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PBS News Weekend Season 1 Episodes

44 Episodes 2013 - 2014

Episode 1

Episode 1

Sat, Sep 7, 2013 27 mins

A weekend edition of the venerable "PBS NewsHour" premieres. Hari Sreenivasan anchors. First up: a report on Israel's discovery of huge offshore natural gas reserves, including what it may mean for Israel's economy and the region's political stability.

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Episode 2

Episode 2

Sun, Sep 8, 2013 27 mins

Included: a profile of Stephen Sondheim; a New Hampshire arts institute.

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Episode 3

Episode 3

Sat, Sep 28, 2013 27 mins

Included: New Jersey's plan to offer in-state tuition rates to undocumented students is examined.

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Episode 4

Episode 4

Sun, Sep 29, 2013 27 mins

Included: a report on Rawabi, a new West Bank city that its founder hopes will lead to economic prosperity and peace.

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Episode 5

Episode 5

Sat, Oct 12, 2013 27 mins

Included: a report on six ethnic Chinese men who were taken captive by U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan following 9/11. They were cleared of wrongdoing by U.S. courts after eight years in prison, but are now in legal and political limbo on Palau, an island nation in the Pacific.

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Episode 6

Episode 6

Sun, Oct 13, 2013 27 mins

Included: a program that provides doula services free to women in low-income neighborhoods where there are high infant and maternal mortality rates.

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Episode 7

Episode 7

Sat, Oct 19, 2013 27 mins

Included: Chile's immigration policy.

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Episode 8

Episode 8

Sun, Oct 20, 2013 27 mins

Included: the controversy over genetically modified seeds on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

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Episode 9

Episode 9

Sat, Oct 26, 2013 27 mins

Included: teaching cybersecurity.

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Episode 10

Episode 10

Sun, Oct 27, 2013 27 mins

Included: crowdfunding.

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Episode 11

Episode 11

Sat, Nov 9, 2013 27 mins

Included: importing prescription drugs from Canada.

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Episode 12

Episode 12

Sun, Nov 10, 2013 27 mins

Included: the approach to pensions in the Netherlands.

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Episode 13

Episode 13

Sat, Nov 16, 2013 27 mins

Included: a report from Santiago, Chile, concerning the restrictive abortion laws there, and the renewed debate about the topic following the recent rape of an 11-year-old girl that resulted in a pregnancy.

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Episode 14

Episode 14

Sun, Nov 17, 2013 27 mins

Included: the history of the General Educational Development (GED) exam, and a look at a planned overhaul of the test that is slated to take effect in January 2014.

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Episode 15

Episode 15

Sat, Nov 23, 2013 27 mins

Included: a lottery sponsored by credit unions in four states that gives savers the chance to win prizes.

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Episode 16

Episode 16

Sun, Nov 24, 2013 27 mins

Included: an innovative probation program in Hawaii that is being copied in courtrooms across the nation.

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Episode 17

Episode 17

Sat, Nov 30, 2013 27 mins

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Episode 18

Episode 18

Sun, Dec 1, 2013 27 mins

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Episode 19

Episode 19

Sat, Dec 7, 2013 27 mins

Included: whether wounded veterans are being over-medicated with prescription opiates.

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Episode 20

Episode 20

Sun, Dec 8, 2013 27 mins

Included: the BerkShare currency, which is accepted by some 400 businesses in the Berkshire region of Massachusetts.

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Episode 21

Episode 21

Sat, Dec 14, 2013 27 mins

Included: regulating drone aircraft.

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Episode 22

Episode 22

Sun, Dec 15, 2013 27 mins

Included: whether mainstream financial services are the best solution for everyone.

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Episode 23

Episode 23

Sat, Dec 21, 2013 27 mins

Included: a proposal in France to ban on childhood beauty pageants.

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Episode 24

Episode 24

Sun, Dec 22, 2013 27 mins

Included: an immigrant family's success story.

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Episode 25

Episode 25

Sat, Dec 28, 2013 27 mins

Included: whether the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans should be redeveloped.

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Episode 26

Episode 26

Sun, Dec 29, 2013 27 mins

Included: the NYPD's Juvenile Robbery Intervention Program, which mentors and monitors teens who've been arrested for robbery.

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Episode 27

Episode 27

Sat, Jan 4, 2014 27 mins

Included: the Harmony Project, a music program for at-risk youth in L.A.

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Episode 28

Episode 28

Sun, Jan 5, 2014 27 mins

Included: the reduction in British Columbia of alcohol-related driving fatalities.

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Episode 29

Episode 29

Sat, Jan 11, 2014 27 mins

Included: How Germany continues to grapple with the legacy of the Holocaust.

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Episode 30

Episode 30

Sun, Jan 12, 2014 27 mins

Included: suburban poverty.

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Episode 31

Episode 31

Sat, Jan 18, 2014 27 mins

Included: India's Mars mission.

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Episode 32

Episode 32

Sun, Jan 19, 2014 27 mins

Included: India's Mars mission.

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Episode 33

Episode 33

Sat, Jan 25, 2014 27 mins

Included: a look at Iran.

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Episode 34

Episode 34

Sun, Jan 26, 2014 27 mins

Included: reducing food waste.

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Episode 35

Episode 35

Sat, Feb 1, 2014 27 mins

Included: an increase in sex trafficking that is said to occur around large sporting events.

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Episode 36

Episode 36

Sun, Feb 2, 2014 27 mins

Included: an innovative probation program in Hawaii.

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Episode 37

Episode 37

Sat, Feb 8, 2014 27 mins

Included: city bankruptcies.

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Episode 38

Episode 38

Sun, Feb 9, 2014 27 mins

Included: Indian high-tech entrepreneurs who are building companies to serve the market in India and the world.

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Episode 39

Episode 39

Sat, Feb 15, 2014 27 mins

Included: the mobile-phone business in Africa.

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Episode 40

Episode 40

Sun, Feb 16, 2014 27 mins

Included: the fight against obesity in Mexico.

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Episode 41

Episode 41

Sat, Feb 22, 2014 27 mins

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Episode 42

Episode 42

Sun, Feb 23, 2014 27 mins

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Episode 43

Episode 43

Sat, Mar 1, 2014 27 mins

Included: the Danish model for settling medical malpractice lawsuits.

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Episode 44

Episode 44

Sun, Mar 2, 2014 27 mins

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