In a new Dialogue interview that premieres Friday, Jan. 10, at 8 p.m., host Marcia Franklin talks with former U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios about her mission to honor more American women in history. Her effort included the attempt to put a woman on U.S. Federal Reserve notes for the first time.
After a public process, the Department of the Treasury chose Harriet Tubman to appear on the $20 bill. That project is now stalled, but Rios, who served in office from 2009-2016, has developed Notable Women, which allows users through virtual reality to superimpose an image of a famous woman in history onto a bill.
Rios is also working on a women’s history curriculum in schools, and is spearheading a project to honor more women in history with statues in major cities around the country.
Idaho Reports returns for a new season Friday, Jan. 3, at 8:30 PM. Beginning Jan. 17, the show moves to 8 PM. Reporters and pundits bring you highlights from the statehouse every week in the Northwest’s longest-running public policy show. During the 2020 legislative session, lawmakers will tackle funding for Medicaid expansion, shrinking state agency budgets, higher education funding and more. Each episode will be available for same-day streaming through the PBS Video app and online at video.idahoptv.org/show/idaho-reports.
Idaho Reports will provide special coverage of Governor Brad Little’s State of the State and Budget Address 2020. On Monday, Jan. 6, at 1 PM Mountain/noon Pacific, Gov. Little will share his vision for Idaho, along with his proposed budget for the coming year, with the Idaho Legislature and the state’s citizens. Idaho Reports coverage of the address will air live and repeat at 8 PM Mountain/Pacific. It will also stream live on YouTube and the Idaho in Sessionwebsite, where it will be archived for viewing on demand.
Idaho in Session is IdahoPTV’s gavel-to-gavel service that includes live on-air and online coverage of the Idaho Legislature. Coverage of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee (JFAC), the Lincoln Auditorium WW02 and East Wing 42, as well as the eight committee legislative hearing rooms can be viewed online at idahoptv.org/insession. Coverage of the House and the Senate can be viewed live on our CREATE and WORLD channels, as well as online.
According to public surveys, education is the key to economic success and the most important issue facing Idaho. But what changes need to be made to ensure every child gets the education he or she needs?
Education 2020 (Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 8 PM) takes an in-depth look at proposals for reforming K-12 education and plans to better integrate Idaho’s universities and colleges. The program repeats Monday, Jan. 27 at 6/5 PM and 10/9 PM MT/PT on our PLUS Channel. The discussion will be available for free streaming at video.idahoptv.org.
Guests for this hourlong discussion include Governor Brad Little and the presidents of Idaho’s four-year colleges and universities: C. Scott Green, University of Idaho; Kevin Satterlee, Idaho State University; Marlene Tromp, Boise State University; and Cynthia Pemberton, Lewis-Clark State College.
In a new Dialogue interview that premieres Friday, Jan. 3, at 8 p.m., host Marcia Franklin talks with author Kirk Wallace Johnson about his book The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century. The book details Johnson’s investigation into a major theft of 300 rare bird skins from a British museum in 2009 by a 20-year-old American, Edward Rist. Rist then illegally sold the feathers into the arcane world of Victorian salmon fly tyers.
Johnson discusses why he felt it was important to write the book, and how the crime and other heists like it damage the field of natural history. He also shares his thoughts on the “feather thief,” who he interviewed.
The founder of The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies, Johnson worked in Fallujah, Iraq, for the U.S. Agency for International Development. He wrote a book about his experiences called To Be a Friend Is Fatal. His third book, “The Fisherman and the Dragon: Two Dreams at War off the Texas Coast,” will be published in 2021.
Two classics of British literature are adapted for the screen in new Masterpiece productions that begin airing Sunday, Jan. 12.
Howards End Considered novelist E.M. Forster’s masterwork, Howards End is the story of two unconventional sisters navigating a changing world at the turn of the 20th century. Screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan brings a fresh take to the story in this new Masterpiece production.
Margaret Schlegel is an idealistic young woman who is courted by the older Henry Wilcox, a conservative businessman, after his wife dies unexpectedly and he becomes owner of the country estate Howards End. Meanwhile Margaret’s capricious younger sister, Helen, takes up the cause of a young bank clerk. In the absence of their late parents, the sisters’ interfering aunt tries to keep the young ladies on the straight and narrow.
Howards End airs in four parts Sundays at 8 PM beginning Jan. 12.
Sanditon Jane Austen was chronically ill when she started work on a witty novel set in the seaside town of Sanditon. She never finished it. Screenwriter Andrew Davies brings the story to a satisfying conclusion in a new Masterpiece adaptation.
Sanditon tells the story of Tom Parker, who wants to turn the seaside village into a fashionable health resort. He enlists the backing of local bigwig Lady Denham. Through a mishap, Tom makes the acquaintance of the Heywoods and invites their daughter Charlotte for an extended stay at Sanditon. Meanwhile, Lady Denham plays matchmaker for her destitute nephew, Sir Edward. The arrival of mixed-race heiress Miss Lambe adds an interesting complication.
Episodes 1 and 2 of Sanditon air Jan. 12 beginning at 9 PM. The eight-part series continues Sundays at 9 PM.
In a new Dialogue interview that premieres Friday, Dec. 27, at 8 p.m., Montana author Pete Fromm joins host Marcia Franklin to talk about his latest book, A Job You Mostly Won’t Know How to Do. The novel tells the story of a young man who has to raise his child when his wife dies in childbirth.
Fromm talks about how he developed the story, as well as his writing style. The two also discuss the success he’s had with his books in France.
A five-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Literary Award, Fromm is the author of five novels and five collections of short stories, including The Names of the Stars, a follow-up to Indian Creek Chronicles, and As Cool As I Am, which was made into a movie starring Clare Danes. He also teaches in the low-residency MFA writing program at the Pacific University Oregon.
Fromm, who lives in Missoula, was in Idaho to speak at the Rediscovered Bookshop in Boise and to members of the Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation in McCall.
Beginning this week, YouTube TV subscribers have access to local and national content from Idaho Public Television!
IdahoPTV announced today that its main broadcast channel, the IDAHO Channel, is now streaming live on YouTube TV, an internet television service that offers live television, on-demand video, and cloud-based digital video recording (DVR) from more than 70 television networks. That network list now includes PBS stations in select markets, including Idaho.
The Idaho PBS KIDS Channel is also streaming live on YouTube TV.
“Every year, more and more households are seeking alternative ways to view their favorite PBS programs,” says PBS Chief Digital and Marketing Officer Ira Rubenstein. “PBS is committed to making trusted content available to all households across as many platforms as possible. We are pleased that YouTube TV recognizes public television’s unique structure and worked with us to provide our viewers with more ways to watch the programs they love through their local PBS station.”
YouTube TV represents IdahoPTV’s first local live-streaming partnership and includes episodes and on-demand content from locally produced shows and PBS favorites, including Idaho Experience, Outdoor Idaho, American Experience, Antiques Roadshow, Frontline, Great Performances, Masterpiece, Nature and more.
The accompanying Idaho PBS KIDS Channel extends IdahoPTV’s mission of helping prepare children for success in school and life through trusted, educational media, available anytime and anywhere. Users can access favorite series, such as Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Molly of Denali, Odd Squad, Wild Kratts and Sesame Street.
In addition to YouTube TV, IdahoPTV content is available on air through five free broadcast channels, through cable and satellite TV providers, online at video.idahoptv.org, and through the PBS Video app and PBS KIDS Video app available on iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung TV and Chromecast. Station members are also able to view an extended library of public television programming via IdahoPTV Passport.
