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American manufacturing has undergone a massive revolution over the past 20 years, becoming – gloomy perceptions to the contrary – the number-one manufacturing nation on earth. Cross the country with host Yul Kwon to look at traditional and not-so-traditional types of manufacturing. Along the way, meet the men and women who create the world’s best and most iconic products, engineers who are reinventing the American auto industry, steelworkers who brave intense heat to accommodate radical new ideas about recycling and engineers who are re-imagining the microchip.

Visit a small start-up company that is building personalized robots – machines that may one day reshape our homes and offices. Investigate the emerging notion that manufacturing itself is changing – from a system based on the movement and assembly of raw materials to a system in which ideas and information are the raw materials of a new economy.

Airs on WXXI-TV April 17, 2018 at 3:00 am (1 hour long)
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Join host Leslie Mueller as she visits The Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago to learn about the broadcast world from it’s exciting infancy to present day. Explore the Radio Hall of Fame, a working vintage radio station and the ‘Here’s Johnny, The Making of the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson’ special exhibition. Then join us for a look at the private archives area where broadcast history is carefully preserved.

Airs on WXXI-TV April 17, 2018 at 1:00 am (1/2 hour long)
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Twenty-two World War II veterans are invited on a trip to attend the 70th anniversary celebration of the invasion of D-Day in Normandy, France. Many of the veterans have reservations about attending and some are excited to set foot on the sands they fought on decades ago. No veteran was expecting the hero’s welcome that they would receive during their ten-day visit that, in the end, would change their lives.

Airs on WXXI-TV April 16, 2018 at 1:30 am (1/2 hour long)
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4 Wheel Bob tells the story of Bob Coomber, an intrepid adventurer who sets out to becone the first wheelchair hiker to cross the 11,845 foot Kearsarge Pass in the Sierra Nevada of California. The one-hour documentary follows the inspirational journey of Bob while encouraging us to look at our own self-imposed limitations and perhaps reach beyond what we think is possible.

Airs on WXXI-TV April 16, 2018 at 9:00 pm
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Gendron Jensen draws bones. Detailed, precise, wondrous, wakeful images of bones. Called a forest eccentric, a technical virtuoso and a romantic visionary, Jensen conjures art from nature and his meticulously rendered, often monumental drawings compel us to look into nature – beyond the ordinary – to a deeper, more spiritual realm.

Airs on WXXI-TV April 13, 2018 at 4:30 am (1/2 hour long)
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Drawing from ancient knowledge and cutting edge science, Symphony of the Soil is an artistic exploration of the miraculous substance soil. By understanding the elaborate relationships and mutuality between soil, water, the atmosphere, plants and animals, we come to appreciate the complex and dynamic nature of this precious resource. The film also examines our human relationship with soil, the use and misuse of soil in agriculture, deforestation and development, and the latest scientific research on soil’s key role in ameliorating the most challenging environmental issues of our time.

Filmed on four continents, featuring esteemed scientists and working farmers and ranchers, Symphony of the Soil is an intriguing presentation that highlights possibilities of healthy soil creating healthy plants creating healthy humans living on a healthy planet. Symphony of the Soil premiered at the Smithsonian, screened at the UN on World Soil Day to begin the International Year of the Soils, and was designated a New York Times Critic’s Pick.

Airs on WXXI-TV April 13, 2018 at 3:00 am (1 hour long)
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One hour south of the wealthy Silicon Valley, and 20 minutes east of the affluent Carmel area, sits the city of Salinas. The city is located at the head of a fertile valley – an area brought into public consciousness through the stories of John Steinbeck. On the east side of Salinas, in the predominantly Latino neighborhood known as Alisal, poverty, deplorable housing conditions and gang violence are a part of daily life.

THE SALINAS PROJECT profiles several children of migrant farm workers living in Alisal. Without resources, and sometimes undocumented, their future looks uncertain yet they cling to the hope of a better life. The film goes beyond the mainstream media representations to shine a light on the problems in East Salinas and highlight the successes of this often marginalized community. In the face of adversity, the young people of Salinas strive to improve their social and economic realities by educating themselves and changing their lives, one generation at a time.

Airs on WXXI-TV April 11, 2018 at 3:00 am (1 hour long)
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