This one-woman theater piece covers the 1991 Rodney King beating and violent aftermath of the 1992 verdict. Stories include the 1940 state cornhusking championships and a profile of state-born country music star Pee Wee King. Alan Alda visits the Center for the Study of Nutrition Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston to explore society's obsession with diets that promise quick and painless results. An epidemic of eating disorders is spreading through America's youth, fanned by the media's obsession with wafer-thin celebrities. Go behind the scenes at laboratories and hospitals where specialists are experimenting with new approaches to eating disorders.
Teenagers have more money and independence than ever before.
Explore how marketers sample teenagers' tastes, attitudes and aspirations to determine who they are and what they want. This adaptation of Willa Cather's novel tells the story of Thea Kronborg, a young woman who escapes from her small Colorado town to become a world-famous opera singer. Pablo challenges authority, including a school counselor who confronts him about drug use. The seniors anticipate their freedom after high school. Outdoor Wisconsin TV-G Dan Small fishes for Lake Michigan trout and salmon.