July 2023 PREMIERE

Message to Our Members

As we begin Nebraska Public Media's new fiscal year, I find myself reflecting on the exciting future of public media in Nebraska. Today, I want to highlight the exceptional work being done by Nebraska Public Media Labs, our R&D unit pushing the boundaries of public media.

Since its inception in 2016, Labs has led the charge in the creation of groundbreaking content, intersecting innovative technology with compelling storytelling. In collaboration with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Labs provides hands-on, invaluable experience to the next generation of media creators. Many of these bright minds hail from the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, working closely with our experienced staff to set the standard for public media stations nationwide.

Labs' work, while experimental, often results in acclaimed content. Over the years, it has received recognition for advancements in digital video production, podcasting, 360-video, and immersive virtual experiences. We maintain accessibility as a core value, with Labs continually pioneering the frontiers of interactive and game accessibility.

Currently, Labs has three video games in production, is progressing on "Expedition Nebraska"—our awardwinning virtual museum collaboration with the Nebraska State Museum— and exploring the untapped potential of generative AI to optimize content creation.

Generative AI holds enormous promise for public media. It streamlines the creative process and empowers us to generate more high-quality content efficiently. By developing best practices for these advanced tools, we're enhancing our ability to share more of Nebraska's resonant stories.

In embracing the spirit of innovation, this column itself was crafted with the assistance of ChatGPT Plus, a stateof-the-art language model developed by OpenAI. ChatGPT uses artificial intelligence to generate human-like text, becoming a valuable asset for content creation. By harnessing these technologies, we can better serve our community, continuing as a trusted source of information and inspiration.

As we embark on a new year, I'm grateful for your support. Together, we'll explore public media's future, sharing Nebraska's spirit through technology. To growth, innovation, and impact!

growth, innovation, and impact!

Chief Strategy Officer

NOTE: We experimented with ChatGPT for this column to show you the technology and demonstrate its capabilities. Our editor wrote everything else in this magazine, and I’ll be back with you next month writing my column the ‘old-fashioned’ way.

Fresh Voice for Fresh Air

Award-winning public media journalist Tonya Mosley is the new co-host of Fresh Air. Terry Gross will continue as host and executive producer. The Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine offers listeners intimate conversations about contemporary arts and issues.

Mosley was formerly a correspondent and host of Here & Now, and Fresh Air has occasionally featured her interviews. She's also the host of the awardwinning podcast Truth Be Told

Prior to Here & Now, Mosley was host and Silicon Valley bureau chief for KQED in San Francisco. She was a television correspondent for Al Jazeera America and a television reporter in several U.S. cities.

Mosley has interviewed thousands of people in her career, but her new role will be different. “This work allows me to get deep and narrow in a way that I've always dreamed about and in a way that the listeners expect from a show like Fresh Air and from NPR more generally” she said.

Dave Davies, who wants to make room for other things in his life, will step back from his role as interviewer and fill-in host. His work will still be part of the series from time to time.

Each week, nearly 5 million people listen to Fresh Air on more than 624 NPR stations across the country, as well as in Europe on the World Radio Network. Fresh Air is produced at WHYY in Philadelphia.

ON THE COVER

A Capitol Fourth

Tuesday, July 4 7 & 8:30 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Music from the nation’s top country, classical and Broadway stars honors our servicemen and women, past and present, who serve and sacrifice to keep us free. Millions will watch on PBS and streaming platforms, as well as on the American Forces Network, which broadcasts to our troops.

Listen to Terry Gross interview

Tonya Mosley

Endeavour on Masterpiece

Sunday, July 2 at 8 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

A series of death notices in the Oxford Mail, each with a distinctive, cryptic message, provide clues to Endeavour’s latest – and final –investigation.

Father Brown Julia boasts about her award winning hanging baskets. As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances

American Experience: Rachel Carson The scientist whose groundbreaking writings revolutionized our relationship to the natural world.

The Legacy List with Matt Paxton

Power to the People

The Best of the Joy of Painting

The Best of the Joy of Painting

Amplify Chaos & Courage Voices of the Cherokee

Ridley (Ep. 3) The body of a young woman is found in a shallow grave.

Nature: Wild Florida Pressures from a growing population.

The Legacy List with Matt Paxton

Arkansas’ First People (6:30 p.m.)

Antiques Roadshow: Tucson (Hour Three) An 1889 George Hitchcock oil diptych

Endeavour on Masterpiece A series of death notices in the Oxford Mail >>

Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union Follow the pursuit of democracy >>

Pati’s Mexican TableTaste of Malaysia with Martin Yan

Bears’ Lair Wild Game

The Great American Recipe (Pt. 3) Cooks prepare a dish inspired by a loved one.

Local, USA We Hold These Truths: The Global Quest For Liberty Declaration of Independence Stories From the Stage

America’s Test Kitchen

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

Ambassadors of the Sky

Simply Ming

Democracy Now!

A Capitol Fourth 2023 America’s longest-running live national Independence Day TV tradition.

My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas

A Capitol Fourth 2023 >>

NOVA: Emperor’s Ghost Army The creation of China’s terraco a army Amazing Human Body

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

Potlatch Keepers

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

Nature: Octopus: Making Contact A professor raises and studies a pet octopus.

Inclusive Economy

Lidia’s Kitchen

No Passport Required

Democracy Now!

Human Footprint (Pt. 1) Invasive species reshape the world’s ecosystems.

Rewilding Kernwood For three decades, Jean Aspen and Tom Irons lived in Alaska’s remote Brooks Range.

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

However Wide the Sky: Places of Power

Backyard Farmer Lawn & garden advice

Lucky Chow

Democracy Now!

A Chef’s Life

The Travelling Auctioneers Will and Christina help an 88-year-old widow downsize.

America ReFramed: Daughter of A Lost Bird A Native adoptee reconnects with her birth family.

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

Indian Rodeo

Washington Week News roundtable

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

California Pow Wow

Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan

Dismantling Democracy: Democracy Around the World (Pt. 2)

America’s Test Kitchen

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

Washakie Last Chief of the Eastern Shoshone

Flavor of Poland

Democracy Now!

Our American Family: The Kurowskis

Julie Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen

Benjamin Franklin (Pt. 2) Franklin helps Je erson cra the Declaration of Independence. >>

Dismantling Democracy: America, Land of the Free? (Pt. 3)

Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

Democracy Now!

Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

The Planets

Wednesdays beginning July 5 at 9 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Explore the stunning beauty and unique stories of the eight-plus worlds of our solar system that wander with stars in the night sky.

9 PM 9:30 PM10 PM10:30 PM11 PM

Around the World in 80 Days on Masterpiece (Ep. 3) The travelers cross the desert.

Return to Cranford A surprise wedding fractures friendships.

America ReFramed: Jack and Yaya How the world viewed a boy and a girl who were friends.

Craft in America

Tribal Police Files Unsettled

>> Endeavor (continues)

Baking with Julia

Reel South

Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke

5-PART SERIES

Austin City Limits Stevie Ray Vaughan

American Experience: Rachel Carson

George Hirsch Lifestyle

Cashing In Hard Rock Medical Mannahatta

Stories From the Stage

POV: After Sherman Black inheritance and a violent past

>> Preserving Democracy (continues)

Craft in America

Red Earth Uncovered

Skindigenous

The Jubilee Pudding: 70 Years in the Baking Britain’s home bakers create tarts and cakes

To Dine For with Kate Sullivan

Native Shorts

This Old House Hurricane rebuild

Rick Steves’ EuropeIreland with MichaelIn the Americas with David Yetman

ICT Newscast

Tribal Police Files

>> A Capitol Fourth 2023 (continues)

Chaos & Courage

This Old House Revetment project

Nature: Wild Florida

Lidia’s KitchenChristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

The Aux

American Masters: Unladylike2020 Pioneering women in American politics PBS

The Best of the Joy of Painting

Rabbit Fall

America: Our Symbols and Stories

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

Moosemeat & Marmalade

& Co.

NOVA: Ice Age Footprints

Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

ICT Newscast

Red Earth Uncovered

NOVA: The Planets: Inner Worlds The rocky planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.

Rick Steves’ EuropeFamily Travel with Colleen Kelly

ICT Newscast

Mixed Blessings

Midsomer Murders The investigation of village funds takes a sinister turn

Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

The DaytripperThe Best of the Joy of Painting

Cashing In

Unsettled

This Old House New first floor BBC

Curious TravelerThe Best of the Joy of Painting

Colonial Combat

This Old House Pier revival

Hard Rock Medical

Travels with DarleyThe Best of the Joy of Painting

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

Moosemeat & Marmalade

The Neutral Ground

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

Moosemeat & Marmalade

ReFramed: Daughter of A Lost Bird

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

Power to the People

>> Benjamin Franklin (continues)

ICT Newscast ICT

Local Programs in Red

Native Shorts

Ask This Old House EV chargers

Rabbit Fall

BBC News

Moosemeat & Marmalade

& Co.

The Aux

Moosemeat & Marmalade

Father Brown Mrs. McCarthy visits a friend at the end of her tether.

The Jubilee Pudding – 70 Years in the Making

Sunday, July 9 at 6 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

When Queen Elizabeth marked her 70th year on the throne, bakers created tarts, cakes and puddings in a competition to honor her legacy.

PM

As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances

American Experience: Sandra Day O’Connor – The First The U.S. Supreme Court’s first female justice

The Legacy List with Matt Paxton

The Best of the Joy of Painting

The Best of the Joy of Painting

Power to the People Amplify Chaos & Courage Voices of the Cherokee

Ridley (Ep. 4) A murder victim led a secret double life.

Nature: Octopus: Making Contact An Alaskan professor raises a pet octopus.

The Legacy List with Matt Paxton

Grantchester on Masterpiece (Ep. 1) Investigating who hurt a gi ed young man.

POV: Unapologetic Fierce abolitionists, their activism and views >>

Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

The Huunam of Paakuma Bears’ Lair Wild Game

Antiques Roadshow: Omaha, (Hour One) Grant Wood lithograph and Daytona model Rolex

FRONTLINE: After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics The fight over assault rifles.

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest America’s Test Kitchen

Pathmakers

The Great American Recipe (Pt. 4) The cooks prepare grab-and-go meals.

Local, USA

Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

Democracy Now! Ojibwemotaadidaa!

Finding Your Roots: Hollywood Royalty Isabella Rossellini and Mia Farrow

Human Footprint Invasive species reshaping our ecosystems.

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

Stories From the Stage

Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

FRONTLINE: McConnell, the GOP & the Court How the senator helped transform the Supreme Court

Secrets of the Dead: Last Days of Pompeii The days before Mount Vesuvius erupted.

Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

The Old Spanish Trail Democracy Now! Main Street Wyoming

Nature: The Whale Detective A filmmaker’s traumatic encounter with a 30-ton humpback whale.

Keeping Nebraska Local: A Unique Approach to Resource Management

Lidia’s Kitchen

Searching For Capomo

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

The Last Ice Merchant

Backyard Farmer Lawn and garden advice

Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

Human Footprint (Pt. 2) Our biology, culture, technology, and economy transformed us into a predator.

FRONTLINE: McConnell, the GOP & the Court Transforming the Supreme Court and U.S. politics.

Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

Democracy Now!

Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

The Travelling Auctioneers A retired couple wants to downsize and sell heirlooms to fund a trip.

America ReFramed: For the Love of Rutland Syrian refugees in Vermont Reel South

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

Chasing Voices

Washington Week News roundtable

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan

Youth v. Gov (6 p.m.) America’s youth take on the world’s most powerful government.

America’s Test Kitchen

First Nations Firestarter

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

Democracy Now!

Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

American Masters: Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story Trumpeter Doc Severinsen >>

Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein

J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom

Democracy Now!

J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom

McConnell, the GOP & the Court

Tuesday, July 11 at 9 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Follow how the senator helped transform the Supreme Court and U.S. politics. 9 PM 9:30 PM10

Around the World in 80 Days on Masterpiece (Ep. 4) Fogg’s diplomatic skills

Sense and Sensibility (Ep. 1) Mrs. Dashwood is devastated when her husband dies.

America ReFramed: Daughter of A Lost Bird A Native adoptee reconnects with her birth family.

Craft in America

D.I. Ray (Ep. 1) Ray realizes her promotion to Homocide ‘ticked a box.’

with Julia

Stories From the Stage

Our American Family: The Kurowskis

Raichlen’s Project Smoke

Austin City Limits: St. Vincent

American Experience: Sandra Day O’Connor

POV: A Story of Bones A burial ground for 9,000 formerly enslaved Africans.

>> POV (continues)

Rick Steves Art of Europe To Dine For with Kate Sullivan

Red Earth Uncovered Skindigenous

Doc Martin (Ep. 1) Louisa and Martin are living together again.

This Old House Dredging sand

Independent Lens: Writing with Fire Journalists of India’s only all-female news network PBS

Nature: Octopus: Making Contact

KitchenChristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

BBC News Amanpour & Co.

Ricochet: An American Trauma

Rick Steves’ EuropeIreland with MichaelIn the Americas with David Yetman The Best of the Joy of Painting

ICT Newscast Tribal Police Files

Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein Statue of Liberty

This Old House Barrier island ecology

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

NOVA: The Planets: Inner Worlds

ICT Newscast Red Earth Uncovered

NOVA: The Planets: Mars The history of the mysterious red planet.

Rick Steves’ EuropeFamily Travel with Colleen Kelly

Mixed Blessings

Midsomer Murders (Pt. 2 of 2) An investigation takes a sinister turn.

Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

to the People

DaytripperThe Best of the Joy of Painting

In

This Old House Foundation footings

Stroud’s Wild Harvest

Stroud’s Wild Harvest Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

TravelerThe Best of the Joy of Painting Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

This Old House Jersey Shore

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

ReFramed: For the Love of Rutland

>> American Masters (continues)

J

JAM Lloyd McCarter

Travels with DarleyThe Best of the Joy of Painting

Ask This Old House New doorbell

BBC News

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

Amanpour & Co.

Father Brown Lady Felicia lies in bed with Benedict Lewis.

The American Bald Eagle

Tuesday, July 18 at 9 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Discover how the American Bald Eagle became an iconic symbol of patriotism, environmental activism and Native American traditions.

PM

As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances

American Experience: Plague at the Golden Gate An outbreak of bubonic plague

The Legacy List with Matt Paxton

The Best of the Joy of Painting

The Best of the Joy of Painting

Power to the People Amplify Chaos & Courage Voices of the Cherokee

Ridley (Ep. 5) Ridley helps a jazz singer find her missing brother.

Nature: The Whale Detective A filmmaker traumatic encounter with a humpback whale.

No Passport Required

Puntos De Vida P’urhépecha Uékani

Antiques Roadshow: Omaha (Hour Two) 1955 Whitey Ford and 1951 Yogi Berra baseball jerseys

Grantchester on Masterpiece (Ep. 2) Will causes a fatal accident and Geordie rushes to exonerate him.

Finding Your Roots: Hollywood Royalty Isabella Rossellini and Mia Farrow

J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom

J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom

Bears’ Lair Wild Game

The Great American Recipe (Pt. 5) Cooks prepare recipes in honor of special occasions and holidays

UnRepresented Corruption in Congress Stories From the Stage

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest America’s Test Kitchen

Truly Texas Mexican (6:30 p.m.)

Finding Your Roots: Off the Farm Melissa McCarthy and Eric Stonestreet

Human Footprint The transformation of our species into a predator.

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

Local, USA

J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom

Democracy Now!

J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom

Southern Storytellers (Pt. 1) Southern creators of literature, music and film.

Secrets of the Dead: Decoding Hieroglyphics

J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom

Lands Wondered Democracy Now! KVIE Art Showcase

Nature: Undercover in the Jungle Journey to the untouched wilderness of the Amazon rainforest.

Inclusive Economy

Lidia’s Kitchen

J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom

Human Footprint (Pt. 3) Why dogs are more than man’s best friend.

American Masters: Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page The author of the best-selling Li le House series

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom

Hupa Fire Democracy Now! Merging Destinies

Backyard Farmer Lawn and garden advice

J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom

The Travelling Auctioneers Sorting through the contents of a childhood home.

America ReFramed: Any Given Day The complexities of living with mental illness

People of the North Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

Kaha:Wi - The Cycle of Life

Washington Week News roundtable

Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan

FRONTLINE: Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and The Supreme Court (6 p.m.)

People of the North America’s Test Kitchen

J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom

Democracy Now!

POV Shorts: Familial Healing

J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom

American Masters: Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page The author of the “Little House” series. >>

Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein

Cook’s Country

Golden Eagles: Witnesses to a Changing West Democracy Now!

Cook’s Country

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page

Friday, July 21 at 8 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Explore the author’s life and legacy and the secret collaboration with her daughter on the books that shaped American ideas of the frontier.

9 PM 9:30 PM10 PM10:30 PM11 PM

Around the World in 80 Days on Masterpiece (Ep. 5) Fogg’s credit

Sense and Sensibility (Ep. 2) Widow Dashwood inherits a tiny allowance.

Austin City Limits: John Legend

America ReFramed: For the Love of Rutland Syrian refugees in Vermont Reel South American Experience

Rick Steves Art of Europe Baking with Julia Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke George Hirsch Lifestyle

Tribal Police Files Unsettled Cashing In

D.I. Ray (Ep. 2) Ray and the team track a criminal and make grim discoveries.

Stories From the Stage

Independent Lens: Owned: A Tale of Two Americas Mid-century housing policies

Rick Steves Art of Europe

POV: Liquor Store Dreams Korean American children reconcile their dreams

Walk the Walk

Nature: The Whale Detective

To Dine For with Kate Sullivan Lidia’s KitchenChristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

Red Earth Uncovered Skindigenous Native Shorts The Aux

Doc Martin (Ep. 2) Martin and Louisa need to find day care for James.

This Old House Italianate Style

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

DW The Day

BBC News

PBS NewsHour Campaign of Miner Bo

Rick Steves’ EuropeIreland with MichaelIn the Americas with David Yetman The Best of the Joy of Painting Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

ICT Newscast Tribal Police Files Chaos & Courage Rabbit Fall Moosemeat & Marmalade

Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein Bald Eagle

PBS NewsHour

This Old House Water tank disguise

DW The Day

BBC News

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

NOVA: The Planets: Mars

Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope The DaytripperThe Best of the Joy of Painting Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

ICT Newscast Red Earth Uncovered Cashing In

NOVA: The Planets: Jupiter Jupiter’s massive gravitational force in the early solar system.

PBS NewsHour

Rick Steves’ EuropeFamily Travel with Colleen Kelly

This Old House Foundations

DW The Day

BBC News

BBC News

Curious TravelerThe Best of the Joy of Painting

& Marmalade

Amanpour & Co.

Independent Lens: Coded Bias

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

ICT Newscast Mixed Blessings Colonial Combat Hard Rock Medical Moosemeat & Marmalade

Midsomer Murders A new-age commune founder dies in a fall.

This Old House Roof and ra ers

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

DW The Day

BBC News

PBS NewsHour America ReFramed: Any Given Day

Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

Travels with DarleyThe Best of the Joy of Painting

People of the North

ICT Newscast Power to the People Native Shorts Rabbit Fall Moosemeat & Marmalade

>> American Masters (continues)

PBS NewsHour

Nebraska Stories The G.O.A.T. Mission

Ask This Old Hous Woodland garden

ICT Newscast

BBC News

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

FRONTLINE: Clarence and Ginni Thomas

Cook’s CountryCook’s CountryCook’s CountryCook’s CountryCook’s Country

ICT Newscast Studio 49

Aux

& Marmalade

PBS NewsHour Weekdays at 6 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media Weekdays at 9 p.m. CT on World Millions turn to public broadcasting’s marquee nightly news program for solid, reliable reporting.

Father Brown Inspector Mallory joins the Kembleford Bowls Club.

As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World (Pt. 1) The birth of Hip Hop

No Passport Required

Southern Storytellers (Pt. 1)

The Best of the Joy of Painting The Best of the Joy of Painting

Power to the People Amplify Chaos & Courage Voices of the Cherokee

Ridley (Ep. 6) Ridley’s initial inquiries into the search for Luke Marbury draw a blank.

Nature: Undercover in the Jungle Journey to the untouched wilderness of the Amazon.

Grantchester on Masterpiece (Ep. 3) A man is murdered at one of Cambridge’s colleges.

Finding Your Roots: Off the Farm Melissa McCarthy and Eric Stonestreet

No Passport Required Cook’s CountryCook’s Country

How People Got Fire/ Chizh Mannahatta/Shade of Life

Antiques Roadshow: Omaha, (Hour Three) A Humphreys’ homeopathic medicine cabinet.

Nebraska All-Star High School Girls Basketball (6 p.m.) Live from Lincoln’s North Star High School

Bears’ Lair Wild Game

The Great American Recipe (Pt. 6) he cooks put it all on the plate in a last chance to

Nebraska All-Star High School Boys Basketball Live from Lincoln’s North Star High School >>

Cook’s Country People of the North America’s Test Kitchen Cook’s Country

Trick or Treaty (6:30 p.m.)

Finding Your Roots: This Land is My Land Queen Latifah and Je rey Wright

Nebraska All-Star High School Girls Volleyball (6 p.m.) Live from Lincoln’s North Star High School

Democracy Now!

Southern Storytellers (Pt. 2) Six of the South’s most influential creators

Secrets of the Dead: Hidden in the Amazon Pre-Columbian societies in the Amazon.

Cook’s Country People of the North Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Cook’s Country

Main Street Wyoming

Democracy Now! Lived History: Wind River

Animals with Cameras, A Nature Miniseries: Oceans A look at the lives of ocean residents.

Human Footprint (Pt. 4) Animal and plant species that made allies of humans.

Nebraska All-Star High School Softball (5 p.m.) Live from Bowlin Field in Lincoln

Nebraska Stories

Nebraska Star Party

Cook’s CountryCook’s Country People of the North Lidia’s Kitchen

Salal, Cedar and Spruce

Democracy Now! Keetoowahs Come Home

Backyard Farmer Lawn and garden advice

The Travelling Auctioneers Clearing a farmhouse home that’s overflowing with antiques.

America ReFramed: Geographies of Kinship Korea’s global adoption program

Cook’s Country People of the North Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

A New Island: The Marshallese in Arkansas

Washington Week News roundtable

Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan

Downing of a Flag The Confederate Ba le flag

Democracy Now!

Unadopted

Cook’s Country

Sinatra in Concert at Royal Festival Hall This 1970 concert includes classics..

Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein

Passion Italy People of the North America’s Test Kitchen Cook’s Country

Sinatra in

Concert at Royal Festival Hall

Friday, July 28 at 8 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Filmed in 1970, Sinatra sings classics such as Pennies from Heaven, I’ve Got You Under My Skin and My Way.

Around the World in 80 Days on Masterpiece (Ep. 6) Fogg and Passepartout argue.

Sense and Sensibility (Ep. 3) Marianne learns the extent of Willoughby’s betrayal.

America ReFramed: Any Given Day The complexities of living with mental illness

Rick Steves Art of Europe

Tribal Police Files Unsettled

D.I. Ray (Ep. 3) The body count rises as the team finds more evidence.

Doc World: Crossings

Rick Steves Art of Europe

Red Earth Uncovered Skindigenous

Doc Martin (Ep. 3) Louisa’s stress rises when she takes students on a sailing trip.

>> Nebraska All-Star High School Boys Basketball (continues)

Austin City Limits: Ray Wylie Hubbard

POV Shorts: Familial Healing Fight the Power

with Julia Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke George Hirsch Lifestyle

In

Stories From the Stage

To Dine For with Kate Sullivan

Shorts

This Old House Leveling

DW The Day

Rick Steves’ EuropeIreland with MichaelIn the Americas with David Yetman

ICT Newscast Tribal Police Files

Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein Stone Mountain

PBS NewsHour

Courage

This Old House Windows

DW The Day

POV: A House Made of Splinters Social workers tirelessly protect three displaced kids.

Nature: Undercover in the Jungle

KitchenChristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

Best of the Joy of Painting

BBC News

of the North

Amanpour & Co.

NOVA: The Planets: Jupiter

Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

DaytripperThe

of the Joy of Painting

ICT Newscast Red Earth Uncovered Cashing In

NOVA: The Planets: Saturn The planet’s icy rings and moons.

This Old House Pruning

DW The Day

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

Represent

ICT Newscast Mixed Blessings

Midsomer Murders (Pt. 2 of 2) The founder of a new-age commune dies in a fall.

PBS

Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

ICT Newscast Power to the People

Tom Lehrer - Live In Copenhagen 1967 Brilliant parody songs entertained millions.

PBS NewsHour

Rick Steves’ Europe Lidia’s Kitchen

TravelerThe Best of the Joy of Painting

Combat

This Old House Paint colors

DW The Day

BBC News

People of the North

of the North Rick Steves’ EuropeFamily Travel with Colleen Kelly

& Marmalade

Amanpour & Co.

Travels with DarleyThe Best of the Joy of Painting People of the North

Shorts

Ask This Old House Wallpaper

ICT Newscast

Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

Sara’s Weeknight Meals

J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom

Father Brown Oliver interrupts Alexander and Lucy’s dance practice.

Ridley (Ep. 7) Ridley and Carol investigate the suspicious death of a man a er a fall.

Grantchester on Masterpiece (Ep. 4) Leonard is devastated when a halfway house resident dies.

Antiques Roadshow: Cleveland, (Hour One) 1920 World Series ticket stubs

American Recipe (Pt. 7) The cooks put it all on the plate in a last chance to impress.

The

No Passport Required

Sunday, July 30 at 7 p.m. CT on Create

Chef Marcus Samuelsson eats his way through Haiti’s culinary classics while embracing the history, music and art of Haitians in Miami.

9 PM 9:30 PM10 PM10:30 PM11 PM

Around the World in 80 Days on Masterpiece (Ep. 7) Meeting a lawman.

The Herriot Way A stunning walk through towns and countryside.

America ReFramed: Geographies of Kinship Korea’s global adoption program

Rick Steves Art of Europe

Baking with Julia

Austin City Limits: Terry Allen

Unadopted Fight the Power (Pt. 2)

Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke George Hirsch Lifestyle

Tribal Police Files Unsettled Cashing In Hard Rock MedicalThe Invisible Nation

D.I. Ray (Ep. 4) D.I. Ray makes a shocking discovery.

Stories From the Stage

POV: Stateless History and politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Rick Steves Art of Europe

To Dine For with Kate Sullivan

POV: Eat Your Catfish Paralyzed by ALS, a woman yearns to see her daughter’s wedding.

POV Shorts: The Spectrum of Divide

Nature: Undercover in the Jungle

Lidia’s KitchenChristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

Red Earth Uncovered Skindigenous Native Shorts The Aux

Doc Martin (Ep. 4) Morwenna’s missionary parents pay her a surprise visit.

This Old House Testing skills

BBC News Amanpour & Co.

DW The Day

Rick Steves’ EuropeIreland with MichaelIn the Americas with David Yetman

ICT Newscast Tribal Police Files Chaos & Courage

Watch the best players from the senior class of 2023 compete in all-star competitions!

SOFTBALL

Wednesday, July 26 5 p.m.

Live from Bowlin Stadium

BBC News

PBS NewsHour Citizens at Last

The Best of the Joy of Painting People of the North

Rabbit Fall Moosemeat & Marmalade

“We like the programming, especially all the UNL sports and high school championships!”

Carol and Bill Seward

We’re recording an episode in Lincoln and you’re invited to ask questions and be part of our audience!

WATCH THIS EPISODE!

Thursday, July 20 7 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

CONNECTS

Making Work Work For People With I/DD

Wednesday, July 5 at 7 p.m. CT on WORLD

In an inclusive economy, everyone has value, and can participate and benefit by working. Inclusive economies focus on what people can do, not what they cannot, offering real work for real pay.

In our new Connects program, we discuss employment opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities or I/DDs and explore how job coaches can assist with learning tasks, identify helpful modifications for the employee and work with employers to meet needs.

Nebraska has the lowest unemployment numbers in the country, and helping people with I/DDs join the workforce provides a way for businesses to fill jobs with reliable people who want to work. Inclusive Economy – Making Work Work for People with I/DD is hosted by Alana Schriver, executive director of the Nebraska Association of Service Providers.

Supported Employment Coach Kathy Rohwedder walks a yard with PooPatrol owner Joshua Whitfield.

This program is produced in partnership with the Nebraska Association of Service Providers (NASP), with funding support from the Nebraska Council on Developmental Disabilities and the federal Administration on Disability funds awarded to NASP by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, and People First of Nebraska.

Do you recall what appraisers found in Omaha in 2015?

OMAHA EPISODES

Mondays at 7 p.m. on Nebraska Public Media

Wednesday, July 19

5:15 p.m.

– Q & A 6

p.m.

– Recording Begins

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Green space east of the Woods Art Building Near 11th & R Streets

Seating is limited.

In case of inclement weather, this event will be held in Swanson Auditorium in the Nebraska Union on City Campus.

‘Expedition Nebraska’ Wins International Award

A collaboration between Nebraska Public Media Labs and the University of Nebraska State Museum, Expedition Nebraska: A Virtual Natural History Experience allows visitors to travel back in time to prehistoric Nebraska to see how it has changed over the millennia.

Judges recently selected the accessible virtual experience from nearly 14,000 entries, honoring it for Metaverse, Immersive and Virtual Experiences in the 27th Annual Webby Awards. The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, the leading international awards organization honoring excellence on the internet, presents the Webby Awards.

Introducing animals that lived during the millions of years before humans migrated to the land we now call Nebraska, the virtual journey begins in a courtyard set within a landscape resembling Nebraska’s Sandhills at sunset. Visitors can move around this space and others, encountering photogrammetrically rendered animal models, and triggering audio and illustrations. Versions for mobile devices are available in the Apple App and Google Play stores, and for the Quest 2 VR headset in Meta’s App Lab and SideQuest stores.

NebraskaPublicMedia.org/expeditionnebraska

See a Daytona model Rolex with its box and papers, Yogi Berra baseball jerseys, an 1887 Seth Whipple oil painting and a Humphreys’ homeopathic medicine cabinet.

Hour 1 – July 10

Hour 2 – July 17

Hour 3 – July 24

People are the planet’s top predator

Wednesdays beginning July 5

8 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

6-PART SERIES

In 4.5 billion years, our planet has never experienced anything like humans. Even our basic needs for food, water and shelter place a staggering burden on Earth’s resources.

Follow along as scientists travel the globe to explore how our species is transforming our planet.

VOTEYOURFOR FAVORITE BEGINNING JULY 10!

The PBS Short Film Festival is a celebration of independent films and filmmaking, and a love for the craft.

Each year, 25 films highlight topics like social injustice, religion, addiction, public policy and love, plus other unexpected and inspiring stories.

Sundays at 10:30 p.m. on Nebraska Public Media

POV (a cinema term for point of view) is television’s longestrunning showcase for bold, innovative, independent nonfiction films.

JULY 9

A Story of Bones

An unmarked mass burial ground holds the remains of an estimated 9,000 formerly enslaved Africans.

JULY 16

Liquor Store Dreams

Korean American children reconcile their own dreams with those of their immigrant parents.

JULY 23

House Made of Splinters

In the shadow of poverty and addiction, a safe haven for children near the frontlines in Ukraine.

JULY 30

Eat Your Catfish

An intimate exploration of how disability and in-home caretaking push a family to its breaking point.

WATCH & VOTE

pbs.org/filmfestival

PBS YouTube

PBS Facebook

PBS Short Film Festival Facebook Rules and Voting Instructions

pbs.org/filmfestival

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THE SERIES? What co ee creation did Will introduce to the vicarage?

Answer: Cappuccino

Season 8 Premiere

Sunday, July 9 8 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Exploring faith, forgiveness and redemption, this explosive new season tests Will and Geordie to the limit.

New Crime Thriller

D.I. RAY

Sunday, July 9

9 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

4-PART SERIES

D.I. Rachita Ray, a British Asian police officer new to homicide, investigates the suspected honor killing of a young Muslim man.

Doc Martin

Season 8 Encore

Premieres Monday, July 10

9 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Dr. Martin Ellingham and his wife, Louisa, are finally living together again with their son, but their problems are far from over.

Remember the best moments from Season 8, and prepare for the Season 9 Nebraska Public Media

Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story

Friday, July 14 8 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

After more than 30 years as the colorful bandleader of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, the master trumpeter continues to defy nature well into his 90s with a grueling schedule of touring, performing and teaching.

Virtual Tour Features Tractor Museum

A new virtual tour highlights the significance of Nebraska’s 1919 tractor testing law, designed to encourage the manufacture and sale of improved tractors for farmers. As part of the law, a testing lab was built on the University of Nebraska at Lincoln’s East Campus. The accessible tour explores the Larsen Tractor Test and Power Museum roomby-room, offering links to details about the international significance of the legislation, tractor displays, and the evolution of the tractor and agricultural technology industries.

Educational resources and classroom discussion questions embedded in the tour align with state-approved content standards as established by the Nebraska Department of Education. “As we created this virtual experience, we felt so proud to feature stories about how these consumer tests protected farmers in Nebraska and around the world,” said Jessica Mitchell-McCollough, director of education for Nebraska Public Media. “There’s something for everyone to learn.”

The tour is accessible on the Nebraska Public Media website. NebraskaPublicMedia.org/virtualtours

Art Through Adversity

The William Splinter Gallery at the museum features more than a dozen prints created by the late Nebraska artist Craig Cassell. When he was just 17 years old, a swimming accident in the Little Blue River paralyzed all four of his limbs. After rehabilitation, Cassell’s parents encouraged him to draw with a pencil in his mouth. The Fairbury native eventually used a special device constructed by a dentist. Cassell’s work with graphite shows that he embraced agriculture, and he spent time at the museum drawing many of the tractor images now included in its permanent collection. Throughout his life, Cassell spoke to students, encouraging them to pursue their goals in spite of adversity.

Summer Movies for Your Screens

In July, two new hour-long PBS KIDS movies debut on Nebraska Public Media, our 24/7 PBS KIDS channel and the PBS Kids App.

Molly of Denali: Wise Raven and Old Crow

Premieres Monday, July 10

Molly and her family embark on a river trip to honor their late Grandma Catherine, but getting there won’t be easy. To keep everyone safe, Molly must connect with her culture and listen to the land.

Ready Jet Go!: Space Camp

Premieres Thursday, July 20

Timed to launch on the anniversary of the 1969 moon landing, this out-of-this-world film honors the time when humans landed on the moon and Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the lunar landscape.

Visit pbslearningmedia.org OR pbsparents.org and search for Molly of Denali and Ready Jet Go!

As you travel the streets of Omaha, keep an eye out for our new billboards! This new campaign focuses on the metro area following campaigns in Lincoln and other parts of Nebraska.

FORMER TEACHER, FARMER MAKES SUBSTANTIAL GIFT

Edith Niederhoefer was born on the family farm in Cuming County between the end of World War I and the beginning of the Depression. When she died, she left a $1.1 million gift to Nebraska Public Media.

When they were still young girls, she and her older sister Irene moved with their parents to another of their family’s farms in Burt County. The girls graduated from Oakland High School and while Irene stayed home to care for their mother, Edith attended Midland College (now Midland University) in Fremont to study education. She also earned a Master’s in business education from the University of Northern Colorado-Greeley.

“Edith put herself through college. She lived in a boarding house and helped clean to pay her tuition,” said cousin Lavonne Denning, who grew up with the sisters. “Edith would come home on the weekends to help Irene with the farm and in the evenings they would watch public television. They watched adamantly!”

Nebraska Public Media Chief Strategy Officer Molly Delaney explained that Edith’s gift was a surprise to the network. “We are grateful for donors such as Edith. Her very generous gift will help us ensure that future generations of Nebraskans have similar access to the high-quality public media programming that she enjoyed,” said Delaney.

Edith especially liked Masterpiece and Denning said she also appreciated the network’s educational programs. She taught for 38 years at Nebraska schools in Polk, Scribner, Howells, Pilger, West Point and Omaha, before returning to the family farm in 1983. Neither Edith nor Irene ever married.

Along with growing corn and soybeans, the sisters ran a small cow-calf operation. Until they retired in 2005, they took turns traveling so one of them could always be home to manage the farm.

“Edith followed grain and fertilizer prices and marketed her crops. She worked with tenants who rented their land and ran the business end of the operation,” said Joel Hargens of First Northeast Bank of Nebraska in Hooper, who met Edith when she was in her eighties and was her personal representative.

In her later years, Hargens would drive Edith around to check on the operation. “She wanted to make sure things were the way she wanted them. She was strong willed and kept up with things even while she was living at the Hooper Care Center.”

Southern Storytellers

Premieres Tuesday, July 18 8 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Follow the region’s most compelling and influential contemporary creators to the places they call home – the communities that enrich the stories they tell in books, songs, poems, plays and on screens large and small. 22

PRIORITIZE YOUR WISHES IN A WILL

A simple, flexible and versatile way to ensure that future generations of Nebraskans can enjoy the gift of public media is by naming Nebraska Public Media Foundation in your will or living trust, known as a charitable bequest. Bequests allow you to make larger gifts than might be possible during your lifetime. Plus, gifts through a will are flexible and can change as your circumstances change.

Unfortunately, if you die without a will, the transfer of your assets may be very different from what you expect. When you summarize your wishes, you can be sure family, friends and the organizations you want to remember are included.

QUESTIONS?

Becca Jewell

Major & Planned Giving Officer

800-634-6788, ext. 340

bjewell@nebraskapublicmedia.org

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Mark Leonard

CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

Molly Delaney

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Arpi Siyahian, Lincoln (Vice-Chair)

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Jim Ulrich, York

NEBRASKA EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

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Nicholas Baxter, Omaha (Chair)

Darrin Good, Lincoln

Marilyn Hadley, Kearney

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Clay Smith, Lincoln

Paul Turman, Lincoln (Vice-Chair)

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Coming in August

In the Deed the Glory: Memorial Stadium

Sunday, Aug. 13 at 7 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

The evolution and significance of the stadium that is synonymous with Saturdays in Nebraska.

State of Volleyball

Thursday, Aug. 24 at 8 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

SEASON 3

Hear from players and coaches representing five of the state’s premiere programs.

Her Name Was Grace Kelly

Monday, Aug. 28 at 8 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Private family archives reveal more about the icon’s life, career and tragic death.