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Nature | Running with the Beest

Witness the great wildebeest migration in East Africa, the most impressive mass movement of land animals on Earth. Travel with two Maasai guides who expose today’s conflict between people and wildlife and share new ideas for co-existence.
Expires October 19, 2026
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Secrets of the Dead | Jurassic Fortunes

Discover the world of dinosaur collecting, a controversial hobby with a booming market. Hear perspectives on the fossil trade from private collectors, paleontologists, and others, as Big John—the largest Triceratops fossil ever found—is assembled in Italy and auctioned in France.
Expires October 18, 2026
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Next at the Kennedy Center | Embracing Duality: Modern Indigenous Culture

In partnership with electronic music pioneers The Halluci Nation, R&B artist Martha Redbone, and performance artist Ty Defoe, The Kennedy Center explores the impact and evolution of indigenous performing arts cultures.
Expires October 20, 2026
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New on Passport

Life Unearthed with Ariel Waldman | Antarctica: Life Under the Ice

Set in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys, Antarctica’s glacial and icy ecosystems reveal how frozen landscapes can sustain surprising forms of life. Explorer Ariel Waldman investigates cryoconite holes and hidden biospheres like Blood Falls, uncovering how extremophiles survive in punishing conditions and what they may teach us about potential life on icy moons beyond Earth.
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The American Southwest

From the Rockies to scorching deserts and iconic landscapes, the mighty Colorado River sustains wildlife and communities. Uncover the region’s deep cultural history and the urgent fight to protect its future. Narrated by Quannah Chasinghorse.
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The Cavern Sessions | Jeff Tweedy

Illinois-born Jeff Tweedy is an immense musical influence, honored in 2025 with the Americana’s Lifetime Achievement Award for decades-long contributions transcending genres and inspiring generations of musicians. Beginning his career with Alt-Country faves Uncle Tupelo, Tweedy next led Wilco, a GRAMMY Awards Best Alternative Band.
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Resolve to Solve with Miles O'Brien | Episodes 7 & 8

Episode 7 - Rewiring Addiction
Ali Rezai believes he can rewire the addicted brain without a scalpel. Using focused ultrasound aimed at the brain’s reward center, his West Virginia team has helped patients battling decades of heroin addiction and binge eating silence the cravings that once ruled their lives. Miles O’Brien meets the patients, families, and scientists chasing a treatment that sounds almost too good to be true.
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Episode 8 - The Brain, The Pain, and Psychedelics
When explorer Albert Lin’s phantom limb pain vanished after one dose of psilocybin, he sought the science behind it. Miles O’Brien, also an amputee living with phantom pain, joins a UC San Diego trial testing whether psychedelics can reopen the brain’s capacity to rewire itself. From octopus experiments to his own emotional psychedelic journey, O’Brien investigates a new frontier in pain medicine.
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American Experience | JFK, Part 1

PART ONE (1917-1960) - The youngest man ever elected to the presidency, JFK grew up privileged, wanting for nothing except good health. Faking a medical exam to pass conscription into WWII, JFK came home a war hero. Despite increasing health problems, JFK runs for and wins a seat in the Senate and then Congress before marrying Jacqueline Bouvier. In 1960, JFK runs for president.
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Independent Lens | Flood

Returning home to California’s Inland Empire, filmmaker Katy Scoggin seeks to reconnect with her estranged father, who works as an elementary science teacher. He is the only evangelical left in the family, and as they face their differences on faith, family, and belonging, their journey becomes a portrait of empathy and resilience. Together, they find new ways to listen and bridge divides.
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Walter Presents

One Step From Heaven | Season 6

Manuela joins Vincenzo’s team and proves herself through a string of mysteries: from a murdered researcher to a deadly border feud, a death at a monastery and the truth about Lara. As Vincenzo struggles with family, Carolina and trust, Francesco is forced to reopen the wound of Emma’s death. From Walter Presents, in Italian with English subtitles.
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