From: PBS on Mon, Oct 05 2009 8:10 PM

A panel of military experts offers their take on what’s needed to succeed in Afghanistan.

From: PBS on Mon, Oct 05 2009 8:00 PM

President Obama tried Monday to rally doctors around his bid for health care reform, saying it would offer them more time to spend with patients.

From: PBS on Mon, Oct 05 2009 7:50 PM

Vin Scully discusses his first big break in broadcasting, his favorite parts of the job, and his 'one-on-one approach' with the fans.

From: PBS on Sun, Oct 04 2009 6:33 PM

Rock superstars the Dave Matthews Band kick off ACL’s 35th season with hits and songs from their latest album Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King.

From: PBS on Sat, Oct 03 2009 6:32 AM

Rescue efforts continued in American Samoa and Indonesia following a pair of deadly earthquakes. Also, an interview with the top U.S. official in the U.N. mission to Afghanistan who was fired after accusing his boss of concealing widespread election fraud, analysis of the nuclear talks with Iran...

From: PBS on Sat, Oct 03 2009 6:31 AM

Top stories include: Fed Chairman Bernanke tells congress there are no magic bullets to combat high unemployment. And we talk to GM’s Mike DiGiovanni.

From: PBS on Fri, Oct 02 2009 8:10 PM

After establishing herself as a star of the silver screen, Annette Bening has returned to her roots as a stage actor with a modern twist on 'Madea.'

From: PBS on Fri, Oct 02 2009 8:08 PM

Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the top stories of the week, including President Obama’s Olympic push.

From: PBS on Fri, Oct 02 2009 8:08 PM

The Senate Finance Committee has finished a marathon week sorting through hundreds of amendments to Chairman Max Baucus’s health care reform plan.

From: PBS on Fri, Oct 02 2009 8:08 PM

Despite a high-profile push by President Obama, Chicago will not host the 2016 summer games. The Olympic Torch will instead land in Rio de Janeiro.

From: PBS on Fri, Oct 02 2009 6:34 PM

In 1933, during a car ride with the newly inaugurated Franklin D. Roosevelt, Horace Albright persuades the president that Civil War battlefields should be under the care of the National Park Service, not the War Department. Roosevelt orders a sweeping reorganization that expands the national par...

From: PBS on Fri, Oct 02 2009 6:39 AM

Iran claimed a test firing of its most advanced missiles, further stoking diplomatic tensions ahead of crucial talks over its nuclear program. Also on the program, a report on potential cuts ahead for Medicare and an update on efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay prison facility. Also, a look bac...

From: PBS on Fri, Oct 02 2009 6:33 AM

Artists address the idea of consumption by questioning commonly held assumptions about commerce, mass media, and consumer society.

From: PBS on Fri, Oct 02 2009 6:32 AM

Spontaneous and joyful, subversive or amusing, play can take many forms in daily life as well as in contemporary art.

From: PBS on Fri, Oct 02 2009 6:32 AM

The battle for health reform reaches a pivotal point, as the Senate Finance Committee rejects a proposal to add a government-run option. Also on the program, a debate on Afghanistan with Senators Levin and Chambliss and the latest on a terror suspect in New York. Also, we look at the in...

From: PBS on Fri, Oct 02 2009 6:32 AM

Relief efforts have begun after an underground earthquake, followed by a tsunami, left scores dead in Sumatra and American Samoa. Also on the program, Capitol Hill gears up for a fight on climate legislation, builders use old materials to create new green homes, a report on the dangers ...

From: PBS on Fri, Oct 02 2009 6:32 AM

As the nation enters the 1920s, Stephen Mather and Horace Albright push for higher visitation numbers in order to convince Congress to provide the funding for the park system they are building. For the first time, federal money is used to purchase private land for national parks.

From: PBS on Fri, Oct 02 2009 6:32 AM

A plea is smuggled to a New York reporter from within Western Australia’s Fremantle Prison. This letter launched an American whaler that stood its ground against an armed British steamer for freedom and independence. The whaler was the Catalpa, its captain was George Anthony and its human cargo ...

From: PBS on Fri, Oct 02 2009 6:30 AM

Top stories include: FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair wants banks to pre-pay $45B in insurance premiums. The housing market shows improvement.

From: PBS on Thu, Oct 01 2009 9:16 PM

Albert Goldbarth discusses his writing, his toy collection, and his latest book of poetry, 'To Be Read in 500 Years.'