. From building sea curtains in Antarctica to restoring wildlife in Argentina, the answers are closer than we think thanks to people with a resolve to solve.

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Great Performances at the Met: Eugene Onegin Friday, August 21, 10 PM Tchaikovsky’s opera adaptation of Pushkin’s novel. Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his portrayal of Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. Tony Award winner Deborah Warner directs.

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PBS News Hour

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25

6:30

TUE

WED

THU

8:00

8:30

“Family Harmonies”

“Chasing the Moon”

Midsomer Murders

MASTERPIECE

MASTERPIECE

“The Marlow Murder Club”

“The Marlow Murder Club”

FRI

29

Compass Points

Father Brown

Sister Boniface Mysteries

30

Hometown Milledgeville

Rick Steves’ Europe

Britain by the Book

SAT

SUN

31 MON

PBS News Hour

Keeping Up Appearances

As Time Goes By

Captivated

Antiques Roadshow

Antiques Roadshow

“New York City Hour 3”

“New York City Hour 2”

Chatsworth Through Time Sunday, August 23, 7 PM Chatsworth Through Time explores the history, architecture, landscape and artworks of Chatsworth House, an English estate and home of one of Europe’s most significant collections of fine art.

gpb.org 9:00

10:00

9:30 American Masters “Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World”

American Experience “Chasing the Moon”

Midsomer Murders

10:30

11:00

Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories

Resolve to Solve with Miles O’Brien

“The Marlow Murder Club”

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Captivated

Florence: The Art of Magnificence

Marked!

Marked!

GPB Favorites

Midsomer Murders

Great Performances

GPB Favorites

“Vienna Philharmonic: Summer Night’s Concert 2026”

The Good Karma Hospital

11:30

Austin City Limits

The Brokenwood Mysteries

MASTERPIECE

29

The Good Karma Hospital

MASTERPIECE “Downton Abbey”

Our Vanishing Americana: Florida

GPB Favorites

GPB Favorites

Arrest the Midwife

Georgia Rising: A Story of Rural Health Monday, August 24, 9 PM Georgia Rising: A Story of Rural Health explores the complex struggles of rural healthcare in Georgia by sharing the stories of three medical providers and their creative approaches in caring for people in their hometown communities.

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Unite and Uplift Georgia!

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Grab that old gadget and visit gpb.org/chipin and donate your device.

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Every dollar makes a difference.

Now every Georgian can Chip In!

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