Friday, March 22nd
Arizona Spotlight
8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Repeats at 5 p.m. Saturday)
Advocating for Gay Rights - A look at a local organization that has been advocating on behalf of gay rights for over two decades.
Remembering the Holocaust - Students from the University of Arizona remember the six million lives lost in the Holocaust.
Voices for the Cure - Two sisters, one of whom is a breast cancer survivor, discuss the ways families can help share the heavy burden.
More stories from Arizona Spotlight
Saturday, March 23rd
This American Life "Trends With Benefits"
Noon (Repeats at 7 p.m. on Sunday)
Planet Money spent 6 months exploring the disability program, and emerges with a story of the U.S. economy quite different than the one we've been hearing.
This American Life
Snap Judgment "One of Our Own"
1 p.m.
Some say blood is thicker than water. In this episode, Snap Judgment explores the different ways people create that special alchemy called family.
Snap Judgment
Sunday, March 24th
Radiolab
1 p.m.
 Radiolab takes a long hard look at the body's system for getting out of trouble.
NPR 89.1 FM/1550AM schedule
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Saturday, March 23rd
Verdi's La Forza del Destino
10 a.m. (runs two hours)
 Verdi's sprawling, moody drama chronicles a noble family destroyed by powers beyond their control.
From the Top with Christopher O'Riley
Noon
This week From the Top is in Boston, Massachusetts, where you'll meet a young violinist who shared her music with her severely autistic brother and watched him use a song to be able to express his emotions for the very first time. Next, hear a soprano sing "The Lordly Hudson" by Ned Rorem, and a trio of teens play the final movement of the Brahms Second Piano Trio.
Weeknights
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
"Bach's Not-So-Minor B-Minor Mass"
7 p.m.
A week-long examination of the development of Bach's masterpiece, starting with the smaller Lutheran Masses which led up to the B Minor Mass, also includes influences from Palestrina to Bach's own instrumental and organ works..
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Friday, March 22nd
Arizona Week
8:30 p.m.
Arizona's five-year transportation plan is being updated, with a "dramatic shift" from road building and expansion to road maintenance because of reduced revenues.
Visit Arizona Week
Moyers & Company
"What Has Capitalism Done for Us Lately?"
9:00 p.m. A look at the widening gap between a booming stock market and a population that increasingly lives in poverty.
Oscar Hammerstein II: Out Of My Dreams
8:00 p.m.
 C elebrate the legendary works of the most acclaimed lyricist and librettist of the 20th century.
Sunday, March 24th
Barbra Streisand: One Night Only at the Village Vanguard
7 p.m.
 The legendary Barbra Streisand performs for a select group of fans and friends in the up-close-and-personal setting of the historic Village Vanguard club.
Special Two Part Series
Monday, March 25th & Tuesday, March 26th
180 Days: A Year Inside An American High School
9 p.m. (both nights)
 Explore the lives of teachers, administrators and parents struggling to keep students on track to graduate from a public school in Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, March 27th
Nova "Russian Meteor Strike"
8 p.m.
 Join Nova's hunt for clues to the origin of the meteor that crashed to earth on the morning of February 15, 2013, and exploded near the Ural Mountains in Siberia.
Thursday, March 28th
8 p.m.
 When a novice nun is discovered dead in her locked, smoke-filled bedroom, Inspector Poole must determine if it was a tragic accident or murder.
PBS 6 schedule
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