FRONTLINE: Extras Podcast | PBS

Episodes

1. 11

   Digital Nation

   According to recent Kaiser Family Foundation data, American children aged 8 to 18 average more than 50 hours a week with digital media -- that's more than a full work week. Coming Feb. 2, 2010 to PBS, FRONTLINE's "Digital Nation" explores the implications of living in a world consumed by…

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   Feb 1, 2010

   15m
2. 10

   From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians

   This Christmas, in what's become a PBS holiday tradition, FRONTLINE is rebroadcasting "From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians," a landmark four-hour documentary that explores the life and death of Jesus, and the men and women whose belief, conviction and martyrdom created the religion we know...

   Dec 11, 2009

   15m
3. 9

   The Card Game

   As credit, debit and pre-paid card companies face rising public anger, new regulation from Washington and a potential perfect storm of economic bad news, FRONTLINE and "The New York Times" examine the future of the massive consumer loan industry and its impact on a fragile national economy in…

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   Nov 20, 2009

   16m
4. 8

   A Death in Tehran

   In the height of the protests following Iran's controversial presidential election this summer, a young protester named Neda Agha Soltan was shot and killed. Her death -- filmed on a camera phone, distributed across the internet and watched by tens of millions across the world -- quickly became…

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   Nov 13, 2009

   13m
5. 7

   The Medicated Child

   (corrected) Six million American children -- some as young as 4 years old -- are being prescribed powerful medications designed to treat serious psychiatric disorders, and most of these drugs have never been tested in children. In "The Medicated Child," first broadcast in January 2008 and…

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   Oct 30, 2009

   17m
6. 6

   Close to Home

   FRONTLINE producer Ofra Bikel chronicles how one unlikely neighborhood--New York's Upper East Side--is faring in this recession through the stories of the people she has come to know at her local hair salon in Close to Home, airing Tues, Oct. 27 at 9 pm on PBS (check local listings). In this...

   Oct 24, 2009

   17m
7. 5

   The Warning

   As Congress weighs new regulations over the complex derivatives market -- whose crash helped to trigger last year's financial crisis -- FRONTLINE traces back to the late 1990s and reveals the intense battle among high-ranking members of the Clinton administration about regulating these emerging,...

   Oct 17, 2009

   21m
8. 4

   Obama's War

   As the debate over Afghanistan intensifies in Washington, FRONTLINE reports the high stakes on the ground in "Obama's War," airing Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 9 P.M. on PBS (check local listings). In this podcast, host Arun Rath catches up with FRONTLINE producer Martin Smith for a first-hand account of...

   Oct 9, 2009

   21m
9. 3

   Breaking the Bank

   FRONTLINE tells the inside story of the rocky merger of two banks at the heart of the financial crisis -- Bank of America and Merrill Lynch -- and the government's new role in taking over the American banking system in "Breaking the Bank," airing Tuesday, June 16, at 9 pm on PBS (check local...

   Jun 12, 2009

   16m
10. 2

    Tiananmen 20 Years Later

    This week, FRONTLINE marks the 20th anniversary of the violent crackdown in Tiananmen Square with a rebroadcast of its 2006 documentary "The Tank Man" - the single individual who stood up to a column of tanks and became an iconic image of the fight for freedom around the world. In this podcast,...

    Jun 5, 2009

    17m
11. 1

    The Madoff Affair

    FRONTLINE producers Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria take you behind-the-scenes of their upcoming investigation "The Madoff Affair," airing Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 9 pm ET on PBS (check local listings) and viewable online at pbs.org/frontline. Two of FRONTLINE's most celebrated producers reveal...

    May 9, 2009

    16m