Friday, May 16th
Arizona Spotlight
8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Repeats at 5 p.m. Saturday)
More than 4,000 years of local history are being honored at the San Ysidro Festival at Mission Garden, and Arizona Spotlight talks with a local historian about reviving a very old tradition.
This American Life: Americans in Paris
Noon (Repeats at 7 p.m. on Sunday)
 This week, host Ira Glass talks with writer David Sedaris at the Louvre in Paris. Many Americans have dreamy and romantic ideas about Paris, but what's it actually like in Paris if you're an American, without rose-colored glasses?
This American Life
5:30 p.m.
 Host Elivis Mitchell talks to actor John Slattery (Mad Men) about producing his new film based on the 1983 novel God's Pocket.
Sunday, May 18th
TED Radio Hour: Why We Collaborate
Noon
What motivates dozens, thousands, even millions of people to come together on the Internet and commit their time to a project for free? In this hour, TED speakers unravel ideas behind the mystery of mass collaborations that build a better world.
1 p.m.
 In this episode, one psychologist's zeal to safeguard national security may have created a terrorist, while one community's efforts to protect an endangered bird had deadly consequences. And against all odds, a toxic lake spawns new life.
NPR 89.1 schedule
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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
Noon (runs approximately three hours)
 Shakespeare's drama finds new dimension in Giuseppe Verdi's blazing and revealingly expressive music. Otello seems unbeatable on the battlefield, but he's powerless against his insidious henchman lago, who convinces him that his innocent wife has been untrue.
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A Prairie Home Companion
4 p.m. (airs Sundays at 10 a.m. on NPR 89.1)
Live from Atlanta, Georgia this week's show brings you Suzy Bogguss, bluegrass guitarist Bryan Sutton, and songwriter Lynn Peterson.
Sunday, May 18th
From the Top
 This week From the Top features one of the country's strongest teenage string quartets and a young composer who's written a piece with four movements inspired by the four ancient elements: earth, water, air and fire.
From the Top
Weeknights
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin:
Italian Souvenirs
7 p.m.
 McGlaughlin explores music by composers who were inspired by trips to Italy, including Berlioz, Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn.
Classical 90.5 schedule
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8:30 p.m. (Repeats Sunday at 10:30 a.m.)
As the state begins its overhaul of what was known as Child Protective Services, Arizona Week looks what Arizonans can expect from the state's child welfare agency moving forward.
Hollywood at Home: Separate Tables
 David Niven won a Best Actor Oscar for his role in this poignant drama about a small, seaside hotel that houses a desperate group of unfulfilled people.
Hollywood at Home
Sunday, May 18thAmerican Masters: Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself 2 p.m. Journey through the tall-tale life of participatory journalist George Plimpton, co-founder of the Paris Review, amateur sportsman and actor.
American Masters
Call the Midwife, Season 3: Episode Eight
7 p.m.
 Watch preparations for Chummy to nurse her mother and Shelagh to enter the choir into competition.
Call The Midwife
Masterpiece Classic: Mr Selfridge Season 2, Part Eight
8 p.m.
 See how justice is served - as well as romance - as soldiers return and others leave for the front.
Masterpiece
Tuesday, May 20th
Coming Back with Wes Moore: Fitting In
8 p.m.
 Explore the notion of identity, how it's altered during deployment and altered again on return home.
Nature: The Gathering Swarms
 Check out swarm intelligence, essentially a living embodiment of social media in the natural world. Nature
Thursday, May 22nd
Doc Martin: The Portwenn Effect
9 p.m.
It's time for the Portwenn Players Dance, but Martin doesn't dance, and especially not at social occasions.
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 featuring in-depth reporting, 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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