August 2021 TPT Member Magazine

The TPT Member Magazine highlights all the latest and greatest shows from TPT and PBS. Find out what's new and see when your favorite shows are on TPT.

AUGUST 2021

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All Creatures Great and Small: Between the Pages

Frontline In the Shadow of 9/11

Get to know the cast and creators of the hit series based on James Herriot’s beloved books. Savor the best moments from the first season, including Dame Diana Rigg in her final role as Mrs. Pumphrey, and look ahead to what might happen in Season 2. TPT 2 Sunday, August 15, 6:30 p.m. TPT LIFE Wednesday, August 18, 6:30 p.m.

Examine the story of the so-called ‘Liberty City Seven’ — a group of young Black men accused of assisting Al Qaeda in a plot to blow up buildings within the USA. Directed by Dan Reed ("Leaving Neverland"). TPT 2 Tuesday August 10, 9 p.m.

Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score Let Kristin Chenowith and Idina Menzel guide you through the concert version of the famed musical. Explore the story of Elphaba and Glinda, the journey of two young women that continues to provide inspiration to young and old, in

Generation 9/11 Follow seven young people whose fathers died on 9/11. When they were born, the nation was drawn together. Twenty years later, in a divided America, they enter adulthood with a sense of responsibility that stems from their own personal tragedy. TPT 2 Tuesday, August 31, 8 p.m.

every culture, and in all walks of life. TPT 2 Sunday, August 29, 8 p.m.

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Join us for special programming and activities at the TPT Booth, located at 1545 Underwood next to Sweet Martha’s Cookies!

· Live jazz by Kendra Glenn Band and other Minnesota musicians

· Hero Elementary characters and activities for kids

· Hero Elementary characters featured in daily 2 p.m. parade

· Cookbook signing with Almanac’ s Mary Lahammer

· Virgo Sensitivity Children’s Hip-Hop Dance Class

· AfroContIgbo Dance MN Children’s Dance Session

· Sound Bath by Tamiko French from SoulSpeak Expressions

· One Greater Minnesota stories with Almanac reporter Kaomi Lee

· Conversation with Almanac data reporter Kyeland Jackson

· Giant State Fair chalk mural and yard games for the entire family

· A live taping of Almanac at the State Fair

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A NOTE FROM SYLVIA

Visit TPT at the Minnesot State Fair!

Welcome to August in Minnesota. The summer is winding down - the sun is going down earlier, schools are about reopen and of course, the State Fair! For the sixth year, Twin Cities PBS (TPT) will be represented at the Great Minnesota Get Together. TPT's booth is located on Underwood Street, next to Sweet Martha's Cookies. We invite you, as a member, to come by and meet TPT staff and volunteers and pick up a free giveaway item. The TPT booth will feature activities for kids, including a giant chalkboard mural, cooking demos, performances by local musicians and dancers, a fashion show, and much more. For more information about all the exciting things TPT will be doing at the State Fair, visit tpt.org/events . And if you need a refresher to get you ready for all the food and festivities after last year's hiatus, watch TPT's own State Fair Stories and State Fair Traditions , airing this month and available to stream at tpt.org .

We love to interact and learn from our members and viewers, and The Minnesota State Fair is a special opportunity for us to engage face-to-face with our community at one of the largest gatherings in our state. We hope to see you there!

Best Regards, Sylvia Strobel, President and CEO, Twin Cities PBS

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HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 1-8

Masterpiece Unforgotten - Season 4

Cassie and Sunny interview two of the suspects again and get closer to the truth. Balcombe believes she knows the cause of Walsh's death. Things take an unexpected and devastating turn for Cassie. Part 5 of 6. TPT 2 Sunday, August 8, 8 p.m. TPT LIFE Wednesday, August 11, 8 p.m.

American Experience McCarthy

Explore the rise and fall of the notorious senator who led a Cold War crusade against Communists. His zealous campaign to root out those he viewed as enemies of the state would test the limits of American decency and democracy. TPT 2 Tuesday, August 3, 8 p.m.

Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets

Elizabeth I: The Warrior Queen Join Lucy Worsley for an exploration of how Elizabeth I's image as a warrior queen, created by a series of myths and secrets about her victory over the Spanish Armada, shaped British national

identity for centuries. Part 1 of 6. TPT 2 Sunday, August 1, 7 p.m.

Rise of the Nazis The First Six Months in Power Discover the measures Chancellor Hitler takes to dismantle the German state. The Nazis have the power to ban free speech, books are burned, and Jewish people, gay people, and those holding anti Nazi beliefs begin to disappear. Part 2 of 3. TPT 2 Monday, August 2, 8 p.m.

Icon: Music through the Lens On the Cover

Discover the uncensored and never heard before stories behind the amazing photographs that graced the front pages of music magazines and played a pivotal role in elevating music photography to iconic status. Part 4 of 6. TPT 2 Friday, August 6, 9 p.m.

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EVENING AUGUST 1-8

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1 Sun

Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6)

Professor T: Mother Love

Professor T: The Perfect Picture

Secrets of Highclere Castle

Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Elizabeth I: The Warrior Queen (Part 1 of 6) Nature: Super Cats: Extreme Lives

NOVA: Meteor Strike

NOVA: Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday?

Devil’s Instru- ment

Austin City Limits: Texas Icons: Jerry Jeff Walker & Billy Joe Shaver

Lowertown Line: Trampled By Turtles

LIFE

Connections and Transfor- mations

Resorts of the Northwoods

Civil Rights Across Genera- tions

Call to Justice

Northwest Angle - MN's Best Kept Secret

: 2 Mon

Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Portland

Rise of the Nazis: The First Six Months In Power (Part 2 of 3)

The Dictator’s Playbook: Kim Il Sung

POV: Pier Kids

On Story

Celtic Thunder Ireland

Antiques Roadshow Recut

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Start Up

LIFE

MN Original

Common Ground: Shaynow- ishkung

Native Report Native Report Considered View: The Pho- tography...

Postcards

Around The Cor- ner with John McGivern

Photographer’s View of Iceland

Bill Holm: Through The Windows of...

3 Tue

Finding Your Roots: Funny Business

American Experience: McCarthy

NOVA: Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday?

Amazing Human Body Survive

Shakespeare & Hathaway- Private Investigators: In My Memory Lock'd

A Confession (Part 6 of 6)

Shetland

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Chavis Chronicles Common Ground

LIFE

MN Original

Let’s Go Min- nesota!

Stage: Celebrating Black Artists

Justice Matters

Homesteading

We’re In This Together

4 Wed

Nature: Super Cats: Cats In Every Corner Durrells In Corfu Season 2 on Masterpiece

NOVA: Why Bridges Collapse

NOVA: Look Who's Driving

How We Got to Now with Steven Johnson: Clean

When Disaster Strikes: A Perfect Storm: Mozambique

Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6)

Professor T: Mother Love

BBC World News Jingle Dress Tradition

Amanpour and Company

David Ruben- stein Show: Peer to Peer... Making It Up North

LIFE

MN Original

This Is Minnesota Orchestra Outliers and Intrigue

Reclaim- ing Sacred Tobacco

Almanac: Hands-On History

Around The Cor- ner with John McGivern Ask This Old House

Shared Sacrifice: Rock County In War

5 Thu

This Old House

Death In Paradise

Shakespeare & Hathaway- Private Investigators: The Envious Court Minnesota Experience: Historic Trails In Northern Minnesota

Secrets of Highclere Castle Eastenders

Eastenders

American Experience: McCarthy

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Articulate with Jim Cotter

LIFE

MN Original

Let’s Go Min- nesota!

Forensics: Beyond The CSI Effect

Minne- sota’s Fiercest Floods

Labrador Pas- sage

Minnesota: A History of the Land: Changes in the Land/1870s-1900 Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon

Farm Fresh Road Trip 2

Off 90

Windows to Nature: Minne- sota’s Dioramas

6 Fri

Almanac

Antiques Roadshow: Our 50 States 2

Icon: Music Through The Lens On the Cover (Part 4 of 6) Frontline: Growing Up Poor in America

In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies

Somewhere South: Dumpling Dilemma

Washington Week

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Gzero World with Ian Bremmer Prairie Mosaic

LIFE

MN Original

Innovation Culture

Almanac

Community Leadership After 50

Around The Cor- ner with John McGivern

Healthcare Any- where: Hyper- Connecting

Planting Cre- ativity: Artists, Place & Trans

7 Sat

The Indian Doctor: Young Hearts (Part 3 of 5)

Midsomer Murders: The Dagger Club (Parts 1 & 2 of 2)

Secrets of Scotland Yard

Thou Shalt Not Kill Episode 10

Lowertown Line: Kitten Forever

K.D. Lang - Landmarks Live In Concert: A Great Per

Lowertown Line

POV: Pier Kids

On Story

Independent Lens: Pipe Dreams

LIFE

Backroads

Prairie Musi- cians

Crossing The Threshold

Heroes & History

Getting A Handle On Diabetes

Love of Car: Transportation As We Age

Getting There

Critical Links: Community Health Workers

Brighter Fu- tures: Childhood In Balance

8 Sun

Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6)

Professor T: Sophie Knows

Professor T: Sugarbab

Secrets of Westminster

Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Queen Anne: The Mother of Great Britain (Part 2 of 2) Nature: Super Cats: Cats In Every Corner

NOVA: Why Bridges Collapse

TBA

Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon

Austin City Limits: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

LIFE

Patient No More

Our Invisible Guardians

Lowertown Line

Museums Creating Community

Treasures Collected, Treasures...

Nordic Roots Primer

Guthrie: An Inside Look

Bound By Earth: Archaeology In Minnesota

Finding Your Roots - Funny Business Comedic guests Amy Schumer, Aziz Ansari, and Maya Rudolph take a serious look at their family trees, learning contrasting stories of assimilation, independence, hardship and success all over the globe. TPT 2 Tuesday, August 3, 7 p.m.

Nature: Super Cats: Cats in Every Corner Discover how cats have conquered the world, thriving in almost every landscape on Earth, from fishing cats in the wetlands of Asia, to a pregnant jaguar in Costa Rica.

TPT 2 Wednesday, August 4, 7 p.m. TPT LIFE Sunday, August 8, 7 p.m.

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We’re In This Together As long as the United States is at war families will be separated. Veterans, and spouses and children of veterans share their stories, experiences and advice for coping with a military deployment. Co-produced with Anoka County Historical Society. TPT MN Tuesday, August 3, 5 p.m.& 11 p.m.

State Fair Traditions Generations of Minnesotans have gone to the Fair every year, competing for ribbons, discovering the latest in new foods and fads, and connecting with the traditions whose roots go back to the family farm. Produced with the MN State Fair Foundation TPT MN Sunday, August 29, 7 p.m.

Women Serving in War From the war zone to life back home: Three generations of Minnesota's military women share their stories of service from World War II to Vietnam to Afghanistan. Produced with MN Dept of Veterans Affairs. TPT MN Monday, August 9, 2 p.m.

The Public Life Project Polarization, misinformation, and disinformation are more prevalent than ever. Here’s how University of Minnesota faculty and students are developing the knowledge and skills needed to grapple with polarizing divisions and inequalities, engage empathetically with others, and prepare for active, meaningful public lives. Made in partnership with the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. TPT.ORG tpt.org /thepubliclifeproject

TPT Partnerships Our award-winning TPT Partnerships team relentlessly pursues the stories that inspire, educate, and shine spotlights on local communities. Since 2003, our team has partnered with more than 250 organizations to create almost 900 programs and multi-media projects that span a spectrum of topics and issues that are relevant to Minnesotans. For more information, visit tptpartnerships.org.

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HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 9-15

Rick Steves: Best of the Alps Adventure through three of Brazil's most influential cities with the Grammy Award winning singer as she explores the origins of its music through its people and offers an inside look at the creation of her new Brazilian influenced album. TPT 2 Sunday, August 15, 4:30 p.m. TPT LIFE Wednesday, August 18, 10 p.m.

Secrets of the Dead Cleopatra's Lost Tomb Learn about the legendary

queen Cleopatra, who ruled the Egyptian empire. Will an amateur archaeologist's theory reveal where the queen's lost tomb is hidden? TPT 2 Wednesday, August 11, 9 p.m.

American Experience Ruby Ridge

The Dictator's Playbook Manuel Noriega

Examine the 1992 FBI siege at Ruby Ridge that helped launch the modern militia movement through eyewitness accounts, including Randy Weaver's daughter and federal agents involved in the deadly confrontation. TPT 2 Tuesday, August 10, 8 p.m. | TPT LIFE Thursday, August 12, 7 p.m.

Watch Manuel Noriega rise through the Panamanian military to become chief of intelligence — and then, military dictator. He spied for the United States, but in the end, money laundering, drug trafficking, and political crimes led to his downfall. A Twin Cities PBS original production. TPT 2 Monday, August 9, 9 p.m.

Secrets of the Dead Scanning the Pyramids

Travel with the scientific team granted unprecedented access by the Egyptian government to solve a 4,500 year old mystery: what lies within the Great Pyramid at Giza. Using non-invasive technologies, they make a historic discovery. TPT 2 Wednesday, August 11, 8 p.m.

Dear Jerry: Celebrating the Music of Jerry Garcia This concert event features performances by: Phil Lesh & Communion, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann with Billy & the Kids, David Grisman, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Frampton, Los Lobos, Yonder Mountain String Band and others. Songs include "Uncle John's Band," "Fire on the Mountain,” "Ripple” and more.

TPT 2 Saturday, August 14, 10 p.m. TPT LIFE Sunday, August 15, 11 p.m.

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EVENING AUGUST 9-15

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9 Mon

Antiques Roadshow: Hotel Del Coronado - Hour 1

Rise of the Nazis: Night of the Long Knives (Part 3 of 3)

The Dictator’s Playbook: Manuel Noriega

POV: Minding The Gap

On Story

3 Steps to Pain-Free Living

Antiques Roadshow Recut

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Start Up

LIFE

MN Original

Women Serv- ing In War

We’re In This Together

Native Report Native Report Nourish Hope: Progress Starts with Food

Angels: A Friendship Connection

Postcards

Around The Cor- ner with John McGivern

10 Tue

Finding Your Roots: Relatives We Never Knew We Had Shakespeare & Hathaway- Private Investigators: The Envious Court

American Experience: Ruby Ridge

Frontline: In the Shadow of 9/11

Amazing Human Body: Learn

Secrets of Scotland Yard

Secrets of Westminster

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Chavis Chronicles Common Ground

LIFE

MN Original

Let’s Go Min- nesota!

Stage: Hippocrates Cafe: Re- flections on the Pandemic Secrets of the Dead: Scanning The Pyramids Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6)

Nikki Giovanni On Poetry & Truth

Our Rights

11 Wed

Nature: Super Cats: Science and Secrets Durrells In Corfu Season 2 On Masterpieceo

Secrets of the Dead: Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb

How We Got to Now with Steven Johnson: Time

When Disaster Strikes: The Silent Killer: Somalia

Professor T: Sophie Knows

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

David Ruben- stein Show: Peer to Peer... Making It Up North

LIFE

MN Original

This Is Minnesota Orchestra Dreams and Discovery

Mississippi, MN

Almanac: Hands-On History Eastenders

Around The Cor- ner with John McGivern Ask This Old House

Nature: Walking with Emerson & Thoreau

12 Thu

This Old House

Death In Paradise

Shakespeare & Hathaway- Private Investigators: Too Cold for Hell

Secrets of Scotland Yard

Eastenders

American Experience: Ruby Ridge

American Experience: Feud

Minnesota Experience: Parks for the People

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Articulate with Jim Cotter

LIFE

MN Original

Let’s Go Min- nesota!

Health and Climate

Minnesota’s National Park Legacy

Minnesota: A History of the Land Out of the Ashes/1900-1940s Icon: Music Through The Lens: On the Net (Part 6 of 6)

Farm Fresh Road Trip 3

Off 90

Climate Smart: Cities Working Together

Energy Innova- tions in the US and Germany

13 Fri

Almanac

Antiques Roadshow: Hotel Del Coronado Hour 2

Icon: Music Through The Lens: On the Wall (Part 5 of 6) Frontline: United Tsates of Conspiracy

In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl: Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl

Somewhere South: What A Pickle

Washington Week

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

BBC World News

Amanpour and Company

Gzero World with Ian Bremmer Prairie Mosaic

LIFE

MN Original

New Metropolis Minnesota

Homes for All

Almanac

Around The Cor- ner with John McGivern

Elder Victims: Abused, Ex- ploited, Alone

14 Sat

(5:30) Red, White and Rock (My Music) (6:00) Lawrence Welk’s TV Treasures

John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind (My Music)

Dear Jerry: Celebrating The Music of Jerry Garcia

ADD and Lov- ing It?!

Blenko Glass: Behind The Scenes

Pink Floyd: Live In Venice

Deepak Chopra: The Spiritual Laws of Success

LIFE

Backroads

Prairie Musi- cians

Game On: Women Can Coach

Power of Vol- unteerism

Life After Meth

Drug Courts: Justice That Heals

Lending A Hand: The Wakanheza...

Getting There

Coming Home: Supporting Your Soldier

15 Sun

(6:30) All Creatures Great and Small: Between The Pages (6:30) This Land Is Your Land (My Music)

Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6)

Professor T: The Dutiful Child

Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide

A Conversation with Ken Burns

Pavlo Live In Kastoria

Dear Jerry: Celebrating The Music of Jerry Garcia

LIFE

Northern Rhythms

Polka Across America

Lowertown Line

Clay, Wood, Fire, Spirit: The Pottery of

Never Stop Singing

*The monthly programming schedule may change due to PBS and TPT's programming needs. Please refer to tpt.org/schedule for updated information.

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Icon: Musc Through the Lens On the Net

Trace the journey of music photography from a niche pastime to a highly collectable art form with stories from gallerists, art experts and photographers whose work hang in some of the world’s most revered institutions. Part 5 of 6. TPT 2 Friday, August 13, 9 p.m.

Tune into how music photography fits into the contemporary, popular culture landscape alongside the rise and influence of social media. Part 6 of 6. TPT 2 Friday, August 13, 10 p.m.

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Let’s Climb Out of the Generation Trap By Ashton Applewhite

When The Who howled "talkin' 'bout my generation" in 1968, they were referencing a group of

to distinguish between age, period and cohort effects. This leads to unfair representations, like tarring Millennials as disloyal job-hoppers. But that's an age effect, not a generational effect; it's how people may behave when they enter the job market, no matter when they were born.

people born and alive at about the same time. That's what the word means to most of us: generations in a family and, more generally, age contemporaries at different stages of life. But we use it to mean lots of other things, too, and that's a habit we need to break. Belonging to a generation contributes to a sense of personal and collective identity and belonging to something larger than ourselves. It's attractive to social scientists, who look for demographic patterns, and useful to the media because it lends itself to storytelling. We use "generation" to describe not only who lived through what and with whom, but also the meaning and values we attach to those experiences — individually and collectively. But precisely because "generation" refers to so many different things, we use it too much and too carelessly. That's the problem. We may think we know what "generation" means, but the concept has no scientific basis. Generational durations and beginning and end dates vary. It's mathematically almost impossible

Why Viewing People By Their Generation Can Be Ageist

Generational framing sanctions and supports age segregation, which makes us more likely to accept age divides and inequities as "just the way things are" instead of questioning the grip of age-group groupthink on our policies and prospects. Most damagingly, "generation" is used to exaggerate what age cohorts have in common and how they differ, in order to encourage conflict and legitimize inequity. Generational framing pits old against young. Invented by right-wing strategists in the 1970s, the myth of intergenerational conflict holds that the interests of old and young are inherently opposed, there's not enough to go around and olders and youngers will soon be at each other's throats. The media promotes this notion because conflict sells. It's easier to point fingers than build bridges, and when times are tough, we look for scapegoats.

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What Matters More Than Age Generational framing obscures the far larger role that class, along with race and gender, plays in shaping our lives.

Age plays much less of a role in shaping our paths through life than we think it does — far less than social factors like socioeconomic status, geography, ethnicity and gender. Falling into the "generation trap" distracts us from deeper questions of power and privilege.

Applying a generational lens obscures the multitude of inequities that exist within age cohorts and also cut across them.

Both the 1% and the 99% are made up of all ages. Net worth increases with age because people tend to acquire assets over time but maps far more closely to education level (a proxy for class). This reflects the legacy of systemic racism as well as the gender wage gap, which cuts across all age groups and demographics and widens significantly for women of color.

If we want a more equitable world, we have to wrestle with these commingled aspects of identity and opportunity and give age no more than its due. Another problem with making claims about an entire age cohort —whether about how much one "generation" has in common with another or how little —is that it invariably results in crude generalizations which undergird all prejudice.

Plenty of olders are in better health than millions of youngers. Saints and sinners come in all ages. And so on.

The only characteristic older people share, along with diminishing physical capacity, is ever-increasing heterogeneity: the longer we live, the more different from each other we become and the less our age reveals about us.

How to Think Less Generationally Let's break the "generations" habit unless we're using the term specifically —to describe immigration trends, for example, or family trees or genetic patterns. Try "age group" instead or "age cohort" if you want to sound like a demographer.

Try "mixed age" or "age-diverse" to describe events that involve an age range, instead of letting "intergenerational" do all the lifting.

Try describing what people are doing or saying or listening to instead of using their age as a key identifier.

Instead of referring to yourself as a boomer, Gen Xer or Millennial, try Perennial— writer Gina Pell's witty suggestion for what those of us who don't want to be constrained by generational moats start calling ourselves. Generational framing serves marketers, reactionaries and vested interests — but not Perennials — or the public good.

Read more stories like this on NextAvenue.org

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HowAfrican Americans Brought Barbecue Traditions to the Table

By Julie Pfitzinger

For generations of African American families, one of the essential ingredients in barbecue sauce recipes has always been… secrecy. A very high level of secrecy, in fact. "Someone in the family is designated as the holder of the recipe," said Adrian Miller, a James Beard Award-winning culinary historian and author. "They can't tell unless they are about to die. And there are graveyards across the country filled with recipes." What Miller no longer wants kept secret is the impact of African Americans on the history and traditions of barbecue in America. In his new book “Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue,” Miller offers a comprehensive look at the men and women who have fed many, taught many and elevated this popular cooking style to its status as a fundamental component of American culinary culture.

It was while researching his first book, which won the 2014 James Beard Book Award for Reference and Scholarship, “Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time,” that Miller discovered there was much more to tell about the history of African American cooking.

"I thought I'd have a chapter in the book on barbecue, since so many of the Black-owned barbecue places I was visiting are known for their soul-food side dishes," said Miller, of Denver, who refers to himself as The Soul Food Scholar. "The more I got into barbecue, I knew that it was definitely its own thing." Even in his early research, what became "glaringly apparent," Miller said, was that African American cooks were not getting the attention they deserved for their contributions to the cooking style as the country began to gravitate to barbecue, whether in diners, restaurants or their own backyards.

Searching for the stories and histories led Miller in some surprising directions.

"The Native American foundations of barbecue was something I'd never learned about," he said, adding that generally speaking, the roots of barbecue cooking can be found in traditions cultivated by Native Americans, Europeans and West Africans. "Of those, two of the three rely only on oral history traditions, so nothing was documented there," Miller explained, noting that he was able to uncover some writing about European settlers and their contributions to barbecue.

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Barbecue Across the Country

The Subject of Sauce

Many African Americans in the South became adept at preparing, creating and cooking barbecue for large numbers of people, and according to Miller, in the late 1800s, they started to move across the United States as "barbecue's most effective ambassadors." And along the way, many were building stellar reputations for their talents. "There was a lot of barbecue freelancing going on across the country, and many cooks were becoming well known," said Miller.

Back to that subject of family sauces. Miller, who has been featured in the Netflix series, “High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America,” said he's in possession of his grandmother's recipe, but that "there's no condition of silence" when it comes to sharing. "In my family, barbecue is more of a method," he explained. While not the case in his family, Miller said people often purchase commercial sauce and doctor it with lemon. "I have a lot of fond memories of a half-cut lemon with seeds floating in a pot of barbecue sauce," he said. When he's not studying, tasting or writing about barbecue, Miller, who is a lawyer, has an altogether different job: He's the executive director of the Colorado Council of Churches where he is the first African American and the first layperson to hold that position. Admitting that he once had aspirations to run for Senate in his home state, Miller said he would now like to have a different kind of impact when it comes to bringing people together. "I've always thought about writing a guide to hosting a dinner series on how to have difficult conversations," he said. "The challenge for us in this country today is how to create space where people can come together and listen to each other."

For "Black Smoke," Miller profiled 16 men and women who were barbecue vanguards.

One example: Columbus B. Hill, of Colorado, who pulled off a massive culinary feat on July 4, 1890.

"On the grounds of the state capital, he prepared barbecue for twenty-five thousand people and the event was covered in the local newspaper," said Miller. Another one of Miller's barbecue heroes, actually heroines, is Mary John — real name Marie Jean — a formerly enslaved woman and a renowned Arkansas pit master in the 1840s. "A lot of Black women have been in barbecue for a long time," Miller said. In his own family, where he was one of six children, Miller said his late mother, Johnetta, was "the griller in chief."

If barbecue is on the menu, even better.

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HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 16-22

Ken Burns: The National Parks Explore the beauty and grandeur of our nation's magnificent parks, from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon. Filmmakers Burns and Dayton Duncan vividly reveal fascinating behind the scenes stories about the making of the series. TPT 2 Wednesday, August 18, 7 p.m. | TPT LIFE Saturday, August 21, 8 p.m.

Farmhouses in the Heartland: Death of the Dream Explore the story of America’s rural past and a forgotten lifestyle — that of the vanishing farmhouse. Based on the book by St. Paul photographer and essayist William Gabler. TPT 2 Monday, August 16, 7 p.m. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Uncovering America Courtney B. Vance hosts this celebration of the renowned, respected and popular historian, author and filmmaker. Features appearances by distinguished guests seen in Gates' work including Jodie Foster, Ken Burns, Jelani Cobb, and LL Cool J. TPT 2 Tuesday, August 17, 7 p.m. Decoding the Driftless Buckle-up for a wild ride of science- adventure, above, on, and within the amazing Driftless Region of North America, with Emmy- winning filmmakers George Howe, Tim Jacobson, Rob Nelson, and director Jonas Stenstrom of Untamed Science. TPT 2 Wednesday, August 18, 8:30 p.m.

Pavlo Live in Kastoria Join the Mediterranean guitarist as he returns to Greece for a spectacular mountaintop concert. Pavlo’s music — a blend of Greek, flamenco, Latin and Balkan flavors wrapped in contemporary pop — has thrilled audiences throughout the US and Canada. TPT 2 Thursday, August 19, 8:30 p.m.

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Farmhouses in the Heartland: Death of the Dream (6:00) Doo Wop to Pop Rock: My Music Cel- ebrates 20 Years

The Fab Four: The Ultimate Beatles Tribute

Carole King & Jmaes Taylor: Live at the Troubadour

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First Speakers: Restoring The Ojibwe Language

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(6:30) All Creatures Great and Small: Between The Pages

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Professor T: The Dutiful Child

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The Fab Four: The Ultimate Beatles Tribute With uncanny, note-for-note live renditions of the Beatles' classics, the Fab Four will make you think you are back in time rockin' with John, Paul, George and Ringo! With The Fab Four on stage, you'll hear record- perfect live performances of such classics as "Can't Buy Me Love," "Yesterday," "A Day In The Life," "Penny Lane," "Here Comes The Sun," "Hey Jude" and many more! TPT 2 Monday, August 16, 8:30 p.m. | TPT LIFE Monday, August 30, 7 p.m.

African Americans: Many Rivers To Cross The Black Atlantic (1500-1800)

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On May 25, 2020, we witnessed George Floyd's murder in a video watched around the world – a cellphone capture shot by then 17-year-old Darnella Frazier who has since been recognized with a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation. As the trial of former MPD Officer Derek Chauvin unfolded in March and April 2021, we looked back at the past year and the last 100 years of Minnesota's long history with systemic racism and examined the pressing questions of this moment in our collective history.

How did this happen? Why did it happen here? And what does it take to move forward?

Part of Twin Cities PBS’ digital storytelling project, Racism Unveiled, "Trial & Tribulation: Racism and Justice in Minnesota" is a digital series that tackles a range of questions sparked by the trial, with answers rooted in the past that continue to send tremors through our society in the present. Each episode revolves around a key question and features mostly BIPOC thinkers, dreamers and doers who offer perspective, nuance and context. Just as the full force of George Floyd’s murder will be with us for years to come, the series asks important questions that will take time to unravel, such as: EPISODE 1: "How Can Black Communities Find Healing After Generations of Racism and Historical Trauma?" Social worker and trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem talks about the impact of generational and historic trauma on top of the trauma of the pandemic, racism and the trial of Derek Chauvin. Resmaa gives ideas for how to process trauma in the coming days, weeks, months and years.

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For white Minnesotans, juries can be inconvenient, yet fair and impartial. But for Black and brown people, a long history of racism, bias and exclusion makes trial by jury a more complicated topic. In this episode, we answer a two-part question: how does the jury system work and how does it work against Black and brown folks?

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