Dear Friends,
As what may be the most contentious election season in recent memory draws to a close, AZPM News and Your Vote 2024 has everything you need to make informed decisions at the polls. With only a few days to go until Election Day, AZPM can help you find your voting location, untangle conflicting messages, and keep up with the local candidates and races that matter to you. For last-minute national coverage, don’t miss FRONTLINE on Monday, November 4 at 9 p.m. for The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump, followed by AMERICAN EXPERIENCE The American Vice President at 11 p.m., both on PBS 6. Stay with PBS 6, NPR 89.1, and azpm.org for up-to-the minute live election coverage starting at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, November 5.
Watch VOTE 2024: A PBS NEWS ELECTION SPECIAL, Tuesday, November 5. Live coverage begins at 4 p.m. on PBS 6.
AZPM honors America’s military veterans with special programming on PBS 6 starting on Sunday, November 10. At 2 p.m., explore Peleliu: WWII’s Most Well-Preserved Battlefield, then stay for The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day at 3 p.m., followed by Salute to Service 2024: A Veterans Day Celebration at 5 p.m. On Monday, November 11, Dad’s Secret War: France 1944 shares the riveting, true story of an American who joined the British Special Operations Executive organization and parachuted into France shortly after D-Day to help organize the French Resistance into a cohesive army bent on stopping the Germans from reaching Normandy. Narrated by actor Kevin Bacon, the documentary premieres at 9 p.m.. Immediately following at 10 p.m., INDEPENDENT LENS offers Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen, the touching story of how a Marine veteran reconnects with Gold Star families of the fallen and finds healing.
LEONARDO DA VINCI, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon. November 18 and 19 at 8 p.m. on PBS 6.
LEONARDO da VINCI, a new, two-part, four-hour documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, will debut November 18 and 19 at 8 p.m. on PBS 6. Set against the rich and dynamic backdrop of Renaissance Italy at a time of skepticism and freethinking, regional war, and religious upheaval, LEONARDO da VINCI brings the artist’s towering achievements to life through his prolific personal notebooks, primary and secondary accounts of his life, and on-camera interviews with modern scholars, artists, engineers, inventors, and admirers.
Classical 90.5 marks Veterans Day Monday, November 11 with recordings by some of America's armed forces bands and several pieces honoring military personnel. Included in the lineup is Morton Gould’s magnificent American Salute, a patriotic fantasia on the Civil War folk melody “When Johnny Comes Marching Home.” Later in the month, Classical 90.5 celebrates the 125th anniversary of the birth of Eugene Ormandy, who was the music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra for 44 years. Throughout the day on November 18, you’ll hear recordings featuring the plush sound of that orchestra under Ormandy’s direction.
Listen to TURKEY CONFIDENTIAL, The Splendid Table's annual Thanksgiving special, November 28 at 10 a.m. on NPR 89.1.
Are you hosting Thanksgiving dinner this year? Never fear – NPR 89.1 has your back! Join us at 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 27 for Milk Street Radio’s Thanksgiving special, dedicated to solving the toughest Thanksgiving problems – like what to do when your apple pie leaks and how to cook your turkey in only two hours. On Thanksgiving Day, don’t miss TURKEY CONFIDENTIAL, The Splendid Table's annual Thanksgiving special at 10 a.m. Host Francis Lam takes calls and comes to the rescue of Thanksgiving cooks, kitchen helpers, and dinner guests during the biggest cooking day of the year. And if you’ve never had the guts to try Susan Stamberg’s mother-in-law’s controversial cranberry relish, I highly recommend it. You can find the recipe (and have lots of fun reading about Susan’s annual NPR tradition and cranberries in general) here.
Finally, during this season of giving thanks, I am especially thankful for all that we have accomplished together at AZPM for you and our entire community. AZPM is here to serve you and thrives because of you. Your monthly or annual contributions help AZPM provide Southern Arizona with the very best in-depth news and information, educational programs, quality entertainment, and community events, none of which we could do without your support. My sincere thanks and very best wishes to you and yours this Thanksgiving season.
Sincerely,
Jack Gibson
AZPM Chief Executive Officer
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