Friday, June 13th
Arizona Spotlight
8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Repeats at 5 p.m. Saturday)
Arizona Spotlight looks at a study from the University of Colorado rating 50 U.S. cities on how highly they value humor - Tucson was near the bottom of the list. Is Tucson's funny bone missing or just misunderstood?
This American Life: Degrees
Noon (Repeats at 7 p.m. on Sunday)
 This week we bring you stories of people who go one way, and then, for whatever reason, turn around and go the exact opposite direction.
The Treatment
Host Elvis Mitchell talks to actor/writer/director Clark Gregg about his second feature film Trust Me, and defending his character Agent Coulson to old school Marvel fans.
The Treatment
Sunday, June 15th
TED Radio Hour: Overcoming
Noon
TED speakers share stories of overcoming a weakness and turning it into a strength.
1 p.m.
In this hour of
Radiolab: reframing our ideas about normalcy. Evolution results from the ability of organisms to change. But how do you tell the difference between a sea change and a ripple in the water?
Radiolab
NPR 89.1 schedule
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Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, Jr.
Noon (Runs approximately three hours and twenty minutes)
 Die Fledermaus tells the tale of a silly prank, the victim's revenge and concealed identities that come to life.
A Prairie Home Companion
4 p.m. (airs Sundays at 10 a.m. on NPR 89.1)
The program comes to you live from Fabulous Fox Theatre in Saint Louis, Missouri. Special guests include innovator and preservationist Pokey LaFarge, banjo player, guitarist, and songwriter Joe Newberry, and guitar heavyweight Steve Wariner.
Weeknights
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Artists in Exile, Part 1
7 p.m.
This week, hear stories of the appreciation of new places but also the terrible lonliness that comes from being in exile, forced from one's home by internal strife and placed thousands of miles away in a new world.
Visit Exploring Music
Classical 90.5 schedule
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Friday, June 13th NEW PROGRAMMING
Friday News & Public Affairs Block
8 p.m. Washington Week
8:30 p.m. Metro Week
9 p.m. Arizona Week NEW TIME
9:30 p.m. Charlie Rose: The Week
Hollywood at Home: Black Like Me
 This 1964 film is based on the real-life story of a white journalist who attempts to jump start his career by posing as a black man and traveling by bus through racially segregated Southern states. Hollywood at Home
Witness the string of events resulting from Caroline's new relationship.
8 p.m.
Masterpiece Mystery! The Escape Artist Part 1 Defense lawyer Will Burton's family is threatened when he takes the case of an unsavory suspect.Masterpiece
Monday, June 16th
American Pharaoh
10 p.m.
 Follow the American coach of the Egyptian football team and their quest to qualify for the World Cup.
Through a barrage of experiments and interviews, this documentary sheds light on a universal subject, ultimately asking: how can we get the most pleasure in our lives?
Wednesday, June 18th
Nova: At the Edge of Space
9 p.m.
 Probe the earth-space boundary zone, home to some of nature's most puzzling and alluring phenomena.
Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger's Drift - Part Two
10 p.m.
Homicide, blackmail, greed, and betrayal are just a taste of what goes on behind the well-trimmed hedges of Midsomer County.
PBS 6 schedule
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