WORLD (PT)

11:00 pm 

Global Voices  "Last Days of the Artic"  Ragnar Alexsson, A.k.a. RAX, is among the most celebrated photographers in the world. D

12:00 am 

POV  "Salt"  Photographer Murray Fredericks collaborates with documentary filmmaker Michael Angus to make this film an extension of Fredericks' work on the salt flats of Lake Eyre in South Australia. The film interweaves Fredericks' photos and video diary with time-lapse sequences to offer an infinite dimension of mind and spirit. A selection of shorts follows.G

1:00 am 

Independent Lens  "Solar Mamas"  Welcome to India's Barefoot College, founded by Bunker Roy to provide rural women living in poverty with an education that empowers them to make their communities self-reliant and sustainable. Rafea -- a 30-year-old Jordanian mother of four -- is traveling outside of her village for the first time to attend Barefoot's solar engineering program. Once there, she will join women like her from Guatemala, Kenya, Burkina Faso and Colombia to learn concrete skills to change their communities. D

2:00 am 

Global Voices  "Give Us The Money"  How do you change the world? From Live Aid to Make Poverty History, celebrities have become activists against poverty. Bob Geldof and Bono have been the most prominent voices advocating on behalf of the poor. But have their concerts and campaigns really lifted millions out of poverty? Geldof, Bono and Bill Gates speak candidly about how to lobby effectively and how to play to politicians' weaknesses for glitz and popularity. D

3:00 am 

Newsline   NULL

3:30 am 

Tavis Smiley   Aimee Mann (singer/songwriter). D

4:00 am 

Linkasia   NULL

4:30 am 

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly   St. Olaf Christmas Festival - For 100 years, St. Olaf College, a small Lutheran school in Minnesota, has put on a Christmas concert that has become known-and loved-around the world. D

5:00 am 

God In America  "A New Adam/A New Eden"  The miniseries begins with the origins of America's unique religious landscape and how the New World challenged and changed faiths brought from Europe. New Mexico's Pueblo Indians collide with the Catholic faith of the Spanish Franciscans. Puritan leader John Winthrop faces religious dissenters. Evangelical preacher George Whitfield and others sweep through the colonies. Then, following the American Revolution, evangelical Baptists and enlightenment figures like Thomas Jefferson forge a new concept of religious freedom and the film looks at its impact as the nation pushes westward. Part 1 and 2 of 6G

7:00 am 

Jews & Christians: A Journey of Faith   This award winning two hour television documentary examines how contemporary Jews and Christians perceive each other, confront prejudice and stereotypes, and how they can understand and respect one another despite their differences. The program is based on the book Our Father Abraham: The Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith by Marvin R. Wilson, Ph.D. D

8:00 am 

Democracy Now!   NULL

9:00 am 

Outdoor Idaho  "Flying Idaho"  To fly in Idaho is to experience a view that is constantly changing. In fact, there's nothing quite like it in the lower 48. From the first plane to fly in Idaho, the Curtiss Pusher, to the modern marvels of today, we explore what pilots call a three dimensional experience, in a state that treasures its aviators and its aviation history.G

9:30 am 

Dialogue  "Richard Russo"  The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, who was recently in Idaho as the guest speaker at the Idaho Humanities Council's 2012 Distinguished Humanities Dinner and Lecture, talks with host Marcia Franklin.G

10:00 am 

Linkasia   NULL

10:30 am 

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly   St. Olaf Christmas Festival - For 100 years, St. Olaf College, a small Lutheran school in Minnesota, has put on a Christmas concert that has become known-and loved-around the world. D

11:00 am 

God In America  "A New Adam/A New Eden"  The miniseries begins with the origins of America's unique religious landscape and how the New World challenged and changed faiths brought from Europe. New Mexico's Pueblo Indians collide with the Catholic faith of the Spanish Franciscans. Puritan leader John Winthrop faces religious dissenters. Evangelical preacher George Whitfield and others sweep through the colonies. Then, following the American Revolution, evangelical Baptists and enlightenment figures like Thomas Jefferson forge a new concept of religious freedom and the film looks at its impact as the nation pushes westward. Part 1 and 2 of 6G

1:00 pm 

Jews & Christians: A Journey of Faith   This award winning two hour television documentary examines how contemporary Jews and Christians perceive each other, confront prejudice and stereotypes, and how they can understand and respect one another despite their differences. The program is based on the book Our Father Abraham: The Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith by Marvin R. Wilson, Ph.D. D

2:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

3:00 pm 

BBC World News America   NULL

3:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

4:00 pm 

God In America  "A New Adam/A New Eden"  The miniseries begins with the origins of America's unique religious landscape and how the New World challenged and changed faiths brought from Europe. New Mexico's Pueblo Indians collide with the Catholic faith of the Spanish Franciscans. Puritan leader John Winthrop faces religious dissenters. Evangelical preacher George Whitfield and others sweep through the colonies. Then, following the American Revolution, evangelical Baptists and enlightenment figures like Thomas Jefferson forge a new concept of religious freedom and the film looks at its impact as the nation pushes westward. Part 1 and 2 of 6G

6:00 pm 

Jews & Christians: A Journey of Faith   This award winning two hour television documentary examines how contemporary Jews and Christians perceive each other, confront prejudice and stereotypes, and how they can understand and respect one another despite their differences. The program is based on the book Our Father Abraham: The Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith by Marvin R. Wilson, Ph.D. D

7:00 pm 

PBS NewsHour   NULL

8:00 pm 

Nightly Business Report   NULL

8:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

9:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

10:00 pm 

Space Shuttle: A Horizon Guide   This chronicle of 30 years of service by America's space shuttles is characterized by incredible triumphs and devastating tragedies. Engineers designed the shuttle program initially as an economy measure because the disposable Apollo crafts had cost billions. This film presents a biography of the shuttle and asks what its legacy will be.G

11:00 pm 

Jews & Christians: A Journey of Faith   This award winning two hour television documentary examines how contemporary Jews and Christians perceive each other, confront prejudice and stereotypes, and how they can understand and respect one another despite their differences. The program is based on the book Our Father Abraham: The Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith by Marvin R. Wilson, Ph.D. D