Friday, May 23rd
Arizona Spotlight
8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Repeats at 5 p.m. Saturday)
 As many as 10 percent of people seeking asylum in the US are escaping persecution in their native country because of sexual orientation or gender identity. Arizona Spotlight talks to Marco Antonio Galdino who fled Brazil in 1995 and is living in Tucson awaiting a final decision on his asylum case.
This American Life: Is That What I Look Like? Noon (Repeats at 7 p.m. on Sunday)
 Listen to stories of people who get a glimpse of themselves from some other vantage point and discover things that they had never known.
This American Life
The Splendid Table
1 p.m
This week The Splendid Table takes on fried chicken, with Lee Brian Schrager and Adeena Sussman, authors of "Fried and True: More than 50 Recipes for America's Best Fried Chicken and Sides."
5:30 p.m.
 Director James Gray talks to Elvis Mitchell about re-teaming with Joaquin Phoenix for his new film The Immigrant and makes the important distinction between "melodrama" and "melodramatic."
Sunday, May 25th
Noon
Journey through fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions and new ways to think and create. Each episode of TED Radio Hour includes riveting excerpts from some of the world's deepest thinkers and innovators.
1 p.m.
 This hour of Radiolab asks if it's possible for anyone to lead a life without deception. We consult a cast of characters, from pathological liars to drunken psychiatrists, to try and understand the strange power of lying to yourself and others.
Radiolab
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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
Noon (runs approximately three hours)
 A love that knows no boundaries goes horribly wrong in a fateful meeting of East and West.
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A Prairie Home Companion
4 p.m. (airs Sundays at 10 a.m. on NPR 89.1)
 A Prairie Home Companion is live from the Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. Special guests include, masters of ballroom perfection Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, vocalist Heather Masse, and our staff blues singer Hilary Thavis.
Sunday, May 25th
From the Top
This week's program features a pianist who, at the age of nine, was the youngest performer ever to sign with the recording label, EMI, and we meet a 17-year-old who, having grown up in one of the toughest neighborhoods in San Francisco, has emerged to become a formidable mezzo-soprano.
From the Top
Weeknights
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin:
Symphony X
7 p.m.
 Even after being stretched to its limits, the symphony remained the pinnacle of achievement for many 20th century composers. This week, Bill McGlaughlin continues his multi-part exploration of this vibrant, exciting musical form.
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8:30 p.m. (Repeats Sunday at 10:30 a.m.)
As wildfire season begins again, Arizona Week looks back at the devastating Monument fire. Arizona Week
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 25th
National Memorial Day Concert 2014
5 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. (repeats Monday at 6:30 p.m.)
 Live from the U.S. Capitol, Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise co-host the 25th anniversary broadcast of this night of remembrance honoring the service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform.
Monday, May 26th
American Experience: Death and the Civil War
9 p.m.
 Explore the political and social changes wrought by the pervasiveness and fear of death during the Civil War.
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Coming Back with Wes Moore: Moving Forward
8 p.m.
 In this episode, host Wes Moore highlights veterans' drive to find a new mission, to be part of something bigger than themselves.
9 p.m.
This program recounts D-Day, examining everything from strategy to logistics; probability analysis to operational decisions - conveying the enormous scale of the invasion through innovative visualization.
Frontline: Battle Zones: Ukraine & Syria
10 p.m.
 Frontline examines the deep-seated hatreds between rivals in Ukraine and hear from Syrian rebel fighters. Frontline
Nova: D-Day's Sunken Secrets
 On the seabed bordering the D-Day beaches dive teams, submersibles and underwater robots identify Allied craft that fell victim to German shellfire, mines and torpedoes.
Thursday, May 29th
Death in Paradise: Arriving in Paradise
8 p.m.
Inspector Richard Poole arrives on the tiny paradise island of Saint-Marie to investigate a murder.
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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