Media Menu for June 21, 2012

Here are home viewing suggestions for the week, selected from online advanced TV program listings and aligned with the state and national K-12 academic standards available online. Please consult local listings also, since actual broadcast times may vary.   The Websites cited in the “Log on“  box  below the TV listing provide further details about the show’s  topic and may contain links to video clips from the show or a complete streaming video version of the show. 

Thursday, June 21,  2012,
9-10 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science
Elementary, Middle High School

Hunting the Edge of Space: The Mystery of the Milky Way

Airing on KLCS, this is the initial episode of a 2-part documentary miniseries which examines how a simple instrument, the telescope, has fundamentally changed our understanding of our place in the universe. What began as a curiosity—two spectacle lenses held a foot apart—ultimately revolutionized human thought across science, philosophy, and religion. This episode  chronicles the history of telescopes, from Galileo's refractor to Newton's reflector and beyond. It looks at key discoveries, such as those made by William Herschel and his sister Caroline, including the discovery of the planet Uranus. Hour 1 also looks at recent missions: the voyage of the Cassini spacecraft to Saturn, the Kepler telescope's search for planets beyond our solar system, and the Herschel Space Observatory's examination of the Milky Way, which is so large that it would take 100,000 years traveling at the speed of light to cross from one edge to the other.
Episode 2 airs June 27 in this  timeslot.
Log on  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/hunting-edge-space.html

Friday, June 22,  2012,
5-6 p.m. E/P
History Channel
Science and Technology
 Middle High School

Modern Marvels: Cold Cuts

They're the meat in our sandwiches and slices of American  culture. This documentary looks behind the deli counter to reveal the secret ingredients in boloney. Watch a master sausage maker craft salami, and pile it on at Carnegie Deli with their famous mile-high pastrami sandwich. We'll construct exotic cold cuts made of pig head parts and livers, make the cut with the best meat slicers, past and present and see how to make turkey out of tofu. And don't forget that olive loaf for the holidays. Served cold and cut with precision. Pureed, pounded, and poured, it's time for a taste of cold cuts.   TV-PG
Log on http://www.documentariestv.net/technology/modern-marvels-cold-cuts-video_65a065c6e.html

Saturday, June 23,  2012,
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S History
 Middle High School

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE:  Jesse Owens

Airing on KLCS, this is a documentary about the most famous athlete of his time, his stunning triumph at the 1936 Olympic Games captivated the world even as it infuriated the Nazis. Despite the racial slurs he endured, Jesse Owens' grace and athleticism rallied crowds across the globe. But when the four-time Olympic gold medalist returned home, he could not even ride in the front of a bus. The program tells the story of the 22-year-old son of a sharecropper who triumphed over adversity to become a hero and world champion. It is also  about the elusive, fleeting quality of fame and the way Americans idolize athletes when they suit our purpose, and forget them once they don't.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/owens/

Sunday, June 24,  2012,
8-9 p.m. E/P
CNN
Science
 Middle High School

CNN Presents: Dr. Sanjay Gupta

In this news documentary host Dr. Sanjay Gupta investigates  how air inside our kids' schools may make them sick. Plus, who caused the deadliest food contamination in 100 years?  And, a medical advance that could help patients with severe brain disorders. Battery powered  brains may be  revolutionizing medicine.
Log on http://cnnpresents.blogs.cnn.com/

Monday, June 25,  2012,
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science
Elementary, Middle High School

NATURE:  Superfish

As seen in this documentary airing on KLCS, marine biologist and award-winning filmmaker Rick Rosenthal set out to capture on film the biggest, fastest, most dangerous gamefish in the sea — the ancient creatures known as billfish. The largest of all billfish is the marlin. They top speeds of 60 miles an hour on migrations that can span 9,000 miles. The largest, always female, weigh in at over 1,000 pounds, and are known as “granders.” Ernest Hemingway immortalized the grander in The Old Man and the Sea, the story of an elderly fisherman locked in a life and death struggle with this apex predator. To Hemingway’s great disappointment, he himself never landed a grander, although his novella captures the impact of this huge and graceful creature. This documentary travels to the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans as well as the Caribbean Sea in pursuit of these giants of the deep.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/superfish/introduction/1003/

Tuesday, June 26,  2012,
8-9 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science
Elementary, Middle High School

Long Shadows: The Legacy of the American Civil War

Airing on KLCS, this is a documentary about the  lasting  effects of the 1861-65  conflict on politics, economics, civil rights and foreign policy. Included are comments by former President Jimmy Carter, Robert Penn Warren, Tom Wicker and Studs Terkel.  The war the most cataclysmic event in American history--600,000 deaths, ruined cities, scorched countryside, and social revolution. It is the great and central event of our history, having captured popular and scholarly interest like no other event in our past. Historians call the Civil War our first "modern war." It ushered in the tools of death and destruction that have been developed so masterfully in modern times; and thanks to General Sherman, it began the ominous strategy of "War on the Civilian," a concept fully developed in Hiroshima and Vietnam. The program explores the ways in which the echoes of the Civil War can still be felt in American society: from politics to economics, from civil rights to foreign policy, from individual to collective memory, from South to North to West. TV-PG
Log on http://www.ageefilms.org/ls.html

Tuesday, June 26,  2012,
8-9 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
 Middle High School

Unearthing Ancient Secrets : Super Survivors of the Great Plague

Through a series of groundbreaking experiments and archaeological discoveries, this documentary shows show how the Great Plague's survivors could hold the key to fighting the infectious diseases of the 21st century, and how our bodies could teach us to outsmart new infection.   In the winter of 1665, the Great Plague swept through London killing a third of its population. But why were some men and women mysteriously resistant to the deadliest disease then known? This program reveals how our own bodies could teach us to outsmart nature's most vicious killers.TV-PG
Log on http://science.discovery.com/tv/ancient-secrets/episodes/episodes.html

Wednesday, June 27,  2012,
7- 7:30  p.m. E/P
IFC Channel
Social Studies
Middle High School

Malcolm in the Middle: Academic Octathalon

In this episode of a family-oriented drama series a teacher urges Malcolm and the others to cheat during an academic decathlon.  Winner of the prestigious Peabody Award and five Emmy Awards, this  series is seen through the eyes of Malcolm (Frankie Muniz), a regular kid trying to navigate his way through life despite the various obstacles thrown in his way- his eclectic group of classmates and the constant burden of masterminding plans to get himself and his brothers either into or out of trouble.  TV-PG
Log on http://www.ifc.com/shows/malcolm-in-the-middle/about

Book TV Schedule

Saturday, June 23rd

8am (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
"Power and Constraint: The Accountable Presidency after 9/11" 
Jack Goldsmith

9am (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"Mrs. Kennedy And Me" 
Clint Hill

9:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"New York At War: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham" 
Steven Jaffe

11am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"Yours in Truth: A Personal Portrait of Ben Bradlee" 
Jeff Himmelman

11:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 17 min.
"The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinians Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker" 
Jen Marlowe

1pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Assignment To Hell: The War Against Nazi Germany with Correspondents Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, A.J. Liebling, Homer Bigart, and Hal Boyle" 
Timothy Gay

2:15pm (ET)
Approx. 41 min.
2012 Book Expo America: A Discussion with Marji Ross, President, Regnery Publishing & Susan Weinberg, Pubisher, PublicAffairs Books 
Marji Ross

3pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity" 
Michael Duffy; Nancy Gibbs

4pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"Finance and the Good Society" 
Robert Shiller

5:15pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Selecting a President" 
Eleanor Clift; Matthew Spieler

6pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
Encore Booknotes: "Speaker: Lessons from Forty Years in Coaching and Politics" 
Denny Hastert

7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 17 min.
"The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinians Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker" 
Jen Marlowe

8:15pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
Book Party for Col. Lee Ellis (Ret., U.S. Air Force), "Leading with Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hotel" 
Col. Lee Ellis (Ret., U.S. Air Force)

9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA's Clandestine Service" 
Henry Crumpton

10pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
After Words: Katie Pavlich, "Fast and Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-Up," hosted by Major Garrett, National Journal

11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 18 min.
"Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World" 
Dambisa Moyo

Sunday, June 24th

12:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 37 min.
"Jim and Jap Crow: A Cultural History of 1940s Interracial America" 
Matthew Briones

2:30am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
"Why Catholicism Matters: How Catholic Virtues Can Reshape Society in the 21st Century" 
Bill Donohue

3:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman" 
Alice Kessler-Harris

4:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 40 min.
Debate on "9/11, False Flags, and Black Ops" with Jonathan Kay and Webster Tarpley 
Jonathan Kay; Webster Tarpley

6:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 33 min.
"Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First Class Passengers and Their World" 
Hugh Brewster

8am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
A Discussion on U.S. Foreign Policy in Pakistan and Afghanistan with Ahmed Rashid and Steve Coll 
Steve Coll; Ahmed Rashid

9am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Selecting a President" 
Eleanor Clift; Matthew Spieler

9:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA's Clandestine Service" 
Henry Crumpton

11am (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
2012 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Lindsey Hilsum, "Sandstorm: Libya in the Time of Revolution" 
Lindsey Hilsum

12pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
After Words: Jonah Goldberg, "The Tyranny of Clichés: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas," hosted by Nia-Malika Henderson, Washington Post Political Reporter

1pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Book TV at Columbia University: Richard John, "Network Nation: Inventing American Telecommunications" 
Richard John

1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at Columbia University: Jonathan Cole, "The Great American University: Its Rise to Preeminence, Its Indispensable National Role, Why It Must Be Protected" 
Jonathan Cole

2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
A Discussion on Publishing and Censorship in Iran with Author Mahmoud Dowlatabadi 
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

3:15pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 52 min.
"Peaceful Revolution: How We Can Create the Future Needed for Humanity's Survival" 
Paul Chappell

5:15pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
Book Party for Col. Lee Ellis (Ret., U.S. Air Force), "Leading with Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hotel" 
Col. Lee Ellis (Ret., U.S. Air Force)

6pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"Daring Young Men: The Heroism and Triumph of the Berlin Airlift June 1948 - May 1949" 
Richard Reeves

7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"New York At War: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham" 
Steven Jaffe

8pm (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
2012 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Gail Collins, "As Texas Goes…How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda” 
Gail Collins

9pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
After Words: Katie Pavlich, "Fast and Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-Up," hosted by Major Garrett, National Journal

10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Assignment To Hell: The War Against Nazi Germany with Correspondents Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, A.J. Liebling, Homer Bigart, and Hal Boyle" 
Timothy Gay

11:15pm (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"Mrs. Kennedy And Me" 
Clint Hill

Monday, June 25th

12am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
After Words: Katie Pavlich, "Fast and Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-Up," hosted by Major Garrett, National Journal

12:45am (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Book TV at Columbia University: Richard John, "Network Nation: Inventing American Telecommunications" 
Richard John

1:15am (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at Columbia University: Jonathan Cole, "The Great American University: Its Rise to Preeminence, Its Indispensable National Role, Why It Must Be Protected" 
Jonathan Cole

1:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 18 min.
"Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World" 
Dambisa Moyo

3am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
After Words: Katie Pavlich, "Fast and Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-Up," hosted by Major Garrett, National Journal

4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 52 min.
"Peaceful Revolution: How We Can Create the Future Needed for Humanity's Survival" 
Paul Chappell

6:15am (ET)
Approx. 41 min.
2012 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Rich Cohen, "The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King" 
Rich Cohen

7am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Slade Gorton: A Half Century in Politics" 
John Hughes