I love this PBS series on climate change. The presenter (Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant ) tells it as it is.
"You can't shop your way out of climate change"
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PBS broadcast a tribute to Elton John and Bernie Taupin last night. The night's highlight was a performance of "I'm Still Standing" by Joni Mitchell, with backing vocals from Annie Lennox and Brandi Carlile. Introducing Mitchell's cover, Carlile says: "She was given the green light by Elton and Bernie to change some of the lyrics to fit her, which is honestly the most Joni Mitchell thing I think I’ve ever heard of." Variety has a clip from the performance here, along with a review of the show.
#Music #EltonJohn #BernieTaupin #JoniMitchell #TV #Television #PBS
#Jazz #Classical #Music #BlackWomen #CivilRights #WomensRights
I just watched a very interesting bio of #HazelScott on #PBS #AmericanMasters.
Scott was a #Black woman who was a #MusicalProdigy who was enrolled at #Julliard at a very young age, who mastered the classics but who made a living mainly playing jazz & #popular music w/crossovers to classical music.
Hazel was married (for a time) to #AdamClaytonPowell, had the 1st TV show in the 50's staring a #Black performer before #NatKingCole got one, made a few movies on her own terms before being #BlackListed from the #movies & from #TV because she stood up for the herself & the rights of others & who lived for a time in #Paris, like a lot of Black creative people did to escape the discrimination they felt in the #US.
If any of this interests you, I recommend that you watch the episode which you can find in the link below:
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/hazel-scott-documentary/35137/
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I haven’t worked for #PBS or #NPR, but I’ve collaborated with both to share #science stories.
The talented people there are always thoughtful, curious & kind. They’ve gifted us Mister Rogers, Carl Sagan, Julia Child, LeVar Burton & Elmo. 🌈
It’s appalling to see members of Congress attack them for political points.
#PBS sued #Trump on Friday to block an #ExecutiveOrder that would cut federal #funding for public television & radio, arguing that it was #unconstitutional.
The lawsuit, filed in DC by PBS & a public TV station in #Minnesota, says that Trump’s EO violates laws that “forbid the President from serving as the arbiter of the #content of PBS’s programming, including by attempting to defund PBS.”
#law #democracy #Constitution #FreePress #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/business/media/pbs-trump-lawsuit-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=BD8357FA-8CA8-4C37-B249-5CDD44A19A77
Like many, I grew up watching shows like Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers, Reading Rainbow and NOVA on #PBS. A couple of years ago, I had the honor of the local PBS station coming to my home studio to film a feature for a program called ArtsPlus through which I've been able to share my love for #pottery and the natural environment with a national audience. Non-commercial and educational, PBS is definitely worth fighting for.
Urge Congress: Save #PublicMedia Funding
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Public media funding is complex - so for those of you who are following the news about Trump's executive order to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, this is how CPB works, and how it distributes money to public media stations across the country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC485mf9LRM #NPR #PBS #PublicMedia
#NPR & #PublicRadio stations sue #Trump over funding ban
NPR & 3 #Colorado public radio stations filed suit Tues in federal court against the admin over the #ExecutiveOrder purportedly barring the use of Congressionally appropriated funds for #NPR & #PBS.
"It is not always obvious when the government has acted with a retaliatory purpose in violation of the #FirstAmendment. 'But this wolf comes as a wolf,'" states the #legal brief….
#law #Congress #SeparationOfPowers
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/27/nx-s1-5413094/npr-public-radio-lawsuit-trump-funding-ban
I signed up to #PBS Passport and I’m donating $20/month to my local station, KQED. It’s a better investment than subscribing to Paramount Plus, for sure. Consider signing up for a *recurring* donation to your local station to show your support.
Even better, some employers will *match* your recurring donations. Get your bosses to support your local station!
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#BillMoyers, eminence of public affairs broadcasting, dies at 91
He was White House press secretary under Lyndon B. Johnson & Newsday publisher before becoming an acclaimed television #journalist, mostly for #PBS.
#TruthInBroadcasting #news #US #democracy #FreeSpeech #FreePress #law #journalism [no joke, for me, a bit of a heart throb]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/06/26/bill-moyers-lbj-pbs-broadcasting-dead/
Conservatives Get the #PBS & #NPR Cuts They’ve Wanted for Decades
The cuts speak to #Trump’s grip on his party but also to the sweeping changes in #media.
They tried under Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush & George W. Bush. Newt Gingrich gave it a go when he controlled the #House, & Bob Dole did, too, when he held power in the #Senate.
But for 5 decades, #Republicans failed time & again to choke off #federal #funding for #PublicBroadcasting.
#censorship #autocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/business/media/npr-pbs-funding-cuts-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare