Journey through more than 10,000 years of history and landscapes, tracing the evolution, significance and near extinction of the shaggy beast – and, most importantly, its relationship to Indigenous People.
Part 1 – Monday, Oct. 16 at 9 p.m.
Part 2 – Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 7 & 9 p.m.
Parts 1 & 2 – Sunday, Oct. 22 at 1 & 3:30 p.m.
All on Nebraska Public Media | All Times CT
Explore themes of conservation, restoration and respect, inspired by Ken Burns’ The American Bu alo.
BOOK
Great Plains Bison by Dan O’Brien
FILM
Seed Warriors by Rebekka Schlichting (Ioway Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska)
October is an exciting month for local and national programs, but it is also an exciting month for screenings, panel discussions and new community partnerships. You may not know our engagement with Nebraskans o en goes beyond the broadcast, and Ken Burns’ new documentary, The American Bu alo, is a great example. For the first time, we are o ering local Book Club Kits to accompany a national film.
Like The American Bu alo, our kits explore themes of conservation, restoration and respect.
“We hope the kit will spark great conversations about lessons we can learn from history and apply across Nebraska today. We are also thrilled it will help strengthen our strong relationship with public libraries across the state and our community partners,” said Maggie Berndt, community engagement manager for Nebraska Public Media.
Partners include the Center for Great Plains Studies, Vision Maker Media, University of Nebraska Press & Bison Books, Nebraska Library Commission and the state’s four regional library systems.
Each kit contains ten copies of the book, Great Plains Bison by Dan O’Brien, along with information
about accessing a discussion guide and two related short films, Seed Warriors by Rebekka Schlichting and Return of the American Bison by Nebraska Public Media.
Seed Warriors follows Pawnee seed keepers as they work with Nebraska farmers to preserve the tribe’s sacred, ancestral corn. Return of the American Bison explains how the bison population in the Great Plains went from fewer than 1,000 to more than 500,000 because of conservation e orts. Like The American Bu alo, it features interviews with historian Dan Flores.
The Nebraska Library Commission and the state’s four regional library systems will distribute our book club
kits and any local public library in the state can check out a kit through these organizations. Lincoln City Libraries, the Bellevue Public Library and the Kearney Public Library will have kits for individual patrons to borrow.
ANYONE can access the discussion guide, watch the short films and find related resources at NebraskaPublicMedia.org/bookclub.
Thank you for supporting our network and new endeavors like this one!
Molly Delaney
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Repairing the World: The Tree of Life
The Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Moosemeat & Marmalade
BBC News
BBC News
The Best of the Joy of Painting
Hard Rock Medical Rabbit Fall
BBC News
BBC News
America’s Test Kitchen
Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents Elizabeth’s enemies grow in strength.
America ReFramed: No Time to Fail Election administrators as ground zero for democracy.
Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose Hong Kong
Tribal Police Files
Unse led
Local Programs in Red
Baking with Julia
Cashing In
Rosemary
Welcome to My Farm
Hard Rock Medical
Amanpour & Co.
America ReFramed: No Time to Fail
The Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Moosemeat & Marmalade
Amanpour & Co.
Native America (Pt. 1)
America’s Test Kitchen
Moosemeat & Marmalade
Austin City Limits: Margo Price/Molly Tuttle
College Behind Bars (Pt. 3)
George Hirsch Lifestyle
The Invisible Nation
Zora
Sunday, Oct. 29 at 9 p.m. CT on WORLD
The influential author’s groundbreaking work challenged assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority.
Hotel Portofino (Ep. 3) Cecil becomes embroiled with gangsters in the local casino.
Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries: Deep Thinkers Spy creatures reveal smart octopi.
The Great American Recipe
The Mayors of Shiprock
Antiques Roadshow: Thrills & Chills Thrilling Halloween appraisals
POV: He’s My Brother A sister advocates for her disabled brother.
America’s Test Kitchen
Navajo Math Circles
The Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Finding Your Roots: Anchormen Journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones
Big Red Wrap-Up Highlights and analysis
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
The Thick Dark Fog
The Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
World on Fire on Masterpiece (Ep. 3) Stan and Rajib retreat across the desert.
Finding Your Roots: And Still I Rise Activist Angela Y. Davis and diplomat Jeh Johnson.
America’s Test Kitchen
Bears’ Lair
America’s Test Kitchen
Wild Game
American Experience: The War on Disco The cultural movement that aided disco.
Our Time Stories From the Stage
America’s Test Kitchen
Democracy Now!
America’s Test Kitchen
Native America (Pt. 2) Warrior traditions support athletes.
Working Fires: The Volunteer Firefighter Crisis Danger, recruiting and tight budgets.
America’s Test Kitchen
Democracy Now!
America’s Test Kitchen
Monday, Oct. 30 at 9 pm. CT on Nebraska Public Media Season 9 closes with cli angers, bombshells and a happy ending.
Annika on Masterpiece (Ep. 3) A millionaire is found dead in his own shark tank.
Stories From the Stage
POV: Aurora’s Sunrise A teenager survives the horrors of the Armenian Genocide.
American Experience: Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space The influential author and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom
Red Earth Uncovered
Native Shorts
Ask This Old House Hand planes
BBC News
Spy In The Ocean, A Nature Miniseries
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
Amanpour & Co.
Rick Steves’ Europe
ICT Newscast
Ireland with Michael
FRONTLINE: McConnell, The GOP & The Court The senator and the Supreme Court.
Rick Steves’ Europe
Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope
In the Americas with David Yetman
& Courage
NewsHour PBS NewsHour DW The Day DW The Day BBC News BBC News
The Best of the Joy of Painting
The Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Big Red Wrap-Up Highlights and analysis
Amanpour & Co.
NOVA: Ancient Earth: Inferno
Daytripper
In
Unse led
The Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
For the first time on Nebraska Public Media, watch the state’s best so ball players compete for state titles!
MONDAY, OCT. 16
Class C – 1 p.m. Class B – 3:30 p.m. Class A – 6 p.m. All Times CT
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When emergencies threaten and alarms sound, volunteer firefighters and medical teams stand by, ready and willing to protect Nebraskans and communities like Madison, Gering, Mullen, Merriman and Bristow.
Flames, smoke and the risk of injury aren’t the only dangers facing these local first responders. Recruiting and retaining volunteers, aging equipment, tight budgets and the shocking increase in extreme weather create a crisis – fewer responders and increasing demand.
In more than 450 Nebraska communities, volunteers answer calls for help – but now the system is sounding alarms. What happens if people stop volunteering for your local volunteer fire department?
Premieres Thursday, Oct. 26
9 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media
As the Gering Volunteer Fire Department ignited debris piled in a metal shipping container and Nebraska Public Media prepared to record their training exercise, Chief Nathan Flowers asked if our television crew wanted to be closer to the action.
“He asked us if we wanted to go inside and we both said yes!” explained videographer Ti any Johanson, who is also editing the documentary.
Under the watchful eye of Flowers, Johanson and audio engineer Ryan Messman suited up in gear to protect them from the 700-degree temperatures inside the container.
“The Gering volunteers explained how hot it would be and all the things we needed to think about. It was very well structured and organized,” said Johanson. “The female firefighters made sure I had gear that fit properly.”
She took in a small GoPro camera, but Messman had to leave his audio equipment outside, as it wouldn’t withstand the heat.
“It was a chance to experience what they experience,” said Johanson. “I enjoy telling people’s stories and representing them in the best ways I can.”
Tuesday, Oct. 24
7 p.m. MT (8 p.m. CT)
Midwest Theater
Sco sblu
Watch a sneak peek of Working Fires followed by a community discussion about the future of Nebraska’s volunteer fire departments.
Information & Registration
NebraskaPublicMedia.org/engage
WEEKDAYS
4 – 9 a.m. CT
Fresh out of high school, Dale Johnson sat down behind a microphone at KUVR radio in Holdrege and the rest, as they say, is history. “I’ve never done anything else,” said Johnson, who took over as the local host of Morning Edition in March.
He’s worked in Kearney, Grand Island and Omaha, where he learned radio news from icons like Lyle Bremser, Kent Pavelka and Walt Cavanaugh. “I kept my mouth shut and my ears open.”
Johnson’s voice is familiar to many – he was on the air at KFOR in Lincoln for nearly 40 years. Now, the radio veteran is finding a new voice on public radio. “It’s such a breath of fresh air!”
Right away, Johnson clicked with Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep’s on-air delivery, so he listened to more of the longtime anchor’s work. “He’s a master at asking questions and his interviews sound like conversations. His so er tone is very natural and I think it matches public media’s culture.”
Johnson also appreciates the work of NPR reporters. “The pieces are structured so well and told by people on the ground. Not a morning goes by that there aren’t multiple stories that make you emotional.”
He’s in the studio early each morning, but says the time flies. “Every time I turn on the mic, I want to be the best I can be.”
OCT 4 OCT 11
Witness how drops of rain splashed down on a planet of molten lava and rock, se ing the stage for the evolution of life.
FROZEN
Imagine how life survived during a global freeze, on a planet that was a giant snowball cloaked in ice from pole to pole.
OCT 18
Explore how Earth’s first plants emerged from the ocean and partnered with fungi to create soil that would sustain them.
OCT 25
Follow scientists studying the devastating mass extinction that abruptly wiped out around 90 percent of all species on Earth.
Wednesdays at 8 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media
With fact-based reporting, four new episodes tell important local stories and amplifiy diverse voices.
Oct. 5 & 6
The Future of the Nebraska Legislature
The a ermath of a heated session.
Oct. 12 & 13
Medical Marijuana and the Push for Legalization
The petition drive to let voters decide.
Oct. 19 & 20
The State of Education in Nebraska
Keeping our brightest graduates at home.
Oct. 26 & 27
Challenges Facing Volunteer Fire Departments
Fire dangers, funding and old equipment.
Oct. 5, 12, 19 & 26
7 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media
FRIDAYS
Oct. 6, 13, 20 & 27
7 p.m.
In a breathtakingly beautiful Italian seaside town, an elite yet dysfunctional British family runs an upper-class hotel during the Roaring 20s.
Three favorite dramas premiere their second seasons on Sunday, Oct. 15!
All on Nebraska Public Media | All Times CT
ON MASTERPIECE
8 p.m.
An epic WWII drama sweeps you from the war-torn streets of Britain deep into Nazi Germany, occupied France and the North African desert.
ON MASTERPIECE
9 p.m.
The cynical head of Glasgow’s Marine Homicide Unit juggles ba ing cases, family secrets and a rebellious teen daughter.
Removed from her home in Long Pine Reserve in Saskatchewan, Bezhig Li le Bird is adopted into a Montréal Jewish family at age five, becoming Esther Rosenblum. This character-driven drama follows Behzig, now in her twenties, as she searches the prairie for her identity and the family she lost.
6-PART SERIES
Saturdays beginning Oct. 21 9 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media
Tuesdays beginning Oct. 24 8 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media
Smashing stereotypes and revealing the beauty and power of today’s Indigenous world, this Native directed series follows brilliant engineers, bold politicians and cu ing-edge artists who draw upon Native tradition to build a be er 21st century.
pbslearningmedia.org
What are the three branches of government? How does a bill become law?
The animated characters and easyto-understand explanations in our CIVICS 101 videos help students understand local and national government.
During an exciting voyage inside a symphony orchestra, Beyond the Baton makes classical music more accessible with interactive tools to inspire young artists. And the videos and diagrams in Celebrating Nebraska Pollinators teach students how bees use external and internal organs to survive.
These Nebraska Public Media segments are just a few of more than 30,000 FREE educational resources PreK-12 educators, students and families can find in PBS LearningMedia.
“This is an incredible depository of trustworthy, curated resources that can encourage individual exploration. It’s really a onestop shop,” said Nebraska Public Media Director of Education Jessica Mitchell-McCollough. “It also connects directly to Google Classroom and other programs that teachers use with students.”
Everything in PBS LearningMedia is created in close collaboration with educators and experts, and it includes content that is specific to Nebraska. The thoughtfully designed resources span eight subject areas, and support equitable teaching and learning. Users can search by grade level and age to find appropriate materials that support critical thinking and problem solving. More than 60 public media stations from
4-PART MINISERIES
7 p.m. on Nebraska Public Media
Disguised as animals, animatronic spy cameras dive into Earth’s largest ecosystem and discover ocean creatures displaying human-like behavior.
across the country work with educators in their communities to develop materials for PBS LearningMedia. At home, PBS LearningMedia is a trusted space for kids to do research for school assignments. “Parents and caregivers can be confident their students are accessing a safe and engaging educational space,” added Mitchell-McCollough.
Nebraska Public Media’s experienced educational team can guide PBS LearningMedia users who have questions. “We are here to support parents, teachers and students, and we want to hear how the materials enrich real-world learning.”
Jessica Mitchell-McCollough jmccollough@nebraskapublicmedia.org
“It takes incredible patience and an artistic eye to get this sea o er to look as lifelike as possible. It requires meticulously punching synthetic fur into the silicone skin, hair by hair.”
Watch this short video from the NATURE miniseries Spy in the Wild to learn how filmmakers use the engineering design process to make animatronic spy cameras. Disguised as real animals, the cameras secretly record behavior in the wild.
NEBRASKA POLLINATORS
Audrey Kauders compares public media to a library, and watching our television programs with PBS Passport to reading books. “You can back up and pick up from the beginning of a series. When you read a book, you wouldn’t want to start on chapter 10!”
Kauders recently watched every episode of Masterpiece’s Endeavor and Inspector Lewis from beginning to end. Now, she’s anxiously awaiting the new seasons of Miss Scarlet and The Duke and All Creatures Great and Small.
A Nebraskan by choice, she and her two children moved to Omaha in 1979 a er her first husband died. Armed with a college background in dance, experience as a studio owner and a burgeoning career in art museums, Kauders began work at the Joslyn Art Museum.
During her morning routine and commutes downtown, Audrey discovered public radio. “I’d listen to Morning Edition on the way to work and All Things Considered on the way home,” she said.
While serving on the board for the Omaha Ballet, she met her second husband Richard Kauders. “Ballet brought us together.”
A er Richard retired, Audrey became the interim director at the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney. The couple traveled back and forth from Omaha initially, but moved to Central Nebraska in 2002, when her position became full time. “Public radio was a big part of our time in the car.”
The two began supporting the network around the same time. “My interest in public broadcasting is an extension of my interest in culture and the arts,” she explained.
When Richard died unexpectedly in Nov. 2021, Audrey navigated their finances, a process she found daunting. “We did have a will, but I didn’t know all of the details. Now I always recommend that people look ahead and work with a professional to prepare in a calm, thoughtful manner,” she explained. “It gives you peace of mind.”
A er taking a break from radio news, Audrey is enjoying classical music and Saturday morning programs like Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me! and Live Wire. “Public radio is there when you want it,” she said. “It’s a connector in our state and I think that’s really grand!”
Creating an estate plan is a lot like planting a seed. A few simple steps today will give you peace of mind tomorrow with financial protection for you and your loved ones. Your estate plan can also support charitable causes that ma er most to you, such as the quality programs and educational services we o er to all Nebraskans.
Once called the ‘crown jewel’ of our building, we’ve used the Ron Hull Studio to produce hundreds of local programs such as Backyard Farmer and Big Red Wrap-Up. In the 1970s, it was where we recorded Anyone for Tennyson, the poetry series our network produced for national broadcast on PBS. Candidates vying for election as Nebraska’s senators, governors and representatives debated the issues there, while talented bands stepped on the stage we created to perform on 33rd Street Sessions. During the pandemic, state and local experts spread out in the large space to safely discuss our state’s response during town hall meetings. And, years ago, you might remember the popular fundraising auctions we staged there. Soon, we’ll be recording fresh episodes of our Speaking of Nebraska news series in the Ron Hull Studio – a once state-of-the-art television facility that has e ciently served our network and Nebraska for more than 50 years.
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NEBRASKA EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
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Clay Smith, Lincoln
Paul Turman, Lincoln (Vice-Chair)
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Fridays at 7:30 on Nebraska Public Media
Best-selling author Kelly Corrigan hosts an intimate and heartfelt interview series, touching on themes of resilience, humility and justice.
Public Media
Volleyball | Saturday, Nov. 4
Football | Monday, Nov. 20 & Tuesday, Nov. 21
Groundbreakers
Wednesday, Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media
Iconic female athletes from di erent generations share stories about perseverance and social issues.
