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Get Your Garden On Fall 2019

Conversations Live

Guest experts discuss local and national issues as they take your questions. During the 60-minute program, we will take phone calls, emails, and questions via Twitter.

 

Culinary Connections

This new WPSU original series tells the stories of people and places in our area that use food to connect with the world around them. These restaurateurs and artisans create more than culinary experiences, they also create connections to their patrons, communities, and cultures.

 

Penn State President Eric Barron and guests on the set of Digging Deeper

Digging Deeper

In this monthly talk show, Penn State President Eric Barron explores how work being done at Penn State University impacts the broader community.

 

Keystone Stories

Keystone Stories is a television and digital series that takes viewers to the breathtaking, interesting, quirky and sometimes hidden gems around central Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania’s beautiful landscape serves as the backdrop for an exploration of the people, places and culture that make the region unique.

 

Selected landmark images from different towns featured in WPSU's Our Town series.

Our Town

Discover the people and places of central Pennsylvania through the lenses of local residents.

 

SciTech Now

SciTech Now

SciTech Now captures the latest breakthroughs in science and technology. Each week we talk to the innovators at the forefront of their fields and explore the mysteries of the scientific world.

 

Student entrepreneurs

The Investment

Student entrepreneurs present their business ideas to a panel of judges, Shark Tank-style.

 

The Local Groove Presents

The Local Groove Presents is a spin-off of our popular radio show and features musical performances by Pennsylvania artists at WPSU’s studio. The series features a variety of genres from indie rock to folk and bluegrass from local bands and songwriters. Passport members can watch episodes early in the PBS App before they air on WPSU-TV.

 

The Pennsylvania Game

When did the Liberty Bell first crack? Which industrialist had his very own dinosaur? Play along and test your knowledge of Pennsylvania’s people, places and products. First aired in 1986, the Pennsylvania Game is now streaming for the first time in the PBS Video App.

 

WPSU-Produced Documentaries and Specials

Science U students

Science U at Home Special

Premiered December 26, 2021

In this public television special, campers, mentors and instructors at the Penn State Science-U summer science camp show off the ways parents and caregivers can bring the wonder of science home to kids.

 

Speaking Grief

Premiered May 5, 2020

Speaking Grief explores the transformative experience of losing a family member in a grief-avoidant society. It validates grief as a normal, healthy part of the human experience rather than a problem that needs to be “fixed.” It also addresses the role that support from friends and family plays in a person’s grief experience, offering guidance on how to show up for people in their darkest moments.

 

Woman Sewing

Pennsylvania Folklore: Woven Together

Premiered December 21, 2017

Explore some of the many textile arts that can be found throughout the state, examining the traditions behind them and the motivations of the craftspeople creating them.

 

Thrift Shop Chef

Thrift Shop Chef

Premiered November 8, 2017

Host Satchel Mantz finds unique kitchen devices in area thrift shops and then uses those tools, along with locally-sourced ingredients, to create incredible meals that you can prepare in your own home.

 

Moving Vietnam Wall

A Time To Heal

Premiered September 14, 2017

This WPSU documentary explores the impact of the Vietnam War on the lives of Pennsylvanians who fought, protested, or prayed for their loved ones to come home alive.

 

Congressman Glenn Thompson and WPSU's Cheraine Stanford on the set of The People's Business

The People’s Business: A Town Hall with Congressman Glenn Thompson

Premiered August 11, 2017

WPSU Penn State hosted a community town hall with 5th District Congressman Glenn Thompson on Thursday, August 10, at our studio in Innovation Park. This program is part of WPSU’s mission to stimulate dialogue and empower citizens to engage in the democratic process.

 

Managing Risk in a Changing Climate

Managing Risk in a Changing Climate

Premiered April 20, 2017

Examine one of humanity’s most pressing challenges through the lens of the many academic disciplines needed to address the impacts and surrounding economic, social, and environmental issues that come with managing risk in a changing climate.

 

You Can't Say That

You Can’t Say That

Premiered April 9, 2015

Experience a class where people say the things you aren’t supposed to say; where students participate in a quiet revolution toward cross-cultural understanding; where the philosophy is simple: conversation can change the world.

 

3 young adults row a small boat down a river

Water Blues Green Solutions

Premiered January 17, 2014

Water Blues Green Solutions tells stories from across the country of communities that are adopting new ways of thinking about how to protect, restore, and preserve our rivers and sources of drinking water.

 

Young kid celebrates with Penn State Students at THON

Why We Dance: The Story of THON

Premiered September 27, 2012

Why We Dance: The Story of THON is a documentary project that chronicles the student-run philanthropy, THON, and the children, families, and students who are changed by their experience.

 

Making the Blue Band title card, view of Blue Band member performing from the stands in Beaver Stadium

Making the Blue Band

Premiered January 14, 2011

The Penn State Blue Band is one of the nation’s premier college marching bands. Follow eight freshmen hopefuls through auditions, cuts, and the grueling days of band camp to find out who has what it takes to make the band.

 

blurry and grainy photo of a young woman holding a toddler

Telling Amy’s Story

Premiered June 1, 2010

Hosted by actress and advocate Mariska Hargitay, and told by Detective Deirdri Fishel, Telling Amy’s Story follows the timeline of a domestic violence homicide.