One of the first things I noticed after moving to Columbus, people here really enjoy bike riding.  It’s even more obvious now that the weather has changed.  This winter I was watching a teleconference that previews programs available to PBS stations in the spring and summer.   As a programmer in this city I can’t tell [...]

This Wednesday evening WOSU will present a new special from National Geographic, “Bones of Turkana”.   Viewers will follow famed paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey his wife, Meave, daughter Louise and their colleagues as they work in the arid northern regions of Kenya’s Turkana Basin to unravel the mysteries of human evolution. While one of the Leakeys’ goals [...]

One of the best things about PBS is the opportunity to watch great documentary films that you don’t see anywhere else.  That’s a good thing especially for our audience because you consistently tune in every Sunday evening at 10:30pm to catch the latest “Independent Lens” or “POV” program.  Several times over the past year I’ve [...]

This is the story of two remarkable and extremely rare white lion cubs on their journey to adulthood. Both are female, sisters born as white as snow in May 2009, in South Africa’s Kruger Park. Growing up on the savanna, they must not only overcome the same survival challenges that all young lion cubs must [...]

The needle arts, including storytelling through quilts and woven textiles, are explored.   Featured works by artists Faith Ringgold of Harlem, Randall Darwall of Cape Cod, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood in California and Terese Agnew in Wisconsin.

Explore the life and career of ” The Tonight Show” host through unprecedented access to Carson’s personal and professional archives, including all existing episodes of  “The Tonight Show” from 1962-1992. Interviews with family, colleagues and performers who appeared, began or were influenced by “The Tonight Show” help illuminate the Johnny Carson story.

“Masterpiece Mystery!” returns on Sunday with a brand new season of Sherlock.  If you remember, or have been watching “Masterpiece Mystery!” on Thursday nights you know,  Sherlock and Watson were left trying to figure out how to escape Moriarty’s trap. I’m a Sherlock Homes fan, always have been, so I’m a bit picky about the [...]

When we premiered Ken Burn’s “National Parks: America’s Best Idea” in September of 2009 the viewer response was overwhelming.   They are beautiful programs and as the summer vacation season approaches I thought it might be a good time to once again remind viewers of the wonders of our national parks. “National Parks: America’s Best Idea”  [...]

It contains 99.9 percent of all the matter in our solar system and sheds hot plasma at nearly a million miles an hour. The temperature at its core is a staggering 27 million degrees Fahrenheit. It convulses, it blazes, it sings. You know it as the sun. Scientists know it as one of the most [...]