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President George H.W. Bush's childhood, early career in Texas and rise in the Republican Party.

The Nile, the world's longest river, provides a lifeline for Africa's elephants and leopards, extreme kayakers and ancient wonders.

Some of the Amazon's secrets include boiling streams, crystal clear lagoons, pink river dolphins and a strange new reef.

A 1976 Marvel UK Super Spider-Man #175 cover art; a 1926 Rogers Hornsby sterling trophy; Winslow Homer watercolors circa 1879.

The Neighborhood characters are afraid of a dinosaur; they are relieved to discover that it is only a Purple Panda in a costume; Lady Elaine learns that jokes should not hurt other people.

Buster Baxter is determined to find out why Fern feels low; Buster searches for a new best friend while Arthur is away.

Chris and Martin collect porcupine quills to make a necklace for Aviva.

The Hunters try to help an injured bird so it can join its friends migrating south for the winter.

Lyla asks customers for their leftover pumpkins, but then gets way too many; Lyla and Luke put their sisters, Liana and Louisa, through a babysitting test.

Forrest makes too many plans on the same day; Carl and Arugula build an epic marble run but fail to get the marble to run.

Daniel visits the post office and learns how letters are sorted and mailed, then sends a letter to Dad; Daniel and Dad Tiger surprise Mom with banana bread.

Phoebe and Jay are asked to bird sit; photo time leads Jay to an outfit disaster.

Visiting a garden with large scale butterfly and flower forms; techniques to create personal topiaries to enjoy at home.

Patchwork postcards; how to stitch-and-flip in the hoop; adapting a mini-block to be a standard postcard size; a special aging technique gives a postcard a vintage look.

Pineapple upside-down cornmeal cake with a caramelized fruit topping; baked glazed maple whole-wheat muffins.

Chef Thierry Blouet offers a tour of Puerto Vallarta's street food; La Docena restaurant; the ins and outs of one of Nuevo Vallarta's biggest resort destinations.

Exploring the bonds of friendship in Italy.

Portuguese-style beef stew; prepared pesto; the worst gadgets of the year; quinoa and vegetable stew.

Eric Hanson's perilous Grand Canyon adventure continues after having taken an unexpected and dangerous turn.

Mark meets with a local mason to investigate the depth of damage caused to a chimney by fallen trees; siding starts to go up at Paula's; Kevin meets with Army Corp to discuss their continued relief efforts.

Removing ring stains from a wood table; breaking down the types of soil and fertilizer needed for common indoor plants; repairing a brick floor's crumbling mortar using spot pointing rather than a full repoint job.

Farmers and ranchers challenge climate change; restoring the Salton Sea; forest habitat for birds in Pennsylvania.

The many uses of soybeans, from rural Iowa to San Francisco.

The 2026 Kia Telluride SUV; the Dodge Charger Scat Pack powered by a modern day, internal combustion SIX-PACK.

A salute to the music of Harry Warren featuring "Lullaby of Broadway," "I Only Have Eyes for You," "I Love My Baby," "Chattanooga Choo Choo," "Lulu's Back in Town" and "You'll Never Know.".

From beavers reshaping wetlands to crayfish living deep underground, aquatic systems reveal the prairies' hidden vitality.

Science, health, technology and environment experts and professionals address issues such as artificial intelligence, medicine and climate science.

The stories of the people, places, issues and events in Springfield, Quincy, Decatur, Macomb and the rest of central Illinois.

A real estate advertisement erected in 1923 becomes an international symbol of fame, fortune and the American dream.

The discovery of a Martin Luther King Jr. speech delivered in Rocky Mount, N.C. in 1962 reveals the key to the origins of the "I have a dream" speech, and provides proof of the inspiration King drew from the work of Langston Hughes.

Stephen Lang narrates a cutting-edge and hi-tech history of the Civil War's bloody, pivotal battle.

Country singer Kacey Musgraves.

People (Denny Miller, Mala Powers, Grant Williams) on a spaceship ponder repopulation after seeing Earth destroyed on their way to Venus.

From beavers reshaping wetlands to crayfish living deep underground, aquatic systems reveal the prairies' hidden vitality.

Wallabies, koolamana lizards and crocodile hatchlings face the wild river's dangers.

Pursued by a group of Utahraptors, a gang of armored dinosaurs battles to reach adulthood.

A young Albertosaurus, a relative of Tyrannosaurus rex, must earn her place in a deadly hunting pack or face starvation.

Actors Valerie Singleton and Diane Louise Jordan ("Blue Peter") compete to find the most profitable antiques.

Reassuring children about arguments; Mr. McFeely shares wedding memories.

Mr. Ratburn isn't acting like himself, which has Arthur, Buster and Brain worried; Mr. Crosswire gets a robot butler for Father's Day.

Martin and Chris befriend a female white shark.

Xavier and his friends meet American leaders George Washington, Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman and Abraham Lincoln.

Carl doesn't know what to do when Nico falls; Carl learns a new word -- shindig.

Things don't go as planned when Daniel and Dad Tiger spend the day together; Daniel and Mom's day together includes turning her old wagon into a trolley.

Phoebe plans a birthday surprise for Grandma; Phoebe and Jay must tend to the bell pepper in the garden.

Measuring mass with marble fizz and massive bricks; designing a simple balance; astronomer Jillian Bellovary.

Why a desert and a redwood forest are just 90 miles apart in Death Valley and Sequoia National Parks.

Exploring the life of Chief Justice John Marshall, who built the Supreme Court into the third pillar of American government.

The history of America's most successful social insurance program, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935.

The G7 tone changes with a memo of understanding in the mix; another weather system sweeps across the Corn Belt; one family's love of farming cultivates something bigger than the farm itself; commodity market analysis.

Margaret Hoover leads interviews and debates.

The Ring Road -- the 800-mile loop around Iceland on Highway 1; the geothermal hot zone of Lake Mývatn; the rugged Eastfjords; glacier lagoons of the Southeast; waterfalls and beaches of the South Coast; puffins at the Westman Islands.

Exploring Mississippi's college towns, including Oxford, Starkville and Jackson, and their local flavors, history and unique energy.

The musical heritage of Bristol, TN/VA, where the state line runs right down Main Street; how the town celebrates its past and future.

A 1911 Patek Philippe silver deck chronometer; a diamond and platinum convertible necklace circa 1925; an 1864 Abraham Lincoln letter.

Experts analyze prominent international affairs topics and America's role in a shifting world.

Author and historian Rick Atkinson discusses the American Revolution.

Following nature's rhythms from fireflies at dusk to cicadas emerging after years underground; in the prairie, pollinators keep wildflowers blooming while ancient rocks shelter microorganisms and preserve echoes of vanished seas.

A music student is found dead; when her professor dies suddenly, Patience races to unravel the mystery which leads to a showdown in York Minster that exposes the unlikely killer.

Rivalry turns deadly when a Cambridge student is murdered and Alphy's Bible is found at the scene; Geordie faces a pivotal decision.

Downton has been turned into a convalescent home for wounded officers, and there is a lot to do; the arrival of the first patients has everyone scurrying.

Acoustic guitarist/harp-guitarist Muriel Anderson; guitarist and composer Hiroya Tsukamoto; Sara and Savannah Cool.

Ava Preston joins Americana songwriter Delyn Christian and JD Eicher.