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LPB TO BROADCAST GOVERNOR’S OPENING ADDRESS TO LEGISLATURE STATEWIDE
GOVERNOR'S OPENING ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATURE
Monday 1:00pm
Stream Live at lpb.org & LPB YouTube channel
LPB will provide live coverage of Governor Jeff Landry's opening address to the Louisiana Legislature for the 2025 Regular Session. The Governor will outline his goals for the session with a focus on the budget, insurance reform, and state tax restructuring. Dorothea Wilson and Karen LeBlanc, co-anchors of Louisiana: The State We're In, will provide coverage from the LPB studios.
STORIES OF THE DARING WOMEN FROM THE FRONTLINES
WW2: WOMEN ON THE FRONTLINE
3-Part Series
Monday 9:00pm
This three-part series explores the daring and unknown histories of the remarkable women pilots, journalists, guerrillas and spies who fought, flew, and died in the Second World War as they defied expectations, overcame prejudices, and often outperformed their male counterparts. This series sheds light on some of the most perilous, courageous, and unwritten stories of the women who led the charge.
In this first intriguing episode, the brave women across Europe who risked everything, including Josephine Baker who used her celebrity to smuggle information to the Allies and a wireless operator in France who single-handedly supported a Paris spy network.
EARTH MONTH: SERIES TO WATCH OR STREAM
NATURE: KATAVI: AFRICA'S FALLEN PARADISE
Episode 3 | Salvation
Wednesday 7:00pm
Stream past episodes with the LPB App or at video.lpb.org
The final installment in this three-part series finds hope on the horizon at drought-stricken Katavi National Park in western Tanzania. Rains finally arrive, and the water brings relief and movement for all. However, the parched land cannot absorb the heavy rain, bringing fresh dangers and further testing the animal families' survival skills.
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NOVA: SECRETS OF THE FOREST
Wednesday 8:00pm
Can forests help cool the planet? Follow scientists working in spectacular forest landscapes in Costa Rica, Brazil, Australia, and beyond as they try to untangle complex networks of trees, fungi, and creatures large and small – all in a quest to tackle the twin threats of climate change and species extinction.
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THE FUTURE OF NATURE
Episode 4 | Humans
Wednesday 9:00pm
Stream past episodes with the LPB App or at video.lpb.org
This four-part series explores the impact of carbon on our planet and how nature - oceans, forest, and grasslands - are helping to mitigate its effects. In this final episode, we discover how humans can become a force for good throughout the natural world.
COMING NEXT WEEK TO LPB - AN ALL-NEW LOUISIANA SPOTLIGHT
LOUISIANA SPOTLIGHT: CARBON CROSSROADS
Monday, April 21 at 8:00pm
Louisiana stands at the forefront of a national energy transition as communities navigate the promise and peril of carbon capture technology. What drives the rush toward these ambitious projects, and what are the real environmental and economic stakes? Much more in next week's newsletter.
CAPTURING VANISHING LOUISIANA
ART ROCKS! THE SERIES: STAN ROUTH
LPB Special Focus
Friday 8:30pm
Stan Routh has spent decades traveling Louisiana, making illustrations in pen and ink of architecture and landscapes that caught his artistic eye. While many are iconic places familiar to Louisianans, others have now vanished or have changed dramatically over time. For many viewers, that's the allure that makes Stan Routh's work so special.
EXPLORING LOUISIANA CREOLE
LA VEILLEE
LPB Special Focus
Thursday 7:45pm
Stream at www.lpb.org/laveillee.
Louisiana’s French language does not exist in a vacuum, but instead has developed over time symbiotically with its sister tongue Louisiana Creole. After investigating the Bayou Teche and Pointe Coupée dialects of this cherished yet endangered tongue in previous episodes of La Veillée, the Télé-Louisiane team visited with speakers of Louisiana Creole from Vacherie in St. James Parish about what makes their dialect unique and how the language was crafted by enslaved people across generations.
Each episode is in Louisiana French with English subtitles, so everyone can watch.
OLYMPIC GLORY FOR A FORMER LSU WRESTLER
BEHIND THE GLORY: KEVIN JACKSON
LPB Special Focus
Thursday 8:45pm
Stream this and past episodes at www.lpb.org/behind-the-glory
LPB profiles Louisiana sports legends and inductees into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, sharing the stories that transcend the sport.
The LSU Wrestling program hit the "jackpot" when they convinced two-time state high school champion wrestler Kevin Jackson to give up the bitter winters of Michigan and make Louisiana is home away from home. Wrestling has taken Jackson around the world as a competitor, a coach, and as a scout for a career that's been golden. Hosted by veteran journalist Lyn Rollins.
Hosted by veteran journalist Lyn Rollins.
GREATER GOALS FOR McNEESE BASKETBALL. A CONVERSATION WITH WILL WADE
LOUISIANA: THE STATE WE'RE IN
LPB Special Focus
Friday 7:00pm
Stream episodes at www.lpb.org/lswi
The McNeese State basketball program has made big strides under head coach Will Wade. He led the team to its first-ever NCAA tournament win and has even higher goals for next season. Victor Howell sits down with Coach Wade for more.
And meet Louisiana Young Hero Ja’Nika Stanley of Baton Rouge. A difficult family situation led to her taking on many adult responsibilities to keep her family together. Despite the challenges, she’s planning for the future and inspiring others along the way. Dorothea Wilson will have her story.
WHAT TO WATCH AND WHEN: THIS WEEK ON LPB
ALL-NEW ROADSHOW! The AR team is over the moon after their stop in Baltimore for a visit to the Maryland Zoo. Tune in to see finds like Lewis M. Rutherford lunar photographs, a Patek Philippe & Tiffany pocket watch, and Lynne Drexler oil paintings. One is worth $350,000 - $570,000!
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: MARYLAND ZOO, HOUR 1 | MONDAY 7:00 PM
MONDAY
7pm - Antiques Roadshow NEW Fantastic finds at the zoo!
8pm - Sister Boniface Mysteries NEW A fan convention for a classic sci-fi series sees the writer being taken hostage by one of the creations.
9pm - WW2 Women on the Frontline NEW Explore the daring and unknown histories of the remarkable women pilots, journalists, guerrillas and spies who fought, flew, and died in the Second World War.
TUESDAY
7pm - Finding Your Roots Henry Louis Gates introduces trail-blazing journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones.
8pm - AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History Discover the fascinating and unexpected history behind America's favorite board game.
9pm - AMERICAN EXPERIENCE American Coup: Wilmington 1898 The little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina's largest city in 1898 -- the only coup d'etat in the history of the US.
WEDNESDAY
7pm - NATURE Katavi: Africa's Fallen Paradise - Salvation NEW At last, the rains return but become floods of biblical proportion. Finally, things begin to normalize, the buffalo herds return, and lion cubs witness their first hunt. Stream the series here.
8pm - NOVA Secrets of the Forest NEW Follow researchers around the globe as they race to understand how nature processes and responds to carbon on the largest scales.
9pm -The Future of Nature NEW As the ultimate ecosystem engineers and keystone species, people can work with nature to make this world thrive. Visit the metropolises of China, the outskirts of LA, the bogs of Ireland and the favelas of Rio for a deeper look. Stream the series here.
10pm - Midsomer Murders Death by croissant might not be such a bad way to go, but not so much being smothered by the grain to make it!
THURSDAY
7pm - Father Brown Flambeau is stunned to find his estranged father at St Mary's, who has a dangerous mission in mind.
7:45pm - La Veillée LPB SPECIAL FOCUS The unique Louisiana Creole dialect spoken in Vacherie in St. James Parish.
8pm - Queen's of Mystery NEW Beth and Cat head to a luxury spa run by Dr. Angela Isherwood, who unexpectedly announces her retirement, names her successor, and is found dead that night.
8:45pm - Behind the Glory LPB SPECIAL FOCUS LSU wrestling great Kevin "Jackpot" Jackson, whose career would take him around the world and ultimately to Olympic glory.
9pm - The Brokenwood Mysteries NEW A rugby coach is found dead, tied to a goalpost. The detectives wonder if a serial killer is on the loose.
FRIDAY
7pm - Louisiana: The State We're In LPB SPECIAL FOCUS
7:30pm - Washington Week Roundtable discussion about the week's major news.
8pm - Samantha Brown's Places to Love Sam travels Route 66.
8:30pm - Art Rocks! The Series LPB SPECIAL FOCUS Artist Stan Routh.
9pm - GREAT PERFORMANCES Now Hear This: Boccherini: Night Music NEW Scott Yoo travels to Madrid to uncover the roots to the great European cellists love of Spain.
10pm - Edward and Wallis: The Bahamas Scandals NEW A web of secret affairs, blackmail, money laundering, and even murder during the controversial couple's five-year exile in the Bahama
SATURDAY
7pm - Last of the Summer Wine Seymour, a non-driver, volunteers to help Edie learn to drive again.
7:30pm - Upstart Crow Will has a problem with "A Midsummer Night's Dream," a love potion and a donkey head.
8pm - Up the Women The ladies look for accreditation!
8:30pm - Moone Boy Here's your chance to see this delightful Irish sitcom from creator Chris O'Dowd from the very beginning. It all begins when 12-year old Martin's new bike gets trashed!
9pm - Hope Street NEW When a taxi is burnt out, Finn worries that organized crime is coming to town in the shape of ex-con Aidan Hunter. The truth about Aidan is far more shocking.
9:45pm - Hope Street NEW As Finn considers a life-changing decision, Nicole tells Clint that she's pregnant. The only problem is she's not sure who the father is.
10:30pm - Austin City Limits Celebrated Americana singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile.
SUNDAY
7pm - Call The Midwife NEW New postulant Sister Catherine arrives at Nonnatus House. Disappointment strikes as responses for the measles vaccination clinic remain low. Dr. Turner suggests sterilization to a mother of seven if she no longer wants any more children. Early release opportunity with LPB PASSPORT.
8pm -Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light on MASTERPIECE NEW Cromwell brings Anne of Cleves to England to be Henry's new wife. With France and the Holy Roman Emperor threatening to invade England, the marriage will cement an alliance between the powerful reforming princes of Europe and defend England from attack. Binge the entire season and seasons past with LPB PASSPORT.
9pm - Marie Antoinette NEW When Marie Antoinette is implicated in the diamond necklace theft, she is determined to prove her innocence and punish those responsible. Blinded by her desire to defend herself, she and Louis fail to see the dangers of pursuing a public trial. Binge the entire season and seasons past with LPB PASSPORT.
EDUCATION SPOTLIGHT: AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH
CARL THE COLLECTOR
Stream anytime at www.pbskids.org/carl
Visit www.lpb.org/schedule for broadcast times.
Throughout the month of April, PBS KIDS recognizes Autism Acceptance Month, spotlighting autistic characters from PBS series such as "Carl the Collector" and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood."
"Carl" is a groundbreaking series for PBS KIDS, the first to feature a lead character on the autism spectrum. The stories of the series demonstrate that there is no right or wrong way for brains to work. Carl and his friends learn that getting to know and embrace each other's differences is part of being a good friend.
"Carl the Collector" aims to:
- Build self-awareness
- Build self-management
- Build social awareness skills
- Promote understanding and empathy for neurodiversity
The show models how to show kindness and compassion as the group of friends learn how to handle emotions and manage conflict - an experience all to familiar to all young children.
MEET THE 2025 LOUISIANA YOUNG HEROES
LPB celebrates the good things that Louisiana youth are doing with our annual Louisiana Young Heroes program. Each year we ask Louisianans across the state to nominate the exceptional young people they know and each year they respond! This year's honorees come to us from Bossier City to Baton Rouge and points in between!
Congratulations to the 2025 Louisiana Young Heroes:
- Jessica Anderson of Youngsville (Junior at Southside High School)
- Gabrielle “Gabby” Essex of Natchitoches (Senior at Natchitoches Central High School)
- Mateo Guerrero of Bossier City (Senior at Bossier High School)
- Jared Lane of St. Francisville (Junior at West Feliciana High School)
- William Matthews of Baton Rouge (Senior at Belaire Magnet High School)
- Ja’Nika Stanley of Baton Rouge (Senior at Liberty Magnet High School)
Watch for their stories starting this Friday on Louisiana: The State We're In.
LPB’s Louisiana Young Heroes Program is presented this year with the generous support of Presenting Sponsors: the East Baton Rouge Parish Library, the Gayle & Tom Benson Charitable Foundation, and Fishman Haygood; Title Sponsor: Community Coffee; with additional support from the U.S. Army Baton Rouge Recruiting Battalion, DEMCO and McDonald’s. Special thanks to the Louisiana Young Heroes Advisory Committee.
JOIN US FOR CREATURE ADVENTURES THIS SUMMER
Camp LPB 2025: Creature Adventures
June 23-27, 2025
REGISTER HERE
Creature Adventures is a fun summer camp program for children ages 6 through 9! Camp LPB will engage kids in science, technology, engineering, math, and literacy with fun hands-on activities, digital media, and technology featuring the Wild Kratts! Camp is at LPB's Telecommunications Center located at 7733 Perkins Road in Baton Rouge, LA, from 9 AM - 12 NOON Monday-Friday. Cost is $175 per camper plus a non-refundable registration fee of $25.
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