Friday, April 18th
Arizona Spotlight
8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Repeats at 5 p.m. Saturday)
 This week, blogger Jes Baker talks about the Body Love Conference she organized in Tucson, her goals for a "body love" movement and her critical view of the standard of beauty portrayed in the mass media.
This American Life: No Coincidence, No Story!
Noon (Repeats at 7 p.m. on Sunday)
We asked listeners to send us their best coincidence stories. There were so many good ones we decided to make a whole show about them!
This American Life
1 p.m.
On today's program, Dan Buettner, author of "Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way," tells us about the significance of the shared meal among the world's happiest people.
Sunday, April 20th
TED Radio Hour: Believers and Doubters
Noon
TED speakers offer perspectives on belief from all ends of the spectrum, from atheists to the devout.
NPR 89.1 schedule
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Arabella by Richard Strauss
10 a.m. (runs approximately three hours and fifty-five minutes)
 Swedish soprano Malin Byström stars in the title role of Strauss's nostalgic romance, which explores the fleeting charms of youth, opposite Michael Volle and Genia Kuhmeier.
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A Prairie Home Companion
4 p.m. (airs Sundays at 10 a.m. on NPR 89.1)
This week's program features a spring rebroadcast of a show originally from April 2011 at The Town Hall in New York City. The Assad Brothers play "Palhaço," Robin and Linda Williams join Garrison for a Hazel Dickens tribute, and the DiGiallonardo Sisters sing "Somewhere Out There."
Sunday, April 20th
From the Top
 The program visits the Aspen Music Festival and School to meet the young musicians who've gathered there to study. Hear the story of a young pianist who found his way to America from a small, rural village in southern China.
From the Top
Weeknights
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Shakespeare
7 p.m.
We'll sample from the wealth of music inspired by the Bard's verse, including pieces written by Purcell, Dvořák, Berlioz and Bernstein.
Classical 90.5 schedule
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AZ Illustrated Politics
6:30 p.m.
Join Arizona Illustrated Politics for an in-depth debate and analysis of the week's local, state and national political news.
8:30 p.m. (Repeats Sunday at 10:30 a.m.)
Arizona Week travels to Gila Bend for a tour of the world's largest solar thermal energy plant.
Hollywood at Home: The Last Emperor
 Experience the splendor of Bernardo Bertolucci's Academy Award-winning film about the last emperor of China.
Hollywood at Home
Call the Midwife, Season 3: Episode Four
7 p.m.
 Watch Jenny and Sister Winifred help an agoraphobic woman and see developments with Jenny and Alec.
Call The Midwife
Masterpiece Classic: Mr Selfridge Season 2, Part Four
8 p.m.
Miss Mardle houses a handsome refugee, Thackeray spies on Leclair and Harry has a showdown at cards with Loxley.
Masterpiece
The Bletchley Circle, Season 2: Blood On Their Hands, Part 2
9 p.m.
 The women use the skills honed at Bletchley Park - and take dangerous chances - to try to exonerate Alice, who is facing the gallows. It's a race against time to prove her innocence and save her life.
Tuesday, April 22nd
American Masters: A Fierce Green Fire
9 p.m.
 Experience the battle for a living planet in this exploration of the environmental movement.
Join PBS for a primetime line-up of nature, science and technology programs.
8 p.m. - Nature, see how a troop of snow monkeys in Japan prepare to face the world.
9 p.m. - Nova explores the social lives of some of the smartest animals on the planet.
10 p.m. - Your Inner Fish looks at which beneficial traits our primate progenitors bequeathed us.
Thursday, April 24th
Doc Martin, The Movie
9 p.m.
 Before the series we know today, there were two television movies with Dr. Bamford at their center. Doc Martin: The Movie is the first of these "prequels."
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