 Friday, March 29th
Arizona Spotlight
8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Repeats at 5 p.m. Saturday)
Booker T. Jones - The legendary organist talks about his career, and how he made music that has withstood the test of time.
Voices for the Cure - Two young women talk candidly and frankly to each other about the difficult choices they each had to make when they were diagnosed with breast cancer. .
More stories from Arizona Spotlight
Saturday, March 30th
This American Life "Tribes"
Noon (Repeats at 7 p.m. on Sunday)
 A Native American tribe is doing exactly the opposite of what you'd think they'd do: they're kicking people out of the tribe, huge numbers of them.
This American Life
NPR 89.1 FM/1550AM schedule
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James Reel's Cue Sheet
NPR Bracket Madness
Since I never developed an interest in following team sports, March Madness and the attendant brackets and office pools are beyond my experience, but there is one bracket scheme I can develop some enthusiasm for..
Saturday, March 30th
La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
10 a.m. (runs two hours and fifty minutes)
Love, sacrifice and redemption: the dazzling heroine of
La Traviata embodies all three in one of opera's most beloved stories.
From the Top with Christopher O'Riley
"Tucson, Arizona"
Noon
 This week From the Top features the program's visit to Centennial Hall in Tucson! Highlights include an 11-year-old violinist performing the last composition Debussy ever wrote, a teenage trumpet players performing an arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin and a classical guitarist from Tucson who is a budding naturalist.
 At Home with John Lunn: Composer of the Downton Abbey Soundtrack
1 p.m.
The celebrated film composer talks about his life and career. Sunday at 1 p.m. on Classical 90.5.
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 Friday, March 29th
Arizona Week
8:30 p.m. Reforming Arizona public employee pension plans in an effort to bring about fiscal balance.
Saturday, March 30th
Hollywood at Home "Eight Men Out"
9:00 p.m.
 Chicago White Sox players stand trial for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series.
Sunday, March 31st
Masterpiece: Classic "Mr. Selfridge"
8 p.m.
 In the premiere episode, upstart American Harry Selfridge moves heaven and earth to build his visionary department store in London.
Masterpiece
Special Two Part Series
Monday, April 1st & Tuesday, April 2nd
Frontline "Kind Hearted Woman"
9 p.m. (both nights)
 This special two-part series follows Robin Charboneau, an Oglala Sioux, on her difficult journey of discovery, heartbreak and redemption.
Tuesday, April 2nd
AZ Illustrated Science "Sheila's Story"
6:30 p.m.
 Sheila Claw-Starr, a survivor of domestic violence and addiction, describes how the traditional ways she learned as a child helped her heal herself and go on to help others on their journey to recovery.
Thursday, April 4th Call the Midwife
8 p.m.
In season two, Nonnatus House warmly welcomes the viewer back to follow the lives of the exceptional midwives and nursing nuns of 1950s London.
Call the Midwife
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