Programs

Sunday marked the beginning of banned books week, and Loussac Librarian Stacia McGourty says this week is a huge deal for her profession. Download Audio

The world's longest running musical is coming to the University of Alaska Department of Theatre and Dance when Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones' The Fantasticks opens October 3rd in the Jerry Harper Studio Theatre. Part of UAA's season of Shakespeare-related shows, The Fantasticks stands on its own with its story of love, struggle and maturity with a little magic thrown in as well. KSKA: Friday, Sept. 26, at 2:45 p.m. Download Audio:

Alaska Public Media’s October Schedules

Over the past several decades, there’s been a renaissance in Alaska Native traditional dancing. KNBA’s Joaqlin Estus recently visited with one of the founders of an Inupiaq dance group in Anchorage, who told her about his personal journey toward tradition. Download Audio

Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. employs a team of genealogists and the world’s leading geneticists to uncover the origins of a diverse group of 30 people. Guests to be featured include: Anderson Cooper, Khandi Alexander, Ben Affleck, Aaron Sanchez, Sting, and more. Episodes will air: Tuesday September 30 at 7:00 pm Tuesday October 10 at 7:00 pm Tuesday October 14 at 7:00 pm Tuesday October 21 at 7:00pm

A PBS series exploring the lives of important women in careers including comedy, Hollywood, space, war, business, and politics throughout the decades. The show will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the triumphs, struggles, and contributions of these women and how their influences have shaped the different career fields for future women. Episodes will air: Tuesday September 30 at 8:00 Tuesday October 7 at 8:00 Tuesday October 14 at 8:00 Tuesday October 21 at 8:00

MASTERPIECE CLASSIC features season 2 of the signature period drama, The Paradise. Featured in 1875 the show is centered around a young woman named Denise Lovett and her life working at The Paradise, a department store owned by John Moray. The show is based on Émile Zola’s classic novel, Au Bonheur des Dames. Episodes will air: Sunday September 28 at 7:00 pm Sunday October 5 at 7:00 pm Sunday October 12 at 7:00 pm Sunday October 19 at 7:00 pm Sunday October 26 at 7:00 pm

Independent Lens, an Emmy Award-winning anthology series, will delve into the world of bullies. It will show the effects bullying can have by featuring the lives of five families who have experienced it firsthand. Monday October 13 at 9:00

FRONTLINE takes an hour look at the widespread use of antibiotics in food animals and whether it is one of the causes for antibiotic resistance in people. Featuring an interview with the family of a young man who died of a bacteria outbreak that swept through a hospital at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. Tuesday October 14 at 9:00 pm

During our planet's most recent cold period, a slab of ice smothered Manhattan. Canada looked like Antarctica but with no protruding mountains. When the last glacial maximum peaked about 20,000 years ago, most of the continent — from the Arctic Ocean to the Missouri River — slept under a blanket of white.

The San Francisco Opera will present their production of Porgy and Bess, based on the play by Dubose and Dorothy Heyward, on Friday, October 17 at 8:00 pm. Porgy and Bess tells the story of a disabled man and a woman he loves living in Catfish Row, an African-American community in South Carolina. The show will be featuring music by renowned American composer George Gershwin, conducted by John DeMain Friday, October 17 at 8:00 pm

NOVA will be exploring the impact on villages throughout Africa of the quickly spreading viral disease, Ebola. The newest epidemic, thought to have originated in December 2013 by a young boy in a small village in West Africa. For the first time, the disease is not longer limited to small villages, but has spread further and impacting densely populated cities in Africa. NOVA reports from these "hot zones" showing how medical teams are trying their hardest to keep the virus under control and find a vaccine.

In the FRONTLINE special, Losing Iraq, they will examine the chaos in Iraq, the rise of ISIS and the U.S. role in the conflict. Part One revisits FRONTLINE reporting on U.S. missteps in Iraq since 2003, and how, as American troops withdrew, the stage was set for a deadly adversary to rise up.

Great Performances presents Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga performing at the Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater in New York City. The duo will perform selections from their collaborative classic jazz recording, Cheek to Cheek as a part of the PBS Fall Arts Festival. Friday October 24 at 8:00 pm

This broadcast presented by Twin Cities Public Television delves into the world of female athletes and the discrimination they face in the media. According to producers women’s sports receive only 4% of all sport media coverage and female athletes are much more likely than male athletes to be portrayed in sexually provocative poses. To highlight why this matters and address these disparities, the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota, in partnership with tptMN, have produced “Media Coverage and Female Athletes,” a groundbreaking documentary that uses research-based information to examine the amount and type of coverage given to female athletes.

Dr. Radwan Ziadeh is the founder and director of the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies in Syria and co-founder and executive director of the Syrian Center for Political and Strategic Studies in Washington, D.C. He is the managing editor of the Transitional Justice in the Arab World Project. He is also a member of the Syrian National Preparatory committee for Transitional Justice. Listen now: