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StoryCorps' 2024 Military Voices Tour to Record and Preserve the Stories of Veterans, Active Duty Service Members, and Military Families

Tour stopping in Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Virginia

February 22, 2024 – StoryCorps—the national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping us believe in each other by illuminating the humanity and possibility in us all, one story at a time—today announces its 2024 Military Voices Initiative (MVI) tour, which honors veterans and members of the military community by gathering and preserving their stories. StoryCorps’ MVI works in partnership with veteran service organizations across the country, and is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).

Elton John & Bernie Taupin: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song Premieres on PBS

Special airs on April 8, 2024, at 8 PM ET

WASHINGTON, DC (February 12, 2024) —The new concert special ELTON JOHN & BERNIE TAUPIN: THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN PRIZE FOR POPULAR SONG will premiere on Monday, April 8, 2024 at 8 PM ET on PBS stations nationwide (check local listings). The 90-minute program honors the longtime singer-songwriter duo as the two iconic artists receive this year’s distinguished recognition from the Library of Congress. The music special will be recorded in Washington, D.C., in March 2024.

SOUTHERN STORYTELLERS, a New Documentary Series Exploring Southern Identity Through the Eyes of Contemporary Creatives, Premieres July 18 on PBS

The Duffer Brothers, Brittany Howard, Lyle Lovett, Qui Nguyen, Angie Thomas, Billy Bob Thornton, Mary Steenburgen and Jesmyn Ward Among Featured Writers From the Worlds of Literature, Music, Film and Television

ARLINGTON, VA (January 17, 2023) -- The American South is known for its boundless creativity, absorbing personalities and evocative landscapes. SOUTHERN STORYTELLERS, a new three-episode series from PBS, Arkansas PBS and award-winning filmmaker Craig Renaud, follows some of the region’s most compelling and influential contemporary creators to the places they call home — the communities that fertilize the stories they tell in books, songs, poems, plays and on screens large and small. The documentary series premieres Tuesday, July 18, 10:00-11:00 p.m.

NOVA Launches 'Climate Across America' Initiative Spotlighting the Effects of Climate Change in Communities Across the U.S.

Series Partners with 10 Public Media Stations to Engage Audiences Around the Climate Crisis–and Innovative Solutions–through Localized Content and Two New Films Premiering in April 2023

BOSTON, MA (January 16, 2023)—The award-winning PBS science series NOVA, produced by GBH, today announced the launch of a national initiative, CLIMATE ACROSS AMERICA, spotlighting how climate change affects communities across the U.S. and engaging audiences in productive conversations about innovative climate solutions.

Jon Stewart Celebrated in 'The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize' Airing Nationally on PBS Stations

Washington, D.C., April 18, 2022 — This summer, Jon Stewart: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize premieres on PBS stations nationwide on June 21, 2022, at 9 p.m. ET (check local listings) and on PBS.org and the PBS Video App. The special will be recorded at a gala performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on April 24, 2022. Stewart is the 23rd recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

PBS and WETA Announce New Documentary Series 'Making Black America: Through the Grapevine' With Henry Louis Gates Jr. to Premiere Fall 2022

Four-Part Series Explores Black Americans’ Centuries-Long History of Establishing Communities and Attaining Social, Political and Economic Success in the Face of Racial Segregation

WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 18, 2022) -- PBS and WETA today announced MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, a four-part series from executive producer, host and writer Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., will premiere in Fall 2022 on PBS stations nationwide.