Your GPB: the newsletter of Georgia Public Broadcasting [Vol. 2 (Oct. 2009)]

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Halloween SPECIAL

Premieres
October 30

GPB's popular original series Georgia Traveler gets back on the road this month for the launch of its third season. Each week, viewers will be treated to "Tours of Georgia," and this Halloween viewers will get a real treat with the "Ghost Tour of Georgia" episode. The show begins in the beautiful historic coastal city of Savannah, which has been dubbed America's most haunted city. Co-host David Zelski ventures into the city's oldest standing building, built in 1734, a restaurant now known as the Pirate's House. Co-host Valarie Edwards then fea-

tures our weekly getaway in Americus known as the Windsor Hotel. But beware, the Windsor has a few haunted secrets of its own...David then discovers Civil War apparitions in Chickamauga and a spooky, but tasty restaurant that is literally, "gone with the wind". Georgia Traveler also visits Netherworld in Norcross, a haunted house rated one of the scariest in America.
Friday, October 30, 9 PM Saturday, October 31, 6:30 PM

Get Want to share some fun and adventure with your kids?
Your GPB's new character Professor Ridley is opening up new worlds Game to explore at gpbkids.org/dinoventures. As a retired paleon-
tologist and archeologist, Professor Ridley has lots
On With of stories to share with children and creatures to introduce them to like his young dinosaur friends! You
PROFESSOR can meet them all Haddie, Don-
nie and Duchess in the DinoVen-
Ridley tures games. Check out the website now to learn more and look for more games coming soon.

"Obama's War" Leads Frontline Season Premiere
"Obama's War" examines U.S. counter-insurgency strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan -- a fight that promises to be longer and more costly than most Americans understand -- through interviews with top commanders on the ground, embeds with U.S. forces and new reports from Washington. The episode kicks off the new season of Frontline, PBS' award-winning public affairs series.
Tuesday, October 13, 10 PM

Football
Fridays
Check out Football Fridays in Georgia on gpb.org for the Game of the Week, scores, stats, and rankings. And stay tuned for the GHSA State Championship Games on GPB Television in December.

Sugarland Hits Their

Sweet Spot

Grammy-winning duo Sugarland finds its sweet spot performing the perfect mix of energetic pop songs and soulful ballads this month on Soundstage. Musical partners Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush have fun paying homage to their Georgia roots with covers of R.E.M., and they'll also share plenty of their own hits, including "Baby Girl," "Joey," "Steve Earle" and "Genevieve."
Wenesday, October 7, 10 PM Sunday, October 11, 6 PM

How Do You Get GPB? For a complete list of stations, programming information or GPB membership questions, visit www.gpb.org, email ask@gpb.org or call GPB Member and Audience Services at 1.800.222.4788 or 404.685.4788 in the Atlanta area.

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Oct. 20

On October 20, GPB Radio kicks off its Fall Radio Membership campaign and we need your support. Each day, GPB brings listeners great programming like Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Midday Music and GPB's award-winning statewide local news. Each weekend, listeners also enjoy a variety of great programming including A Prairie Home Companion, The Jazz Spot and Car Talk, the Peabody Award-winning, hilarious, fastpaced call-in program in which hosts Tom and Ray

Magliozzi (pictured) take the fear out of car repair and find the fun in engine failure. Whether it's Car Talk or one of GPB Radio's other exciting programs, GPB Radio listeners are in the driver's seat your support makes it possible for us to bring you these great programs. Please visit www.gpb.org for a full schedule of GPB Radio programs and for more information on how you can show your support for GPB Radio.

Political Thriller
"Endgame"
Captures the Demise of Apartheid in South Africa
In the mid 1980s, no nation's future looked as hopeless as South Africa's. Diehard supporters of the apartheid regime were pitted against a black national liberation movement that was edging toward all-out armed rebellion. But, on the brink of catastrophe, a miracle occurred. "Endgame," presents the story behind the end of apartheid in the season premiere of Masterpiece. Cast includes Oscar-winner William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman), Chiwetel Ejiofor (American Gangster) and Clarke Peters (The Wire) as Nelson Mandela.
Sunday, October 25, 9 PM

The Race is On
On Sunday, October 25 at 7 PM, Georgia Public Broadcasting brings you the live Atlanta Press Club Debate featuring the candidates in the race for Atlanta's Mayor. Moderated by GPB's own Susan Hoffman, the debate will feature panelists Condace Pressley of WSB Radio, Morse Diggs of WAGA/FOX 5 and Dave Williams of the Atlanta Business Chronicle. All six qualified candidates in the race for Atlanta Mayor have been invited to participate.

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8 PM

DragMeAway Wild Horses Couldn't
Unless you're a true horse afficianado, your first thought at the mention of wild horses may be the title of the famous Rolling Stones' song. However, as Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions reveals, these magnificent animals also have a story of triumph and heartbreak that everyone can relate to. In the season premiere
of Nature, filmmaker Ginger Kathrens brings viewers the latest look at Cloud, a white stallion whose life she has chronicled on film since his birth in the wild in 1995. Surviving the sometimes brutal conditions of the Rockies, the predatory attacks of mountain lions that hunt young foals and the challenges of bachelor stallions trying to steal his mares, Cloud commands the largest band of wild horses in the Arrowhead Mountains of Montana.

An Apple a Day Keeps
Away The Doctor

Famous as the source of Eve's temptation in the Bible and also praised for its health benefits with the well known phrase "An apple a day keeps the doctor away," the apple holds an interesting place in history. The Botany of Desire, based on Michael Pollan's best-selling book, takes viewers on an eyeopening exploration of how the apple, along with the tulip, marijuana and the potato evolved to satisfy humankind's most basic desires for sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control and how humans are intricately woven into the web of nature, not standing outside it.
Wednesday, October 28, 8 PM

Joan Baez:
How Sweet the Sound
From her early performances as a teenager in the coffee houses of Massachusetts to her legendary protests of the Vietnam War and work for social justice, this documentary from American Masters gives viewers unprecedented access to legendary folk performer Joan Baez. Fellow artists Bob Dylan, David Crosby, Roger McGuinn, Bonnie Raitt, and Jackson Browne also share their insights on Baez.

Slangman's
World

Wednesday, October 14, 8 PM

On Monday, October 5, GPB will welcome an exciting new series of short programs which help to prepare children for a global future by teaching world languages and cultures. Slangman's World is lead by Slangman (a.k.a. David Burke) a live-action, quirky, fun-loving wizard and inventor. Children will love Wordy, the language dictionary who dreams of filling his pages with words from other languages so that he can take his place in the Great Hall of Books. Wordy is also joined by Gizma, a resourceful girl robot and Crash, a thrill-seeking bird who delivers the word of the day.Slangman's World will air in between regularly scheduled children's programs in GPB's daily program lineup.

How Do You Get GPB? For a complete list of stations, programming information or GPB membership questions, visit www.gpb.org, email ask@gpb.org or call GPB Member and Audience Services at 1.800.222.4788 or 404.685.4788 in the Atlanta area.