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TELEVISION & RADIO NEWS                                                                                                                                          OCTOBER 2021 3

THE STORYCORPS PODCAST
        RETURNS
                                                                 RADIO SERIES & SPECIALS
The StoryCorps podcast is back. Enjoy stories
of the human heart. Hear candid, unscripted                  ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS: FALL VETO SESSION:
conversations between people about what's                         PUTTING THE ISSUES INTO FOCUS
really important in life: love, loss, family,
friendship. These tales remind us of the things           Illinois Lawmakers returns this fall to provide context and
that matter most. Catch up on past episodes,              analysis of the General Assembly's Fall 2021 Veto Session
and discover new ones every Tuesday. Available            at the Illinois statehouse. The fall veto session, which runs
wherever you get your podcasts.                           from October 19-28, will tackle a host of issues facing the           BUSINESS SPONSORSHIPS
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                   record interviews about their          Affairs Jennifer Fuller. “While big issues like COVID-19 and    of 2021! The WSIU and WSEC underwriting team have
                   lives. StoryCorps is especially        new clean energy legislation brought policymakers back          been hard at work securing the vital funding necessary
                   committed to capturing and             to Springfield over the summer, there is still plenty of        for the programs you enjoy on the air. As businesses have
                   amplifying voices least heard          debate to follow on the redistricting process, along with       worked to get back to a “normal” way of engaging their
                   in the media. The organization         the potential for veto overrides and clarifications from        clients, they continue to see the value of underwriting
                   preserves the recordings in its        the Spring Session. Illinois Lawmakers host Jak Tichenor        programming on the WSIU family of stations.
archive at the American Folklife Center at the            brings his decades of experience to the table, helping you
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                                                          features, and interviews with leading lawmakers from            play in our communities, enriching lives and providing
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        WEEKDAYS                               SATURDAY                                  SUNDAY                           SIMONCAST:
                                                                                                                          PERSPECTIVES ON OUR
 12am        Classical Music            12am         The Soul of Jazz            12am        Friends of the Blues         CHANGING WORLD
 4am         Morning Edition            2am          Café Jazz                   1am         Blues Before Sunrise
 9am         1A with Jenn White         5am          Inside Classical Guitar     4am         Putumayo World
 11am        Fresh Air with                          (repeat)                                Music Hour
                                                                                                                          The Simoncast podcast
             Terry Gross                6am          Planetary Radio             5am         Inside Europe                is keeping the legacy of
 12pm        Here & Now                 6:30         State Week                  6am         Statewide                    Senator Paul Simon alive
 2pm         Think                      7am          Weekend Edition             7am         Weekend Edition              through wide-ranging, civil
             (Statewide on Fridays)     9am          Wait, Wait...               9am         On the Media                 conversations. Host John
 3pm         All Things Considered                   Don’t Tell Me!              10am        Mountain Stage               Shaw, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at
 6pm         Marketplace NEW!           10am         American Routes             12pm        The Splendid Table           Southern Illinois University Carbondale, sits down with
 6:30        The Daily                  12pm         Bullseye                    1pm         On Being
                                                                                                                          elected officials, historians, journalists, policy analysts,
 7pm         Fresh Air (repeat)         1pm          It’s Been A Minute          2pm         Travel with Rick Steves
 8pm         Classical Music            2pm          This American Life          3pm         TED Radio Hour               military experts, economists, authors, philanthropists, and
                                        3pm          Planetary Radio (repeat)    4pm         Weekend All                  others to learn about their lives and careers and elicit their
                                        3:30         CapitolView                             Things Considered            perspectives on our changing world.
   RADIO NEWS BLOCKS                    4pm          Weekend All                 5pm         This American Life
     Find us on the dial on 91.9FM                   Things Considered           6pm         WoodSongs Old Time           New episodes publish Wednesdays. Listen
   Carbondale, 88.9FM Mt. Vernon,       5pm          Mountain Stage                          Radio Hour                   on NPR One, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and
   90.3FM Olney, or listen online at    7pm          WoodSongs Old Time 		       7pm         Putumayo World               Stitcher. Visit paulsimoninstitute.org/
    news.wsiu.org. Tune in for local                 Radio Hour                              Music Hour
                                                                                                                          podcasts or simoncast.wsiu.org for more
                                        8pm          American Routes             8pm         Rhythm in Bloom
      news and/or features during                                                                                         information and for a complete archive of
                                        10pm         Rhythm in Bloom             9pm         Friends of the Blues
    Morning Edition and All Things                                                                                        the show.
                                        11pm         Friends of the Blues        11pm        Dream Farm Radio
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FALL VETO SESSION FRI, OCT. 29 8PM - Member Guide | October 2021 - WSIU
4    OCTOBER 2021                                                                                              TV, COMMUNITY OUTREACH & EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

                                                                                                                                     NEW SEASON • NEW FILMS
            CREATE TV IS NOW IN PASSPORT!                                                            STORM LAKE HIGHLIGHTS THE PLIGHT OF LOCAL JOURNALISM

Beginning in September and spanning into Spring 2023, nearly 3,000 episodes
from American Public Television (APT), the producer of many of your favorite
programs seen on Create TV, will join the Passport content library. This exciting
news brings Create TV favorites into your home on demand.

The episodes, which consist of one-off specials and seasons of long-standing
series, will be released every few months over the next two years. They join APT-      For 15 years, Indie Lens Pop-Up has ignited    national, virtual screening planned in
distributed properties already available in Passport such as Rick Steves’ Europe,      conversations on pressing issues, and this     conjunction with the filmmakers.
The Best of the Joy of Painting with Bob Ross, and other series.                       new season remains true to form. Indie
                                                                                       Lens Pop-Up events bring communities           ABOUT THE FILM: Storm Lake, from
                                                   Passport members can now            together, serving as a safe space to watch     filmmakers Jerry Risius and Beth Levison,
                                                   enjoy popular cooking series        and discuss timely topics explored in the      is the story of Pulitzer Prize winner Art
                                                   including America’s Test Kitchen    slate of films seen on Independent Lens        Cullen and his family who deliver the news
                                                   from Cook’s Illustrated, Cook’s     on PBS.                                        to their Iowan farming community through
                                                   Country, Simply Ming, Pati’s                                                       their biweekly paper, The Storm Lake
                                                   Mexican Table, Christopher          This month, WSIU, in partnership with          Times—come hell or pandemic. Against
                                                   Kimball’s Milk Street Television,   the SIU School of Journalism, will host a      tight deadlines and slimmer margins, the
                                                   and Lidia’s Kitchen; military       local, in-person screening and discussion      Cullens doggedly report on their town,
                                                   and history documentary films;      of the film Storm Lake which explores the      and wonder how the paper will survive as
                                                   self-help programs; content         critical importance of local and community     readers cease to support journalism like
                                                   that reflects our collective        journalism. Visit wsiu.org/indielenspopup      they used to.
                                                   diversity and experiences; and      later this month for more information
                                                   travel series including Real Rail   about our local film screening and the
                                                   Adventures, Rick Steves Best of
                                                   the Alps and Rick Steves Europe
                                                   Awaits.                                  SNEAK PEEK: SPOOKY HALLOWEEN SPECIALS
                                                   Expected future releases - which
include additional food and travel titles, home and gardening series, documentary
specials, public affairs programming, as well as drama and concert performances -
are planned over the next 18 months.

MAKING THE MOST OF WSIU PASSPORT:
TIPS & TRICKS FOR STREAMING CONTENT
Having trouble accessing your WSIU Passport member benefit? Here are a few tips
and tricks to get you on the way to binge watching!

Q: How do I watch WSIU Passport?
A: Members use their PBS Account to sign into pbs.org and the PBS Video App
to stream WSIU Passport content on a computer or smart device (mobile, tablet,
smart TV). Your PBS Account login credentials are tied to your WSIU Passport
member benefit. Visit account.pbs.org to create new PBS Account. Visit                    TV BROADCAST • PBSKIDS.ORG • PBS KIDS 24/7
account.pbs.org/oauth2/send-reset-password to change the password for your
account. You can search for the 'PBS Passport Reset Tool' to switch the email
address connected to your Passport benefit, if needed.                                 A familiar favorite returns to PBS this fall, just in time for Halloween! Charlie Brown,
                                                                                       Snoopy, and the Peanuts gang are back in It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Tune
Q: When I launch the PBS Video App it asks me to “sign up for passport,” but           in for this timeless adventure as Charlie Brown preps for a party, Snoopy sets his sights
I already qualify? Where do I find my token to activate my Passport benefit?           on the Red Baron, and Linus patiently awaits a pumpkin patch miracle. The special
A: Ensure you have activated your WSIU Passport benefit using your unique four-        presentation airs Sun, Oct. 24 at 6:30pm on WSIU/WUSI TV and WSEC/WMEC/WQEC TV.
word token. You can easily find your token online using the PBS Passport Member        The program will air on PBS KIDS 24/7 during the Family Night block.
Lookup Tool (pbs.org/passport/lookup/). Next, enter the token at pbs.org/
passport to activate your service. Once activated, sign in using your PBS Account      Tune in this month to enjoy more Halloween-themed specials from your favorite
credentials.                                                                           PBS KIDS programs. Check our online TV schedule at wsiu.org/schedules for specific
                                                                                       broadcast information as these programs repeat many times throughout October.
Q: I’m having trouble streaming content to my smart device using the PBS Video
App? How do I fix this?
A: You’ll need to refresh the app by signing out and back in again using your PBS      Arthur and the Haunted Tree House              Wild Kratts: Creepy Creatures
Account credentials. Launch the app to access the settings menu. The settings          While trick-or-treating, Francine meets        Heading off to find new animals friends,
menu is hidden and can be accessed by toggling to the left of the screen to reveal     an elderly woman with a very mysterious        Martin and Chris don't realize that Zach
the settings panel. Scroll down to 'Profile' and choose ‘change or switch user’ to     past, while Binky finds himself at Mr.         and the other villains have come up with
sign out. Next choose to sign in again. You can sign in via the settings menu or by    Ratburn's amazing haunted house (that's        a plan to ruin Halloween. Can the Wild
choosing the ‘activate now’ option. Follow the directions onscreen and sign in         scarier than math class!). And as for          Kratts defeat the villains and still get to
using your PBS Account. If you’re still having trouble, check the settings menu to     Arthur, Buster, and Ladonna? Their tree        celebrate
ensure your app has selected ‘WSIU’ as your home station. Note: WSEC/WMEC/             house sleepover seems to be haunted?
WQEC viewers will also need to select WSIU as their local station in order to access   but by what?
Passport content. More questions? Call Katrina at (618) 453-6258, M-F, 1-4pm.
PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS                                                                                                                                                    OCTOBER 2021 5

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                                                                                                                                         HELP SECURE THIS VALUABLE RESOURCE
                                                                                                                                              FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

                 ALMA’S WAY HELPS KIDS RECOGNIZE THEIR OWN
                      POWER TO THINK THINGS THROUGH
                     PREMIERES OCTOBER 4 ON PBS KIDS • STREAM AT PBSKIDS.ORG
                                                                                                                                   As a WSIU donor, you don't simply watch or listen to public
                                                                                                                                   media programs, you are a partner. By making a gift, you
                                                                                                                                   help WSIU produce, purchase, and broadcast programs you
Alma’s Way, follows 6-year-old Alma Rivera, a proud,        food, music, and customs. Music is the “backbeat” of                   care about and enjoy - every day of the year! Your greatest
confident Puerto Rican girl, who lives in the Bronx         the series and includes traditional Puerto Rican styles                benefit is knowing you are actively helping WSIU remain a
with her parents and younger brother, Junior, as well       like Plena, Bomba, and salsa along with other Latino                   leading provider of quality programs for the region.
as a diverse group of close-knit and loving friends,        genres such as Cuban and Colombian cumbia.
family, and community members. In each 11-minute                                                                                   • Become a sustaining member by gifting a monthly
story, Alma speaks to young viewers, sharing her            “We can’t wait for kids to meet Alma. She’s an                         donation to WSIU Public Broadcasting through an automatic
observations and feelings, working through challenges,      optimistic and confident Puerto Rican girl who models                  account deduction from your bank or credit card.
and offering them a window into her everyday life.          for viewers how to think their way through any
                                                            dilemma,” said Ellen Doherty, Chief Creative Officer,                  • Join the Leadership Circle by providing an annual gift of
The series is created by a diverse team which includes      Fred Rogers Productions. “We love how it showcases                     $1000 or more. Our leadership members come from all
Latino voices - both on screen and behind the scenes.       the diversity of New York City, too, and authentically                 walks of life but share a common goal to support the mission
The program’s theme song is written and produced            reflects the cultures of all the characters.”                          of WSIU to education, inform, and enrich the lives of others
by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Bill Sherman. The series                                                                                 in the community. Share your passion for improving the
is created by Sonia Manzano and produced by Fred            Watch Alma’s Way on the PBS KIDS 24/7 channel and                      minds of others by supporting WSIU.
Rogers Productions. Many of you may remember Sonia          PBS KIDS digital platforms and tune in on WSIU/WUSI
from her role as “Maria” on Sesame Street where she         TV and WSEC/WMEC/WQEC TV weekdays at 7:30am                            • Make WSIU a part of your legacy! Provide a strong
broke new ground as one of the first Latino characters      & 3pm and weekends at 7:30am. The series will be                       foundation with a gift from your estate. Legacy gifts
on national television.                                     available for viewers in both English and Spanish on all               may take the form of bequests, charitable gift annuities,
                                                            PBS KIDS platforms.                                                    charitable remainder trusts, property, pooled income funds,
“I am so excited to be working with PBS KIDS and Fred                                                                              charitable lead trusts, retirement plans, life insurance
Rogers Productions to introduce Alma, a strong and                                                                                 policies, and many other types of planned gifts. If you’re
positive Puerto Rican girl who will empower young                                                                                  considering maximizing your income tax benefits by making
viewers,” said Manzano. “Alma's way is to think things                                                                             a special year-end gift, we hope you’ll support the programs
through, and we hope the new series will show kids                                                                                 that are important to you by making a tax-deductible gift to
that their thought processes are valid and give them                                                                               WSIU today.
the confidence to think critically."
                                                                                                                                   Thank you for supporting WSIU Public Broadcasting for more
Alma’s Way gives children ages 4-6 the power to find                                                                               than 60 years - we are truly powered by you.
their own answers to their problems, express what
they think and feel, and recognize and respect the                                                                                 For more information contact Larry Hunter at
unique perspective of others. Each episode showcases                                                                               (618) 453-6196, email larry.hunter@wsiu.org, or visit the
                                                                                                     Photo: Alma and her family;
different aspects of Latino cultures through language,                     Credit: Courtesy of Courtesy Fred Rogers Productions.   SIU Foundation website at siuf.org.

                                                 LATINX PBS HERITAGE KICK-OFF • SPRINGFIELD                                           CALL THE MIDWIFE • SEASON 10
                                                         CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH                                          SUNDAYS AT 7PM

                                                            The organization utilizes salsa dancing to promote                     The seven-part series
                                                            health, education, and culture – all while having fun!                 follows the nurses,
                                                            “The fact that PBS took the initiative to interact and                 midwives and nuns
                                                            educate our youth, as we kick off many Heritage                        from Nonnatus House
                                                            Month celebrations is fantastic!” said Barrenzuela.                    in London’s East End, as
                                                                                                                                   they navigate life in 1960’s London. Season ten opens in
Last month, we held the first Latinx PBS Heritage Kick-     Jeri Waldeck, WSIU’s Assistant Director of Corporate                   the year 1966 at a trying time for the midwives. But there is
Off event in Springfield, IL. The neighborhood block        Support, was on hand to introduce Alma’s Way to                        excitement too as the women’s rights movement intensifies.
party, was held in the pop-up Latino community where        the Springfield audience. In line with the Latinx PBS
Julio Barrenzuela is a steady presence.                     Heritage Kick-Off event, the new series Alma’s Way also                The series will be available for streaming concurrent with
                                                            celebrates family and culture while encouraging young                  the TV broadcast on Sun, Oct. 3 at 7pm. Station members
Julio is the founder of Salsa 29 Productions, a Latin-      people to recognize their own power to problem solve.                  can stream season ten early via Passport on a weekly
music-based production company that aims to help                                                                                   basis starting Sept. 3. Look for the season ten series finale
encourage a better understanding of one's self and          We look forward to more opportunities to partner with                  episode, Special Delivery, on Sun, Nov. 21 at 7pm.
their relationship to a larger cultural community.          this community in the future!
6    OCTOBER 2021                                                                                                                                      CREATE TV & WORLD CHANNEL

                                            WEEKLY SHOWCASE
 Create is moving away from its weekly marathon format and will instead present a weekly showcase focusing on a
 collection of episodes from your favorite Create hosts. The weekly showcase will expand to a five-hour block each
 Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Here’s the line-up for this month:

CIAO ITALIA | 10/1 – 10/3                                        AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN AND COOK’S COUNTRY:
Mary Ann Esposito puts on a culinary master class in             FAVORITE FOODS FACE-OFF | 10/15 – 10/17
Italian cooking with recipes for scallops with spinach,          In this special showcase, the crews of America's Test
ricotta gnocchi, lamb ragu, farfalle with kale sauce,            Kitchen and Cook's Country go head-to-head in a virtual
                                                                                                                                      Photo: Wild strawberries; Credit: Stories, unsplash.com.
mussel potato salad, strudel with saffron sauce and              cook-off, with each team offering their takes on chicken
more!                                                            and biscuits, Italian-American classics, chocolate and
                                                                 more!                                                        WILD HARVEST | 10/29 – 10/31
AUTUMN FLAVORS | 10/8 - 10/11                                                                                                 Join Les Stroud, the star of TV’s Survivorman, as he
Who's ready for cider and hikes and everything pumpkin           FIELD TRIP | 10/22 – 10/26                                   forages and harvests wild mushrooms, salad greens
spice? Join Jacques Pepin, P. Allen Smith, Weekends With         Follow along as chef Curtis Stone journeys to Italy,         and spices before chef Paul Rogalski transforms the
Yankee, the Jazzy Vegetarian and other Create experts            Australia and California for culinary inspiration, looking   ingredients into a delicious three-course meal.
for seasonal dishes, escapes and artistic expressions of         to recreate the spirit of these destinations at his
autumn.                                                          restaurant in Beverly Hills.

                                HIGHLIGHTS                                                                                                                        HIGHLIGHTS

                                                                                                                              WORLD Channel shares the best of public media in
                                                                                                                              news, documentaries, and programming. The carefully
                                                                                                                              curated themes and thoughtful film collections
                                                                                                                              presented each month are meant to engage and
                                                                                                                              educate. October’s priority films will explore Hispanic
                                                                                                                              Heritage Month (9/15 - 10/15) and Disability
                                                                                                                              Employment Awareness.

                                                                                                                              The Good Road • Mondays at 8pm, October 4
                                                                                                                              Hosts Earl Bridges and Craig Martin - longtime
                                                                                                                              philanthropy veterans, globetrotters and best friends -
                                                                              Photo: Charles Dasher in front of his RV;       trek around the world to meet people who are making
      Photo: The This Old House crew; Credit: This Old House.                   Credit: American Public Television.           a difference in their communities. They explore places
                                                                                                                              close to home like Virginia, South Carolina, and Puerto
         THIS OLD HOUSE, SEASON 20                                      GROWING BOLDER, SEASON 7                              Rico, and foreign destinations such as India and the
                                                                                                                              Burmese border, where the duo discovers inspiring
                 BEGINS 10/4                                                  BEGINS 10/26
                                                                                                                              change-makers, and the limitless power of good.

This Emmy-winning home-improvement series takes                  Growing Bolder is back with another season to                America ReFramed: Five Years North
the mystery and fright factors out of remodeling                 inspire audiences of all ages to pursue their dreams         Tue, Oct. 5 at 7pm
and carpentry chores. It follows one whole-house                 and passions. From the garden to the kitchen to the          The story of America's immigration system through
renovation over several episodes and features                    workout room, the series delivers a playbook for             the eyes of Luis and Judy. Luis is an undocumented
tradesmen Norm Abram, Tom Silva, Richard Trethewey,              success in a multitude of areas.                             Guatemalan boy who arrives alone in New York City
and Roger Cook, along with host Kevin O'Connor.                                                                               with little support and many responsibilities. Judy is
                                                                 Season seven features 10 half-hour episodes that             a veteran ICE agent with Cuban American and Puerto
In Season 20, the This Old House crew is headed to the           prove when it comes to living a life filled with passion,    Rican roots, who must weigh the human cost of her
southernmost city in the continental United States,              purpose and adventure, it's not about age, it's about        work against the future her family would face without
Key West, Florida, for the renovation of a circa 1886            attitude.                                                    her paycheck. Also available in Passport.
Conch Captain house.

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 WEEKENDS                                                          WEEKDAYS

 5am     Mister Rogers' Neighborhood                               5am     Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum *              11am     Dinosaur Train
 5:30    Arthur                                                    5:30    Arthur *                                           11:30    Clifford The Big Red Dog
 6am     Molly of Denali                                           6am     Molly of Denali **                                 1pm      Hero Elementary
 6:30    Wild Kratts                                               6:30    Wild Kratts **                                     1:30     Donkey Hodie
 7am     Cat In the Hat* / Hero Elementary**                       7am     Hero Elementary                                    2pm      Nature Cat
 7:30    Alma's Way - NEW!                                         7:30    Alma's Way - NEW!                                  2:30     Wild Kratts
 8am     Curious George                                            8am     Curious George                                     3pm      Alma's Way - NEW!
 8:30    Pinka (Sat)* & Dan Tiger (Sun)* / Daniel Tiger**          8:30    Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood                        3:30     Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
 9am     Donkey (Sat)* & SciGirls (Sun)* / Cyberchase (Sun)**      9am     Donkey Hodie                                       4pm      Odd Squad
 9:30    Elinor* (Sat) & Cyberchase (Sun)* / Biz Kid$ (Sun)**      9:30    Elinor Wonders Why                                 4:30     Arthur
 10am    Peg + Cat (Sat)* & Biz Kid$ (Sun)*                        10am    Sesame Street
                                                                                                                                                                   *BROADCASTS ON WSEC, WMEC & WQEC ONLY
                                                                   10:30   Pinkalicious & Peterrific                                                                                    ** WSIU/WUSI ONLY
WSIU/WUSI | PROGRAM LISTINGS                                                                                                                             OCTOBER 2021 7

  WSIU/WUSI TV LISTINGS                                                                                                2pm  Woodsmith Shop.CC Adjustable Stool. Sit in
                                                                                                                            comfort at your workbench on this adjustable-
                                                                                                                            height stool. Curved legs and metal footrests
                                                                                                                            add good looks and stability.
1 Friday                                                                                                               2:30 MotorWeek.CC R/T: KIA CARNIVAL R/T: BMW 4
                                                                                                                            SERIES CONVERTIBLE.
5:30    Classical Stretch: By Essentrics.CC Spine                                                                      3pm Weekend In Havana.CC Join Geoffrey Baer as
        Strengthening. Miranda will take you through                                                                        he travels to Havana, where dancers, musicians,
        stretches that will strengthen your back                                                                            architects and writers invite him into their lives
        and improve your posture in this entry level                                                                        to experience the color, culture and history of
        standing and floor workout.                                                                                         a beautiful and seductive city only recently re-
6am     PBS KIDS Morning Schedule.CC                                                                                        opened to Americans.
12pm    Make It Artsy.CC Fresh (Or Wet) Paint. A                                                                       4pm Voces On PBS.CC Adios Amor - The Search
        shadow stenciled tree using acrylics; painting                                                                      for Maria Moreno. See how the discovery
        flowers with ink; blending colors that are not              BIG PACIFIC: MYSTERIOUS
                                                                       SAT, OCT. 2 AT 6PM                                   of lost photographs sparks the search for a
        typically used.                                                                                                     hero that history forgot - Maria Moreno, an
12:30   Best of the Joy of Painting.CC Northern Lights.                                                                     eloquent migrant mother of 12 who became
        On a black background, Bob Ross creates an           Explore the mysterious Pacific-whose depths we are
                                                           just beginning to explore. There are many unanswered             an outspoken leader for farmworker rights. Her
        incredible scene with mountain, cabin and the                                                                       legacy was buried - until now.
        notorious lights of the northern sky.               questions we yearn to unravel, but the ocean doesn't
                                                                         give up its secrets willingly.                5pm PBS NewsHour Weekend.CC
1pm     PBS KIDS Afternoon Schedule.CC                                                                                 5:30 Illinois Stories.CC
5pm     BBC World News America.CC                                       Photo: Underwater statue in Indonesia;         6pm Big Pacific.CC Mysterious. See photo spotlight.
5:30    BBC World News Today.CC                                          Credit: Jeremy Bishop; unsplash.com.          7pm Atlantic Crossing on Masterpiece.CC The
6pm     PBS NewsHour.CC                                                                                                     Attack. Norwegian Crown Princess Martha and
7pm     Washington Week.CC                                                                                                  her husband Prince Olav visit U.S. President
7:30    CapitolView.CC                                                                                                      Franklin Roosevelt in 1939. A year later, they
8pm     The Kennedy Center at 50.CC Echoing “An                                                                             must flee the Nazi invasion of their country.
        American Pageant for the Arts,” the 1962 event                                                                 8pm Roosevelts: An Intimate History.CC The Rising
        conducted by Leonard Bernstein, this special               Morrison makes host Bridget Lancaster a                  Road (1933-1939). FDR brings the same
        celebration and re-launch of live, in-person               regional favorite Almond Boneless Chicken.               optimism and energy to the White House that
        performing arts in America will be hosted by       11am    Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana.CC                      his cousin Theodore displayed. Aimed at ending
        six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald                  Natchitoches and the Cane River. Creole Pot              the Depression, his sweeping New Deal restores
        with special guest Caroline Kennedy and                    Pie, Slow Cooked BBQ Beef Sandwich, and Spicy            the people's self-confidence and transforms
        featuring the National Symphony Orchestra                  Pecan Balls.                                             the relationship between them and their
9:30    Antiques Roadshow Recut.CC Out of This             11:30   America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated.CC        government. Eleanor rejects the traditional
        World, Part 1. Blast off to a half-hour of                 Bake Sale Favorites. Host Bridget Lancaster              role of first lady, becomes her husband's liberal
        Antiques Roadshow and discover stellar                     bakes celebration-worthy Yellow Sheet Cake               conscience and a sometimes controversial
        space-themed treasures including NASA Space                with Chocolate Frosting, ingredient expert Jack          political force in her own right. As the decade
        Program autographed photos, a Star Trek                    Bishop gives a primer on dark chocolate. Finally,        ends, FDR faces two grave questions: whether
        treatment, script, and letters, and a celestial            test cook Erin McMurrer harnesses the power              to run for an unprecedented third term and
        indicator made around 1872!                                of science to make the best Chewy Peanut                 how to deal with the rise of Hitler.
10pm    Amanpour and Company.CC                                    Butter Cookies.                                     10pm Austin City Limits.CC Miranda Lambert, Jack
11pm    BBC World News.CC                                  12pm    Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke.CC Big                   Ingram & Jon Randall: The Marfa Tapes.
11:30   DW The Day.CC                                              Bad Beef. This show celebrates beef in all its      11pm Live from the Old Steeple.CC Pharis & Jason
                                                                   smoky glory, from not-so-traditional beef jerky          Romero.
2 Saturday                                                         (marinated in fiery Sriracha and smoked in an
                                                                   electric smoker) to a magisterial whole smoked
                                                                   beef tenderloin smoked in an upright barrel
                                                                                                                       3 Sunday
5am   PBS KIDS Saturday Schedule.CC
9am   Fit 2 Stitch.CC Peggy believes fitting is the best           smoker and served with horseradish whipped
                                                                                                                       5am PBS KIDS Sunday Schedule.CC
      part of the design process. In this episode,                 cream. Of course, you'll learn how to smoke
                                                                                                                       10am Great Performances at the Met.CC Sondra
      Peggy shows viewers how to make sure there                   brisket Texas-style (rubbed with spices and
                                                                                                                            Radvanovsky & Piotr Beczala In Concert. From
      will be no more pillowcases for clothing. She                cooked in a massive offset smoker fired with
                                                                                                                            the historic Stadthalle in Wuppertal, Germany,
      shows them how to turn that pillowcase into a                oak logs. Plus smokehouse beans to serve on
                                                                                                                            recorded in January, this world-famous
      favorite blouse.                                             the side. We'll even show you how to smoke-
                                                                                                                            soprano-tenor pair perform arias and duets
9:30 Knit and Crochet Now.CC Gansey Lace                           roast bell peppers directly on a bed of hot
                                                                                                                            from some of their many performances at the
      Pullovers. The Samsara lace pullover; the                    embers. Recipes: Sriracha Beef Jerky; Slam
                                                                                                                            Met including Giordano’s “Andrea Chenier,”
      carnelian stripe crochet scarf; the Monsoon                  Dunk Brisket; Whole Smoked Beef Tenderloin
                                                                                                                            Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino,” “Luisa Miller”
      knit pullover features a variety of patterns,                with Horseradish Cream; Smokehouse Beans;
                                                                                                                            and Dvo.
      including dotted stockinette and petal lace.                 Ember Roasted Peppers.
                                                                                                                       11am Walk Together Children: The 150th
10am Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television.CC       12:30   This Old House.CC Concord | New England
                                                                                                                            Anniversary of The Fisk Jubilee Singers.CC Dr.
      Mexico City Favorites. Christopher Kimball                   Cape. This 1880 Country Cape started as a small
                                                                                                                            Paul T. Kwami and the current singers explore
      travels to Mexico City to learn favorite dinner              house on a large piece of land but was added
                                                                                                                            the stories of the world-renowned ensemble's
      recipes from cooking school instructor                       on to over time. The crew meets the new
                                                                                                                            original nine members and reflect on their
      Esmeralda Brinn and Adriana Luna, chef at La                 homeowners and their architect and gets a tour
                                                                                                                            roles as students and preservers of the group’s
      Cocina de Mi Mamá in the Coyoacán market.                    both inside and outside to learn about their
                                                                                                                            legacy. Directed by Jon Royal in collaboration
      Back in the kitchen, Chris prepares a layered                future plans.
                                                                                                                            with Dr. Kwami, the performance film is
      Chicken, Salsa Verde and Tortilla Casserole          1pm     Ask This Old House.CC Two-Prong Outlet, Deck
                                                                                                                            produced by Tennessee Performing Arts Center.
      (Pastel Azteca). Then, Milk Street Cook Lynn                 Stair Rail. Richard discusses pipe soldering;
                                                                                                                       12pm Morfar’s View of the Winds.CC Dr. Conrad
      Clark makes Pork in Veracruz Sauce (Puntas a la              Heath explains what two-prong receptacles
                                                                                                                            Smith (Morfar) has spent a decade trying to
      Veracruzana), a skillet dish of thinly sliced pork           are, why they’re no longer to code, and how to
                                                                                                                            locate the rock where Charles Preuss sat to
      with a tomato, olive and caper sauce.                        replace them; Nathan and Mauro build, install,
                                                                                                                            sketch the first published image of the Rocky
10:30 Cook’s Country.CC Motor City Favorites. Test                 and paint deck stair railings.
                                                                                                                            Mountains. Morfar together with his daughter
      cook Bryan Roof shows host Julia Collin Davison      1:30    Craftsman’s Legacy.CC The Spur Maker. Texas
                                                                                                                            and granddaughter navigate an unexpected
      how to make the ultimate Bottom Round Roast                  cowboy and master craftsman Wilson Capron
                                                                                                                            turn of events on the final expedition to verify
      Beef with Zip-Style Sauce. Next, equipment                   creates spurs that truly are a thing of function
                                                                                                                            the location and reproduce the image in
      expert Adam Ried reveals his top pick for                    and beauty. Host Eric Gorges works with Wilson
                                                                                                                            photographic form.
      measuring spoons. Finally, test cook Christie                to make a pair of spurs.
8      OCTOBER 2021                                                                                                                     WSIU/WUSI | PROGRAM LISTINGS

12:30 Market to Market.CC                                                                                                6am PBS KIDS Morning Schedule.CC
1pm Firing Line with Margaret Hoover.CC                   12pm New Scandinavian Cooking.CC A Journey to                  12pm How to Cook Well with Rory O’connell.CC
1:30 Rick Steves’ Europe.CC Central Turkey. We’ll               the North. Fishing the Namsen River; grilling                  Roast Aubergines with Sorrel and Date
      join a circumcision party, explore troglodyte             salmon on a riverbank; reindeer meatballs;                     dressing; Mackerel Cakes with Spiced Tomato
      ghost towns, shop for sheep at the market, and            frying Arctic beef in Bodo, Norway.                            oil; Yellow Tomato and Lime Basil Salad; Potato
      chat with an imam. Then we enjoy the modern         12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table.CC Jalisco Classics.                      Salad; Ricotta with Smashed Cherries, Olive Oil,
      capital, Ankara, and pay our respects to the              Menudo recipe at Super Menuderia Cano; a                       Lemon and Mint.
      father of modern Turkey, Ataturk.                         visit to Birriera Chololo.                               12:30 Ciao Italia.CC Something Special / Qualcosa
2pm Samantha Brown’s Places to Love.CC                    1pm PBS KIDS Afternoon Schedule.CC                                   Di Speciale. Mary Ann visits her good friend,
      Christchurch, New Zealand. Those willing to         5pm BBC World News America.CC                                        Executive Chef Michele Rabazzi, whose
      make the long journey to New Zealand will be        5:30 BBC World News Outside Source.CC                                homemade pasta technique is a wonder to
      handsomely rewarded. From the legendary             6pm PBS NewsHour.CC                                                  behold. In this case he creates one of his
      landscapes to its famous wines, and even            7pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Extraordinary Finds 2.                      restaurant’s favorite primos; Tagliatelle with
      more famous hospitality, this island in the               Ever wonder what happens after the Antiques                    Basil Pesto. Michele steps up his game by
      middle of the South Pacific offers something              Roadshow cameras stop rolling? In celebration                  having Mary Ann help him prepare a delicate
      for everyone. Even though Christchurch is the             of 500 episodes, this special hour follows the                 Strudel with Saffron Sauce that is a thing of
      oldest established city in New Zealand, there’s           stories behind the pivotal series moments                      beauty.
      a newness to this city, and a momentum unlike             through all-new interviews with longtime                 1pm PBS KIDS Afternoon Schedule.CC
      any other. Here’s why Christchurch, New                   appraisers and memorable guests.                         5pm BBC World News America.CC
      Zealand is a place to love.                         8pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Extraordinary Finds.                  5:30 BBC World News Outside Source.CC
2:30 CapitolView.CC (R) See 10/1 at 7:30.                       Celebrate 500 episodes with a multi-platform             6pm PBS NewsHour.CC
3pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Winterthur Museum,                     special that follows the pivotal stories behind          7pm Impossible Builds.CC Skinny Skyscraper. In
      Garden & Library Hour 3. Wrap up Antiques                 some of the series’ most extraordinary finds                   Manhattan, architects and engineers are
      Roadshow’s first-ever visit to Delaware                   through all-new interviews with longtime                       redefining just how much land it takes to
      with incredible appraisals including 1820                 appraisers, guests, antique experts and more!                  support a skyscraper. In a city where the only
      J.J. Audubon portraits, a Ming Dynasty              9pm POV.CC Fruits of Labor. A teenager with dreams                   direction to build is up, they’ve designed a
      Xiwangmu figure and Ric Binkley science fiction           of graduating high school and going to college                 needle-thin tower 82 stories high, built on the
      illustrations, ca. 1950.                                  is forced to work when ICE raids threaten her                  construction equivalent of a postage stamp.
4pm Walter Tevis: A Writer’s Gambit.CC Explore                  family.                                                  8pm NOVA.CC Particles Unknown. Outnumbering
      the complex life and brilliant career of this       10pm Amanpour and Company.CC                                         atoms a billion to one, neutrinos are the
      Kentucky writer. His novels The Hustler, The        11:30 DW The Day.CC                                                  universe’s most common yet most elusive and
      Man Who Fell to Earth and The Color of Money                                                                             baffling particle. NOVA joins an international
      were all adapted into major motion pictures,        5 Tuesday                                                            team of neutrino hunters whose discoveries
      and The Queen’s Gambit has become one                                                                                    may change our understanding of how the
      of the most popular and critically-acclaimed        5:30    Classical Stretch: By Essentrics.CC Bone                     universe works.
      television series of the past decade.                       Strengthening. This all-standing workout is            9pm Life from Above.CC Colorful Planet. View
5pm Scholastic HI-Q.CC Season 30, Episode 1 -                     designed to strengthen your bones and prevent                Earth’s kaleidoscope of colors as seen from
      Metro-East Lutheran vs Carbondale.                          osteoporosis.                                                space. Swirls of turquoise phytoplankton
5:30 InFocus.CC                                           6am     PBS KIDS Morning Schedule.CC                                 trigger an oceanic feeding frenzy, China turns
6pm Life from Above.CC Moving Planet. See new             12pm    The Great British Baking Show.CC Cake.                       yellow as millions of flowers bloom, and at
      footage of the greatest, most beautiful and                 The Signature Bake requires a Swiss roll, a                  night the waters near Argentina are spotted
      powerful movements on our planet. Cameras in                seemingly simple task fraught with risks. For                with green lights.
      space capture events like an elephant family’s              the Technical Bake, bakers must duplicate              10pm Amanpour and Company.CC
      struggle through drought, and thousands of                  Mary Berry’s classic cherry cake, to Berry’s           11pm BBC World News.CC
      Shaolin Kung-Fu students performing in perfect              exacting standard. In the Showstopper Bake,            11:30 DW The Day.CC
      synchronicity.                                              the competitors tackle classic British cakes - in
7pm Call The Midwife, Season 10.CC Episode 1.                     perfect miniature - 36 of them.                        7 Thursday
      Sister Julienne and Dr. Turner clash over           1pm     PBS KIDS Afternoon Schedule.CC
      whether to provide a private care service.          5pm     BBC World News America.CC                              5:30  Classical Stretch: By Essentrics.CC Arthritis
      A distressing birth raises fears of another         5:30    BBC World News Outside Source.CC                             Relief and Pain Prevention. This entry level
      Thalidomide case.                                   6pm     PBS NewsHour.CC                                              standing and barre workout is designed to
8pm Grantchester on Masterpiece.CC Season 6,              7pm     Finding Your Roots.CC To The Manor Born.                     liberate and rebalance all your joints.
      Episode 1. A much-needed summer break at                    Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discovers the privileged        6am PBS KIDS Morning Schedule.CC
      a vacation resort takes an unexpected turn                  lineages that claim actor Glenn Close and              12pm Quilting Arts.CC Make Your Mark. Shibori
      for Will and Geordie when the camp owner is                 director John Waters as descendants,                         dyeing and overdyeing; applying paint with
      found dead in suspicious circumstances.                     introducing ancestors who are as bold and                    gestural motions to create wholecloth tops --
9:30 Beyond The Canvas.CC Happiness. What does                    independent as they are.                                     art quilts with layers of felt backing.
      it take to be truly happy? For many artists,        8pm     American Masters.CC Rita Moreno: Just A                12:30 Knit and Crochet Now.CC Weekend Casual
      taking the stage or singing their hearts out is             Girl Who Decided to Go for It. Discover how                  Hoodies. Making a casual hoodie using chunky
      what brings ultimate joy. Learn the emotional               Moreno defied her humble upbringing and                      weight yarn; teaching children how to crochet;
      motivation that pushes some artists to chase                racism to become one of a select group                       blending classic and contemporary styling for
      their dreams and leads others to decide to give             of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award                        the peace of mind hoodie.
      it up.                                                      winners. Explore her 70-year career with new           1pm PBS KIDS Afternoon Schedule.CC
10pm Halifax: Retribution.CC Episode 4. The                       interviews, clips of her iconic roles and scenes       5pm BBC World News America.CC
      shooter’s attacks are escalating with the Task              of the star on set today.                              5:30 BBC World News Outside Source.CC
      Force no closer to his apprehension.                10pm    Amanpour and Company.CC                                6pm PBS NewsHour.CC
11pm Front and Center.CC John Hiatt with Jerry            11pm    BBC World News.CC                                      7pm 10 Homes That Changed America.CC Visit
      Douglas and special guest Tommy Emmanuel.           11:30   DW The Day.CC                                                homes that transformed residential living,
                                                                                                                               from grand estates like Thomas Jefferson’s
4 Monday                                                  6 Wednesday                                                          Monticello and Frank Lloyd Wright’s
                                                                                                                               Fallingwater to the pueblos of Taos, New
5:30    Classical Stretch: By Essentrics.CC Boost Your    5:30    Classical Stretch: By Essentrics.CC Spine                    Mexico, and the tenements of 19th-century
        Energy. In this entry level standing and barre            Flexibility. Miranda will take you through                   New York.
        workout, Miranda will lead you through a series           stretches that will increase the flexibility in your   8pm Grantchester on Masterpiece.CC Season 6,
        of exercises that will leave you energized.               back and improve your posture in this standing               Episode 1. (R) See 10/3 at 8pm.
6am     PBS KIDS Morning Schedule.CC                              and floor workout.                                     9pm Call The Midwife, Season 10.CC Episode 1. (R)
WSIU/WUSI | PROGRAM LISTINGS                                                                                                                                   OCTOBER 2021 9

      See 10/3 at 7pm.                                                                                                       3pm  When Disaster Strikes.CC A Perfect Storm:
10pm Amanpour and Company.CC                                                                                                      Mozambique. Hear the extraordinary story
11pm BBC World News.CC                                                                                                            of bravery and hope after Cyclone Idai strikes
11:30 DW The Day.CC                                                                                                               Mozambique. The world races to help rescue
                                                                                                                                  and support survivors from flooding on a
8 Friday                                                                                                                          biblical scale.
                                                                                                                             4pm Finding Your Roots.CC To The Manor Born. (R)
5:30    Classical Stretch: By Essentrics.CC Posture. This                                                                         See 10/5 at 7pm.
        all-standing intermediate workout is designed                                                                        5pm PBS NewsHour Weekend.CC
        to stretch and strengthen your entire body                                                                           5:30 Illinois Stories.CC
        while improving your posture.                                                                                        6pm Big Pacific.CC Violent. Understand how the
6am     PBS KIDS Morning Schedule.CC                                                                                              Pacific, surrounded by the Ring of Fire, is the
12pm    Make It Artsy.CC Fresh Jewelry. Cork and                                                                                  epicenter of natural mayhem. Violence is part
        leather earrings; making a jewelry or trinket           THE HISPANIC HERITAGE AWARDS                                      of life in the great ocean, and creatures that live
        box from old jewelry; making whimsical                         FRI, OCT. 8 AT 8PM                                         there must choose whether to avoid conflict-or
        earrings by hand sewing fabric over wire                                                                                  rise to meet it.
        shapes.                                                Celebrate the recipients of the annual Hispanic               7pm Atlantic Crossing on Masterpiece.CC The
12:30   Best of the Joy of Painting.CC Evening               Heritage Awards. The evening includes performances                   Throne. Olav and the king plan their escape.
        Waterfall. Once again Bob Ross shares his truly        and appearances by some of the country's most                      Meanwhile, Martha and the children take
        unique painting technique as he creates a                 celebrated Hispanic artists and visionaries.                    refuge with her Swedish royal relatives. But the
        fantastic waterfall on black canvas.                                                                                      Nazis threaten the king if he harbors the crown
1pm     PBS KIDS Afternoon Schedule.CC
                                                                  Photo: The Mavericks; Credit: Courtesy of The Mavericks.        princess.
5pm     BBC World News America.CC                                                                                            8pm Roosevelts: An Intimate History.CC The
5:30    BBC World News Today.CC                                                                                                   Common Cause (1939-1944). FDR shatters the
6pm     PBS NewsHour.CC                                                                                                           third-term tradition, struggles to prepare a
7pm     Washington Week.CC                                                                                                        reluctant country to enter World War II and,
7:30    CapitolView.CC                                                                                                            after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,
8pm     The Hispanic Heritage Awards.CC See photo           11:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated.CC               helps set the course toward Allied victory.
        spotlight.                                                Back to Grilling Basics. Host Julia Collin                      Meanwhile, Eleanor struggles to keep New Deal
9pm     Great Performances at the Met.CC Three                    Davison cooks a simple but satisfying Grilled                   reforms alive in wartime and travels the Pacific
        Divas at Versailles. Enjoy sopranos Ailyn Perez,          Pork Tenderloin with Grilled Pineapple-Red                      to comfort wounded servicemen. Diagnosed
        Nadine Sierra and mezzo-soprano Isabel                    Onion Salsa, equipment expert Adam Ried                         with congestive heart failure in 1943 and with
        Leonard as they join forces at one of Europe’s            shares grilling essentials, and test cook Dan                   the war still raging, FDR resolves to conceal his
        cultural landmarks to perform favorite arias              Souza reveals the secrets to perfect Grilled                    condition and run for a fourth term.
        including “Voi che sapete” from Mozart’s                  Cauliflower.                                               10pm Austin City Limits.CC Jade Bird/Dayglow.
        “Le Nozze di Figaro” and more.                      12pm Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke.CC Bacon                    11pm Live from the Old Steeple.CC Lindsay Lou.
10pm    Amanpour and Company.CC                                   24/7. Bacon jam? Bacon ice cream? Where will
11pm    BBC World News.CC                                         our bacon mania lead? We open this show with               10 Sunday
11:30   DW The Day.CC                                             bacon you make from scratch. (It's as simple
                                                                  as curing and smoking a pork belly.) And for               5am PBS KIDS Sunday Schedule.CC
9 Saturday                                                        people who want a healthier version of bacon,
                                                                  we cure pork loin in fennel brine and smoke
                                                                                                                             10am Scholastic HI-Q.CC (R) See 10/3 at 5pm.
                                                                                                                             10:30 Big Dreams In Umatilla.CC A robotics team
                                                                  it in a ceramic cooker-the Project Smoke twist                   unites a town and teaches its young residents
5am   PBS KIDS Saturday Schedule.CC
                                                                  on Irish bacon. Next up: a spectacular "Tulsa                    they could reach for the stars. The hour-
9am   Fit 2 Stitch.CC In this episode, Peggy
                                                                  Torpedo"-three pounds of porky goodness                          long documentary follows the team through
      demonstrates to viewers how to take a basic
                                                                  encased in a crispy bacon weave. We conclude                     the 2016 robotics season, highlighting how
      blouse and do some easy pattern making. She
                                                                  with a bacon surf and turf in the form of bacon-                 rewarding it can be to overcome obstacles and
      also shows how patterns change, step by step.
                                                                  wrapped Snow Crab Poppers. Bring home the                        chase your dreams.
9:30 Knit and Crochet Now.CC Tiered Tunics. The
                                                                  bacon? This episode shows you how. Recipes:                11:30 Disrupted: How COVID-19 Changed Education.CC
      Paradiso tunic features three-quarter-length
                                                                  Made-From-Scratch Bacon; Canadian Bacon;                         At the end of another disrupted school year,
      sleeves and a baby doll silhouette; Powder
                                                                  Tulsa Torpedo (Bacon Weave Sausage Roll);                        students, families and educators are grappling
      Mountain knit scarf features four colors and a
                                                                  Snow Crab Poppers.                                               with the long-term, profound impacts of the
      bold chevron design; Nebesa knit tunic.
                                                            12:30 This Old House.CC Concord | Saving What We                       pandemic. Hosted by PBS NewsHour senior
10am Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television.
                                                                  Can. Appliances, building material and radiators                 correspondent Amna Nawaz, this one-hour
      CC Middle Eastern Meets London. First,
                                                                  are salvaged from the house before the major                     special showcases teen stories and students
      Christopher Kimball and Cook Lynn Clark make
                                                                  demolition begins. Outside, an arborist sprays                   in conversation with each other and leading
      Jerusalem-Style Mixed Grill Chicken with tahini
                                                                  the old Hemlock trees on the property to                         journalists about what they’ve been through,
      sauce and pickled onions. Then, Cook Rayna
                                                                  protect them from damaging insects. Time to                      future challenges and opportunities, and their
      Jhaveri roasts a whole Cauliflower with Spiced
                                                                  cut off the garage addition.                                     hopes for tackling systemic education problems
      Tahini and Garlic-Chili Oil. Finally, Milk Street
                                                            1pm Ask This Old House.CC Durable Landscape,                           exacerbated by the pandemic.
      Cook Bianca Borges bakes a rustic Almond-
                                                                  Cutting Board. Jenn creates a landscape that               12:30 Market to Market.CC
      Coconut Cake with Cherries and Pistachios,
                                                                  can withstand heavy pedestrian traffic; Richard            1pm Firing Line with Margaret Hoover.CC
      which channels the heaps of gleaming fruit and
                                                                  explains the options available for water heaters;          1:30 Rick Steves’ Europe.CC France’s Loire: Chateau
      nuts found at a Middle Eastern market.
                                                                  Tom and Kevin build a cutting board out of                       Country. Along the Loire River Valley, the
10:30 Cook’s Country.CC Never Enough Chocolate.
                                                                  walnut, cherry, and maple.                                       beautiful French countryside is studded
      Test cook Christie Morrison and host Bridget
                                                            1:30 Craftsman’s Legacy.CC The Spoon Maker.                            with evocative chateaux. Home-basing in
      Lancaster make the ultimate Triple-Chocolate
                                                                  Legendary Lazy Spoon creator Jonathan Simons                     Amboise, we visit four unique castles: elegant
      Sticky Buns. Next, tasting expert Jack Bishop
                                                                  and host Eric Gorges dish up. Jonathan teaches                   Chenonceau, massive Chambord, stately
      challenges host Julia Collin Davison to a tasting
                                                                  Eric how to make a spoon.                                        Cheverny, and fragrant Villandry. Along the way,
      of milk chocolate. Finally, test cook Morgan
                                                            2pm Woodsmith Shop.CC Barnwood Entry Bench.                            we tour Leonardo's home, feed hunting dogs,
      Bolling reveals the secret to Thin and Crispy
                                                                  Storage is the order of the day with this hall                   enjoy the local cuisine, and savor a princely
      Chocolate Chip Cookies.
                                                                  bench. But the detail that will most likely catch                garden.
11am Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana.CC Red River
                                                                  your eye is the reclaimed barn boards that are             2pm Samantha Brown’s Places to Love.CC
      Riches: Northwest Louisiana. Chicken Fried
                                                                  used for the back and door panel.                                Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore is more than
      Steak, Cornish Game Hen with Carrot Souffle,
                                                            2:30 MotorWeek.CC R/T: ACURA TLX TYPE S R/T:                           a city. It’s a tapestry of tight neighborhoods,
      and Chess Pie.
                                                                  MERCEDES GLS 450.                                                giving travelers an exceptional diversity of
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     experiences. This city boasts resilience and a                                                                     providing childcare, and delves into the political
     DIY spirit that’s infectious. Yes, Baltimore has                                                                   battle brewing over the idea of federally funded
     overcome incredible challenges, but what                                                                           universal childcare.
     should be more well-known and revered is its                                                                 10pm Amanpour and Company.CC
     place in American history, and its unique brand                                                              11pm BBC World News.CC
     of easy going urban hospitality.                                                                             11:30 DW The Day.CC
2:30 CapitolView.CC (R) See 10/8 at 7:30.
3pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Extraordinary Finds 2.                                                                   13 Wednesday
     (R) See 10/4 at 7pm.
4pm Somewhere South.CC American As Hand Pie.                                                                      5:30    Classical Stretch: By Essentrics.CC Feet and Calf
     As Vivian tries to mass produce hand pies, she                                                                       Workout. This gentle standing and bar workout
     learns of its history.                                                                                               is designed to help relieve foot pain and shin
5pm Scholastic HI-Q.CC Season 30, Episode 2 -                                                                             splints.
     Freeburg vs. Cisne.                                     GRANTCHESTER ON MASTERPIECE:                         6am     PBS KIDS Morning Schedule.CC
5:30 Illinois Stories.CC                                               EPISODE 2                                  12pm    How to Cook Well with Rory O’connell.CC
6pm Life from Above.CC Colorful Planet. (R) See                   THU, OCT. 14 AT 8PM                                     Cucumber and Elderflower Granita; Salt Hake
     10/6 at 9pm.                                                                                                         with Roast Peppers and Basil; Saffron Mashed
7pm Call The Midwife, Season 10.CC Episode 2.               A much-needed summer break at a vacation resort               Potatoes; Dried Date, Fig, Almond, Pistachio
     Sister Frances finds herself in a tricky situation       takes an unexpected turn for Will and Geordie               and Chocolate Cake.
     when a pregnant woman confides in her. Trixie          when the camp owner is found dead in suspicious       12:30   Ciao Italia.CC Cialdoni, Agrigento Pastries /
     is troubled by her sudden admittance to the                             circumstances.                               Cialdoni, Pasticcini di Agrigento. A dessert treat
     Lady Emily. Cyril helps an evicted family find                                                                       as only the Sicilians could dream up, Mary Ann
     shelter. Sister Julienne’s new venture hits a                     Photo: Tom Brittney as Will Davenport;
                                                                                                                          duplicates these cannoli-like delicacies by first
     stumbling block.                                               Credit: Courtesy of MASTERPIECE and Kudos.
                                                                                                                          baking them crisp in the oven, coating them
8pm Grantchester on Masterpiece.CC Season                                                                                 with crushed pistachios then filling them with a
     6, Episode 2. Will and Geordie negotiate a                                                                           generous swoosh of sweet ricotta. You can’t eat
     complex family dispute that may be connected               1907 Robert Henri oil painting, a late 16th-
                                                                century diamond marriage jewel and an English             just one. No way.
     to the murder of the head of a local adoption                                                                1pm     PBS KIDS Afternoon Schedule.CC
     agency. A sinister letter arrives for Leonard.             giltwood cabinet-on-stand. Which is now
                                                                valued at $500,000-$700,000?                      5pm     BBC World News America.CC
9pm Royal Wives at War.CC Take a fresh look at the                                                                5:30    BBC World News Outside Source.CC
     abdication crisis of 1936 through dramatized         9pm Independent Lens.CC Cured. When doctors
                                                                classified homosexuality as a mental illness to   6pm     PBS NewsHour.CC
     monologues by the two women at its heart,                                                                    7pm     Impossible Builds.CC Ice World. Over the
     the Queen Mother and Wallis Simpson, as they               be “cured,” they employed cruel treatments
                                                                like electroshock and lobotomies. LGBTQ+                  top, ambitious and nature-defying - China’s
     look back at the events that led to Edward VIII’s                                                                    incredible Ice World will transform37 acres of
     decision to give up the throne.                            activists and their allies fought back — and
                                                                won a momentous victory when the American                 sub-tropical quarry into a sub-zero ski resort.
10pm Halifax: Retribution.CC Episode 5. Daniel takes                                                                      The construction team will have to battle the
     control of the police minister’s car; Jane learns          Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality
                                                                from its manual of mental disorders in 1973.              worst nature can throw at them. But If they can
     that a corrupt cop is behind Ben’s murder;                                                                           pull it off -they’ll make science fiction a reality.
     Daniel’s manifesto leads the task force to a         10pm Amanpour and Company.CC
                                                          11pm BBC World News.CC                                  8pm     NOVA.CC Arctic Drift. Join scientists on the
     student protest group.                                                                                               biggest Arctic research expedition of all time.
11pm Front and Center.CC Sangeeta Kaur (with              11:30 DW The Day.CC
                                                                                                                          Facing hungry polar bears, perilous sea ice
     special guest Jon Anderson of YES).
                                                          12 Tuesday                                                      cracks, and brutal cold, the team strives to
                                                                                                                          understand the forces that are changing the
11 Monday                                                 5:30 Classical Stretch: By Essentrics.CC Boost Your
                                                                                                                          region—and the world—forever.
                                                                                                                  9pm     Life from Above.CC Patterned Planet. Discover
5:30  Classical Stretch: By Essentrics.CC Toning and           Energy. This all barre workout will deeply                 the weird and wonderful shapes that cover
      Slenderizing. Miranda will take you through              stretch your entire body leaving you feeling               Earth’s surface as seen from space. The
      exercises that will tone your body from head to          reenergized.                                               Australian outback is covered in pale spots
      toe in this standing and floor workout.             6am PBS KIDS Morning Schedule.CC                                thanks to digging wombats, and hundreds of
6am PBS KIDS Morning Schedule.CC                          12pm The Great British Baking Show.CC Biscuits.                 elephants tear into the endless green of the
12pm New Scandinavian Cooking.CC Eat Like The                  The Signature challenge is to create biscuits              Congo forest canopy.
      Vikings. Traveling by boat to the Lofoten                that go well with a cheese course. For the         10pm    Amanpour and Company.CC
      Islands; traditional cod dish; Norse settlement          Technical, the bakers must follow Mary’s basic     11pm    BBC World News.CC
      in the high north; roast beef ribs over an open          instructions for her Florentines recipe. In the    11:30   DW The Day.CC
      fire; Norwegian barley and beetroot risotto              Showstopper, bakers are tasked with creating
                                                                                                                  14 Thursday
      with goat cheese.                                        three-dimensional “biscuit scenes.” Who will
12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table.CC Los Mariachis. Some              leave the competition tent?
      say that Jalisco is the birthplace of Mariachi.     1pm PBS KIDS Afternoon Schedule.CC
                                                          5pm BBC World News America.CC                           5:30  Classical Stretch: By Essentrics.CC Quad
      In this episode, Pati learns about the history,                                                                   Lengthening & Strengthening. The workout is
      the instruments and the meaning behind that         5:30 BBC World News Outside Source.CC
                                                          6pm PBS NewsHour.CC                                           aimed at strengthening your lower body while
      beloved music that pulls at the heart strings of                                                                  leaving you with longer leaner legs.
      so many Mexicans.                                   7pm Finding Your Roots.CC The Shirts On Their
                                                               Backs. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the          6am PBS KIDS Morning Schedule.CC
1pm PBS KIDS Afternoon Schedule.CC                                                                                12pm Quilting Arts.CC Worlds Apart. Using sashiko
5pm BBC World News America.CC                                  immigrant roots of actors Tony Shalhoub and
                                                               Christopher Meloni, introducing ancestors who            and boro embellishments on jeans; trends and
5:30 BBC World News Outside Source.CC                                                                                   design influences from Japan; a short lesson on
6pm PBS NewsHour.CC                                            came to America to build a better life.
                                                          8pm Frontline.CC Taliban Takeover. The Taliban takes          free motion stitching.
7pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Modern Icons.                                                                            12:30 Knit and Crochet Now.CC Afghans with Many
      Celebrate the influential icons of our collective        over Afghanistan, and the threat of ISIS and
                                                               Al Qaeda intensifies. On the ground, reporter            Borders. The crocheted Petranella throw with
      and recent memory with treasures like a Jean-                                                                     three different borders to choose from; crochet
      Michel Basquiat oil stick drawing, a Fred &              Najibullah Quraishi investigates uncertainty and
                                                               fear among the Afghan people and revisits the            colorwork; the nubby afghan with three
      Joanne Rogers trolley and card, and Julia Child's                                                                 different borders.
      copper pans. Which has an updated value of               lead up to the U.S. defeat and Taliban’s return.
                                                          9pm Raising The Future: The Child Care Crisis.CC        1pm PBS KIDS Afternoon Schedule.CC
      $500,000?                                                                                                   5pm BBC World News America.CC
8pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Mansion Masterpieces.                 PBS NewsHour explores the burden costly
                                                               childcare places on families, travels to cities    5:30 BBC World News Outside Source.CC
      Watch as history meets fantasy with treasures                                                               6pm PBS NewsHour.CC
      fit for a period costume drama, including a              and states experimenting with new ways of
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