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1:00 pm
Outdoor Idaho
"Climbing Idaho"
Today's rock-climbing enthusiasts support climbing gyms, clubs and advocacy groups - no longer the exclusive band of wanderers of just a few decades ago. The heights they achieve throughout the state require skills, levels of expertise, techniques and climbing methods as varied as the state's terrain. Cameras follow as they seek to conquer nature's rock walls.G
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1:30 pm
Dialogue
"S.C. (Sam) Gwynne: Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference"
The reporter and author whose book, Empire of the Summer Moon, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2011, talks with host Marcia Franklin. The book traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. It also entails the epic saga of pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who becomes the last Comanche chief.G
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2:00 pm
Charlie Rose
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3:00 pm
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3:30 pm
Journal
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4:00 pm
Voces On PBS
"Lemon"
This documentary profiles three-time felon, one-time Tony Award-winner Lemon Anderson, an acclaimed Puerto Rican American poet who broke out on Broadway in Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam. Lemon's life personalizes the anguish of men, clinging to the margins of society, but fighting for something more. D
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5:00 pm
NOVA scienceNOW
"How Smart Can We Get?"
How do you get a genius brain? Is it all in your DNA? Or is it hard work? Is it possible that everyone's brain has untapped genius - just waiting for the right circumstances so it can be unleashed? From a man who suddenly acquired an extraordinary musical gift after a freak head injury to a "memory athlete" who can remember strings of hundreds of random numbers, David Pogue meets people stretching the boundaries of what the human mind can do. Then, Pogue puts himself to the test: After high-res scanning, he finds out how the anatomy of his brain measures up against the greatest mind of the century - Albert Einstein. D
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6:00 pm
NOVA
"Making Stuff Smaller"
The second part of this mini-series explores the tiny - even microscopic - devices such as transistors and microchips that are designed to make our everyday appliances even smaller and easier to transport. Part 2 of 4G
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7:00 pm
PBS NewsHour
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8:00 pm
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8:30 pm
Journal
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9:00 pm
Charlie Rose
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10:00 pm
NOVA scienceNOW
"How Smart Can We Get?"
How do you get a genius brain? Is it all in your DNA? Or is it hard work? Is it possible that everyone's brain has untapped genius - just waiting for the right circumstances so it can be unleashed? From a man who suddenly acquired an extraordinary musical gift after a freak head injury to a "memory athlete" who can remember strings of hundreds of random numbers, David Pogue meets people stretching the boundaries of what the human mind can do. Then, Pogue puts himself to the test: After high-res scanning, he finds out how the anatomy of his brain measures up against the greatest mind of the century - Albert Einstein. D
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11:00 pm
NOVA
"Making Stuff Smaller"
The second part of this mini-series explores the tiny - even microscopic - devices such as transistors and microchips that are designed to make our everyday appliances even smaller and easier to transport. Part 2 of 4G
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