#MayTheFourth be with you! Check out this coverage from GBH’s “Greater Boston” when “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” hit theaters for the first time!
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This #InternationalJazzDay, listen to the voice of Duke Ellington in this episode of “New Jersey Network,” which explores Ellington’s life, music, and impact on the New Jersey community.
Watch the full segment in the archive courtesy of NJ PBS: https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-259-gf0mvz0z
In celebration of #EarthDay, listen to the voice of our planet, Sir David Attenborough. In 1985, Attenborough joined Detroit PBS’ “Late Night America” to discuss his new PBS series, “The Living Planet,” and shared how he first got started in the nature documentary world.
Thank you, Sir Attenborough, for continuing to shine a light on our planet and the many organisms that call it home.
This week, we lost award-winning documentarian and producer Jean Walkinshaw. Remember Walkinshaw’s incredible work and legacy with the AAPB's collection (https://americanarchive.org/special_collections/jean-walkinshaw) featuring more than 40 documentaries and interviews produced for KCTS. The collection, spanning the years 1972-2008, covers much of Walkinshaw’s career.
To hear Walkinshaw discuss the collection and her career in her own words, listen to this episode of the AAPB’s "Presenting the Past": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgvP-rE-AMI
To celebrate #NationalGardeningDay, take a break from your busy schedule and spend a minute in the garden with Tina James on Maryland PBS’s 1980s program “Good Earth Garden.”
This episode is just one of many gardening‑focused programs in the AAPB that offer timeless tips and inspiration to help you get growing this spring.
Today, we remember the life and impact of Alistair Cooke on the world of public media.
In this 1988 clip from the Linda and Andrew Egendorf Masterpiece Theatre Alistair Cooke Collection, Cooke introduces the new series "David Copperfield."
Courtesy of GBH and GBH Archives: https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-53e6a0d988e
Masterpiece Theatre; David Copperfield (1988); David Copperfield (1988), Episode 1; 101
Commentary by Masterpiece Theatre host Alistair Cooke. Broadcast: March 6- 13, 1988 Set in Victorian England, Anna, the young maid of a rich brewer and his discontented wife, falls in love at the local fair with a young barrister on a visit from London. They continue their courtship by letter. Because she is almost illiterate, Anna persuades her mistress, Edith, to write for her. Edith's letters grow more intimate. Charles falls in love with Anna, whom he assumes has written the letters.
Listen as poet, author, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou reflects on life, culture, and belonging in this 1973 interview with Bill Moyers.
Watch the full program in the archive: https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-63221dae586
Bill Moyers Journal; 132; A Conversation with Maya Angelou
Bill Moyers interviews Maya Angelou, playwright, lecturer, director, singer, dancer, actress, editor and political activist. Angelou, author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, offers her perspective on Black and white in American culture. BILL MOYERS JOURNAL, a weekly current affairs program that covers a diverse range of topic including economics, history, literature, religion, philosophy, science, and politics.
Happy birthday to Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
In 1987, O’Connor joined Bill Moyers for her first televised interview, reflecting on the challenges of entering and reshaping a male‑dominated legal world.
Watch the full interview in the archive: https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-c0004b99161
In Search of the Constitution; 108; Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Bill Moyers and Sandra Day O’Connor discuss women and the Constitution. Justice O’Connor reveals her own difficulties in breaking into the male-dominated legal profession. She relates how she balanced work and family and how her ascent from assistant attorney in the Arizona State Attorney’s Office to becoming the state’s first female senator, led to her Supreme Court appointment. Citing Constitutional precedents, O’Connor defends several controversial opinions on affirmative action and abortion. Award(s) won: Sidney Hillman Foundation Broadcasting Award, Silver Medal-International Film and Video Festival, American Bar Association-Certificate of Merit IN SEARCH OF THE CONSTITUTION, produced to mark the Constitution’s bicentennial, shows how this brief text has shaped our nation and holds the power to change our lives. No document has sparked as much reverence, discussion, and controversy as the Constitution. But how does it really affect our everyday lives? How do ordinary citizens, legal scholars, and Supreme Court justices interpret it? In-depth interviews with a wide range of experts – including four Supreme Court justices, educator Mortimer Adler, legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin, and Judge Robert Bork – provide not only rich historical detail but also fresh insights on current disputes.
Happy birthday to #GloriaSteinem, journalist, activist, and leading feminist voice.
In this 1974 interview for BTPM PBS's "Woman," Steinem reflects on her life, work, and the feminist movement: https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-81-57np5qgv
Woman; A Conversation with Gloria Steinem
This episode features a conversation with Gloria Steinem. She is a writer, co-founder and editor of Ms. Magazine and a member of the advisory board of the National Women's Political Caucus. Woman is a talk show featuring in-depth conversations exploring issues affecting the lives of women.
