WCMU Public Media Program Guide December 2022

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D e c e m b e r 2 0 2 2 T h e G U I D E 2022 Holiday Special
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The holidays are a time we gather together with our families and friends to celebrate and recount the year. I was thinking about the past holidays I spent with my grandparents as some of the best times I ever had. We’d sit around after a big meal, looking at old pictures and laughing at stories we’d heard many times. Stories connect us to each other, not just as families and friends but also as communities. Whether it’s inspiring, funny or heartbreaking they’re always thoughtprovoking. I cherish the time I had with my grandparents, there’s nothing quite like it.

When winter weather limits your time outdoors, you can count on us to keep you company with a variety of stories. You’ll find drama, science, music, nature, news and the arts just to name a few. We share stories that matter to you and connect us to each other and our communities. We’ve got a great lineup of holiday television and radio programs this month. You’ll find treasured holiday traditions, some cozy classics and one of my favorites - NPR’s The Big Tiny Desk Holiday Special.

We’ll wrap up 2022 with the Call The Midwife Holiday Special which begins at 9 pm on Sunday, December 25. You won’t want to miss a moment!

So, gather your family, friends or neighbors, share some stories and enjoy all we have to offer. Raise a glass of cider or eggnog to usher in the New Year!

From our family to yours, thank you for your generous support and best wishes for a safe, healthy and prosperous 2023.

With appreciation,

Debbie Hamlett WCMU Executive Director/General Manager
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For Our Members ...
On Our Cover Call The Midwife Holiday Special With Christmas approaching, the midwives move
their maternity clinic and are
their
Sunday, December 25 9 p.m.
to
delighted when
first patient is a familiar face. Life in Poplar returns to normal after the tragic train crash, and everyone unites for a festive talent show.

Gene Tang was born and raised in North Dakota and has been living in Traverse City for more than 40 years. Gene had a long career as a pathologist and did his collegiate studies in North Dakota and Montreal, Canada. He is also an army veteran.

Gene has three daughters, one son and three grandchildren. His parents immigrated from Denmark and Gene has been lucky enough to visit relatives there throughout his life. Aside from traveling, Gene has had many hobbies over the years including skiing, boating and playing the euphonium in the Northern Michigan Brass Band.

A lover of good culinary dishes, Gene supports Lobdell’s: A Teaching Restaurant associated with Northwestern Michigan College. Not only does Gene support many organizations financially, he is also quick to lend a hand to a friend or neighbor in need, and has a knack for making others feel good.

Gene enjoys Masterpiece, science programs and documentaries on PBS, but there is no denying his passion and love of the musical arts. You can find him listening to classics by Beethoven or Dvorak as well as a mix of early jazz and tunes from the big band era.

Gene first began giving to Public Media to support great kids programing, like Sesame Street. He continues to give because of his passion for music and recognition that WCMU is a home for the arts. Gene says, “WCMU FM plays band and wind music I haven’t found much on other classical stations, and it feels as if they are playing just for me.”

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Special December Programs

All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece

Sunday, Dec. 4, 11, 18 8 p.m.

Return

Ken Burns: National Parks

Thursday, Dec. 8 at 9:30 and Friday, Dec. 9 at 2:30 p.m.

The story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone.

Downton Abbey

Sunday, December 18 at 1 p.m.

Spanned 12 years of gripping drama centered on a great English estate on the cusp of a vanishing way of life. The series followed the Granthams and their family of servants through sweeping change, scandals, love, ambition, heartbreak, and hope.

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to the Yorkshire Dales to follow the adventures of veterinarian James Herriot in the 1930s.

on WCMU Public Television

Thursday, December 1

2:30 Demystifying Detox 4:30 World of Wisdom and Wonder 9:00 Eat Your Medicine: The Pegan Diet with Mark Hyman, MD

Friday, December 2

2:30 Rick Steves’ Why We Travel 3:30 Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD 9:00 John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind

Saturday, December 3

2:30 Eat Your Medicine: The Pegan Diet with Mark Hyman, MD 4:00 Forever Painless with Miranda Esmonde White 5:30 This Land is Your Land 7:00 Moments to Remember 9:30 Daniel Emmet & Pia Toscando, Simply the Best 11:00 Doobie Brothers with Michael McDonald: 50th Anniversary at Radio City Music Hall

Sunday, December 4

12:30 Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD 2:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide 4:00 Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD 6:00 Rick Steves’ European Christmas 8:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece 10:30 The Aging Breakthrough with Dr. Kellyann

Monday, December 5

2:30 The Aging Breakthrough with Dr. Kellyann

4:00 Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD

8:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide 10:00 Ken Burns: The Civil War

Tuesday, December 6

2:30 The Great Age Reboot 4:00 Eat Your Medicine: The Pegan Diet with Mark Hyman, MD 7:00 Your DNA Secrets Revealed 9:00 Ken Burns: The Civil War

Wednesday, December 7

2:30 Your DNA Secrets Revealed 4:30 Aging Backwards with Miranda Esmonde White 7:30 Rick Steves’ European Christmas 9:30 The Aging Breakthrough with Kellyann

Thursday, December 8

2:30 Rick Steves’ Why We Travel 3:30 Rick Steves’ European Christmas 7:30 Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD 9:30 Ken Burns: The National Parks

Friday, December 9

2:30 Ken Burns: The National Parks 4:30 Yellowstone Symphony 9:00 60’s Pop, Rock and Soul

Saturday, December 10 1:00 The Aging Breakthrough with Dr. Kellyann 3:00 Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD 5:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide 7:00 Carpenters: Close to You & Christmas Memories 9:00 Rick Steves’ European Christmas 11:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide

Sunday, December 11

1:00

Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD 3:00 Eat Your Medicine: The Pegan Diet with Mark Hyman, MD 5:00 The Aging Breakthrough with Dr. Kellyann 7:00 The Mysterious Women of Masterpiece Mystery 8:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece 10:30 Demystifying Detox

Sunday, December 18

1:00 Downton Abbey on Masterpiece 4:00 Downton Abbey on Masterpiece 8:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece 10:30 Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank

Wilderness Journal 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes Pati’s Mexican Table
Moveable Feast with
and Destinations Milk Street Television Camp TV AADL Storytime Roadtrip Nation Destination
Wild Kratts Odd Squad Alma’s Way Pinkalicious & Peterrific Antiques Roadshow Off The Record Washington Week Firing
Recut
Simply Ming Cook’s Country America’s Test Kitchen Moveable Feast
Live from the AADL Storytime Great Lakes Now Series Native Report Opera House PBS KIDS Family Night Specials Moments to Remember (My Music Presents) 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes Patti’s Mexican Table Somewhere South and Destinations Camp TV Start Up PBS KIDS Family Night Rick Steves’ European Christmas (6 p.m.) All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece Roadfood Dishing with Julia Child Somewhere South Kid Stew AADL Storytime Great Lakes Now Series Native Report PBS KIDS Family Night Samantha Brown’s Great Getaways Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide Places to Love Simply Ming Cook’s Country Americas Test Kitchen Moveable Feast with Relish Live from the AADL Storytime America’s Forest with Extra Credit Opera House Chuck Leavell Wild Kratts Odd Squad Alma’s Way Pinkalicious & Peterrific Your DNA Secrets Revealed Roadfood New Orleans Cooking Christopher Kimball’s Moveable Feast with Relish with Kevin Belton Milk Street Television The Good Eggs AADL Storytime Roadtrip Nation Destination Michigan Wild Kratts Odd Squad Alma’s Way Pinkalicious & Peterrific DW Global 3000 Rick Steves’ European Christmas Jacques Pepin: Cook’s Country Lidia’s Kitchen Moveable Feast with Relish Heart & Soul Live from the AADL Storytime America’s Forest with Extra Credit Opera House Chuck Leavell Wild Kratts Odd Squad Alma’s Way Pinkalicious & Peterrific 7 PM 7:30 PM 8 PM 8:30 PM Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids 6
manger scenes and
RICK STEVES’
CHRISTMAS
the
Norway,
to
customs
Programming Subject to Change - full schedules at wcmu.org/television/tvschedules
Christopher Kimball’s
Relish
Michigan
Line with
Margret Hoover
with Relish
Rick Steves’ European Christmas From
mistletoe to wintry wonderlands,
EUROPEAN
celebrates the Christmas season throughout the European continent. In
special, Rick visits friends and families in England, France,
Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy
reveal their
and practices of the holiday season. Sunday, Dec. 4, 6 p.m.

All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece Season 2

A trip back home to Glasgow presents James with a dilemma that will mean choosing between the people he loves. As Helen and James navigate their feelings for one another, Siegfried, Tristan, and Mrs. Hall are also forced to consider their places in the world, while James must decide between supporting his family or following his heart. Begins Sunday, Dec. 4, 8 p.m.

9 PM 9:30 PM 10 PM 10:30 PM 11 PM

Eat Your Medicine: The Pegan Diet with Mark Hyman, MD Amanpour & Company

My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas

Rick Steves’ Europe

Joseph Rosendo’s Highpointers with the Travelscope Bargo Brothers Big Pacific

Nature Cat Ready Jet Go! Cyberchase

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary John Sebastian’s Folk Rewind (My Music Presents) Amanpour & Company

Weekly Showcase Marathon - 9:00 pm-2:00 am

American Masters Flannery

Uncommon Grace The Life of Flannery O’Connor

Daniel Emmet & Pia Toscano: Simply the Best

The Best of Joy of Painting

The Doobie Brothers with Michael Mcdonald

Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chiefs

Great Performances Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy

Cyberchase

Great Performances Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary Aging Breakthrough with Dr. Kellyann

To Dine for with Kate Sullivan

Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose

Shakespeare’s Tomb

My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Secrets of the Dead Abandoning the Titanic Nova Emperor’s Ghost Army

To Dine for with Kate Sullivan

Cyberchase

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD

Rick Steves’ Europe

Seeing Canada In the Americas with David Yetman

Remember Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor into the Arizona

Nature Cat

Ready Jet Go! Cyberchase

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary Ken Burns: The Civil War Amanpour & Company

To Dine for with Kate Sullivan

Nature Cat

Rick Steves’ Europe

Joseph Rosendo’s Fly Brother with Travelscope Ernest White II Secrets of the Dead Abandoning the Titanic

Nova Emperor’s Ghost Army

Shakespeare’s Tomb

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary Aging Breakthrough with Dr. Kellyann Amanpour & Company

Ready Jet Go! Cyberchase

To Dine for with Kate Sullivan

Great Performances Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Rick Steves’ Europe

Nature Cat Ready Jet Go! Cyberchase

Outside: Beyond Beyond Your Backyard the Lens

Great Performances The Magic of Horowitz

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary

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Great Getaways

Antiques Roadshow Modern Icons Places to Love Simply Ming Cook’s Country America’s Test Kitchen Moveable Feast with Relish

Live from the AADL Storytime

America’s Forest with Extra Credit Opera House Chuck Leavell

Wild Kratts Odd Squad

Alma’s Way

Pinkalicious & Peterrific Lidia Celebrates America Overcoming the Odds Finding Your Roots Where Did We Come From?

Roadfood New Orleans Cooking

Christopher Kimball’s Moveable Feast with Relish with Kevin Belton Milk Street Television

The Good Eggs AADL Storytime

7 PM 7:30 PM 8 PM 8:30 PM WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids Wilderness Journal Michigan Out of Doors 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes Pati’s Mexican Table Christopher Kimball’s Moveable Feast with
and Destinations Milk Street Television The Good Eggs AADL Storytime Roadtrip Nation Destination Michigan Wild Kratts Odd Squad Alma’s Way Pinkalicious & Peterrific Antiques Roadshow Off The Record Washington Week Firing Line with Recut
Simply Ming Cook’s Country America’s Test Kitchen Moveable Feast with
Live from the AADL Storytime Great Lakes Now Series Native Report Opera House PBS KIDS Family Night Specials Carpenters: Close to You & Christmas Memories (My Music Presents) 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes Patti’s Mexican Table Somewhere South and Destinations Camp TV Start Up PBS KIDS Family Night The Mysterious Women of Masterpiece Mystery All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece Roadfood Dishing with Julia Child Somewhere South Kid Stew AADL Storytime Great Lakes Now Series Native Report PBS KIDS Family Night Samantha Brown’s
Relish
Margret Hoover
Relish
Roadtrip Nation Destination Michigan Wild Kratts Odd Squad
Way Pinkalicious & Peterrific DW Global 3000 Joseph Rosendo’s The Earthshot Prize 2022 Travelscope Jacques Pepin: Cook’s Country
Kitchen
Feast with
Heart & Soul Live from the AADL Storytime
with Extra Credit Opera House
Wild Kratts Odd Squad
Way Pinkalicious & Peterrific Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 12 Tue 13 Wed 14 8
Pop,
is a
Programming Subject to Change - full schedules at wcmu.org/television/tvschedules
Alma’s
Lidia’s
Moveable
Relish
America’s Forest
Chuck Leavell
Alma’s
60s
Rock, And Soul (My Music)
concert hosted by beloved icons Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits (“I’m Henry the Eighth, I Am”) and Davy Jones of The Monkees (“Daydream Believer”). The special features hits and favorites of the AM radio era. Every song is a classic from the decade of peace, love and profound social change - sung by performers who represent a period of time that resonates through the generations. Friday, Dec. 9, 9 p.m.

In A Different Key

A mother tracks down the first person ever diagnosed with autism, now an elderly man in rural Mississippi, to learn if his life story holds promise for her own autistic son. Her journey exposes a startling record of cruelty and kindness alike, framed by forces like race, money and privilege – but leads to hope that more of us are learning to have the backs of those who are “different.” Tuesday, Dec. 13, 9 p.m.

9 PM 9:30 PM 10 PM 10:30 PM 11 PM

Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD Amanpour & Company

To Dine for with Kate Sullivan

Rick Steves’ Europe

Joseph Rosendo’s Highpointers with the Travelscope Bargo Brothers Nature Penguins: Meet the Family Great Yellowstone Thaw

Nature Cat

Ready Jet Go! Cyberchase

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary 60s Pop, Rock & Soul (My Music Presents) Amanpour & Company

Weekly Showcase Marathon - 9:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m.

Hemingway

Rick Steves’ European Christmas

Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide

Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Anthony Williams Urban Nutcracker Black Ballerina

Best of the Joy of Painting

Cyberchase

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary Demystifying Detox

Craft in America

Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose

My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Nova Ghosts of Stonehenge Secrets of the Dead The First Circle of Stonehenge Secrets of the Dead Lady Sapiens Cyberchase

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary American Masters The Adventures of Saul Bellow POV Let the Little Light Shine

Craft in America

Weekly Showcase Marathon - 9:00 p.m.-4:00 a.m.

Rick Steves’ Europe

Seeing Canada In the Americas with David Yetman

Nature Cat

Ready Jet Go! Cyberchase

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary In a Different Key Amanpour & Company

Craft in America

Rick Steves’ Europe

Joseph Rosendo’s Fly Brother with Travelscope Ernest White II Nova Ghosts of Stonehenge Secrets of the Dead

Nature Cat

Ready Jet Go! Cyberchase

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary Nova Rebuilding Notre Dame Secrets of the Dead Building Notre Dame Amanpour & Company

Craft in America

Rick Steves’ Europe

Outside: Beyond Beyond Your Backyard the Lens

Anthony Williams Urban Nutcracker Black Ballerina

Nature Cat

Ready Jet Go! Cyberchase

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary

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Craft In America

The tenth season of this series explores the vitality, history and significance of the craft movement in the United States and its impact on our nation’s rich cultural heritage. Friday, Dec. 16 “Inspiration” at 9 p.m. “Home” at 10 p.m.

with Julia Child Chef’s Life Holiday Special

Kid Stew AADL Storytime

PBS KIDS Family Night

Great Lakes Now Series Native Report

Antiques Roadshow Naughty or Nice Places to Love

Samantha Brown’s Great Getaways

Simply Ming Cook’s Country

America’s Test Kitchen

How to Cook Well at Christmas with Rory O’connell

America’s Forest with Extra Credit Opera House Chuck Leavell

Live from the AADL Storytime

Wild Kratts

Odd Squad

Alma’s Way

Pinkalicious & Peterrific Carol Burnett A Celebration Finding Your Roots A New World

Thu 15 Fri 16 Sun 18 Mon 19 Tue 20 Wed 21 7 PM 7:30 PM 8 PM 8:30 PM WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids Real Rail Adventures Swiss Winter Magic Wilderness Journal Michigan Out of Doors 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes Pati’s
and Destinations The
Wild
Odd
Pinkalicious
Antiques
Simply
Mexican Table Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
Good Eggs AADL Storytime Roadtrip Nation Destination Michigan
Kratts
Squad Alma’s Way
& Peterrific
Roadshow Off The Record Washington Week Firing Line with Recut Margret Hoover
Ming Cook’s Country America’s Test Kitchen Cook’s Country Live from the AADL Storytime Great Lakes Now Series Native Report Opera House PBS KIDS Family Night Specials Father Brown The Face of Death Midsomer Murders Red in Tooth & Claw 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes Patti’s Mexican Table America’s Test Kitchen Special: Home for the Holidays and Destinations Camp TV Start Up PBS KIDS Family Night The Lawrence Welk Show All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece Tribute to Hoagy Carmichael Roadfood Dishing
New
The Good Eggs AADL
Roadfood
Orleans Cooking Christopher Kimball’s How to Cook Well at with Kevin Belton Milk Street Television Christmas with Rory O’connell
Storytime Roadtrip Nation Destination Michigan
Wild Kratts Odd Squad
10
Alma’s Way Pinkalicious & Peterrific DW Global 3000 Joseph Rosendo’s The Letter A Message for Our Earth Travelscope Jacques Pepin: Cook’s Country Lidia’s Kitchen How to Cook Well at Heart & Soul Christmas with Rory O’connell Live from the AADL Storytime America’s Forest with Extra Credit Opera House Chuck Leavell Wild Kratts Odd Squad Alma’s Way Pinkalicious & Peterrific
Programming Subject to Change - full schedules at wcmu.org/television/tvschedules

9 PM 9:30 PM 10 PM

Destination Michigan Under the Radar

Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas

Berry provides a guide for a fool-proof Christmas dinner in this seasonal special. Packed with her classic recipes for a delicious three-course feast, she and her friends will also be helping you prep, shop and plan before the big day itself for a stress free day. Monday, Dec. 19, 9 p.m.

10:30 PM 11 PM

America’s Forests with European Christmas Amanpour & Company Michigan Chuck Leavell Markets

Craft in America

Rick Steves’ Europe

Joseph Rosendo’s Highpointers with the Travelscope Bargo Brothers The Earthshot Prize Age of Nature

Nature Cat

Ready Jet Go! Cyberchase

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary Craft in America Amanpour & Company

Essential Pepin

Hemingway The Blank Page

Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul

Essential Pepin

American Masters The Adventures of Saul Bellow

O Holy Night Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Crane Candlelight Concert Peace & Love

The Best of the Joy of Painting Craft in America In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs

O Holy Night Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir The St. Olaf Christmas Festival Love Divine Craft in America

Cyberchase

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary Happy Holidays with Broadchurch Bing and Frank

Essential Pepin

Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose

My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas

Nova Rebuilding Notre Dame Secrets of the Dead Secrets of Sacred Architecture

Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas

Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul

Nature Cat

Cyberchase

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary

The Jubilee Pudding 70 Years in the Baking

Rick Steves’ Europe

Ready Jet Go! Cyberchase

Rick Steves’ European Christmas

Essential Pepin

Nova Rebuilding Notre Dame

Nature Cat

Christmas on the Danube

Seeing Canada In the Americas Meals with David Yetman Generation A Portraits of Autism and the Arts

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary

Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas Amanpour & Company

Rick Steves’ Europe

Secrets of the Dead

Ready Jet Go! Cyberchase

Joseph Rosendo’s Fly Brother with Ernest Travelscope White II

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary

Emery Blagdon and Earth Emergency Amanpour & Company His Healing Medicine

Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul Rick Steves’ Europe

Outside: Beyond Two for the Road the Lens

O Holy Night Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir The St. Olaf Christmas Festival Love Divine Craft in America

Nature Cat

Ready Jet Go! Cyberchase

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary

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The Nutcracker And The Mouse King

Show Christmas Reunion 1985 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece

Roadfood Houston Cookbook Craft in America

Kid Stew AADL Storytime

PBS KIDS Family Night

Great Lakes Now Series Native Report

Antiques Roadshow Best Bargains Places to Love

Samantha Brown’s Great Getaways

Simply Ming Cook’s Country America’s Test Kitchen How to Cook Well with Rory O’connell

Live from the AADL Storytime

Extra Credit Opera House

Wild Kratts

Odd Squad

Alma’s Way

Betty White First Lady of Television American Masters Groucho &

Pinkalicious & Peterrific

Thu 22 Fri 23 Sun 25 Mon 26 Wed 28 7 PM 7:30 PM 8 PM 8:30 PM WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids Real Rail Adventures Switzerland Wilderness Journal Michigan Out of Doors 100 Days, Drinks, Pati’s Mexican Table Christopher Kimball’s How to Cook Well at Dishes and Destinations Milk Street Television Christmas with Rory O’connell The Good Eggs AADL Storytime Roadtrip Nation Destination Michigan Wild Kratts Odd Squad Alma’s Way Pinkalicious & Peterific Antiques Roadshow Off The Record Washington Week Firing Line with Recut Margret
Simply Ming Cook’s Country America’s Test Kitchen How to Cook Well at Christmas with Rory
Live from the AADL Storytime Great Lakes Now Series Native Report Opera House PBS KIDS Family Night Specials Father Brown The Mayor and the Magician Midsomer Murders Death by Persuasion 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes Patti’s Mexican Table America’s Test Kitchen Special: Home for the Holidays and Destinations Camp TV Start Up PBS KIDS Family Night The Lawrence Welk
Hoover
O’connell
Cavett Roadfood New Orleans Cooking Christopher Kimball’s How to Cook Well with Rory with Kevin Belton Milk Street Television O’connell The Good Eggs AADL Storytime Roadtrip Nation Destination Michigan Wild Kratts Odd Squad
Way Pinkalicious & Peterrific DW Global 3000 Joseph Rosendo’s Nature American Arctic Travelscope Jacques Pepin: Cook’s Country Lidia’s Kitchen How to Cook Well with Rory Heart & Soul
Live from the AADL Storytime Extra Credit Opera House Wild Kratts Odd Squad Alma’s Way Pinkalicious & Peterrific 12
Alma’s
O’connell
Alan Cumming for the
and the Mouse
with the
Programming Subject to Change - full schedules at wcmu.org/television/tvschedules
Join
real story of the Nutcracker
King
beloved music of Tchaikovsky. Featuring the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the direction of John Mauceri, this new version is a rare holiday treat. Friday, Dec. 23, 9 p.m.

Call The Midwife Holiday Special

(2022)

With Christmas approaching, the midwives move to their maternity clinic and are delighted when their first patient is a familiar face. Life in Poplar returns to normal after the tragic train crash, and everyone unites for a festive talent show. Sunday, Dec. 25, 9 p.m.

9 PM 9:30 PM 10 PM 10:30 PM 11 PM

Destination Michigan Under the Radar Hope College Christmas Vespers 2021 Amanpour & Company Michigan

Essential Pepin Jacques Pepin: Rick Steves’ Europe

Joseph Rosendo’s Highpointers with the Heart & Soul Travelscope Bargo Brothers Extinction The Facts Animals with Cameras A Nature Miniseries

Nature Cat Ready Jet Go! Cyberchase

Molly of Denali Hero Elementary The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

Clown by Quentin Blake Amanpour & Company

European Christmas Joseph Rosendo’s Weekly Showcase Marathon - 10:00 pm-12:30 am Markets Travelscope

American Masters Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am American Masters Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir

St. Olaf Christmas Festival Love Divine

Repeat the Sounding Joy A Concordia Christmas The Best of the Joy of Painting

Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs

Clown by Quentin Black The Nutcracker and the Mouse King 20 Years of Christmas the Tabernacle Choir Cyberchase Molly of Denali Hero Elementary Call the Midwife Holiday Special

European Christmas Joseph Rosendo’s Craft in America

My Greek Table Markets Travelscope with Diane Kochil

The Letter A Message for Our Earth

Emery Blagdon and George Washington

His Healing Machine Carver An Uncommon Life Cyberchase Molly of Denali Hero Elementary

The Great American Recipe Amanpour & Company

The Great American Recipe

Rick Steves’ Europe

Seeing Canada In the Americas with David Yetman

American Experience Voice of Freedom Harriet Tubman Visions of Freedom

Ready Jet Go! Cyberchase
New
Recipe Rick
Message For
Ready
Go!
Nature Cat
Molly of Denali Hero Elementary London’s
Year’s Day Parade 2023 Welcome Back to London Amanpour & Company The Great American
Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Daytripper Travelscope The Letter A
Our Earth Emery Blagdon and George Washington His Healing Machine Carver An Uncommon Life Nature Cat
Jet
Cyberchase Molly of Denali Hero Elementary Nova The Truth About Fat The Great American Recipe Amanpour & Company The Great American Recipe Rick Steves’ Europe Outside: Beyond the Lens Two for the Road
Ready
13
American Masters Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away River City Drumbeat Nature Cat
Jet Go! Cyberchase Molly of Denali Hero Elementary
7 PM 7:30 PM 8 PM 8:30 PM WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat 31 Real Rail Adventures Swiss International Hubs Wilderness Journal Michigan Out of Doors 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes Pati’s Mexican Table Christopher Kimball’s How to Cook Well with Rory Destinations Milk Street Television O’connell The Good Eggs AADL Storytime Roadtrip Nation Destination Michigan Wild Kratts Odd Squad Alma’s Way Pinkalicious & Peterific Great Lakes Now Off The Record Washington Week Firing Line with Series Margret Hoover Weekly Showcase Marathon - 7:00 pm-12:30 am Live from the AADL Storytime Great Lakes Now Series Native Report Opera House PBS KIDS Family Night Specials Father Brown The Blue Cross Midsomer Murders The Curse of the Ninth 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes Patti’s Mexican Table Craft in America and Destinations Camp TV Start Up PBS KIDS Family Night WCMU-PBS Create TV MI Learning PBS Kids 14 The Great American Recipe is a new eight-part uplifting cooking competition that celebrates the multiculturalism that makes American food unique and iconic. Hosted by Alejandra Ramos, the series gives talented home cooks from different regions of the country the opportunity to showcase their beloved signature dishes and compete to win the national search for “The Great American Recipe.” Friday, Dec. 30, 9 p.m. WCMU Passport is an added benefit of station membership. Members gain extended access to more streaming video. Learn More about this Benefit at Coming this month: Miss Scarlet & The Duke Season 3 All Creatures Great and Small Vienna Blood Programming Subject to Change - full schedules at wcmu.org/television/tvschedules WCMU.org/passport
9 PM 9:30 PM 10 PM 10:30 PM 11 PM Destination Michigan Under the Radar The Great American Recipe
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Coquito (Coconut Eggnog)

INGREDIENTS

1¼ cups water

3 cinnamon sticks

8 large egg yolks

1 (13½-oz.) can coconut milk

1 (14-oz.) can condensed milk

PREPARATION

1 (15-oz.) can cream of coconut (preferably Coco Lopez)

½ tsp. vanilla extract

Pinch of salt

½ tsp. lime zest

1 quart white rum, or to taste

In a small saucepan, combine the water and cinnamon sticks. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat and simmer while you prepare the remaining ingredients.

Pour egg yolks into a blender and blend on high speed for 3 minutes, or until they thicken into a cream. Add coconut milk and blend for 1 minute, then add condensed milk and cream of coconut and blend for 3 minutes, or until thickened.

Remove cinnamon sticks from the water and reserve. Slowly stir the water into the egg yolk mixture. Add vanilla, salt, and lime zest and pulse to incorporate. Pour the contents into a pitcher or a punch bowl.

Pour in the rum, add the reserved cinnamon sticks, and stir to mix.

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