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This program delves into how digital technology and AI are shaping our world. It visits Ardnacrusha, Ireland's nearly 100-year-old power plant, discussing how historical technological advances can help inform today's society on challenges and opportunities. It considers digital technologies that can assist and empower older adults and discusses a new supercomputer that may be a gamechanger for weather forecasting. The video also introduces data scientists using AI and satellites to monitor precious natural resources and protect the environment.

Once hailed as a scientific marvel, plastics now pose significant environmental and health risks. This program investigates growing evidence of the dangers of chemicals used in plastic manufacturing, such as phthalates and PFAS, and follows researchers tackling these issues with innovative solutions. It also examines recent developments in fossil fuel free bioplastics that aim to reduce both plastic and food waste, offering hope for a more sustainable future.

After losing her father at an early age, Tina Duran explores the rich history of her father, the story of her ancestors who migrated from Mexico to the United States, and the implications the Vietnam War had on the Chicano and Latino community.

A lyrical tapestry of a place and people, King Coal explores the complex history and future of the coal industry, the communities it has shaped, and the myths it has created. The film reshapes the boundaries of documentary filmmaking and transcends time and place, untangling the pain from the beauty and illuminating the innately human capacity for imagination and change. Distributed by PBS Distribution.

Psychologist, artist, and art therapy pioneer Judy Rubin relays how clients bring experiences into therapy that cannot be readily put into words, including impressions, images, dreams, memories, and traumas stored through the senses. This program features video clips of Rubin engaging in art therapy with clients, highlighting the types of questions, tactics, and methods she employed. The video includes a discussion between Rubin and psychologist Victor Yalom that offers insightful perspectives on bringing art into therapy and giving clients new ways of expressing themselves. Rubin began her career as the Art Lady on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, which then evolved into decades of teaching, practice, and supervision.

Augusta Savage was the first person in the U.S. to open a gallery dedicated to African American art. A Harlem Renaissance sculptor and art educator, she was also one of the first Black women art activists of her time and fought for the inclusion of Black artists in the mainstream canon. Art historian Jeffreen M. Hayes, Ph.D. explores Savage's legacy, and why her artwork has been largely erased. Distributed by PBS Distribution.

This set of short videos introduces basic tenets of five of the world's major religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.

This series contains a collection of animated videos and images that clearly accentuate the physiological changes that occur in the development of asthma and discusses inductive agents and the immune response with disease progression.

Atrial fibrillation, a common cardiac arrhythmia, results due to uncoordinated atrial activation accompanied by deteriorating atrial mechanical function. This series contains a collection of animated videos pertaining to the anatomy of the heart, its electrical systems, cardiac arrhythmias, and atrial fibrillation, discussing causes, symptoms, risk factors, complications, diagnosis, and treatment.

The series contains a collection of animated videos on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that clearly accentuate the physiological changes that occur during disease development. It discusses inductive agents and illustrates the immune response with disease progression, with a look at diagnosis and the basis for therapeutic techniques in the management of COPD.

Spanning the turbulent chapters of American history, this gripping film series illuminates the valor and tribulations of African American soldiers and Native American warriors amidst the nation's formative conflicts. From the courageous yet overlooked African American servicemen fighting against segregation and discrimination across the 19th and 20th Centuries, to the nuanced tale of the Buffalo soldiers' role in the Apache conquests, each film weaves a complex history of honor, sacrifice, and injustice. As the series delves into the deep recesses of the U.S.-Indian wars, viewers confront the harsh realities of war, the price of progress, and the enduring quest for recognition and reconciliation, challenging us to reflect on the legacies of those who fought on the forgotten fringes of history.

This unparalleled series of clinical demonstrations and in-depth discussions features grief therapy experts Robert Neimeyer and Carolyn Ng as they work with clients who have suffered severe losses, from the death of a newborn to the murder of a child, suicide of a military spouse, and loss of a spouse after more than 50 years of marriage. The sessions show their strategies and the exercises they use with their clients and introduce Neimeyer's tripartite model that focuses on three fixations (areas of stuckness in grief), providing a comprehensive set of techniques for responsively addressing the event story of loss (how the loved one died,) the backstory of the relationship (who the person that died was), and the personal story of self (who am I now?).

This landmark series follows the biggest dig at Pompeii for a generation. With exclusive access to the excavation and the team of archaeologists working on this site, and told through the stunning discoveries and stylized fresco-inspired animations, this series imagines what life was like in Pompeii before the eruption and the horror faced by the residents as Vesuvius erupted in AD 79.

This documentary series showcases authentic stories that unearth the spirit of the South today. The series explores layers of Southern life across themes of social justice, cultural experience, environmental challenges, and more. Reel South aims to leverage our region’s rich storytelling tradition as a catalyst for positive change — in the American South and beyond.

With multicultural psychology becoming increasingly prevalent in university programs, and a mandatory component of continuing education for many licensed professionals, educator and clinical psychologist Travis Heath poses the question — If everyone’s doing multicultural awareness, then maybe nobody’s doing multicultural awareness. This series features clinical sessions with three clients, demonstrating how to explore the dominant stories that have shaped clients and work with them to co-author powerful counter stories that connect clients to more than just their individual selves, living a life that's in accordance with their own preferred identities. Heath demonstrates a unique blend of traditional and contemporary narrative therapy techniques that prioritize people over problems and ask clients to identify their core values. Throughout the sessions key elements such as Heath’s creative use of language, unconventional use of session notes, and open authenticity are called out and elaborated upon through rich discussions and voice over commentaries.

Secrets of the Dead is part detective story, part true-life drama that unearths evidence from around the world, challenging prevailing ideas and throwing fresh light on unexplained events.

This series tells the story of the heroic accomplishments of women in the U.S. military. Subjects include a Civil War spy, the first woman to earn the rank of Admiral, life as a Sailor onboard a deployed ship, the effort to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell” which discriminated against gays and lesbians in the military, and the Congressional effort to address sexual assault in the military.