Weekly Schedule | Austin PBS WORLD

Week of January 11, 2026

Sunday January 11, 2026

12:30 am

POV Shorts - Classroom 4

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 am

POV - Union

(Duration: 90 minutes)

2:30 am

Penny: Champion of the Marginalized

(Duration: 30 minutes)

3:00 am

VOCES - From Here/From There (De Aqui/De Alla)

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 am

Public Defender

(Duration: 60 minutes)

5:00 am

On Story - On the Making of They Cloned Tyrone

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

Washington Week With The Atlantic

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:30 am

The Open Mind - The Future of Human Rights - Part II

(Duration: 30 minutes)

7:00 am

Focus on Europe

(Duration: 30 minutes)

7:30 am

Global Us

(Duration: 30 minutes)

8:00 am

POV - Union

(Duration: 90 minutes)

9:30 am

Penny: Champion of the Marginalized

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:00 am

The Chavis Chronicles - Steven Hightower

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 am

Laura Flanders & Friends - Alice Wong's Legacy: How "Disability Visibility" Strengthens Every Liberation Movement

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 am

Life in the Heart Land - Veterans

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:30 am

America's Heartland

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:00 pm

A Better Next Big Thing

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:30 pm

Start Up - Desert Creek Honey -- Blue Ridge, Texas

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

Bloomberg Wall Street Week

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 pm

The Open Mind - The Future of Human Rights - Part II

(Duration: 30 minutes)

2:30 pm

ICT Newscast With Aliyah Chavez

(Duration: 30 minutes)

3:00 pm

Balancing Act With John Katko

(Duration: 30 minutes)

3:30 pm

On Story - On the Making of They Cloned Tyrone

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:00 pm

POV - Union

(Duration: 90 minutes)

5:30 pm

Penny: Champion of the Marginalized

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 pm

A French Village - The Mousetrap

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

My Grandparents' War - Kit Harington

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 pm

The Invisible Shield - The Old Playbook

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 pm

Independent Lens - The Big Payback

(Duration: 90 minutes)

10:30 pm

POV Shorts - The People Could Fly

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 pm

My Grandparents' War - Kit Harington

(Duration: 60 minutes)

Monday January 12, 2026

12:00 am

The Invisible Shield - The Old Playbook

(Duration: 60 minutes)

1:00 am

Independent Lens - The Big Payback

(Duration: 90 minutes)

2:30 am

POV Shorts - The People Could Fly

(Duration: 30 minutes)

3:00 am

Atomic People

(Duration: 90 minutes)

4:30 am

Penny: Champion of the Marginalized

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 am

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

The Whitney Reynolds Show - Something to Celebrate

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

NHK Newsline

(Duration: 15 minutes)

6:15 am

Nun's Seasonal Calendar

(Duration: 13 minutes)

6:28 am

Direct Talk

(Duration: 15 minutes)

6:43 am

Short Program

(Duration: 17 minutes)

7:00 am

My Grandparents' War - Kit Harington

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 am

The Invisible Shield - The Old Playbook

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 am

Independent Lens - The Big Payback

(Duration: 90 minutes)

10:30 am

POV Shorts - The People Could Fly

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

12:00 pm

The Whitney Reynolds Show - Something to Celebrate

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:30 pm

The Open Mind - The Future of Human Rights - Part II

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

Expedition With Steve Backshall - Kamchatka: Expedition Grizzly River

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 pm

Expedition With Steve Backshall - Saudi Arabia: Expedition Volcanic Underworld

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 pm

The Invisible Shield - The Old Playbook

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 pm

DW News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 pm

BBC News America

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 pm

France 24

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 pm

Asia Insight

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 pm

Cruise Boom: A Community on the Cusp of Change

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

Rust

(Duration: 90 minutes)

8:30 pm

Stories From the Stage - Twist of Fate

(Duration: 30 minutes)

9:00 pm

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 pm

The Day

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 pm

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 pm

Cruise Boom: A Community on the Cusp of Change

(Duration: 60 minutes)

Tuesday January 13, 2026

12:00 am

Rust

(Duration: 90 minutes)

1:30 am

Stories From the Stage - Twist of Fate

(Duration: 30 minutes)

2:00 am

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 am

Hope in the Water - The Fish in the Sea

(Duration: 60 minutes)

5:00 am

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

Asia Insight

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

Newsroom Tokyo

(Duration: 28 minutes)

6:28 am

Direct Talk

(Duration: 15 minutes)

6:43 am

Short Program

(Duration: 17 minutes)

7:00 am

Cruise Boom: A Community on the Cusp of Change

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 am

Rust

(Duration: 90 minutes)

9:30 am

Stories From the Stage - Twist of Fate

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:00 am

Hope in the Water - The Fish in the Sea

(Duration: 60 minutes)

11:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

12:00 pm

Consuelo Mack WealthTrack - Great American Investments

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:30 pm

Asia Insight

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

Sea Change: The Gulf of Maine, A NOVA Special Presentation - Bounty

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 pm

Hope in the Water - The Fish in the Sea

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 pm

The Invisible Shield - Follow the Data

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 pm

DW News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 pm

BBC News America

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 pm

France 24

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 pm

NHK Newsline

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 pm

NOVA - Arctic Sinkholes

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

Weathered: After the LA Firestorm

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 pm

Extinction: The Facts

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 pm

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 pm

The Day

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 pm

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 pm

NOVA - Arctic Sinkholes

(Duration: 60 minutes)

Wednesday January 14, 2026

12:00 am

Weathered: After the LA Firestorm

(Duration: 60 minutes)

1:00 am

Extinction: The Facts

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 am

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 am

Hope in the Water - Farming the Water

(Duration: 60 minutes)

5:00 am

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

GZERO World With Ian Bremmer - What Comes Next in Venezuela?

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

Newsroom Tokyo

(Duration: 28 minutes)

6:28 am

Direct Talk

(Duration: 15 minutes)

6:43 am

Short Program

(Duration: 17 minutes)

7:00 am

NOVA - Arctic Sinkholes

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 am

Weathered: After the LA Firestorm

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 am

Extinction: The Facts

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 am

Hope in the Water - Farming the Water

(Duration: 60 minutes)

11:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

12:00 pm

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:30 pm

Energy Switch - Russian Energy

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

Sea Change: The Gulf of Maine, A NOVA Special Presentation - Peril

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 pm

Hope in the Water - Farming the Water

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 pm

The Invisible Shield - Inoculation & Inequity

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 pm

DW News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 pm

BBC News America

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 pm

France 24

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 pm

NHK Newsline

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 pm

VOCES: American Sons

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

Independent Lens - Greener Pastures

(Duration: 90 minutes)

8:30 pm

POV Shorts - Classroom 4

(Duration: 30 minutes)

9:00 pm

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 pm

The Day

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 pm

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 pm

VOCES: American Sons

(Duration: 60 minutes)

Thursday January 15, 2026

12:00 am

Independent Lens - Greener Pastures

(Duration: 90 minutes)

1:30 am

POV Shorts - Classroom 4

(Duration: 30 minutes)

2:00 am

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 am

Hope in the Water - Changing the Menu

(Duration: 60 minutes)

5:00 am

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

Story in the Public Square - Michael McFaul

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

Newsroom Tokyo

(Duration: 28 minutes)

6:28 am

Direct Talk

(Duration: 15 minutes)

6:43 am

Short Program

(Duration: 17 minutes)

7:00 am

VOCES: American Sons

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 am

Independent Lens - Greener Pastures

(Duration: 90 minutes)

9:30 am

POV Shorts - Classroom 4

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:00 am

Hope in the Water - Changing the Menu

(Duration: 60 minutes)

11:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

12:00 pm

Story in the Public Square - Michael McFaul

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:30 pm

Second Opinion With Joan Lunden - Alzheimer's: A Public Health Crisis

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

Sea Change: The Gulf of Maine, A NOVA Special Presentation - Survival

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 pm

Hope in the Water - Changing the Menu

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 pm

The Invisible Shield - The New Playbook

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 pm

DW News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 pm

BBC News America

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 pm

France 24

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 pm

NHK Newsline

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 pm

The Five Demands

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

The Cost of Inheritance: An America Reframed Special

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 pm

POV - Winter's Yearning

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 pm

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 pm

The Day

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 pm

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 pm

The Cost of Inheritance: An America Reframed Special

(Duration: 60 minutes)

Friday January 16, 2026

12:00 am

POV - Winter's Yearning

(Duration: 60 minutes)

1:00 am

The Five Demands

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 am

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 am

POV Shorts - The People Could Fly

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 am

Stories From the Stage - Twist of Fate

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 am

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

Closer to Truth's Mind, Art, Transcendence - What Makes Music Transcendent?

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

Newsroom Tokyo

(Duration: 28 minutes)

6:28 am

Direct Talk

(Duration: 15 minutes)

6:43 am

Short Program

(Duration: 17 minutes)

7:00 am

The Cost of Inheritance: An America Reframed Special

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 am

POV - Winter's Yearning

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 am

The Five Demands

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 am

POV Shorts - The People Could Fly

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 am

Stories From the Stage - Twist of Fate

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

12:00 pm

GZERO World With Ian Bremmer - Trump's Second Term, One Year In

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:30 pm

Closer to Truth's Mind, Art, Transcendence - What Makes Music Transcendent?

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

POV Shorts - The People Could Fly

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:30 pm

Stories From the Stage - Twist of Fate

(Duration: 30 minutes)

2:00 pm

The Cost of Inheritance: An America Reframed Special

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 pm

POV - Winter's Yearning

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 pm

DW News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 pm

BBC News America

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 pm

France 24

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 pm

NHK Newsline

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 pm

POV - Liquor Store Dreams

(Duration: 90 minutes)

7:30 pm

POV - DRIVER

(Duration: 90 minutes)

9:00 pm

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 pm

Bloomberg Wall Street Week

(Duration: 60 minutes)

11:00 pm

POV - Liquor Store Dreams

(Duration: 90 minutes)

Saturday January 17, 2026

12:30 am

POV - DRIVER

(Duration: 90 minutes)

2:00 am

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 am

Animal Babies: First Year on Earth - Testing Limits

(Duration: 60 minutes)

5:00 am

The Whitney Reynolds Show - Something to Celebrate

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

Consuelo Mack WealthTrack - Rethinking Investing

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:30 am

Washington Week With The Atlantic

(Duration: 30 minutes)

7:00 am

POV - Liquor Store Dreams

(Duration: 90 minutes)

8:30 am

POV - DRIVER

(Duration: 90 minutes)

10:00 am

Consuelo Mack WealthTrack - Rethinking Investing

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 am

The Whitney Reynolds Show - The Real Reality

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 am

Rust

(Duration: 90 minutes)

12:30 pm

Stories From the Stage - Twist of Fate

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

POV - Liquor Store Dreams

(Duration: 90 minutes)

2:30 pm

POV - DRIVER

(Duration: 90 minutes)

4:00 pm

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 pm

Washington Week With The Atlantic

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 pm

Balancing Act With John Katko

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 pm

Firing Line With Margaret Hoover

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 pm

Civilizations - The Second Moment of Creation

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

Civilizations - How Do We Look?

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 pm

Civilizations - God and Art

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 pm

A French Village - The Border

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 pm

Roadtrip Nation: Rerouting

(Duration: 60 minutes)

11:00 pm

Civilizations - The Second Moment of Creation

(Duration: 60 minutes)