Friday, May 2nd
Arizona Spotlight
8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Repeats at 5 p.m. Saturday)
 This week Arizona Spotlight talks to the director of "Who is Dayani Cristal?" a new documentary that tells the story of a Central American migrant who died while crossing the Arizona desert.
This American Life: I Was So High
Noon (Repeats at 7 p.m. on Sunday)
 This week, stories in which drug users and daily life intersect--and in which people get high in secret and then do their best to function in the non-high world.
This American Life
1 p.m.
Ted Allen, from the television series Chopped, has advice on how to get out of our food ruts, and a look at the stirrings of a movement in the wine world: "natural" wine.
Sunday, May 4th
TED Radio Hour: Spoken and Unspoken
Noon
We communicate with each other in all sorts of ways, spoken and unspoken. In this hour, TED speakers reflect on how our words and methods of communication affect us, more than you might expect.
TED Radio Hour
Radiolab: Blame
1 p.m.
 We ask what blame does for us: why do we need it, when isn't it enough, and what happens when we try to push past it with forgiveness and mercy?
NPR 89.1 schedule
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I Puritani by Vincenzo Bellini
10 a.m. (runs approximately three hours and thirty-five minutes)
 An exciting newcomer joins three acclaimed bel canto stars in Bellini's final opera. Olga Peretyatco makes her Met debut as Elvira, the young woman driven to madness, opposite Lawrence Brownlee, Mariusz Kwiecien, and Michele Pertusi.
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A Prairie Home Companion
4 p.m. (airs Sundays at 10 a.m. on NPR 89.1)
This week it's a live broadcast from the Des Moines Civic Center in Des Moines, Iowa, with special guest songwriter and guitarist Dave Moore.
Sunday, May 4th
From the Top
From the Top visits Vermillion, South Dakota, home of The National Music Museum. In addition to the performances of some incredible young musicians, this episode features the sounds of some of the museum's rare treasures.
From the Top
Weeknights
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, Part 1
7 p.m.
 On this edition of Exploring Music, we look at the "banquet years" in France.
Classical 90.5 schedule
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8:30 p.m. (Repeats Sunday at 10:30 a.m.)
Arizona Week talks with a retired customs agent and a Tucson attorney about the arrest of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel.
Hollywood at Home: Cabaret
Cabaret is set in 1930's Berlin where American cabaret dancer Sally Bowles,determined to keep up appearances as the world prepares for war, romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.
Hollywood at Home
Call the Midwife, Season 3: Episode Six
7 p.m.
 Follow Trixie's disappointment, Shelagh's decision and Patsy's struggles and determination.
Call The Midwife
Masterpiece Classic: Mr Selfridge Season 2, Part Six
8 p.m.
 Enjoy Miss Mardle's good luck as Leclair's and Harry's troubles deepen.
Masterpiece
The Bletchley Circle, Season 2: Uncustomed Goods, Part 2
9 p.m.
 Enter the underground world of contraband and trafficking as the women work to thwart a plot.
Tuesday, May 6th
Secrets of The Dead: The Lost Gardens of Babylon
9 p.m.
 See what the spectacular Hanging Gardens of Babylon looked like and how they were constructed.
Wednesday, May 7th
 Uncover the science behind the hunting instincts of the great white shark.Nova
Thursday, May 8th
Doc Martin: Gentlemen Prefer 9 p.m.
Despite his disastrous introduction to life in the village of Portwenn, Martin has decided to stay and give it a go.
New Locally Produced Public Affairs Program Premiering June 6th on PBS 6
Arizona Public Media announces the debut of Metro Week, a new locally produced, regionally focused news and public affairs program, hosted and produced by AZPM's Andrea Kelly. The program will air Fridays at 8:30 p.m. followed by Arizona Week at 9 p.m.
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