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THE MEMBERS’ MAGAZINE | MARCH 2010

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High School Quiz Show: Battle of the brains begins! 1

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And the Answer Is... “A great idea.” That’s what Massachusetts Education Commissioner Mitchell D. Chester said when we first raised the possibility of WGBH creating a TV quiz show for high school students. We envisioned a program that would be tied to the Commonwealth’s core curriculum, that would celebrate academic achievement, and that would bring together students, families, teachers, schools, and communities across the state—all rooting for their home teams.

We envisioned High School Quiz Show, which debuts Monday, March 22 (see page 11). We are deeply grateful to the funders who early on saw the

value of this new series and made it possible: Major production support for High School Quiz Show is provided by the University of Massachusetts. Research, development, and production funding is generously provided by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation. Additional funding is provided by Comcast, Massachusetts Teachers Association and New England Aquarium. And as always, without your crucial membership support we wouldn’t have the resources to bring new projects forward.

“We sent a flyer to test the waters with area schools,” recalls High School Quiz Show executive producer Hillary Wells. “Within just a few weeks, more than 70 schools in eastern Massachusetts had applied for the 20 slots.” Even as she whittled down the field—participating schools range from large to small, urban to suburban, charter to public—Hillary and her team climbed their own learning curve, immersing themselves in the nuances of game play and buzzer systems. They also found an ideal host: Dhaya Lakshminarayanan.

“Dhaya is energetic and fun—and with two degrees from MIT, a fabu-lous mentor for participants and viewers,” says Hillary. Dhaya is on familiar ground. She learned English by watching Sesame Street, Mister Rogers and Carl Sagan’s Cosmos on PBS. She also was part of her high school academic team.

We taped the qualifying rounds for eastern Massachusetts in late January in our Brighton studios before a packed and enthusiastic audience of all ages. The successful teams return in late spring for the quarterly, semifinal and final rounds, which will include their As Schools Match Wits counterparts from western Massachusetts.

I hope you’ll mark your calendar for March 22 and keep tuning in through the final face-off in June. We’re making the show available not only on 2 and 44, but on our World channel, via Comcast on Demand, and online (wgbh.org/highschoolquizshow).

It’s entertaining. It’s endorsed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. It’s what WGBH is here for. It’s High School Quiz Show. Tune in, and tell us what you think!

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Take $2 off adult admission to A Dedication to Craft (through 3/21). Discover traditions from the past in the present at this juried exhibition of furniture, jewelry and more from Boston’s historic North Bennet Street School. Info: 978-369-9609; concordmuseum.org

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Celtic ConcertJoin 89.7 WGBH host Brian O’Donovan for A St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Sojourn, featuring music, dance, conversation, poetry and history from Ireland and the Irish diaspora and receive a discount on tickets. Shown, Robbie O’Connell. Info: wgbh.org/celtic

Rockport Music Twenty-three-year-old jazz vocalist Rachael Price sings hits from the American song-book on 3/13. Receive 10% off each adult ticket, limit two per MemberCard. And, take

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WGBH Presents: Lidia’s ItalyTue, 3/23, 6:30pm, WGBH’s Yawkey Theater Join us for an evening with Lidia Bastianich, host of Lidia’s Italy on PBS and best-selling cookbook author. Her latest cookbook, Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy, will be available for purchase from the WGBH Shop. Lidia will be on hand to autograph cookbooks after the presentation! This event is free,

but RSVP is required at wgbh.org/lidiaevent.

Huntington Theatre CompanyDon’t miss Becky Shaw, a comedy about a blind date gone bad, by Law & Order writer/ producer Gina Gionfriddo. 3/5–4/4. WGBH members receive $5 off tickets (use code WGBH10). Info: 617-266-0800; huntingtontheatre.org

Boston Lyric OperaSee the North American premiere of the Welsh National Opera’s production of Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, 3/12–23, at the Citi Shubert Theatre and save 15% off tickets, excluding Sundays (use code SHWGBHWA). Info: 800-872-8997; broadwayoffers.com

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Paradise City Arts Festival Shop for crafts, art and sculpture to the sounds of live jazz in the Sculpture Café, 3/19–21 at the Royal Plaza Trade Center, Marlborough, MA. WGBH members receive 2-for-1 admission. Info: 800-511-9725; paradisecityarts.com

Merrimack Repertory TheatreDon’t miss the world premiere of The Last Days of Mickey and Jean, an original come-dy about an aging mobster forced into retirement. 3/18–4/11. WGBH members receive $5 off full-price single tickets. Info: 978-654-4678; merrimackrep.org

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Join us for a screening of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival hit Earth Days, about the modern environmental movement, which premieres in April on American Experience. Discussion follows with writer/producer/director Robert Stone. This event is free, but RSVP is required at wgbh.org/earthdaysscreening.

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What’s on 2 and 44Celebrating WomenIn celebration of the 30th anniversary of Women’s History Month, WGBH offers programs that highlight women’s achieve-ments in aviation, writing and politics. American Experience premieres Dolley Madison, a new film about the nation’s “first First Lady.” Dolley Madison was the first wife of a President to use her unelected position to legitimize the nation’s new capital, to create a political and social style for the new country and to give Americans a sense of their own national identity. As her successors have done ever since, Dolley

Madison adopted social causes of her own, including advocating for children left orphaned by the War of 1812. The film stars Tony Award winners Eve Best and Jefferson Mays as the Madisons.

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Betty Ford: The Real Deal Mon, 3/22 at 9pm on WGBH 2

Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority Mon, 3/22 at 10pm on WGBH 2

American Experience/Amelia EarhartThu, 3/25 at 8pm on WGBH 2

American MastersLouisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little WomenThu, 3/25 at 9pm on WGBH 2

Our Favorite Non-PlanetSince its discovery in 1930, Pluto has held a warm place in the public imag-ination. So, when the American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium stopped calling Pluto a planet, its director, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, found himself at the center of a firestorm led by angry Pluto-loving elementary school students. But what is it about this cold, distant rock that captures so many hearts? Nova joins Tyson on a quest to find out.

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Music You (and We) Love!Favorite Masterworks from Three Centuries, Selected by our Audience and Performers

30TH ANNIVERSARY TRIPLE-FORTE SEASON!

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Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589

Anton Bruckner: Locus Iste, Os Justi, Ave MariaVirga Jesse Floruit

Benjamin Britten: Rejoice in the LambHeinrich Christensen, organ; The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music and favorite vocal soloists, John W. Ehrlich, Conductor

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Celtic Thunder: It’s Entertainment!Chris Botti in Boston, Part IIDr. Christiane Northrup: Menopause and BeyondMore Funny Ladies of British ComedyRick Steves’ Mediterranean MosaicMy Music: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

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Monday 226pm 2 PBS NewsHour 44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston 44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 High School Quiz Show See Quiz Time, this page 44 Keeping Up Appearances 8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Baltimore, MD (Pt. 3) 44 Masterpiece Classic The Old Curiosity Shop9pm 2 Betty Ford: The Real Deal A pioneering first lady whose public battles with cancer and addiction changed lives.9:30 44 Vicar of Dibley 10pm 2 Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority Small in stature but a giant in vision, she began her life on a Maui sugar plantation and rose to become the first Asian American woman and woman of color in the United States Congress. 44 As Time Goes By 10:30 44 Keeping Up Appearances

Quiz TimeAnswering questions on topics ranging from history and liter-ature to current events and popular culture, students from 20 eastern Massachusetts schools face off in WGBH’s first season of High School Quiz Show. The weekly competition, hosted by Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, will culminate in a statewide playoff for the June championship against four finalist teams from the western Massachusetts academic quiz show As Schools Match Wits. Quiz questions are drawn from the core Massachusetts high school curriculum, and the show is endorsed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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Ballet in SneakersA “ballet in sneakers” choreo-graphed by the legendary Jerome Robbins in 1958, NY Export: Opus Jazz was a breakout success in its day, complete with a world tour and a broadcast on The Ed Sullivan Show. Set to an evocative jazz score by Robert Prince, with origi-nal abstract urban sets designed by Ben Shahn, the five movements blend ballet, jazz and ballroom

with Latin, African and American rhythms to create a style that remains expressive, sensual and contemporary.

Great Performances/Dance in America: NY Export: Opus JazzWed, 3/24 at 8pm on WGBH 2


11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour

Tuesday 236pm 2 PBS NewsHour 44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Anita Snow.

Anita Snow, cur-rently a Neiman Fellow at Harvard University, served as the Havana bureau chief for

the Associated Press from 1998 to 2009. Snow describes the life of a journalist in today’s Cuba and offers predictions for the future. 44 Keeping Up Appearances 8pm 2 Nova Cracking the Maya Code 44 Antiques Roadshow Baltimore, Maryland (Pt. 3)9pm 2 Frontline Close to Home. Producer Ofra Bikel chroni-cles how the middle class is faring in this recession through the stories of the people she’s come to know at the hair salon she’s frequented for the past 20 years. 44 Waking the Dead Endgame (Pt. 1) 10pm 2 Frontline Close to Home (See 9pm) 44 MI-5 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour

Wednesday 246pm 2 PBS NewsHour 44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston 44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Ask This Old House

44 Keeping Up Appearances 8pm 2 Great Performances Dance in America See Ballet in Sneakers, this page 44 This Old House Hour

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9pm 2 Great Performances at the Met Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher directs this new production of Jacques Offenbach’s fictionalized take on the life and loves of the German Romantic writer E.T.A. Hoffmann. Met music director James Levine conducts Joseph Calleja in the tour-de-force title role. Anna Netrebko is the tragic Antonia and Alan Held sings the demonic four villains. 44 Nova Cracking the Maya Code10pm 44 Nova ScienceNow 11pm 44 PBS NewsHour

Thursday 256pm 2 PBS NewsHour 44 Charlie Rose



7pm 2 Greater Boston 44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Basic Black 44 Keeping Up Appearances 8pm 2 American Experience Amelia Earhart. When

her plane disap-peared without a trace, the “First Lady of the Air” was instantly transformed into

an American legend. 44 Globe Trekker Globe Trekker Special: Planet of the Apes 9pm 2 American Masters Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women. The intellectual protégé of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, Alcott was a free thinker, with democratic ideals and progressive values about women. 44 Nature What Females Want and Males Will Do (Pt. 1) 10pm 44 Nature What Females Want and Males Will Do (Pt. 2)10:30 2 American Stamps

11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour


Saturday 27For kids programs (6am–10:30am), see page 3.11am 2 Victory Garden 44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Anita Snow (See 2/23 at 7:30pm)11:30 2 Everyday Food 44 Ask This Old House 12pm 2 Member Favorites 44 Member Favorites


Looking SharpeIn 1817, soldier/adventurer Richard Sharpe came out of retirement to quash a rebellion in British India and rescue his old friend Patrick Harper. Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings) returns as the swashbuckling hero of this long-running series, based on the best-selling novels of Bernard Cornwell, with Daragh O’Malley as Harper. The duo’s exploits put them at the center of a bloodthirsty insurgency, led by a psycho-pathic former English officer.

Masterpiece/Sharpe’s ChallengeSun, 3/28 at 9pm on WGBH 2

A Call to ConscienceTavis Smiley delves into one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s greatest speeches, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” which Dr. King delivered on April 4, 1967, at Riverside Church in New York City. King chal-lenged the morality of the Vietnam conflict and urged a national discussion about the role of America in the world. Smiley examines the implications of his words today, particu-larly in light of President Obama’s decision to increase US troops in Afghanistan.

Tavis Smiley Reports/Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break SilenceWed, 3/31 at 8pm on WGBH 2

Take No PrisonersAt the end of World War II in the Pacific, the “take no prisoners, fight to the bitter end” philosophy on both sides led to an unprece-dented orgy of slaughter. From the US capture of the Mariana Islands through the firebombing of Tokyo and the dropping of the atomic bomb, this program

chronicles the dreadful and unprecedented loss of life, and the deci-sions made by leaders on both sides that finally ended the war.

American Experience/Victory in the PacificMon, 3/29 at 9pm on WGBH 2


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Light Is the KeyNoted architect I.M. Pei, who left his native China in the 1930s, was invited to design a modern museum to house the antiquities of

Suzhou, where he grew up. This film follows his seven-and-a-half-year personal and architectural journey from West to East, a literal coming home— a realization of Pei’s lifelong dream, but also his biggest challenge and a work that he defines as “my biography.”

American MastersI.M. Pei: Building China ModernWed, 3/31 at 9pm on WGBH 2

Holding CourtFor 35 years, high school basketball coach Bob Hurley, Sr.’s methodi-cal yet volatile style has worked miracles for inner-city kids in New Jersey, sending all but two of the players he has coached to college. Now, a financial crisis threatens to close the high school to which he’s dedicated his life. Intimate and inspiring, The Street Stops Here is the story of a man’s lifelong com-mitment to improving the lives of inner-city kids and saving the high school that gives them hope.

The Street Stops HereWed, 3/31 at 10pm on WGBH 2

10pm 44 Independent Lens Lost Souls. Explores national identity, the lives of immi-grants and what happens after deport-ees are sent to a homeland they no longer consider home.11pm 2 Masterpiece Classic Sharpe’s Challenge (See 9pm) 44 Soundstage Willie Nelson

Monday 296pm 2 PBS NewsHour 44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston 44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 High School Quiz Show 44 Keeping Up Appearances 8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Denver, CO (Pt. 1) 44 Masterpiece Classic Sharpe’s Challenge (See 3/28 at 9pm) 9pm 2 American Experience Victory in the Pacific See Take No Prisoners, page 1310pm 44 As Time Goes By 10:30 44 Keeping Up Appearances 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour

Tuesday 306pm 2 PBS NewsHour 44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston 44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Alfredo Corchado. After Iraq, Mexico is one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists. Alfredo Corchado, the Mexican bureau chief for The Dallas Morning News, is one of the last journalists covering the increasingly violent drug war. In this interview with María Hinojosa, he talks about why he risks his life every day to report the truth. 44 Keeping Up Appearances 8pm 2 Nova Rat Attack 44 Antiques Roadshow Madison, WI (Pt. 2) 9pm 2 Frontline The Wounded Platoon. At the height of the Iraq war, Charlie Company’s 3rd Platoon was at the tip of the spear—one of the more exceptional and cohe-sive fighting units operating in an often chaotic campaign. Now, as the

soldiers return home, Frontline tracks down the surviving members of the platoon. 44 Waking the Dead Endgame (Pt. 2)

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Wednesday 316pm 2 PBS NewsHour 44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston 44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Ask This Old House 44 Keeping Up Appearances 8pm 2 Tavis Smiley Reports Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence See A Call to Conscience, page 13 44 This Old House Hour 9pm 2 American Masters I.M. Pei: Building China Modern See Light Is the Key, this page 44 Nova Rat Attack10pm 2 The Street Stops Here See Holding Court, this page 44 American Experience Amelia Earhart 11pm 44 PBS NewsHour 11:30 2 Charlie Rose 9pm 44 The Madness of King

George His Majesty was all-powerful and all-knowing. But he wasn’t quite all there. 1994. 11pm 44 High School Quiz Show 11:30 44 Roadtrip Nation

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8:30 44 Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack 9am 44 Washington Week 9:30 44 Greater Boston 10am 44 Inside Washington 10:30 44 Now on PBS 11am 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Anita Snow (See 2/23 at 7:30pm) 44 Bill Moyers Journal 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe12pm 2 Member Favorites 44 Member Favorites 5pm 2 High School Quiz Show 5:30 2 Member Favorites8pm 44 The Madness of King George (See 2/27 at 9pm) 9pm 2 Masterpiece Classic Sharpe’s Challenge See Looking Sharpe, page 13




HistoryAmerican Experience Dolley Madison Mon (3/1) 9pm on 2, Tue (3/2) 1am on 44, Tue (3/2) 2am on 2, Tue (3/2) 4am on 2, Wed (3/3) 3am on 44, Wed (3/3) 10pm on 44, Mon (3/8) 1am on 44, Tue (3/9) 3am on 44 • The Lobotomist Tue (3/23) 1am on 44, Tue (3/23) 4am on 2, Wed (3/24) 3am on 44 • Amelia Earhart Tue (3/23) 2:30pm on 44, Thu (3/25) 8pm on 2, Fri (3/26) 1am on 2, Wed (3/31) 10pm on 44 • Victory in the Pacific Mon (3/29) 9pm on 2, Tue (3/30) 1am on 44, Tue (3/30) 2am on 2, Tue (3/30) 4am on 2, Tue (3/30) 1:30pm on 44, Wed (3/31) 3am on 44American Masters John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature Wed (3/24) 4am on 44 • Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women Thu (3/25) 1:30pm on 44, Thu (3/25) 9pm on 2, Fri (3/26) 2am on 2 • I.M. Pei: Building China Modern Wed (3/31) 9pm on 2American Stamps Thu (3/25) 3pm on 44, Thu (3/25) 10:30pm on 2, Fri (3/26) 3:30am on 2Antiques Roadshow Madison, WI (Pt. 3) Mon (3/1) 8pm on 2, Tue (3/2) 1am on 2, Tue (3/2) 3am on 44, Tue (3/2) 8pm on 44, Wed (3/3) 5am on 44, Sat (3/6) 4am on 44, Sun (3/7) 6am on 44 • Baltimore, MD (Pt. 1) Tue (3/9) 2am on 44, Wed (3/10) 5am on 44, Sat (3/13) 4am on 44, Sat (3/13) 11am on 44, Sun (3/14) 6am on 44 • Baltimore, MD (Pt. 2) Tue (3/16) 2am on 44, Wed (3/17) 5am on 44, Sat (3/20) 4am on 44, Sat (3/20) 11am on 44, Sun (3/21) 6am on 44 • Baltimore, MD (Pt. 3) Mon (3/22) 8pm on 2, Tue (3/23) 1am on 2, Tue (3/23) 2am on 44, Tue (3/23) 5am on 2, Tue (3/23) 8pm on 44, Wed (3/24) 3am on 2, Wed (3/24) 5am on 44, Sun (3/28) 6am on 44 • Madison, WI (Pt. 2) Tue (3/30) 8pm on 44 • Denver, CO (Pt. 1) Mon (3/29) 8pm on 2 • Denver, CO (Pt. 1) Tue (3/30) 1am on 2, Wed (3/31) 5am on 44Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture Thu (3/11) 1am on 44, Fri (3/12) 3am on 44, Mon (3/15) 4am on 44Betty Ford: The Real Deal Mon (3/22) 9pm on 2, Tue (3/23) 2am on 2, Tue (3/23) 1:30pm on 44Blitz: London’s Longest Night Mon (3/15) 1am on 44, Tue (3/16) 3am on 44Civil War: War Is All Hell Fri (3/5) 8pm on 44Faces of America Know Thyself Wed (3/3) 8pm on 2, Thu (3/4) 1am on 2, Fri (3/5) 5am on 44, Mon (3/8) 5am on 44Helen of Troy Thu (3/4) 1:30pm on 44, Thu (3/4) 9pm on 2, Fri (3/5) 1am on 2Jerusalem: Center of the World Mon (3/22) 1am on 44, Mon (3/22) 4am on 2, Tue (3/23) 3am on 44Morristown: Where America Survived Mon (3/1) 10:30pm on 2, Tue (3/2) 2:30am on 44, Tue (3/2) 3:30am on 2, Tue (3/2) 5:30am on 2, Wed (3/3) 4:30am on 44, Mon (3/8) 2:30am on 44, Tue (3/9) 4:30am on 44The National Parks: America’s Best Idea The Scripture of Nature (1851–1890) Wed (3/10) 2:30am on 2, Sun (3/21) 1am on 2 • The Morning of Creation (1946–1980) Wed (3/3) 1:30pm on 44, Wed (3/3) 9pm on 2, Thu (3/4) 1am on 44, Thu (3/4) 2am on 2, Thu (3/4) 4am on 2, Fri (3/5) 3am on 44, Mon (3/8) 3am on 44Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority Mon (3/22) 10pm on 2, Tue (3/23) 3am on 2The Powder and the Glory Sat (3/27) 3am on 44Secrets of the Dead Thu (3/4) 8pm on 2, Thu (3/4) 10pm on 44

Time Team America Sun 3am on 44, Wed (3/10 and 3/17) 3am on 44, Wed (3/10 and 3/17) 4am on 44

Life and LivingAsk This Old House Tue–Sat 12:30am on 44, Mon (3/1 and 3/22) 3pm on 44, Wed (3/3, 2/24 and 3/31) at 7:30pm on 2, Mon–Thu (3/1–4) 4:30pm on 44, Fri (3/5) 10:30pm on 44, Sat (3/6, 3/20 and 3/27) 11:30am on 44, Mon–Thu (3/22–25) 4:30pm on 44, Mon–Wed (3/29–3/31) 4:30pm on 44Back Care Basics: Yoga for the Rest of Us Wed (3/10) 5am on 2Brain Fitness Frontiers Tue (3/9) 3am on 2, Sat (3/13) 1am on 2, Thu (3/18) 3am on 2, Fri (3/19) 4:30am on 2, Sun (3/21) at 4:30am on 2Brenda Watson’s Detox Strategy Wed (3/17) 4am on 2Change Your Brain, Change Your Body Mon (3/8) 1:30am on 2Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack Sun 8:30am on 44Diet Free with Zonya Foco Sun (3/7) 2am on 2, Mon (3/15) 1:30am on 2, Fri (3/19) 1am on 2, Sat (3/27) 2am on 2Dr. Christiane Northrup: Menopause and Beyond Tue (3/9) 1am on 2, Fri (3/12) 4am on 2, Tue (3/16) 4am on 2, Thu (3/18) 1am on 2, Sun (3/21) 2:30am on 2, Mon (3/22) 12mid on 2Dr. Wayne Dyer Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life Sat (3/6) 1am on 2, Fri (3/12) 1am on 2, Tue (3/16) 1am on 2 • Excuses Begone! Mon (3/8) 3am on 2 • The Power of Intention Sun (3/14) 3am on 2, Sat (3/20) 2:30am on 2, Mon (3/29) 1am on 2Emotional Freedom Now! With Dr Judith Orloff Tue (3/9) 4:30am on 2, Thu (3/18) 4:30am on 2Everyday Food Sat 11:30am on 2, Sun 5:30am on 2Food Trip with Todd English Wed (3/3) 4:30am on 2Globe Trekker Micronesia Thu (3/4) 8pm on 44 • Globe Trekker Special: Planet of the Apes Thu (3/25) 8pm on 44In the Life Sat (3/20) 11pm on 44Joel Harper’s Firming After 50 Wed (3/10) 4am on 2, Sun (3/28) 3am on 2Lidia’s Italy Wed (3/3) 4am on 2Magnificent Mind at Any Age Sat (3/13) 2:30am on 2Moneytrack Sun 8am on 44Place of our Own Mon–Fri 1pm on 44 (except 3/12)Ribbon of Sand Tue (3/2) 5:30am on 44Rick Steves’ Mediterranean Mosaic Mon (3/15) 3:30am on 2Rick Steves’ Europe Sun 11:30am on 2, Sun (3/7) 1:30am on 2, Thu (3/11) 3am on 2, Sat (3/13) 4am on 2, Sat (3/13) at 5:15am on 2, Wed (3/17) 5:30am on 2, Mon (3/22) 2am on 2, Mon (3/22) at 3:15am on 2, Sat (3/20) 1am on 2Smart Travels—Europe with Rudy Maxa Mon–Thu (3/1–4) 3:30pm on 44, Mon–Thu (3/22–25) 3:30pm on 44, Mon–Wed (3/29–31) 3:30pm on 44Steph Olsen: The Power of Money Mon (3/8) 12mid on 2, Fri (3/19) 3am on 2This Old House Hour Wed (3/3, 3/24 and 3/31) 8pm on 44, Fri 1am on 44, Sat 5am on 44, Fri (3/5 and 3/26) 4am on 2To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe Sun 7:30am on 44

Victory Garden Sat 11am on 2, Sun (3/7 and 3/28) 5am on 2, Wed (3/24) 4am on 2, Thu (3/25) 4am on 2Visions of Canada Sun (3/7) 12mid on 2, Wed (3/10) 1am on 2, Sun (3/14) 1:30am on 2, Wed (3/17) 2:30am on 2, Sun (3/28) 1:30am on 2Your Life, Your Money Fri (3/5) 10pm on 2

Music & DramaAustin City Limits Sun 12mid on 44Celine Dion: A New Day Mon (3/15) 12mid on 2Great Performances Sting: Songs from the Labyrinth Thu (3/11) 2am on 44, Fri (3/12) 4am on 44, Sun (3/14) 2am on 44, Mon (3/15) 5am on 44 • Dance in America Wed (3/24) 8pm on 2, Fri (3/26) 5am on 44, Sat (3/27) 1am on 2Great Performances at the Met The Barber of Seville Thu (3/18) 1am on 44, Fri (3/19) 3am on 44, Mon (3/22) 3am on 4 44 • Les Contes d’Hoffmann Wed (3/24) 9pm on 2, Thu (3/25) 1am on 2, Thu (3/25) 1am on 44, Fri (3/26) 2am on 44, Mon (3/29) 3am on 44Independent Lens The Eyes of Me Thu (3/4) 3am on 44, Sun (3/21) 10pm on 44 • Between the Folds Thu (3/11) 3am on 44, Tue (3/16) 1am on 44 • Butte, America Thu (3/18) 4am on 44 • Lost Souls Thu (3/25) 4am on 44, Sun (3/28) 10pm on 44Leonard Cohen Live in London Wed (3/17) 1am on 2, Sun (3/28) 12mid on 2Masterpiece Classic The Old Curiosity Shop Mon (3/22) 1:30pm on 44, Mon (3/22) 8pm on 44 • The 39 Steps Mon (3/1) 1:30pm on 44, Mon (3/1) 8pm on 44, Tue (3/2) 4am on 44 • Sharpe’s Challenge Sun (3/28) 9pm on 2, Sun (3/28) 11pm on 2, Mon (3/29) 1am on 44, Mon (3/29) 4am on 2, Mon (3/29) 1:30pm on 44, Mon (3/29) 8pm on 44, Tue (3/30) 3am on 44More Funny Ladies of British Comedy Thu (3/11) 4:30am on 2The Madness of King George Sat (3/27) 9pm on 44, Sun (3/28) 8pm on 44Roadtrip Nation Sat (3/27) 11:30pm on 44Roy Orbison A Black and White Night Sat (3/20) 5:30am on 2 • In Dreams Sun (3/21) 12mid on 2Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Thu (3/11) 1am on 2SoundStage Willie Nelson Sun (3/21 and 3/28) 11pm on 44The Street Stops Here Wed (3/31) 10pm on 2Synchronized Swimming: The Pursuit of Excellence Fri (3/19) 2am on 44, Sat (3/20) 3am on 44Queen Rock Montreal Sun (3/14) 12mid on 2

Best of BritainAs Time Goes By Mon (3/1, 3/22 and 3/29) 10pm on 44Keeping Up Appearances Mon–Fri (3/1–5) 7:30pm on 44, Mon–Thu (3/22–25) 7:30pm on 44, Mon–Wed (3/29–31) 7:30pm on 44, Mon (3/1, 3/22 and 3/29) 10:30pm on 44MI-5 Tue (3/2) 9pm on 44, Tue (3/2) 10pm on 44, Tue (3/23) 10pm on 44, Tue (3/30) 10pm on 44Vicar of Dibley Mon (3/1 and 3/22) 9:30pm on 44Waking the Dead Tue (3/23) 9pm on 44, Tue (3/30) 9pm on 44

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As always, WGBH makes every effort to keep pace with breaking news and world events. Given press deadlines for Explore!, some program information cited this month may be approximate. For updates, go to wgbh.org/schedules.

News and Public AffairsBasic Black Thu (3/4) 7:30pm on 2, Thu (3/25) 7:30pm on 2BBC World News Mon–Fri 5pm on 44Bill Moyers Journal Fri 9pm on 2, Sat 2am on 44, Sun 5am on 44, Sun 11am on 44, Sat (3/6 and 3/27) 5am on 2Charlie Rose Mon–Fri 12n on 44, Mon–Fri 6pm on 44, Mon–Fri 11pm on 2Frontline The Suicide Tourist Tue (3/2) 9pm on 2, Tue (3/2) 10pm on 2, Wed (3/3) 2am on 2, Wed (3/3) 3am on 2 • Close to Home Tue (3/23) 9pm on 2, Tue (3/23) 10pm on 2, Wed (3/24) 2am on 2, Wed (3/24) 2:30pm on 44 • The Wounded Platoon Tue (3/30) 9pm on 2, Tue (3/30) 10pm on 2, Wed (3/31) 2am on 2, Wed (3/31) 3am on 2, Wed (3/31) 2:30pm on 44Frontline/World Tue (3/2) 2:30pm on 44Greater Boston Mon–Fri 7pm on 2, Tue–Sat 12mid on 2, Sun 9:30am on 44Inside Washington Sun 10am on 44María Hinojosa: One-on-One Jose Rivera Tue (3/2) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (3/6) 11am on 44, Sun (3/7) 11am on 2 • Anita Snow Tue (3/23) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (3/27) 11am on 44, Sun (3/28) 11am on 2 • Alfredo Corchado Tue (3/30) 7:30pm on 2, Wed (3/31) 4:30am on 2McLaughlin Group Fri (3/5) 7:30pm on 2, Fri (3/12) 7:30pm on 2, Fri (3/19) 7:30pm on 2, Fri (3/26) 7:30pm on 2Nightly Business Report Mon–Fri 7pm on 44Now on PBS Fri 8:30pm on 2, Sat 1:30am on 44, Sat 4:30am on 2, Sun 4:30am on 44, Sun 10:30am on 44

PBS NewsHour Mon–Fri 6pm on 2, Mon–Fri 11pm on 44Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Sun 7am on 44Tavis Smiley Mon–Fri 12mid on 44, Tue–Sat 12:30am on 2Tavis Smiley Reports Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence Wed (3/31) 8pm on 2Washington Week Fri 8pm on 2, Sat 1am on 44, Sun 4am on 44, Sun 9am on 44, Sat (3/6 and 3/27) 4am on 2WorldFocus Mon–Fri 5:30pm on 44

ScienceAt Close Range with National Geographic Fri (3/5) 2am on 44, Fri (3/5) 5am on 2, Sat (3/6) 3am on 44, Tue (3/9) 1am on 44Crown of the Continent Sat (3/27) 4:30am on 44Natural History of the Chicken Fri (3/12) 2am on 44, Fri (3/12) 5am on 44, Sat (3/13) 3am on 44, Mon (3/15) 3am on 44, Wed (3/17) 1am on 44, Sun (3/21) 2am on 44Nature What Females Want and Males Will Do (Pt. 1) Mon (3/15) 12mid on 44, Tue (3/16) 5am on 44, Thu (3/25) 9pm on 44 • What Females Want and Males Will Do (Pt. 2) Mon (3/22) 12mid on 44, Tue (3/23) 5am on 44, Thu (3/25) 10pm on 44 • Clever Monkeys Mon (3/29) 12mid on 44, Tue (3/30) 5am on 44 • Is That Skunk? Thu (3/4) 9pm on 44 • The Loneliest Animals Mon (3/8) 12mid on 44, Tue (3/9) 5am on 44Nova The Pluto Files Tue (3/2) 1:30pm on 44, Tue (3/2) 8pm on 2, Wed (3/3) 1am on 2, Wed (3/3) 2am on 44, Wed (3/3) 5am on 2, Wed (3/3) 9pm on 44, Thu (3/4) 5am on 44, Fri (3/5) 3am on 2, Sun (3/7) 1am on 44, Sun (3/7) 4am on 2 •

Master of the Killer Ants Wed (3/10) 2am on 44, Thu (3/11) 5am on 44, Sun (3/14) 1am on 44 • First Flower Wed (3/17) 2am on 44, Thu (3/18) 5am on 44, Sun (3/21) 1am on 44 • Cracking the Maya Code Tue (3/23) 8pm on 2, Wed (3/24) 1am on 2, Wed (3/24) 2am on 44, Wed (3/24) 5am on 2, Wed (3/24) 1:30pm on 44, Wed (3/24) 9pm on 44, Thu (3/25) 5am on 44, Sun (3/28) 1am on 44, Sun (3/28) 4am on 2 • Rat Attack Tue (3/30) 8pm on 2, Wed (3/31) 1am on 2, Wed (3/31) 5am on 2, Wed (3/31) 2am on 44, Wed (3/31) 1:30pm on 44, Wed (3/31) 9pm on 44Nova scienceNow Wed (3/24) 10pm on 44Objects and Memory Wed (3/10) 1am on 44, Thu (3/11) 4am on 44Wild Chronicles Mon (3/1) 7:30pm on 2, Mon–Thu (3/1–4) 4pm on 44, Mon–Thu (3/22–25) 4pm on 44, Mon–Wed (3/29–31) 4pm on 44Yellowstone: Land to Life Mon (3/15) 2:30am on 44, Tue (3/16) 4:30am on 44

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Although she’s been on 89.7 WGBH in Boston for only a few months, we’re already hearing from listeners how much they enjoy Rehm’s show. “I’m addicted to Diane Rehm,” writes one listener. “This show is smart, literate, lucid, unbelievably informative,” writes another. The National Journal says Rehm is “the class act of the talk radio world.” WGBH’s Jennifer Goebel recently talked with Rehm about being a public radio talk show host.

Q How did you get started in radio?

A It was 1973. I had been home taking care of my two children for 14 years, and I realized

that I had to think about a life for myself now that they were growing up. When a friend told me about her volunteer job at a local radio station, a light went on in my head and I thought, “I could do that.” I grew up listening to all the radio soaps—The Green Hornet, The Shadow, The Lone Ranger—and I had always adored radio. On my first day, the host of The Home Show was out sick, and the sta-

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6am The Changing World 7am Living on Earth 8am Weekend Edition10am Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me11am Fresh Air Weekend12pm This American Life1pm On the Media2pm Greater Boston3pm A Celtic Sojourn6pm A Prairie Home Companion8pm Says You!9pm Selected Shorts10pm JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater11pm Jazz with Bob Parlocha

Saturday6am Humankind 7am Speaking of Faith 8am Weekend Edition10am Bob Edwards Weekend12pm A Prairie Home Companion2pm Says You!3pm Studio 3604pm Marketplace Money5pm All Things Considered6pm Sound & Spirit7pm Jazz Decades8pm Arts & Ideas10pm Eric’s Artist Spotlight12am Jazz with Bob Parlocha

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What’s on 89.7 WGBH Listen online at wgbh.org/listen, on your Internet radio, on your HD radio at 89.7 HD1 or on 96.3 in Back Bay/Beacon Hill

tion manager asked me to come into the studio with her—so on my very first day, I was on the air for 90 minutes! About 10 months later, they hired me as a producer.

Q How do you approach interviewing people?

A My philosophy is that the guest is the star of the show.

The listeners want to hear what the guest has to say; they are less interested in hearing me. And the listeners are very important. We try to work in as many calls, emails, tweets, and Facebook posts as possible, while keeping the discussion broadly interesting. My goal is to have listeners leave with a better understanding of the subject at the end of the hour.

Q How has the Internet changed the show?

A It makes it that much more lively. You hear from so many more people with a wide range

of views. Some of our younger listeners are more comfortable communicating with us through email, Twitter and Facebook. This morning, we had 20 messages from Facebook before we went on the air, so they’re not even waiting until the con-versation begins!

Q What’s the secret of your success?

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really ought to be called “listening” radio as opposed to “talk” radio. The inherent nature of my job is to listen well, and if I’m listening well to my guests and I’m listening well to my listeners, that’s what they appreciate.

Q What has been your biggest challenge?

A In recent years, my biggest challenge has been my voice. I have something called

“spasmodic dysphonia,” which causes my vocal cords to clamp inappropriately and create sort of a choking sound. Every four months, I have Botox injected directly into my vocal cords to keep the spasms under control, and I am usually off the air for a few days while my vocal cords readjust.

Q What do you like best about your job?

A I love having the conversations I do, each and every day. I have the best job in the world.

I learn so much in that chair, and I love to learn.

Tune in The Diane Rehm Show weekdays at 10am on 89.7 WGBH.

Schedules, program info, playlists: wgbh.org/listen

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More BSO, More Breadth, More Depth

5am Classical Music with Laura Carlo includes leading stories and weather from the WGBH newsroom9am Classical Music with Cathy Fuller includes 1–2pm “In Performance” (daily spotlight on WGBH live recordings)2pm Classical Music with Ray Brown includes leading stories and weather from the WGBH newsroom6pm Classical Music Thursday includes 7pm ”Performances from WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio”

7am Classical Music with Brian McCreath includes 9–10am “Kids’ Classical Hour” 11am From the Top featuring the nation’s best young classical musicians12pm Classical Music with Lynn Warfel2pm Classical Music with Mindy Ratner6pm Classical Music with Bob Christiansen7pm The Boston Symphony Orchestra10pm Classical Music

Saturday7am Classical Music with Brian McCreath 11am Sunday Baroque 2pm BSO on Record3pm Sunday Concert5pm From the Top6pm Classical Music with Mindy Ratner8pm The Bach Hour with Brian McCreath9pm Classical Music


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The Boston Symphony Orchestra has been part of the WGBH classical family since our first live broadcast from Symphony Hall in 1951. In 2010, WGBH significantly expanded our BSO offerings as part of our new 99.5 All Classical service. Along with increased coverage, we’re delivering even more of the in-depth analysis and exploration of the music that you expect and deserve.

Look for more concerts and specials as we now present a BSO program every Saturday night, 52 weeks of the year. When there is a live concert, you will hear it live. When the Orchestra is not performing live, we offer a concert recorded earlier and not played on Saturdays, or special programs exploring the Orchestra’s history, repertoire, people and recordings. And BSO artists and soloists are frequent guests in our Fraser Performance Studio, bringing you exclusive perfor-mances by these talented musicians.

In the spring, we’ll bring you a Boston Pops concert every Saturday night. And in the summer, we’re off to Tanglewood, broadcasting all three concerts from the Shed each weekend.

Quantity is important, but it’s how we present the concerts that really counts. Each Saturday night program begins with a full hour of BSO-related music, interviews and features, preparing listeners for the performance to come and intro-ducing the pieces, composers and players. Our BSO producer, Brian Bell, takes the time to talk to the people whose compositions and performances

BSO Live

James Levine Conducts “Farewell Songs”Peter Lieberson wrote his “Neruda Songs” for his wife, mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, which she performed with the Boston Symphony shortly before her death from cancer. Now the Boston Symphony has commissioned Peter Lieberson again, and he has written “Farewell Songs” as a response to his loss. Baritone Gerald Finley sings and James Levine conducts in the world broadcast premiere. Sat, 3/27 at 7pm (Concert at 8pm)

Classical Music with Brian McCreath

Women’s History MonthIn celebration of Women’s History Month, Saturday mornings in March feature an exploration of one particular groundbreak-

ing composer, Rebecca Clarke, with performances of her Viola Sonata, Rhapsody for cello and piano, the Prelude, Allegro & Pastorale, and more.Saturdays at 10am

you will hear, offering glimpses into the music and the creative process that brings it about.

Another feature on 99.5 All Classical is Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart’s daily segments, continuing his popular Keith’s Classical Corner fea-ture on Laura Carlo’s morning show at 8:30am. It’s another side of Keith, as he offers a wide range of classical selections with style and humor.

One thing that hasn’t changed is our Sunday afternoon tradition of bringing you The BSO on Record, our comprehensive survey of the Orchestra’s recorded legacy. Brian Bell rounds up recordings from the earliest days of the technology right up to the Orchestra’s most recent work. Echoes of the past in rare and unreleased tracks, great moments from the 78 and 33 rpm eras and the latest digital recordings are brought together in a broad and thoughtful look at the work the BSO has recorded over the years.

99.5 All Classical and the Boston Symphony Orchestra—listen and enjoy!

Listen online at 995allclassical.org, on your Internet radio, on your HD radio at 89.7 HD2 or on 89.5 WNCK in Nantucket

99.5 All Classical is made possible by your contributions to the Classical Founders Fund.

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In Performance SeriesMembers of the WGBH Jazz and Classical Clubs, Leadership Circle and Ralph Lowell Society are invited to join the artists and WGBH Radio hosts for the magic of live performance, broadcast from our intimate, state-of-the-art Fraser Performance Studio. Seating is limited, so reserve your place today. Not a WGBH Club member? Find out how to become one at wgbh.org/clubs or by calling 617-300-3505.

Classical in Performance with Boston CamerataThu, 3/4 at 3pm*The Boston Camerata is America’s preeminent early music ensemble. Founded in 1954, Camerata has been under the direction of French-born singer and scholar Anne Azéma since

2008. Camerata’s musical performances are well known for their blending of spontaneity and emotional commitment with careful research and scholarship. With its distinguished roster of singers and specialists in early instruments, Camerata produces a wonderful concert series for audiences in the greater Boston area.

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Jazz in Performance: Melissa Aldana and Michael Palma QuintetFri, 3/19 at 9pm The band features pianist Michael Palma from Dallas and tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana from Santiago, Chile, playing memorable originals and some classic standards from the American songbook.

Reserve your spot at wgbh.org/ circleevents

Classical Performance PodcastFritz Kreisler was known as one of the most expressive violinists of his generation and for the sweet sound of his violin. The young Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider plays on Kreisler’s violin, a Guarnerius “del Gesu” 1741, and makes it sing beautifully again in this performance of a few of Kreisler’s miniatures. We captured this recording at our Fraser Performance Studio when Znaider dropped in between rehearsals with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in January. Download this podcast at 995allclassical.org.

Rooney and Crossley Online!If you miss an episode of The Emily Rooney Show or The Callie Crossley Show, 89.7 WGBH’s two popular new weekday pro-grams at 12noon and 1pm, catch them online! Each day’s program is available at 3pm at wgbh.org/listen.

Nova’s E = mc2 PodcastTo celebrate the centennial of Einstein’s E = mc2, Nova asked 10 top physicists—two Nobel Prize winners among them—how they would describe the equation to curious non-physicists. Subscribe at wgbh.org/podcast.

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