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PBS Program Club
They’re simple, easy and fun. PBS Program Clubs work like book clubs, but for TV. Each month, you just watch a show, get together with friends and discuss. PBS provides the shows. You provide the people.
WTIU has information on how to start a club and would love to help those interested in participating. Just e-mail us at or visit the PBS Program Club site .
Instead of reading books, participants watch thought-provoking programs on WTIU and get together to discuss them. People form their own clubs and meet in living rooms, lunchrooms and coffee shops around the country. Some even meet in cyberspace.
Each month, two new programs will be offered along with discussion questions. The Program Club web site even has electronic cards to remind club members of meetings.
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Indiana Gubernatorial Debate
Tuesday, October 14 at 7pm
Republican Governor Mitch Daniels, Democratic challenger Jill Long Thompson and Libertarian challenger Andy Horning engage in the final gubernatorial debate from the Indiana University Auditorium.
The Indiana Debate Commission is making free tickets available to the public for the debate. The commission has set a limit of two tickets per person. Free online tickets can be printed here.
Frontline: The Choice 2008
Tuesday, October 14 at 9pm; Wednesday, October 15 at 1am; Thursday, October 16 at 3am; Sunday, October 19 at 2am; Sunday, October 26 at 10pm
It is one of the most memorable presidential elections in decades. It is a race that pits the iconoclast John McCain against the newcomer Barack Obama; the heroic former prisoner of war against the first African-American major party nominee. For two hours, the 20th anniversary broadcast of "The Choice" examines the rich personal and political biographies of these men and goes behind the headlines to discover how they arrived at this moment and what their very different candidacies say about America.
PBS NewsHour Debates 2008: Presidential Debate
Wednesday, October 15 at 9pm
The third presidential debate between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama focuses on domestic issues. Bob Schieffer moderates the debate, live from Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York. Analysis from THE NEWSHOUR team anchored by Jim Lehrer with David Brooks and Mark Shields follows.
P.O.V. Soldiers of Conscience
Thursday, October 16 at 9pm; Friday, October 17 at 2am; Saturday, October 18 at 3am
When is it right to kill? In the midst of war, is it right to refuse? Eight U.S. soldiers today, some who killed and some who said no, reveal their moral dilemmas in "Soldiers of Conscience." Made with official permission of the U.S. Army, the film transcends politics to explore the tension between spiritual values and military orders. The program follows the stories of both conscientious objectors and those who criticize them. Through this clash of views, the film discovers a surprising common ground: all soldiers are "soldiers of conscience," torn between the demands of duty and the call of conscience.
Nature: Parrots in the Land of Oz
Sunday, October 19 at 8pm; Monday, October 20 at Midnight & 1pm; Tuesday, October 21 at 5am; Sunday, October 26 at Midnight
Parrots are everywhere in Australia. From the outrageous drumming palm cockatoo in the tropical rainforests to the shameless red female eclectus parrot of the far north who keeps a harem of males to the golden-shouldered parrot in the woodlands that excavates a nest in a termite mound to the incredibly prolific budgerigars of the deserts, a spectacular array of parrots has evolved here. Big and small, rare and bizarre, colorful and intelligent, they are the most conspicuous and exotic birds on this amazing island continent. Many mate for life, building homes and families together. Their colors, behaviors and habitats are all described in depth by the scientists studying them and by the Australians who live among them in this delightful high-definition film from down under.
American Experience: LBJ
Monday, October 20 at 9pm; Tuesday, October 21 at 1am; Wednesday, October 22 at 3am; Sunday, October 26 at 1pm
The arc of Lyndon Baines Johnson's life is a version of the American dream: the poor boy from the backwaters of the Texas hill country who ascended to the very pinnacle of power -- only to see his presidency undermined by the conflict in Vietnam, a war he supported and expanded but never understood. One of the most perplexing, astute and larger-than-life politicians in modern American history, LBJ set out to "out-Kennedy the Kennedys" by pushing through historic social legislation on a scale that rivaled FDR. Big, brash, intimidating and driven by an all-consuming ambition, Johnson dominated people and institutions.