Weekly Schedule | Austin PBS WORLD

Week of May 18, 2025

Sunday May 18, 2025

12:30 am

Dreams of Glory: The World of Women's Sumo

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 am

Pacific Heartbeat - Loimata, The Sweetest Tears

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 am

Asian Americans - Good Americans

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 am

POV - Who's Afraid of Nathan Law?

(Duration: 90 minutes)

4:30 am

Stories From the Stage - Being Asian

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 am

On Story - On the Making of Sing Sing

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

Washington Week With The Atlantic

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:30 am

The Open Mind - Knowing the Nocturnal

(Duration: 30 minutes)

7:00 am

Focus on Europe

(Duration: 30 minutes)

7:30 am

Global Us

(Duration: 30 minutes)

8:00 am

Asian Americans - Good Americans

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 am

Pacific Heartbeat - Loimata, The Sweetest Tears

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 am

The Chavis Chronicles - Dominique Calhoun -- 81st President National Bar Association

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 am

Laura Flanders & Friends

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 am

Great Lakes Now - Poisonous Ponds: Tackling Toxic Coal Ash

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:30 am

America's Heartland

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:00 pm

This American Land - Confronting Sea Level Rise; Protecting Wyoming Public Lands; Revising Forest Plans

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:30 pm

Start Up - Posies Flower Truck: Tampa, FL

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

Bloomberg Wall Street Week

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 pm

The Open Mind - Knowing the Nocturnal

(Duration: 30 minutes)

2:30 pm

ICT Newscast With Aliyah Chavez

(Duration: 30 minutes)

3:00 pm

Global Us

(Duration: 30 minutes)

3:30 pm

On Story - On the Making of Sing Sing

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:00 pm

Asian Americans - Good Americans

(Duration: 60 minutes)

5:00 pm

Pacific Heartbeat - Loimata, The Sweetest Tears

(Duration: 60 minutes)

6:00 pm

A French Village - Chaos

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

Great Performances - Yellow Face

(Duration: 120 minutes)

9:00 pm

Doc World - Someone Lives Here

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 pm

American Masters - HOPPER: An American Love Story

(Duration: 60 minutes)

11:00 pm

Great Performances - Yellow Face

(Duration: 120 minutes)

Monday May 19, 2025

1:00 am

Doc World - Someone Lives Here

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 am

American Masters - HOPPER: An American Love Story

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 am

We Said No! No! A Story of Civil Disobedience

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 am

The Class - System Failure

(Duration: 60 minutes)

5:00 am

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

The Whitney Reynolds Show - Full Circle Narratives

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

Newsroom Tokyo

(Duration: 28 minutes)

6:28 am

Direct Talk

(Duration: 15 minutes)

6:43 am

Short Program

(Duration: 17 minutes)

7:00 am

When We Were Shuttle

(Duration: 120 minutes)

9:00 am

Doc World - Someone Lives Here

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 am

American Masters - HOPPER: An American Love Story

(Duration: 60 minutes)

11:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

12:00 pm

The Whitney Reynolds Show - Full Circle Narratives

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:30 pm

The Open Mind - Knowing the Nocturnal

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

Pacific Heartbeat - Ola Hou -- Journey to New York Fashion Week

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 pm

Pacific Heartbeat - Island Cowgirls

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 pm

Pacific Heartbeat - Daughters of the Waves

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 pm

DW News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 pm

BBC News America

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 pm

France 24

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 pm

NHK Newsline

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 pm

Snapshots of Confinement

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

POV - Against the Tide

(Duration: 90 minutes)

8:30 pm

Stories From the Stage - What I Did for Love

(Duration: 30 minutes)

9:00 pm

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 pm

The Day

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 pm

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 pm

Snapshots of Confinement

(Duration: 60 minutes)

Tuesday May 20, 2025

12:00 am

POV - Against the Tide

(Duration: 90 minutes)

1:30 am

Stories From the Stage - What I Did for Love

(Duration: 30 minutes)

2:00 am

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 am

Life From Above - Moving Planet

(Duration: 60 minutes)

5:00 am

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

Asia Insight

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

Newsroom Tokyo

(Duration: 28 minutes)

6:28 am

Direct Talk

(Duration: 15 minutes)

6:43 am

Short Program

(Duration: 17 minutes)

7:00 am

Snapshots of Confinement

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 am

POV - Against the Tide

(Duration: 90 minutes)

9:30 am

Stories From the Stage - What I Did for Love

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:00 am

Expedition With Steve Backshall: Unpacked - Close Encounters

(Duration: 60 minutes)

11:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

12:00 pm

Consuelo Mack WealthTrack - Great Investor Warnings

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:30 pm

Asia Insight

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

Pacific Heartbeat - High Tide, Don't Hide

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 pm

Pacific Heartbeat - Hawai'i's Precious Resources

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 pm

A House in the Garden: Shofuso and Modernism

(Duration: 30 minutes)

3:30 pm

POV Shorts - Happiness Is 4 Million Pounds

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:00 pm

DW News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 pm

BBC News America

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 pm

France 24

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 pm

NHK Newsline

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 pm

NOVA - Ultimate Crash Test: Impact

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

Bugs That Rule the World - Lifegivers

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 pm

Life From Above - Colorful Planet

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 pm

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 pm

The Day

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 pm

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 pm

NOVA - Ultimate Crash Test: Impact

(Duration: 60 minutes)

Wednesday May 21, 2025

12:00 am

Bugs That Rule the World - Lifegivers

(Duration: 60 minutes)

1:00 am

Life From Above - Colorful Planet

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 am

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 am

We Said No! No! A Story of Civil Disobedience

(Duration: 60 minutes)

5:00 am

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

GZERO World With Ian Bremmer - The Race to Superintelligence

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

Newsroom Tokyo

(Duration: 28 minutes)

6:28 am

Direct Talk

(Duration: 15 minutes)

6:43 am

Short Program

(Duration: 17 minutes)

7:00 am

NOVA - Ultimate Crash Test: Impact

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 am

Bugs That Rule the World - Lifegivers

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 am

Life From Above - Colorful Planet

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 am

We Said No! No! A Story of Civil Disobedience

(Duration: 60 minutes)

11:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

12:00 pm

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:30 pm

Energy Switch - Carbon Markets, part 2

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

Skindigenous - India

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:30 pm

Skindigenous - Taiwan

(Duration: 30 minutes)

2:00 pm

Skindigenous - New Zealand

(Duration: 30 minutes)

2:30 pm

Skindigenous - New Zealand

(Duration: 30 minutes)

3:00 pm

Skindigenous - Elle Festin

(Duration: 30 minutes)

3:30 pm

Skindigenous - Turumakina Duley

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:00 pm

DW News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 pm

BBC News America

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 pm

France 24

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 pm

NHK Newsline

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 pm

Breaking the Deadlock: A Power Play

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

Independent Lens - Who Is Michael Jang?

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 pm

Frontline - Hurricane Helene's Deadly Warning

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 pm

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 pm

The Day

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 pm

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 pm

Breaking the Deadlock: A Power Play

(Duration: 60 minutes)

Thursday May 22, 2025

12:00 am

Independent Lens - Who Is Michael Jang?

(Duration: 60 minutes)

1:00 am

Frontline - Hurricane Helene's Deadly Warning

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 am

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 am

The Class - System Failure

(Duration: 60 minutes)

5:00 am

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

Story in the Public Square - Elizabeth MeLampy

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

Newsroom Tokyo

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:30 am

Direct Talk

(Duration: 30 minutes)

7:00 am

Breaking the Deadlock: A Power Play

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 am

Independent Lens - Who Is Michael Jang?

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 am

Frontline - Hurricane Helene's Deadly Warning

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 am

The Class - System Failure

(Duration: 60 minutes)

11:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

12:00 pm

Story in the Public Square - Elizabeth MeLampy

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:30 pm

Second Opinion With Joan Lunden - Parkinson's Disease

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

PBS Arts Talk - Henry Winkler With Seal

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:30 pm

PBS Arts Talk - Rhiannon Giddens With Brian Stokes Mitchell

(Duration: 30 minutes)

2:00 pm

PBS Arts Talk - Ann Curry With Min Jin Lee

(Duration: 30 minutes)

2:30 pm

PBS Arts Talk - Misty Copeland With Nathaniel Mary Quinn

(Duration: 30 minutes)

3:00 pm

PBS Arts Talk - Rhiannon Giddens With Elvis Costello

(Duration: 30 minutes)

3:30 pm

PBS Arts Talk - Henry Winkler With Jimmy Kimmel

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:00 pm

DW News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 pm

BBC News America

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 pm

France 24

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 pm

NHK Newsline

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 pm

Come Back Anytime

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

Asian Americans - Generation Rising

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 pm

Pacific Heartbeat - The Healer Stones

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 pm

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 pm

The Day

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 pm

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 pm

Asian Americans - Generation Rising

(Duration: 60 minutes)

Friday May 23, 2025

12:00 am

Pacific Heartbeat - The Healer Stones

(Duration: 60 minutes)

1:00 am

Come Back Anytime

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 am

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 am

Dreams of Glory: The World of Women's Sumo

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 am

Stories From the Stage - What I Did for Love

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 am

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

Closer to Truth: Philosophy of Biology - How did Cognition and Emotion Evolve?

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

Newsroom Tokyo

(Duration: 28 minutes)

6:28 am

Direct Talk

(Duration: 15 minutes)

6:43 am

Short Program

(Duration: 17 minutes)

7:00 am

Asian Americans - Generation Rising

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 am

Pacific Heartbeat - The Healer Stones

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 am

Come Back Anytime

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 am

Dreams of Glory: The World of Women's Sumo

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 am

Stories From the Stage - What I Did for Love

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

12:00 pm

GZERO World With Ian Bremmer

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:30 pm

Closer to Truth: Philosophy of Biology - How did Cognition and Emotion Evolve?

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

Dreams of Glory: The World of Women's Sumo

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:30 pm

Stories From the Stage - What I Did for Love

(Duration: 30 minutes)

2:00 pm

Asian Americans - Generation Rising

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 pm

Pacific Heartbeat - The Healer Stones

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 pm

DW News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 pm

BBC News America

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 pm

France 24

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 pm

NHK Newsline

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 pm

Sominsai: The End of a 1000-Year-Old Festival

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

America Outdoors With Baratunde Thurston - Minnesota: A Better World

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 pm

Great Performances - Girl From the North Country

(Duration: 150 minutes)

10:30 pm

To Feel the Earth and Touch the Sky: Living the Legacy of American Modern Dance

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 pm

Sominsai: The End of a 1000-Year-Old Festival

(Duration: 60 minutes)

Saturday May 24, 2025

12:00 am

Independent Lens - Beyond Utopia

(Duration: 120 minutes)

2:00 am

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 am

Life From Above - Colorful Planet

(Duration: 60 minutes)

5:00 am

The Whitney Reynolds Show - Full Circle Narratives

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

Consuelo Mack WealthTrack

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:30 am

Washington Week With The Atlantic

(Duration: 30 minutes)

7:00 am

Sominsai: The End of a 1000-Year-Old Festival

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 am

Independent Lens - Beyond Utopia

(Duration: 120 minutes)

10:00 am

Consuelo Mack WealthTrack

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 am

The Whitney Reynolds Show - Inner Strength

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 am

Independent Lens - Who Is Michael Jang?

(Duration: 60 minutes)

12:00 pm

Dad's Secret War: France 1944

(Duration: 60 minutes)

1:00 pm

Village of Death: Oradour-Sur-Glane 1944

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 pm

A Final Landing on Iwo Jima

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 pm

Armed With Language

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 pm

Timeless Patriotism: Guam and World War II

(Duration: 60 minutes)

5:00 pm

Bob Dole, Italy and World War II

(Duration: 60 minutes)

6:00 pm

The Class - Personal Statement

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

Independent Lens - Hidden Letters

(Duration: 90 minutes)

8:30 pm

POV Shorts - Our Motherland Fantasy Nightmare

(Duration: 30 minutes)

9:00 pm

A French Village - Crossing the Line

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 pm

Asian Americans - Generation Rising

(Duration: 60 minutes)

11:00 pm

Independent Lens - Hidden Letters

(Duration: 90 minutes)