May 2024 PREMIERE

Message to Our Members

Last month, we shared our plans to update the Ron Hull Studio and invited you to Imagine the Possibilities of a new era in Nebraska Public Media’s content production. Thank you to everyone who responded with their support! We’re excited to share that the studio renovation is underway. We’ve installed nearly four miles of data cable, one mile of conduit and five miles of wire. Imagine connecting the entire state of Nebraska with just 10 miles of wire!

The studio is now equipped with 7,200 pounds of flypipe (rigging structure attached to the ceiling), which bolsters 193 new LED lighting fixtures. Imagine those lights efficiently illuminating your favorite shows and adding depth and drama to your viewing experience!

Studio floors have been stripped and coated with six gallons of floor wax and soon we’ll move the new scenic design elements into place. We’re excited to customize the look of our studio productions, including the news series Speaking of Nebraska and our local music program Jam

Recently, we’ve given the green light to new productions that integrate and showcase our new LED wall. There is still a lot of work to be done, but we promise the results will be worth the investment!

ON THE COVER

Beginning midsummer, you’ll notice revolutionary changes to the Backyard Farmer set. Imagine host Kim Todd touching an LED screen to zoom in on a picture of a breathtaking bloom or intriguing insect that was sent in by a viewer like you!

In the meantime, celebrate Memorial Day with the National Memorial Day Concert and watch the new local documentary Running Towards the Fire: A War Correspondent’s Story You’ll see how war correspondents, including one born in Omaha, risked their lives to report on the American and Allied forces fighting in WWII. You’ll also find plenty of live sports coverage in May, including NSAA High School Championships for soccer and baseball, Husker baseball and our broadcast of the Husker Spring Volleyball Match on May 4. (See pages 14-15.)

Thank you again for your support and stay tuned!

Chief Strategy Officer

National Memorial Day Concert

Sunday, May 26

7 & 8:30 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Honoring our country’s veterans, servicemen and women and military families, this annual concert is an American tradition and one of PBS’ highest-rated programs.

Become Our Partner

We are reimagining the Ron Hull Studio, a space that’s served as the heart of Nebraska Public Media since 1972.

Outdated equipment at the end of its service life is being replaced with new tools that will revolutionize the time-honored studio. Cameras, LED lights and an LED video wall, new flame-retardant curtains and an advanced, flexible set design are all part of the upgrade that our creative teams will use to produce programs you love to watch.

This investment in our studio is an investment in public media in Nebraska. These changes will sustain our work and provide the critical infrastructure we need to maintain our position as a strong, independent media resource. Visit our website to learn more and make your donation in support of this $6 million upgrade.

NebraskaPublicMedia.org/imagine

Create Nebraska Public Media

Dutch Hop!

Friday, May 3 at 9 p.m. CT

on Nebraska Public Media

Meet musicians, dancers and Volga German families who treasure polka melodies and keep traditions alive in the Platte River valleys.

7:30 PM8 PM 8:30 PM 7 PM

Nature: Season of the Osprey Adaptation of birds of prey

Understanding Tourism On Grizzly Ground

A Brief History of the Future (Pt. 5) Humans’ unique capacity for cooperation

FRONTLINE: Documenting Police Use of Force Documenting police use of force

Lidia’s Kitchen Legacy List with Ma Paxton Cook’s Country America’s Test Kitchen

Good Meat Democracy Now!

Backyard Farmer Lawn and garden advice

Nebraska Stories Volleyball Day

America ReFramed: Chinatown Rising Ba les for social justice in the historic San Francisco neighborhood

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

Legacy List with Ma Paxton

Nebraska Stories Building A Dream

Vanishing Chinatown

Cook’s Country America’s Test Kitchen

Indian Rodeo Democracy Now! California Pow Wow

Washington Week with The Atlantic

Nebraska Stories Volleyball Day

Bring Her Home Indigenous women work to vindicate their missing & murdered

America’s Test Kitchen

Great Performances: Now Hear This: ‘The Composer is Yoo’ A journey to compose music.

Who She Is Reel South: Hindsight

La Frontera with Pati Jinich Legacy List with Ma Paxton

Chasing Voices Democracy Now!

Sister Boniface Mysteries A celebrity chef records an episode of her show.

Asian Americans Despite anti-Asian laws, immigrants succeed.

Legacy List with Ma Paxton

As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances

Asian Americans Loyalties are tested during WWII.

The Best of the Joy of Painting

Power to the People Amplify

The Best of the Joy of Painting

Voices of the Cherokee Chaos & Courage

Call the Midwife (Ep. 8) Poplar votes for its Mother of the Year.

Nature: Season of the Osprey Adaptations by birds of prey

Legacy List with Ma Paxton

P’urhépecha Uékani

MaryLand on Masterpiece (Ep. 1) Sisters meet a er their mother’s sudden death.

Finding Your Roots: Fathers and Sons Actors LeVar Burton and Wes Studi

La Frontera with Pati Jinich

Puntos De Vida Wild Game

Antiques Roadshow: Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (Hour 2) A 1953 Marilyn Monroe poster

Bears’ Lair

Antiques Roadshow: Charleston, (Hour 1) An archive of the Oak Ridge Journal

Local, USA Chinatowns in Washington, D.C., Chicago and Boston. Stories From the Stage

America’s Test Kitchen

Legacy List with Ma Paxton

On a Knife Edge (6:30 p.m.)

Edward VIII: Britain’s Traitor King A former king’s plan to reinstall himself as monarch.

A Brief History of the Future Humans’ unique capacity for cooperation

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

La Frontera with Pati Jinich

Democracy Now!

The Express Way with Dulé Hill Connecting with an Aztec dancer in Texas.

Pathways to Invention Power in our minds and hands to shape the world.

La Frontera with Pati Jinich Legacy List with Ma Paxton

Hand Game: The Native American Game of Power Democracy Now!

Programming Subject to Change – NebraskaPublicMedia.org/schedules

Edward VIII: Britain’s Traitor King

Tuesday, May 7 at 7 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Explore how the former king was complicitly involved in a plan to reinstall himself as monarch in the event of a Nazi victory in WWII.

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NOVA: Making North America: Human Challenges as humans take over the continent.

PBS NewsHour

Call the Midwife (Ep. 7) Rosalind cares for a teen mom and uncovers a disturbing truth.

PBS NewsHour

Dutch Hop! Volga German polka dancing

PBS NewsHour

RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service A sevenyear-old boy is missing in the outback.

Ask This Old House Home inspection

ICT News with Aliyah Chavez

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

BBC News POV Shorts: In the Absence

Ask This Old House Masonry jointers

DW The Day

BBC News

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

America ReFramed: Chinatown Rising

Ask This Old House Wet basements

ICT News with Aliyah Chavez

BBC News

BBC News

Broadchurch Fingerprints lead to a startling murder suspect.

America ReFramed: Chinatown Rising Ba les for social justice in the historic San Francisco neighborhood

In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs

Guilt on Masterpiece (Ep. 2) Max and Jake face a familiar danger.

Reel South A poor and unhealthy Georgia county

Vanishing Chinatown

Steven Raichlen’s

Amanpour & Co.

The Express Way with Dulé Hill

Austin City Limits: Duran Duran

Asian Americans

Fanny: The Right to Rock Filipina American sisters play music.

Mysteries of Mental Illness Cu ing-edge treatments

Nature: Season of the Osprey

Doc Martin Martin’s mother returns to Portwenn with news.

PBS NewsHour

Ask This Old House Fieldstone foundation

DW The Day

BBC News

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

Le ers From Brno

Best of the Joy of Painting Legacy List with Ma Paxton Fly Brother with Ernest White II

FRONTLINE: The Last Survivors Elderly survivors of the Holocaust reflect on the trauma.

PBS NewsHour

Rick Steves’ Europe

Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

Ask This Old House Mid-century modern

DW The Day

Georgia Outdoors

BBC News

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

NOVA: Making North America: Human

The Best of the Joy of Painting Legacy List with Ma Paxton

Nature: Grizzly 399: Queen of the Tetons A famous bear raises four cubs.

Nebraska Focused: Building Our Future Future workforce needs and research

Why Bridges Collapse

Wednesday,

Find out how new technologies and engineering improvements can make bridges across the world safer and more durable.

Backyard Farmer Lawn and garden advice

A Brief History of the Future (Pt. 6) The crucial need to think bigger about the future.

FRONTLINE: The last survivors of the Holocaust.

NSAA State Boys High School Soccer Championship/Class A >> 8

Nebraska Stories Luminarium

America ReFramed: In Search of Bengali Harlem A playwright unearths the pasts of his immigrant parents.

Nebraska Stories Capitol Fountains

POV Shorts: The Calling

Nebraska Baseball: Indiana vs. Nebraska (6 p.m.) Live coverage from Hawks Field at Haymarket Park in Lincoln.

Washington Week with The Atlantic

Nebraska Stories Luminarium & More

Sister Boniface Mysteries Tragedy strikes when a mayor partakes in a memorial ceremony.

Asian Americans Model minority and perpetual foreigner.

Legacy List with Ma Paxton

Lucy Worsley Investigates: Madness of King George How his mental illness changed Britain.

Nature: Grizzly 399: Queen of the Tetons A bear raises her four cubs.

Legacy List with Ma Paxton

NSAA State Girls High School Soccer Championship/Class B (5:30 p.m.)

Antiques Roadshow: Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (Hour 3)

America’s Test Kitchen

Legacy List with Ma Paxton

NSAA State Boys High School Soccer Championship/Class B (5:30 p.m.)

Finding Your Roots: Hold the Laughter Bob Odenkirk and Iliza Shlesinger

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

Legacy List with Ma Paxton

Nebraska Stories

The Magic Flute

POV Shorts: Our Motherland Fantasy Nightmare

As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances

Asian Americans A young generation fights for equality.

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

MaryLand on Masterpiece (Ep. 2) New revelations emerge as the sisters cope.

Finding Your Roots: Buried Secrets Sammy Hagar and Ed O’Neill

America’s Test Kitchen

The Best of the Joy of Painting

NSAA State Girls High School Soccer Championship/Class A >>

Antiques Roadshow: Charleston, (Hour 2) A collection of Marilyn Monroe stills

Julie Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen

Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest

The Express Way with Dulé Hill Chicago’s history, crime and music

Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen

J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom

Sunday, May 12 at 10 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for a Mars mission and extreme isolation while they struggle for human connection. 9

NOVA: Why Bridges Collapse A 2018 Italian bridge collapse

PBS NewsHour

Call the Midwife (Ep. 8) Poplar votes for its Mother of the Year.

PBS NewsHour

1955, Seven Days of Fall The 1955 Dodger/ Yankee World Series

PBS NewsHour

RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service In a dust storm, a patient takes a critical turn mid-air.

Ask This Old House Killing weeds

DW The Day

BBC News

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

POV Shorts: Cherish

Ask This Old House Stud finder

DW The Day

BBC News

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

America ReFramed: In Search of Bengali Harlem

Ask This Old House Bathroom

ICT News with Aliyah Chavez

BBC News

BBC News

Broadchurch The a ershocks of Danny’s murder ripple through town.

America ReFramed: In Search of Bengali Harlem A playwright unearths the pasts of his immigrant parents.

In Julia’s

Guilt on Masterpiece (Ep. 3) Max and Jake seek refuge with a face from the past.

Reel South Local newspaper archives

Amanpour & Co.

The Express Way with Dulé Hill

Austin City Limits: Brandi Carlile

POV Shorts: The Calling

Asian Americans

Independent Lens: Space: The Longest Goodbye Preparing astronauts for isolation.

Mindfulness Movement

Mental health resource

>> NSAA State Girls High School Soccer Championship/Class A (continues)

PBS NewsHour

DW The Day

BBC News

BBC News

Nature: Grizzly 399: Queen of the Tetons

Amanpour & Co.

POV Shorts: Comic Culture

The Best of the Joy of Painting Legacy List with Ma Paxton Fly Brother with Ernest White II

with David Yetman

>> NSAA State Boys High School Soccer Championship/ Class A (continues)

FRONTLINE: A Dangerous Assignment: Uncovering Corruption in Maduro’s Venezuela

Rick Steves’ Europe

Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

Georgia Outdoors

BBC News

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

NOVA: The Universe

The Best of the Joy of Painting Legacy List with Ma Paxton

Nature: Saving the Animals of Ukraine Stories of survival, love, and resilience emerge.

Adventures in History: Discovering Nebraska’s State Historical Parks

Pompeii: The New Dig

Wednesdays – May 15, 22 & 29

9 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Unearth what life was like before Mt. Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 and learn about the horror faced by victims and survivors.

NOVA: Secrets in Your Data Find out who’s using your personal data.

FRONTLINE: Uncovering corruption in Maduro’s Venezuela.

Backyard Farmer Lawn and garden advice

Small Town Cops The changing role of police work in rural areas.

America ReFramed: Far East Deep South An eye-opening journey through the Mississippi Delta

NSAA Baseball Championships Class A

Washington Week with The Atlantic Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

American Experience: The Riot Report In 1967, America’s inner cities erupt in violence. >> 15 16 17 18 19 20

POV Shorts: Happiness is £4 Million

Live coverage from Werner Park in Omaha >>

Great Performances: Audra McDonald at the London Palladium Enjoy Broadway hits >>

Sister Boniface Mysteries A beauty queen is discovered dead in a pool.

Asian Americans Growing numbers and rising influence

Lucy Worsley Investigates: Princes in the Tower Two boys disappear in 1483.

Nature: Saving the Animals of Ukraine Stories of survival, love and resilience

As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances

Snapshots of Confinement Limiting cameras for Japanese Americans

Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 13 Never-before-seen appraisals

Tyrus Wong: American Masters (6:30 p.m.) The renowned Chinese-American painter

America’s Test Kitchen

Legacy List with Ma Paxton

American Experience: Roberto Clemente Immigration and civil rights during his career

Secrets of the Dead: The End of the Romans Is history repeating Itself?

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

Legacy List with Ma Paxton

MaryLand on Masterpiece (Ep. 3) Mary’s actions impact the entire family.

Finding Your Roots: Hold the Laughter Bob Odenkirk and Iliza Shlesinger

Family IngredientsFamily Ingredients

Antiques Roadshow: Charleston, (Hour 3) A Newcomb College vase

Local, USA Stories From the Stage

Family Ingredients

Family Ingredients

The Amazing Human Body Miracles to stay alive and healthy

Family Ingredients

Family Ingredients

The Riot Report

Tuesday, May 21 at 8 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

In 1967, inner cities across America erupted in violence after a commission’s shockingly unvarnished assessment of race relations was released.

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Pompeii: The New Dig (Pt. 1) Horrors faced by victims and survivors.

PBS NewsHour

Lucy Worsley Investigates: Madness of King George

PBS NewsHour

>> NSAA Baseball Championships Class A (continues)

>> Great Performances (continues)

One Voice: The Songs We Share

Ask This Old House Curb appeal

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

DW The Day BBC News China: Frame By Frame

Ask This Old House Indoor humidity

DW The Day

BBC News

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

America ReFramed: Far East Deep South

Ask This Old House Smart thermostat

ICT News with Aliyah Chavez

BBC News

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

The Express Way with Dulé Hill

RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service A remote bush retrieval suddenly turns violent.

Broadchurch People start to turn against each other.

America ReFramed: Far East Deep South An eye-opening journey through the Mississippi Delta

Guilt on Masterpiece (Ep. 4) Max, Jake, and their new gang hide from Maggie.

Reel South

Doc Martin Louisa has shocking news for Martin.

PBS NewsHour

>> American Experience: The Riot Report (continues)

PBS NewsHour

Rick Steves’ Europe

Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

Austin City Limits: Lyle Love

POV Shorts: Happiness is £4 Million Asian Americans

Independent Lens: The Donut King A Cambodian refugee builds a multi-million-dollar fried pastry empire.

Pacific Heartbeat A young musician fights a rare genetic cancer.

Nature: Saving the Animals of Ukraine

Ask This Old House Light switch repair

DW The Day

BBC News

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

The Unforge able Augustus Post

Ask This Old House Fire escape ladder

DW The Day

BBC News

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

NOVA: Secrets in Your Data

Georgia Outdoors The Best of the Joy of Painting Legacy List with Ma Paxton

Working Fires: Volunteer Fire Departments in Crisis

Thursday, May 23 at 9 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Recruiting volunteers, aging equipment, tight budgets and more extreme weather create a crisis: fewer responders and increasing demand.

Nature: Green Island, White Desert A desert of grey stones called the Burren

Older Workers, New Opportunities

NOVA: Decoding the Universe: Cosmos How big is the universe and will it ever end?

Independent Lens: The Tuba Thieves What is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen?

Backyard Farmer Lawn and garden advice

Running Towards the Fire: A War Correspondent’s Story An Omaha-born journalist reports on WWII

America ReFramed: Blurring the Color Line The history behind a grandmother’s family

Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 906

Washington Week with The Atlantic

A Sculpted Life Omaha artist Littleton Alston

Great Performances: Purlie Victorious A Black preacher’s scheme to reclaim his inheritance. >>

American Experience: The Riot Report American cities erupt in violence.

Sister Boniface Mysteries Hosting the summer roadshow of a kids’ TV show.

As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances

American Masters: Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir The life of the author of ‘The Joy Luck Club’

National Memorial Day Concert 2024 Commemorate and honor our armed forces with a star-studded lineup.

Nature: Green Island, White Desert A desert of grey stones called the Burren

Antiques Roadshow: I Was There Disney animation art

American Masters: Waterman - Duke: Ambassador of Aloha (6:30 p.m.)

America’s Test Kitchen

National Memorial Day Concert 2024 >>

Finding Your Roots: Far and Away Sunny Hostin and Jesse Williams

Simply Ming Taste of Malaysia with Martin Yan

Antiques Roadshow: Albuquerque, (Hour 1) 1969 Woodstock jacket and program

Local, USA Stories From the Stage

Confucius Was a Foodie Legacy List with Ma Paxton

Doolittle’s Raiders: A Final Toast Veterans from one of history’s greatest military missions

Secrets of the Dead: Abandoning the Titanic Searching for the captain of a ship that turned away

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

Running Towards the Fire: A War Correspondent’s Story An Omaha-born journalist reports on WWII

Amazing Human Body Adapting to the environment and develop new skills

Lucky Chow Legacy List with Ma Paxton

Simply Ming

Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066

Saturday, May 25 at 10 p.m. CT on WORLD

Explore the people and politics that influenced an order authorizing the WWII incarceration of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans. 9

Pompeii: The New Dig (Pt. 2) Mt. Vesuvius erupts in AD 79.

PBS NewsHour

Working Fires: Volunteer Fire Departments in Crisis

PBS NewsHour

>> Great Performances: Purlie Victorious (continues)

PBS NewsHour

RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Wayne ba les with his decision to leave the RFDS.

America ReFramed: Blurring the Color Line The history behind a grandmother’s family

Ask This Old House Greenhouse

DW The Day

BBC News

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

Independent Lens: Free Chol Soo Lee

Ask This Old House DIY security

DW The Day

BBC News

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

America ReFramed: Blurring the Color Line

Ask This Old House Transition landscapes

ICT News with Aliyah Chavez

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

BBC News Rising Against Asian

Hate: One Day in March

Broadchurch The town comes together to mourn.

Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066

Austin City Limits: Sylvan Esso/Lucius

American Masters: Amy Tan

>> National Memorial Day Concert 2024 (continues)

Dirigo: Maine at Ge ysburg

Independent Lens: The Tuba Thieves The role of sound and what means to listen.

Independent Lens: Beyond Utopia The gripping story of families a empting to escape oppression in North Korea.

Nature: Green Island, White Desert

Doc Martin Louisa is not in Portwenn. Ask This Old House Seed germination

PBS NewsHour

Ernest White II

DW The Day

FRONTLINE: South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning Allegations of fraud and abuse in the country’s foreign adoption boom.

PBS NewsHour

Rick Steves’ Europe

Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

DW The Day

Georgia Outdoors

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

BBC News House in the Garden: Shofuso and Modernism

BBC News

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

NOVA: Decoding the Universe: Cosmos

The Best of the Joy of Painting Legacy List with Ma Paxton

Beatrix Ferrand’s American Landscapes

Thursday, May 30 at 8 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

America’s first female landscape architect created celebrated gardens and a distinctive American voice in landscape architecture.

7:30 PM8 PM 8:30 PM 7 PM

Nature: Niagara Falls The geological wonder’s stunning beauty and wildlife

Nebraska: The Great American Water Machine Nebraska’s water story

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Lidia’s Kitchen Legacy List with Ma Paxton

Thursdays – May 2 & 9 8 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media Create

NOVA: Why Ships Crash A ship crashes into the bank of the Suez Canal.

FRONTLINE: South Korea’s adoption reckoning

Simply Ming Family Ingredients

Potlatch Keepers Democracy Now!

Backyard Farmer Lawn and garden advice Beatrix Farrand’s American Landscapes Creating the most celebrated gardens in America

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

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Legacy List with Ma Paxton Taste of Malaysia with Martin Yan Simply Ming

First Contact

Washington Week with The Atlantic

Guru Nanak: The Founder of Sikhism (6 p.m.)

America’s Test Kitchen

What If... No More Empty Pots

Democracy Now!

Great Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary: My Favorite Things >>

America’s First Guru Yoga, Vedanta, Hinduism and Interfaith understanding

Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue Legacy List with Ma Paxton

Aboriginal Architecture - Living Architecture Democracy Now!

Omaha’s newest cultural gem changes the way its visitors see the world.

Along the Missouri in the heart of the city’s reimagined RiverFront, the 82,000-square-foot Kiewit Luminarium exists at the intersection of science, math and technology –blending them with art, music and local culture.

Interactive exhibits and a kaleidoscope of engaging programs aim to spark curiosity in STEM careers among young visitors. It’s a place to dream, play, wonder, experiment and consider something new. (The new destination is featured in the May 9 episode.)

Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue

On May 2, explore the ways Volleyball Day in Nebraska smashed stereotypes and changed conversations about women’s sports. Plus, curious characters find military uniforms, Elvis suits and vintage clothing at Nebraska Wesleyan University’s Costume Library.

On May 9, the series is back in Omaha for more stories. The first focuses on the first women’s professional volleyball league in the U.S. and the city’s SuperNovas team. Another introduces an exiled Sri Lankan rights advocate who lives in Omaha after escaping political persecution and death threats in her home country.

Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue

Friday, May 31 beginning at 8 p.m. CT on Create

Hit the trail with the grill master, crossing time zones and international dateline to find the best smoked and grilled food on Earth.

Pompeii: The New Dig (Pt. 3) Recreating a city block.

PBS NewsHour

5-HOUR MARATHON

9 PM 9:30 PM10 PM10:30 PM11 PM

Ask This Old House Shower valve

DW The Day

Rick Steves’ EuropeTravels with Darley Weekends with Yankee

ICT Newscast Mixed Blessings

Lucy Worsley Investigates: The Witch Hunts Britain’s century of bloody witch hunts

PBS NewsHour

Colonial Combat

Ask This Old House 300 episodes

DW The Day

BBC News

BBC News

The Best of the Joy of Painting

Amanpour & Co.

POV: How to Have An American Baby

Legacy List with Ma Paxton

Moosemeat & Marmalade Hard Rock Medical

BBC News

BBC News

Amanpour & Co.

America ReFramed: Geographies of Kinship

Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Dream of ItalyThe Best of the Joy of Painting Legacy List with Ma Paxton

ICT Newscast Tribal Elder Stories Native Shorts Rabbit Fall Moosemeat & Marmalade

>> Great Performances (continues)

PBS NewsHour

Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue

Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue

ICT Newscast Studio 49

Ask This Old House Damaged tiles

ICT News with Aliyah Chavez

Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue

The Aux

BBC News

BBC News

Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue

Amanpour & Co.

Guru Nanak: The Founder of Sikhism

Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue

Moosemeat & Marmalade

What’s the Weather?

In Nebraska, we know the weather can change in a minute. This season, the Backyard Farmer experts debut a short new segment featuring predicted temperatures, precipitation and soil moisture. Watch for valuable information that can help you keep your lawn and garden green.

Thursdays at 7 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Visit byf.unl.edu and send us your questions and photos!

The series is a co-production between Nebraska Public Media and Nebraska Extension.

LIVE!

HUSKER SPRING VOLLEYBALL MATCH

Saturday, May 4 2 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Get a first look at the Huskers as they play Denver in a match on the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus.

MORE THAN A GAME

Sports ignite passion, unite communities and spotlight the accomplishments of our emerging high school and elite collegiate athletes.

LIVE COVERAGE FROM MORRISON STADIUM AT CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY IN OMAHA!

GIRLS

NSAA High School Soccer Championships BOYS

Monday, May 13

Class B – 5:30 p.m. Class A – 8 p.m.

Tuesday, May 14 Class B – 5:30 p.m. Class A – 8 p.m.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Indiana v. Nebraska

Friday, May 10

6 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Live coverage from Hawks Field at Haymarket Park in Lincoln

With production quality rivaling national broadcasts, our goal is to deliver the thrill of the game to every home in Nebraska!

NSAA High School Baseball Championships

Friday, May 17

Class C – Noon

Class B – 3:30 p.m. Class A – 7 p.m.

Watch NSAA High School Championships on television, on the Nebraska Public Media app or stream on our website. The app and website offer options for both in-state and out-of-state viewers.

PREMIERING

Thursday, May 23 8 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Reuben Describes War and Sacrifice

The limestone cliffs and sandy beaches of Normandy, France bore witness to an invasion that ended World War II, but not before millions of people in France and far beyond lost their lives.

On June 6, 1944, 160,000 American, British and Allied troops stormed Normandy’s shores on D-Day. German troops killed or wounded thousands of the soldiers in some of the war’s most intense fighting.

Just hours before history’s greatest amphibious assault, 13,000 U.S. Army Airborne troops flew in darkness from England to parachute behind enemy lines. Among them was Omahaborn Robert Reuben, a 25-yearold witnessing combat for the first time. He was not a soldier. Reuben was a Reuters News war correspondent.

Journalist Barney McCoy researched Reuben’s story for his new documentary Running Towards the Fire: A War Correspondent’s Story. McCoy is a professor in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

A Reuters archivist in London led McCoy to the discovery of Reuben’s typewritten manuscript – untitled and unpublished.

“His memoir provided a wonderful, personal, emotionally powerful path to talk about the experiences of World War II correspondents,” said McCoy. He said their reporting gave voice to the Allied troops defending freedom.

“It helped raise their morale, and it was important for people at home to know about the fight they were waging against the Nazis,” said McCoy. “And Reuben wanted to be part of the biggest story in the world.”

DIRIGO: MAINE AT GETTYSBURG

Sunday, May 26

10 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Fifteen units of Maine soldiers heroically fight as part of the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg, helping determine the outcome of the Civil War.

DOOLITTLE’S RAIDERS: A FINAL TOAST

Tuesday, May 28

7 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Surviving World War II veterans toast history and the American aviators who flew B-25 bombers in a daring raid on Japan on April 18, 1942, delivering retribution for Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.

80 ANNIVERSARY CONCERT & HAMMERSTEIN

Friday, May 31

8 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein revolutionized Broadway by blending music, dance and strong storylines to create a new form of musical theatre. An allstar cast pays homage to the duo and blockbusters such as Oklahoma!, South Pacific and The Sound of Music.

Composing the American Musical

In July 1942, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein teamed up for their first collaboration: a musical adaptation of Green Grow the Lilacs. The musical would eventually become Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! – a unique fusion of Rodgers’ musical comedy and Hammerstein’s operetta.

Oklahoma! became a milestone in the development of the American musical and marked the beginning of the most successful partnership in Broadway musical history.

Adapted from the website rogersandhammerstein.com.

Listen Sundays

6 – 8 p.m. CT

News/Classical

Making a New Mold for Music

Genevieve Randall never imagined herself as a radio announcer.

The flutist was teaching music and working at a natural grocery store when her good friend, the late Jerry Johnston, pitched the idea of working as a substitute radio host.

“I thought it might be fun,” she laughed. “I saw it as another way to perform and I loved classical music.”

Randall said Johnston, then a senior producer, and others soon suggested she could host a new show they’d been considering. “Jerry said, ‘you seem like the kind of person who would enjoy doing this show.’”

The Verge debuted in May 2005, with Randall in the host chair. “I fell in love with the technical aspect of creating it,” she said.

The weekly show is a space for new music that retains classical roots but doesn’t fit the mold of traditional

classical music. It specializes in 20th and 21st-century composers, ensembles and soloists.

Randall curates playlists with a few rules in mind. “Fift y percent of the sound must be traditionally classical; it must be listenable; and it must have a story arc that flows.” A new feature, Verge Arcade, explores music in video games and introduces composers who write scores for the virtual world.

She admits The Verge isn’t for everyone. “Some music is instantly likeable, but some of it is an acquired taste.”

Whether it’s from Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart, or artists featured on The Verge like Michael Torke, Kenji Bunch or the Kronos Quartet, Randall appreciates the humanity of music. “It touches people in ways nothing else can.”

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Donors Say Charitable Giving Is Like Planting a Tree

More than 30 years ago, when Jim Harder heard about a fund drive to expand public radio in Nebraska, he wondered why the state needed another radio station. Gradually, he discovered the answer to his question.

“I found I liked the contrast between the ‘new’ station and the other station I listened to,” he explained. “I am a news person.” Today, he enjoys Morning Edition, On Point, All Things Considered and The World.

Jim’s wife Suzie agreed. “I like the news, too, and I really enjoy the classical music. I am a music person,” she said.

In 1972, Jim was working in Crawford as a soil conservationist for the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Suzie was in Baltimore teaching nursing and considering medical school. When her father, a local physician, asked her to come to Crawford to care for her stepmother, she moved halfway across the country.

“I’d never lived in a small town, so it was a culture shock. I learned to love it,” she said.

The two met and married by the end of the year. Relocating for Jim’s career, they lived for short stints in Crawford, O’Neill and Pierce and then for 20 years in Beaver City where they raised their three children. Along the way, the couple discovered they enjoyed public television, too.

“We were very invested in public television and radio,” said Jim. “We were heavy consumers.”

An estate planning attorney suggested the Harders consider supporting charitable organizations. Jim said they chose the one that made them feel connected. “We had enough resources, and we didn’t need to give 100 percent to our kids, so we chose to give to Nebraska Public Media.”

“It’s called public television and public radio for a reason,” said Suzie. “The public needs to support it.”

The couple explained they’ve been on the receiving end of kindness in their own lives, financially and from time and talent. It made them want to give back.

“You plant a tree not for yourself, but for future generations,” said the agronomist.

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