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Ratko Mladic was the head of the Bosnian-Serb army, and during the war of the 1990s, that army is alleged to have committed various atrocities across Bosnia. The crimes Mladic is accused of, that he’s perhaps most synonymous with, are the shelling and siege of Sarajevo, and the murder of over 7,000 men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995. He’s also being tried on another genocide charge for Serb forces’ actions in Prijedor, where recently a mass grave was discovered— a discovery that happened during the course of the trial and will be explored in our film.

Airs 3/19 at 9 p.m.

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Take a magical journey to the house at 306 Hollywood Avenue. After its owner dies, her two grandchildren begin an epic excavation of her belongings. Lip-synced conversations and dramatic animations come to life in this magical realist documentary.

Airs 3/18 at 9 p.m.

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Sees choirs from across Ireland join composer and arranger John Anderson and his Voices of Ireland in and around the spectacular setting of St Patrick’s Cathedral. Set around the ancient city of Armagh–the spiritual capital of the island–this celebration marks the beginning of a festival that culminates with St Patrick’s Day parades across the world.

Airs 3/17 at 7 p.m.

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Rejected by the status quo and embattled to defend his futuristic, yet naturalistic visions, an anti-establishment architect finds unexpected allies in the small town where he hopes to build his architectural fantasia. “TELOS” chronicles the unorthodox life and revolutionary work of Eugene Tssui, an eccentric visionary and a maverick architect. He questions traditional building standards and put nature and the environment at the forefront of his designs long before “green” and “eco-friendly” became buzzwords.

Airs 3/15 at 3 a.m.

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Join Professor Shakhashiri and friends in his lab for a series of captivating scientific and artistic demonstrations.

Airs Thursday at 2 a.m. beginning 3/14.

• #1601 – University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry Professor Bassam Shakhashiri and his friends show that mixing chemicals can make liquids change color, become solid, expand and light up. All this, and a tuneful interlude too!
• #1602 – In this science entertainment, University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry Professor Bassam Shakhashiri is joined by scientist Rodney Schreiner to display balloons that explode, a book that burns, bottles that bang, and metals that flash, flame, and sing.
• #1701 – Renowned science communicator and University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri presents a series of silver experiments. Silver solutions darken and brighten, tarnished silver regains its shine, and silver needles grow on a copper tree. Other solutions change colors, too, as do flames and gases. He is joined by special guests in this fun-filled show, packed with the sights and sounds of science.
• #1702 – In this science entertainment program, renowned science communicator and University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri shares fun experiments – liquids change color, balls levitate, and bottles pop their corks. He is joined by special guests who show how liquids can change color, how we can see what isn’t there, and who entertain us with an operatic interlude. This fun-filled show is packed with the sights and sounds of science.
• #1801 – University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry Professor Bassam Shakhashiri and his friends present experiments with an assortment of gases. Carbon dioxide shows its many sides when it changes the colors of solutions, generates a plume of fog, inflates a rubber bulb, and puts out fires. Bubbles filled with methane gas rise and ignite in balls of flame. Oxygen gas turns into a liquid that sticks to a magnet.
• #1802 – Join renowned science communicator and University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Bassam Shakhashiri as he shows the colorful side of metals. Solutions of metals change colors when mixed with other solutions. Colorful flames blaze when solutions of metals are sprayed into them. Metal wires sing and a metal pipe howls. He is joined by special guests in this fun-filled show, packed with the sights and sounds of science.

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A story of people: people from every conceivable background – rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy.  Airs 3/13 at 9 p.m.

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airs 3/13 at 8 p.m

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– There are more than 93 million Americans in the workforce today without a degree. Their standard of living is falling and their earnings gap is increasing. These adults missed their chance to go to college – or never finished a degree program. Courageous Learning follows the lives of three adult students: Shawn, Joe, and Angeline -a veteran, a single dad, and a nurse – as they face obstacles in the pursuit of higher education. Experts, including leaders from academia, think tanks, government, and nonprofits, provide a guide to the landscape of post-secondary education in the 21st century – and reveal it as terrain that too few travel. Narrated by actor Dennis Haysbert.

Airs 3/11 at 1:30 a.m. (3/18 at 2:30 a.m.)

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