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Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson

Ferguson visits 11 countries to examine six attributes that he argues led to world dominance by Western Civilization
Tue, May 22nd, 2012

For the past five centuries, Western civilizations have prevailed around the world.  More people have been influenced by Western food, clothing, medicine, government and religion worldwide than by any other civilization.  How did that hap...

Bones of Turkana Reveals Controversial Life of Richard Leakey

Wed, May 16th, 2012

The astonishing life of Richard Leakey, paleoanthropologist, conservationist, statesman and provocateur, is illuminated in a new National Geographic film, Bones of Turkana, airing Wednesday, May 16 at 9:00 p.m. on KUED. The documentary&n...

King of Late Night, Johnny Carson, on American Masters

Emmy-winning filmmaker Peter Jones’s new documentary features 45 original interviews, including Letterman, Leno, Conan, Cavett, DeGeneres, and Seinfeld
Mon, May 14th, 2012

Johnny Carson was seen by more people on more occasions than anyone else in American history. Over the course of 30 years, 4,531 episodes and 23,000 guests, he became a fixture of national life and a part of the zeitgeist. In a 2007 TV Land/Entertain...

American Experience Tells Story of Forgotten Olympic Medalist and Activist Jesse Owens

Tue, May 1st, 2012

“He is the quintessential Olympic hero. He stood up to racists in Germany, he stood up to racists at home and he did it with a grace and a genius that have not been equaled.” — Jeremy Schaap, ESPN reporter and author of Triumph: The...

American Masters Explores Pulitzer Prize-Winning Women Behind Classic Novels 

Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel, Harper Lee: Hey Boo 
Mon, April 2nd, 2012

Though their successes were nearly 30 years apart, Margaret Mitchell (Nov. 8, 1900 to Aug. 6, 1949) and Nelle Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926) share much in common: two Southern white women who each won the Pulitzer Prize for their debut novels &ndas...

KUED Commemorates 100th Anniversary of Titanic Disaster

Sun, April 1st, 2012

KUED will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history, with three new programs scheduled for April 2012. Saving the Titanic, premieres on Sunday, April 1 at 9:00 p.m.; The T...

KUED Airs Powerful Stories of Utah's Vietnam Veterans

Mon, March 12th, 2012

  They came from every corner of Utah. From farms and ranches, college campuses and corner gas stations. From small crossroad towns, quiet suburbs and the heart of big cities. Thousands of young men and women from every walk of life in Ut...

KUED Airs  "Salt Lake City: A Downtown Story"

Wed, March 21st, 2012

  For better or worse, the heart of every city's downtown tells a story of the history, values and vision of those who call the community home.   In the very core of Salt Lake City, two special downtown blocks serve as a mirror. Just a h...

KUED Presents Greatest Vocalists of the '40s  

Sat, March 3rd, 2012

  A new My Music special coming to KUED looks back at the timeless "crooners" and "canaries" of the 1940s, featuring the greatest vocalists of the period when they started their careers performing with orchestras and da...

KUED's American Experience Premieres "The Amish"

Tue, February 28th, 2012

On October 2, 2006, a 32-year-old milk truck driver named Charles Roberts entered a one-room schoolhouse in the Amish community of Nickel Mines in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and shot 10 young girls, killing five, before committing suicide as poli...

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