Today is Butterfly and Hummingbird Day, Child Health Day, Global Smoothie Day, Look at the Leaves Day, National Family TV Show Day, and Supreme Court Opening Day.
October is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month, Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Dyslexia Awareness Month, Health Literacy Month, Pizza Month, National AIDS Awareness Month, Country Music Month, LGBT History Month, Bat Appreciation Month, Bullying Prevention Month, and Raptor Month.
Animal Cam of the Day: San Diego Zoo Burrowing Owl Cams
Dessert of the Day: Maple Pumpkin Bread
LGBT History Resource of the Day: Uncovering and Incorporating LGBTQ+ History Webinar
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Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Good Manners, Butterflies, and Hummingbirds
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THEME: HUMMINGBIRDS
P.O.V. - The Last Out
Monday, 10/03 from 10-11:30 pm NHPBS
Three Cuban baseball players leave their families and risk exile to train in Central America and chase their dreams of playing in the United States. At the shadowy nexus of the migrant trail and pro sports, The Last Out chronicles their difficult journey, from multi-step immigration obstacles and learning English to the broken promises and dubious motives of agents. P.O.V. Streaming Video
RIVERS OF LIFE - Zambezi
Monday, 10/3 from 8-9 am NH WORLD
From surfers riding mysterious waves in deep gorges to elephants battling rapids above Victoria falls, the largest curtain of water on earth. This is the story of the wildlife and people of the Zambezi, Africa's extraordinary shape-shifting river. RIVERS OF LIFE Streaming Video
THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST - Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942)
Monday, 10/03 from 9-11:20 am NH WORLD
As World War II begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Nazi Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews. THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST Streaming Video
CIVILIZATIONS - The Second Moment of Creation
Monday, 10/3 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
A group of dedicated government officials fights red tape to support rescue operations. As the Allies liberate German camps, the public sees for the first time the sheer scale of the Holocaust and begins to reckon with its reverberations. CIVILIZATIONS Streaming Video
CIVILIZATIONS - How Do We Look?
Monday, 10/3 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
Explore the many functions of the human image in art. Portraits, paintings, and sculptures, both life-size and colossal, perform a role-assuaging loss, expressing strength, and inspiring fear-and were instrumental in depicting the human body today. CIVILIZATIONS Streaming Video
CIVILIZATIONS - God and Art
Monday, 10/3 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
Trace the relationship between religion and art, which has inspired some of the most ingenious, affecting, majestic and breathtaking works of art ever made. Yet beneath great works of religious art often lie conflict, intrigue, and divine mysteries. CIVILIZATIONS Streaming Video
LATINO AMERICANS - Pride and Prejudice
Monday, 10/03 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Witness the creation of the proud "Chicano" identity as labor leaders organize farm workers in California, and as activists push for better education opportunities for Latinos, the inclusion of Latino studies, and empowerment in the political process. LATINO AMERICANS Streaming Video
LATINO AMERICANS - Peril and Promise
Monday, 10/03 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
Examine the past 30 years, as a second wave of Cubans and hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans, Nicaraguans, and Guatemalans flee to the U.S., creating a debate over undocumented immigrants that leads to calls for tightened borders, English-only laws, and efforts to brand the undocumented as a drain on public resources. Simultaneously, the Latino influence is booming in business, sports, media, politics, and entertainment. Latino Americans become the largest and youngest growing sector of the American population.. LATINO AMERICANS Streaming Video
DAVID HOLT'S STATE OF MUSIC - Darrell Scott
Monday, 10/03 from 3-3:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
David visits with renowned singer-songwriter Darrell Scott, whose music is intensely personal but also universal. DAVID HOLT'S STATE OF MUSIC Streaming Video
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS - Brandi Carlile
Monday, 10/03 from 3:30-4:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Celebrated Americana singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile raises the roof for a full hour of passionate and powerful songs from her acclaimed album In These Silent Days. AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Streaming Video
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