Monday, August 24 – Sunday, August 30

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POV "How to Build a Library"

Two intrepid Nairobi women decide to transform what used to be a whites-only library until 1958 into a vibrant cultural hub. Along the way, they must navigate local politics, raise millions for the rebuild, and confront the lingering ghosts of Kenya’s colonial past.

Monday, August 24 at 10 p.m. on Ball State PBS

American Masters "Mary Oliver: Saved By the Beauty of the World"

Celebrate the life and career of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Mary Oliver. Shaped by a solitary childhood and rising literary fame, Oliver published more than 30 collections of poetry and essays on nature, beauty, and love.

Tuesday, August 25 at 9 p.m. on Ball State PBS

Resolve to Solve with Miles O'Brien "Weathering Change Through Wind and Heat"

Miles O’Brien explores the deadly science of extreme heat, following researchers in Phoenix and Sydney who are redesigning everything from city streets to children’s playgrounds to protect the most vulnerable, while in New Bedford, Massachusetts, a former whaling port is betting its future on offshore wind, navigating political headwinds and economic uncertainty to help power a cleaner grid.

Wednesday, August 26 at 10 p.m. on Ball State PBS

Great Performances "Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2026"

Enjoy the famed orchestra's beloved annual concert conducted by Lorenzo Viotti featuring bass-baritone Bryn Terfel as guest soloist performing arias from Verdi’s "Falstaff" as well as Tevye’s song from "Fiddler on the Roof."

Friday, August 28 at 9 p.m. on Ball State PBS

Pop of Culture

This week, we look in somewhat unusual places to find art:

🪦 Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis has an artists-in-residence program. We ask the artists (Jessica Dunn, Michael Moskaliuk) and the President of the Crown Hill Foundation how the program came about—and what visitors can expect.

👴🏾 👵🏻 NPR Senior Editor Steve Drummond and producer Janet Woojong Lee bring us the newly announced Senior Podcast Challenge, looking for stories from you (if you're 65 or older). The best submissions will be featured nationally on NPR!

🧀 WFYI helps introduce us to the cheese sculptors at the Indiana State Fair.

Michael Prater is the only art education professor at Ball State. We learn how he fell into the arts and what his teaching philosophy for teachers is.

Catch up on all episodes here.

Fridays and Saturdays at noon on IPR

The Facing Project

Cleanup on Aisle Five: J.R. Jamison is joined by journalist Ann Larson to discuss her new book, Cleanup on Aisle Five, a deep dive informed by her time behind the register that examines supermarkets and how they operate from the inside out with low-wage workers stocking shelves, to the customers who roam the aisles at night, to the communities these stores serve and the larger capitalist forces and corporate interests at play that control how we shop for food.

Catch up on all episodes here.

Saturdays at 1 p.m. and Sundays at 7 p.m. on IPR

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