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Testing Milton Friedman

Lively discussion and debate on Friedman’s still-provocative ideas. Watch all three parts beginning at 1 & 7pm on <strong>KCPT2</strong>.

Testing Milton Friedman revisits some of the basic ideas championed by economist and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman in his 1980 PBS series and bestselling book Free To Choose. This new three-part series, hosted by veteran journalist Emily Rooney with a distinguished panel of two Friedman advocates and two challengers, presents a lively discussion and debate on Friedman’s still-provocative ideas in each of these hour-long programs. In this, the 100th anniversary of Friedman’s birth, special emphasis is placed on the relevance of his ideas in view of the current world economic situation.

Watch all three parts beginning at 1 & 7pm on KCPT2.

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Will Rogers and American Politics

Oklahoma native Will Rogers emerged as one of the most powerful political voices. Watch Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 10pm.

In the 1930s, with the United States mired in the Great Depression and teetering on the brink of a second World War, millions of Americans turned to a rope-twirling, plain-talking Cherokee cowboy for clarity, comfort and common sense. His plain-spoken musings, always delivered with a shy, sly smile, influenced the political landscape then and still resonate today. WILL ROGERS AND AMERICAN POLITICS reveals how Oklahoma native Will Rogers emerged as one of the most powerful political voices in the United States. The Emmy®-winning documentary charts Rogers’ impact on American politics through rare archival film footage, photos and documents, and interviews with Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, actor Mickey Rooney, Cherokee Chief Chad Smith, comedian Lewis Black, former Oklahoma Gov. George Nigh, Rogers’ grandniece and scholars. Bill Kurtis, former CBS news anchor and host of A&E’s American Justice and Cold Case Files, narrates.

Watch Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 10pm.

Photo courtesy of Will Rogers Museum.

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POV: Presumed Guilty

Watch Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 10pm.

Imagine being picked up off the street, told you have committed a murder you know nothing about and then finding yourself sentenced to 20 years in jail. In 2005 this happened to Toño Zúñiga in Mexico City and, like thousands of others, he was wrongfully imprisoned. “Presumed Guilty” is the story of two young lawyers and their struggle to free Zúñiga. With no background in film, Roberto Hernández and Layda Negrete set about recording the injustices they were witnessing, enlisting director Geoffrey Smith (“The English Surgeon,” POV 2009) to tell this dramatic story.

Watch POV Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 10pm.

Watch Presumed Guilty Trailer on PBS. See more from POV.

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NOVA: What Are Dreams?

What scientists know about dreams: what they are and why we have them. Watch Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 8pm.

What are dreams and why do we have them? Are they a window into a hidden realm within us? Science is only just beginning to understand. NOVA joins the leading dream researchers and witnesses the extraordinary experiments they use to investigate the world of sleep. From human narcoleptics to sleepwalking cats, from recurrent nightmares to those who can’t dream, each sequence contains a vital clue to the question these scientists are pursuing: Why do we dream?

Watch Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 8pm.

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