American Masters

A monthly series that features a visit to a different state park each episode.

Explore the captivating and perilous aspects of local environments, impacted by mysterious forces that dictate both current and future living conditions.

Explore top-notch eateries across the DMV area, ranging from trendy dining hotspots to strip-mall joints serving world cuisine. Each discovery highlights a standout dish.

Traveling to the far corners of the world, we discover the extraordinary ways animals are adapting to our rapidly changing planet. We witness nature's remarkable resilience, as our perception of evolution and its potential is forever transformed.

Three young New Yorkers take a road trip throughout the state to investigate the workplaces and individuals who are making the ambitious transition to clean energy a reality. The tour includes stops at Niagara Falls to promote hydropower, Ithaca to highlight green building and city planning, Brooklyn to emphasize climate justice, and more.

Public Enemy's Chuck D leads a cast of hip-hop icons and leading African-American and Latino cultural commentators as they chart the factors that led to the birth of the revolutionary art form of hip-hop in 1970s New York, as well as the creation of the seminal hit The Message. They evoke a picture of how, after the turbulence of the 60s and the civil rights struggles, desperate social conditions and the experience of countless dispossessed people of colour living in a city mired in crisis helped give birth to a new art form.