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Next week, we’ll look inside LBJ's Kerner Commission, explore Ireland with a very special guide, travel the cosmos with NOVA and much more. Take a look at what's coming up!

Travel to all five cities of Roadshow's Season 28 Tour for never-before-seen appraisals, including a 1976 Mark Hamill-signed Star Wars poster, a 1979 Bob Ross landscape oil and a 1973 Iditarod Race sled!

What is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen? Hard-of-hearing filmmaker Alison O’Daniel uses a series of tuba thefts in Los Angeles high schools as a jumping-off point to explore these questions. Through several deaf people telling stories in a unique game of telephone, the central mystery of The Tuba Thieves isn’t about the theft of instruments; it’s about the nature of sound itself.

Revisit 1967, when inner cities across America erupted in violence. LBJ appointed the Kerner Commission to investigate and the Commission’s final report would offer a shockingly unvarnished assessment of race relations that still resonates today.

Follow the story of a pine marten as she takes us on a journey through a landscape of grey stone called the Burren, home to some of Ireland’s most enchanting wildlife.

How big is the universe? What is it made of? Are we alone? Questions like these have inspired amazing discoveries that have transformed our understanding of the universe since the 1970s. Closer to home, quantum physicists have discovered the weird laws that govern the subatomic world. Explore 50 years of mind-bending discoveries in physics and cosmology.

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Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries
Miss Fisher’s niece, modern woman Peregrine, solves Melbourne mysteries in the stylish, swinging 60s.

Murder in Sweden
Get hooked on this detective series set on a picturesque Swedish island. In Swedish with English subtitles. 

Edward VIII: Britain’s Traitor King
Edward VIII famously abdicated the throne in order to marry an American divorcee, but the real scandal was his treachery during World War II.

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HeyDreamer is a band that is very particular and methodical in its approach. On this episode of the Peach Jam Podcast, Melody and Dustin of HeyDreamer share road stories, hard lessons learned and describe the music business as "The Wild West."

Hannah Thompson and her husband left the Atlanta city life behind for a charming Victorian house and a farm in Jackson, Georgia. Their journey led them to create Gold Lion Farm, producing organic bath and body care products with locally sourced ingredients. Listen as Hannah shares the story of how a gold man's ring sparked their connection to the land and how her curiosity about ingredients led her to develop a business based on natural soaps and scrubs.

Many of us could look back at our lives and be astonished at how much time we had spent reading. Hours. Weeks. Even years, for some of us. But fewer people set out to write a story that others might want to read. Our resident Southern storyteller, Salvation South editor Chuck Reece, is here with a few tips to help you give writing a try.

This week on the Georgia Today podcast, President Biden will be in Atlanta on Sunday to deliver the Morehouse College commencement speech, an Atlanta influencer joins a lawsuit fighting the federal government's TikTok ban, a new minor league hockey team in Athens will be named after one of the city's most famous bands and more. Listen and subscribe.

Celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander heritage with this collection of books for little readers and elementary kids. From engaging stories to vibrant illustrations, these titles offer a positive, diverse glimpse into the rich cultures and experiences of the AANHPI communities.

Choose your own encounter in the newest rendition of 7 Stages’ wildly popular Curious Encounters Series. This year we are exploring our senses, including sight-hearing-taste-smell-touch and taking inspiration from Ilya Kaminsky’s book Deaf Republic, a poetic tale of an occupied country and the citizens’ unique way of fighting back by “going deaf”. Protest and resilience are paired with sensory explorations, including both celebration and suppression. Beginning today, watch clips from The Tuba Thieves and experience it through multiple senses as we explore the nature of sound itself. Learn more.

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