AMERICAN MASTERS Pete Seeger: The Power of Song airs February 27 on PBS (check local listings). For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/americanmasters Pete Seeger helped introduce America to its own musical heritage, devoting his life to using the power of sing as a force for social change. Standing strong for deeply-held beliefs, Seeger went from the top of the pop charts to the top of the blacklist and was banned from American commercial television for more than 17 years. This determined singer/songwriter made his voice heard and encouraged the people of the world to sing out along with him. Now almost 90, Seeger continues to invigorate and inspire the musicians who help tell his story- including Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen, Natalie Maines, Tom Paxton, Arlo Guthrie, and others. In this video clip, Pete Seeger explains why he enjoys working with children. AMERICAN MASTERS is produced for PBS by Thirteen/WNET New York.
AMERICAN MASTERS Pete Seeger: The Power of Song airs February 27 on PBS (check local listings). For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/americanmasters Pete Seeger helped introduce America to its own musical heritage, devoting his life to using the power of sing as a force for social change. Standing strong for deeply-held beliefs, Seeger went from the top of the pop charts to the top of the blacklist and was banned from American commercial television for more than 17 years. This determined singer/songwriter made his voice heard and encouraged the people of the world to sing out along with him. Now almost 90, Seeger continues to invigorate and inspire the musicians who help tell his story- including Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen, Natalie Maines, Tom Paxton, Arlo Guthrie, and others. In this online-only premiere, Pete Seeger performs a song called “Quite Early Morning.” AMERICAN MASTERS is produced for PBS by Thirteen/WNET New York.
Reporter: David Montero http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/blog/2008/01/pakistan_blacko.html FRONTLINE/World reporter David Montero interviews Talat Hussain, news director for the Pakistani channel, Aaj TV. Hussain discusses how and why Aaj tv was shut down in the fall of 2007.
This time Miki continues exploring the world’s largest sand island, while Rebecca gets her heart broken and then flees to the Outback. Anita returns with her dog Chooka, and we meet Enrico from Italy and Reiko from Japan. Backpacking on the world’s largest sand island, Miki is making new friends and learning to drive. She is delighted to encounter one of those wild Australian dingo dogs that are so fond of human children. . . But this dingo isn’t hungry enough to take any real interest in Miki. Miki’s love for nature is irrepressible . . . and undiscriminating! Here she discovers the painful sting of an Australian bluebottle jellyfish.
Sen. Hillary Clinton discusses vice presidential candidates, showing emotion, and the Super Bowl. Check local listings for airdates of Tavis Smiley on PBS. For more information, see http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200802/20080201.html
"Dave enjoys not only eating them but also catching them - fat eels, returning to the coast to spawn up the Thames. Using hi tech ""slingshot"" tackle, he makes it all look easy. The hard part is catching the bait- live crabs under groins. Only for the masochistic, and so is the meal. Boiled eel in green liqueur and jellied eel from the fridge needs no explanation. The secret in English cuisine is the salt? Not for the queasy! "
On this week’s TTC Extra: What impact will former President Bill Clinton's negative remarks on Senator Barack Obama have on his wife Hillary Clinton's campaign? For more information visit our Web site -- http://www.pbs.org/ttc
Wandering along a misty creek bed in northwestern British Columbia, appears a pure white bear the Tsimshian First Nation calls, the 'Ghost Of The Rain Forest'. But this ghost is real; one of the rarest animals on earth, and one of the rarest experiences in nature.
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