American Experience
The Lie Detector
A look at the polygraph, a device created by two men in the 1920s that could tell if a person was lying, and how it has transformed police work. (150 minutes)
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UPCOMING EPISODES
Tue, 9/16 at 7:00 pm on Austin PBS HDTV
FDR: The Grandest Job in the World; The Juggler
A profile of Franklin D. Roosevelt examines his first two presidential terms, response to the Great Depression, and management of World War II. (150 minutes)
Fri, 9/19 at 6:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD
FDR: The Grandest Job in the World; The Juggler
A profile of Franklin D. Roosevelt examines his first two presidential terms, response to the Great Depression, and management of World War II. (150 minutes)
Fri, 9/19 at 11:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD
FDR: The Grandest Job in the World; The Juggler
A profile of Franklin D. Roosevelt examines his first two presidential terms, response to the Great Depression, and management of World War II. (150 minutes)
Sat, 9/20 at 7:00 am on Austin PBS WORLD
FDR: The Grandest Job in the World; The Juggler
A profile of Franklin D. Roosevelt examines his first two presidential terms, response to the Great Depression, and management of World War II. (150 minutes)
Sat, 9/20 at 1:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD
FDR: The Grandest Job in the World; The Juggler
A profile of Franklin D. Roosevelt examines his first two presidential terms, response to the Great Depression, and management of World War II. (150 minutes)
Sun, 9/21 at 3:00 am on Austin PBS WORLD
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
Black and white citizens work together to create racially integrated public schools in the middle of the Mississippi Delta. (120 minutes)
Tue, 9/30 at 8:00 pm on Austin PBS HDTV
The Hard Hat Riot
Students protesting the Vietnam War violently clash with construction workers in 1970 New York. (90 minutes)