PLUS (MT)

10:00 am 

Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers  "Losing It"  Cameras follow several people, including Alda, as they adopt different strategies for weight loss from online diet systems to gastric bypass surgery. Alda also learns about research that explains why dieting is so difficult.G

11:00 am 

NOVA  "Venom: Nature's Killer"  Venom scientists are in a race against time to learn the secrets of many creatures who have evolved extremely toxic cocktails designed to kill, that now may also yield a new generation of advanced drugs to treat human ailments. NOVA reveals how venom works and follows two scientists on expeditions to track down and capture deadly creatures to collect and study them before the animals become extinct.G

12:00 pm 

Wild!  "Sperm Whales"  NULL

1:00 pm 

Globe Trekker  "Around The World - Pacific Journeys: Tonga to New Caledonia"  Zay Harding concludes his grand Pacific adventure heading further west across the South Sea Islands into Tonga, Fiji and New Caledonia - islands whose histories have been shaped by brutal tribal conflicts and British and French colonization.G

2:00 pm 

Need to Know   MARIA HINOJOSA ANCHORS. Though it passed quickly from the headlines, a single shooting incident at a small college in western Massachusetts continues to have a profound effect on many people 20 years later. D

2:30 pm 

McLaughlin Group   TOPICS: Benghazi is Back; U.S. - E.U. Trade Pact. D

3:00 pm 

Biz Kid$  "Sell, Sell, Sell (The Science of Sales)"  All sales final. Join the Biz Kids in sales training as they explore philosophy and sales techniques. Discover the traits common to all good salespeople. D

3:30 pm 

Oregon Field Guide  "Spotted Owl/Beneficial Insects/Reed Canyon Restora"  Spotted Owl An East Coast invader, the barred owl is threatening the survival of Oregon's endangered bird.G

4:00 pm 

Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen  "Thrill of the Grill"  Test cook Bridget Lancaster shows host Christopher Kimball how to make the best South Carolina Pulled Pork. Then, equipment expert Adam Ried reveals his top picks for portable charcoal grills. Next, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Chris to a tasting of ice cream bars. D

4:30 pm 

Rick Steves' Europe  "Florentine Delights and Tuscan Side Trips"  Rick takes in more of the artistic treasures of the city that propelled Europe out of the Middle Ages. Then he takes side trips to a couple of rival cities and cultural capitals in their own right - Pisa and Luca. He marvels at the tipsy tower, circles a city on its ramparts, and enjoys some Puccini in the composer's hometown. Part 2 of 2G

5:00 pm 

NOVA  "Venom: Nature's Killer"  Venom scientists are in a race against time to learn the secrets of many creatures who have evolved extremely toxic cocktails designed to kill, that now may also yield a new generation of advanced drugs to treat human ailments. NOVA reveals how venom works and follows two scientists on expeditions to track down and capture deadly creatures to collect and study them before the animals become extinct.G

6:00 pm 

Constitution USA with Peter Sagal  "A More Perfect Union"  Sagal explores the Constitution's most striking and innovative feature: its resilient brand of federalism. The framers created a strong national government while preserving much of the power and independence of the states. This delicate balance of power, seemingly hard-wired for disagreement and conflict, has served America well for more than two centuries. D

7:00 pm 

TED Talks Education   A mix of teachers and education advocates deliver short talks created for this event on the theme of teaching and learning. Speakers include Geoffrey Canada, educator and advocate; Bill Gates, technologist and philanthropist; Malcolm London, poet, teacher and advocate; and Sir Ken Robinson, social activist and educator. Host John Legend also delivers a talk.G

8:00 pm 

Jesse James: American Experience   He was considered America's own Robin Hood, though he robbed from the poor as well as the rich, and kept it all for himself. Less heroic than brutal, James is in fact a product of the American Civil War - a Confederate partisan of expansive ambition, unbending politics and surprising cunning, who gladly helps invent his own valiant legend.G

9:00 pm 

Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust   RESCUE IN THE PHILIPPINES: REFUGE FROM THE HOLOCAUST recounts a fascinating, yet seldom-told, chapter in World War II history. The documentary chronicles a real-life Casablanca, in which a high-profile group of poker buddies - including Colonel Dwight Eisenhower - hatched an intricate international plan of rescue and re-settlement, saving 1,300 Jews from certain death in Nazi concentration camps. RESCUE IN THE PHILIPPINES tells this gripping story through interviews with historians, friends and relatives of the key participants, and first-person accounts from refugees who detail their harrowing escape from Europe and immigration to the Philippines. D

10:00 pm 

Constitution USA with Peter Sagal  "A More Perfect Union"  Sagal explores the Constitution's most striking and innovative feature: its resilient brand of federalism. The framers created a strong national government while preserving much of the power and independence of the states. This delicate balance of power, seemingly hard-wired for disagreement and conflict, has served America well for more than two centuries. D

11:00 pm 

TED Talks Education   A mix of teachers and education advocates deliver short talks created for this event on the theme of teaching and learning. Speakers include Geoffrey Canada, educator and advocate; Bill Gates, technologist and philanthropist; Malcolm London, poet, teacher and advocate; and Sir Ken Robinson, social activist and educator. Host John Legend also delivers a talk.G