ADVANCE May 2025

MAY SCHEDULE

Honey Tasting Experience Saturday, June 21 2–4 p.m.

Would you like to have some fun while also supporting future programming? Make a pledge of $150 and receive two tickets for one of these events as your thank-you gift.

Prohibition Party Sunday, July 13 2–4 p.m.

Call 800.728.2828 or visit iowapbs.org/events to get your tickets.

3:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Pearl Harbor—Into the Arizona

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowans Remember Vietnam

National Memorial Day

Concert 2025 Tune in to the 36th annual broadcast of America’s National Night of Remembrance. (R-5/25, 8:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

An expedition to explore inside the USS Arizona reveals the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack. TV-PG

Examine one of the most turbulent times in American history from the perspective of those who were there.

WORLD DW Global Us 3:30 p.m. WORLD

WORLD Nature: The Bat Man of Mexico (See 5/25 at 7 p.m. on WORLD)

WORLD Nature: The Bat Man of Mexico An ecologist braves nature to track

On Story: Script to Screen:

American Psycho Guinevere Turner discusses her process of writing the infamous, slasher film “American Psycho.” TV-PG

MONDAY 26

the lesser long-nosed bat’s epic migration across Mexico. (R-5/25, 11 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

5:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD

8:00 p.m. WORLD Finding Your Roots: Larger Than Life (See 5/20 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 8:30 p.m. Iowa PBS National Memorial Day Concert 2025 (See 5/25 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-5/26, 10 p.m., Iowa PBS) 9:00 p.m. WORLD Doc World: The Ants & the Grasshopper

4:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Elvis and the USS Arizona

Discover the little-known story of how Elvis Presley helped to establish the USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor. TV-PG WORLD Asian Americans: Generation Rising (See 5/22 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS USS Iowa

(R-5/26, 9 p.m., WORLD)

Tending Clouds After a traumatic childhood and court case, Reaksmey returns to Cambodia. TV-14

Anita Chitaya has a gift; she can transform barren soil, challenge gender norms, and inspire her village to fight hunger and climate change.

Explore a symbol of power and the stories of those who served through triumph and tragedy. TV-PG

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

British Antiques Roadshow:

Powis Castle and Garden 3 (R-5/31, 4:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

WORLD Road Trip Iowa:

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Forgotten War: Iowans in Korea

Historic Hills Scenic Byway

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Charleston, Hour 2 (R-5/31, 5 p.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD POV: Children of the Mist

5:30 p.m. WORLD PBS News Weekend 6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa’s WWII Stories

Iowans who fought in Korea share their battlefield experiences and the long-term effects on their lives six decades after they came home. TV-PG California Native co-creators of a media collaboration called the Groundworks project are profiled.

WORLD Groundworks

This program honors the Iowans who went into battle, as well as those who provided support from home.

A Hmong girl living in rural Northern Vietnam is caught between tradition and modernity. TV-14

WORLD French Village

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Charleston, Hour 3 8:30 p.m. WORLD

(See 5/24 at 9 p.m. on WORLD)

Stories From the Stage:

Saving the Day

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