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Kudos to Sesame Street for addressing an important issue with children.
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Meet Alex, first ‘Sesame’ Muppet to have a dad in jail
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Those friendly, fuzzy Muppets from “Sesame Street” have helped kids open up about all sorts of serious subjects, from hunger and divorce to military deployment.
But they’re now tackling a much more unexpected issue: incarceration.
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Kudos to Sesame Street for addressing an important issue with children.

nbcnews:

Meet Alex, first ‘Sesame’ Muppet to have a dad in jail

(Photo: TODAY)

Those friendly, fuzzy Muppets from “Sesame Street” have helped kids open up about all sorts of serious subjects, from hunger and divorce to military deployment.

But they’re now tackling a much more unexpected issue: incarceration.

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    • #Sesame Street
    • #incarceration
    • #Parenting
    • #TV
    • #pbs
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Breaking: Tonight, watch an exclusive, 45-minute interview by Charlie Rose with President Obama in the White House.
In a wide-ranging conversation on issues that included the outcome of the Iranian elections, the civil war in Syria, China and cyber attacks, the NSA controversy, Guantanamo, and the drone policy, the interview took place on Father’s Day, just before the President and First Family were to depart for Belfast for the G-8 summit.
The entire interview will air on the Charlie Rose Show, on PBS tonight at 11/10c, and it will re-air on Bloomberg television the next day, June 18th at 8pm and 10pm in the U.S. and globally.
Check local listings for times near you.
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Breaking: Tonight, watch an exclusive, 45-minute interview by Charlie Rose with President Obama in the White House.

In a wide-ranging conversation on issues that included the outcome of the Iranian elections, the civil war in Syria, China and cyber attacks, the NSA controversy, Guantanamo, and the drone policy, the interview took place on Father’s Day, just before the President and First Family were to depart for Belfast for the G-8 summit.

The entire interview will air on the Charlie Rose Show, on PBS tonight at 11/10c, and it will re-air on Bloomberg television the next day, June 18th at 8pm and 10pm in the U.S. and globally.

Check local listings for times near you.

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    • #Charlie Rose
    • #CharlieRose
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Have a happy Fathers Day! Love, PBS
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Have a happy Fathers Day! Love, PBS

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Ben and Jerry’s Stopped by PBS Headquarters!
One of our interns won free ice cream for the office!! YUM!
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Ben and Jerry’s Stopped by PBS Headquarters!
One of our interns won free ice cream for the office!! YUM!
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Ben and Jerry’s Stopped by PBS Headquarters!
One of our interns won free ice cream for the office!! YUM!
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Ben and Jerry’s Stopped by PBS Headquarters!

One of our interns won free ice cream for the office!! YUM!

    • #PBS
    • #Ben and Jerry's
    • #yum
    • #icecream
    • #Life at PBS
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Happy Throwback Thursday, everyone! Can you believe that Reading Rainbow celebrated its 30th anniversary last week?! The program first aired on PBS June 6th, 1983 and ran for 23 spectacular seasons.
Share if you miss LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow!
 Then get ready for a nostalgia overload and check out The Reading Rainbow Remix from PBS Digital Studios at: http://to.pbs.org/rainbowremix
“…Take a look, it’s in a book, a Reading Rainbow.”
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Happy Throwback Thursday, everyone! Can you believe that Reading Rainbow celebrated its 30th anniversary last week?! The program first aired on PBS June 6th, 1983 and ran for 23 spectacular seasons.

Share if you miss LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow!


Then get ready for a nostalgia overload and check out The Reading Rainbow Remix from PBS Digital Studios at:
http://to.pbs.org/rainbowremix

“…Take a look, it’s in a book, a Reading Rainbow.”

    • #pbs
    • #tbt
    • #Levar Burton
    • #reading rainbow
    • #throwback thursday
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Elizabeth McGovern is our Woman Crush Wednesday this week! Share if you love her and Downton Abbey!
Then watch Tavis Smiley tonight on PBS to see an interview with Elizabeth and Julian Fellowes as they talk about the show!
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Elizabeth McGovern is our Woman Crush Wednesday this week! Share if you love her and Downton Abbey!

Then watch Tavis Smiley tonight on PBS to see an interview with Elizabeth and Julian Fellowes as they talk about the show!

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    • #woman crush wednesday
    • #Downton Abbey
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Join Our Mr. Rogers Remix Challenge!

For more info, visit: http://to.pbs.org/remix

    • #Mr. Rogers
    • #PBS
    • #PBS Digital Studios
    • #Mr. Rogers Remix
    • #singtogether
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Take an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral rites draw on a rich palette of tradition, history and celebration.
Watch a sneak preview of Homegoings at PBS Black Culture Connection Screening Room.
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Take an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral rites draw on a rich palette of tradition, history and celebration.

Watch a sneak preview of Homegoings at PBS Black Culture Connection Screening Room.

    • #BCC
    • #black culture
    • #PBS
    • #PBS Black Culture Connection
    • #funerals
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ThrowbackThursday is upon us.  Can we get some likes for Ghostwriter?!
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ThrowbackThursday is upon us.
Can we get some likes for Ghostwriter?!

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    • #throwbackthursday
    • #tbt
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Help us honor those who sacrifice for our country this Memorial Day with the 2013 National Memorial Day Concert tonight on PBS at 8/7c. 
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Help us honor those who sacrifice for our country this Memorial Day with the 2013 National Memorial Day Concert tonight on PBS at 8/7c. 

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    • #pbs
    • #memorialday
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Looking forward to celebrating Memorial Day? Follow us on Instagram all day for a sneak peek of the Memorial Day PBS Concert, airing tomorrow at 8/7c.
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Looking forward to celebrating Memorial Day? Follow us on Instagram all day for a sneak peek of the Memorial Day PBS Concert, airing tomorrow at 8/7c.

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Our Throwback Thursday this week is Lamb Chop’s Play-Along! Share if you were a fan of Shari Lewis and this PBS program!
It’s another classic show with an unforgettable song: 
 “This is the song that doesn’t end. Yes, it goes on and on my friend. Some people started singing it not knowing what it was, And they’ll continue singing it forever just because…”
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Our Throwback Thursday this week is Lamb Chop’s Play-Along! Share if you were a fan of Shari Lewis and this PBS program!

It’s another classic show with an unforgettable song: 

“This is the song that doesn’t end.
Yes, it goes on and on my friend.
Some people started singing it not knowing what it was,
And they’ll continue singing it forever just because…”

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    • #tbt
    • #throwbackthursday
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“Soul food is our personal passport to the past. It is much more about heritage than it is about hominy.”- Sarah Ban Breathnach
Soul Food Junkies from Independent Lens is back and available to watch online all week.
Join us for this encore screening of Soul Food Junkies at PBS Black Culture Connection.
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“Soul food is our personal passport to the past. It is much more about heritage than it is about hominy.”- Sarah Ban Breathnach

Soul Food Junkies from Independent Lens is back and available to watch online all week.

Join us for this encore screening of Soul Food Junkies at PBS Black Culture Connection.

    • #soul food
    • #Food
    • #PBS
    • #BCC
    • #Sould Food Junkies
    • #Independent Lens
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Can you name these civil rights pioneers? See if you can name all three.
Visit PBS Black Culture Connection to learn more about them … and many more!
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Can you name these civil rights pioneers? See if you can name all three.

Visit PBS Black Culture Connection to learn more about them … and many more!

    • #Civil Rights
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    • #BCC
    • #black history
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We think @theellenshow did a pretty good job with Super Kai! 
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We think @theellenshow did a pretty good job with Super Kai! 

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    • #pbskids
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