Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Conversation
Journalist Katie Couric hosts a discussion between WETA CEO Sharon Percy Rockefeller, filmmaker Ken Burns and Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee about cancer, treatments of the disease and living with a diagnosis. The discussion previews the new PBS film Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, which was based on Mukherjee's Pulitzer Prize winning book of the same title.
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Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Conversation
28m 55s
Journalist Katie Couric hosts a discussion between WETA CEO Sharon Percy Rockefeller, filmmaker Ken Burns and Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee about cancer, treatments of the disease and living with a diagnosis. The discussion previews the new PBS film Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, which was based on Mukherjee's Pulitzer Prize winning book of the same title.
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WETA's First Broadcast: A New Era (1961)
26m 2s
WETA Channel 26 hit the Washington airwaves on October 2, 1961, when station manager George Baker introduced viewers to WETA's inaugural broadcast, The New Era. The show described the station's origins and its mission to provide viewers with a "window to the world."
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