APM PRESENTS
APM Presents offers a unique package of programs with timely relevance for your audiences.
APM Presents, previously known as APM Celebrates, is a collection of specials available through American Public Media to all affiliated stations. News and Talk specials tackle some of the biggest questions of our time while our Classical collection engages audiences with musical performances from renowned musicians.
Air windows are listed below and on individual program pages. Specific download times are listed in ContentDepot. If you would like to request an air window extension, please contact your Station Relations Representative. Extensions are considered on a case-by-case basis and may be granted subject to rights.
So far this fiscal year, 20 specials have been included in the APM Presents package. Out of these specials, 65% included host(s) who identified as a woman and 50% included host(s) self-identified as BIPOC.
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APM Presents: News & Talk
Timely news programming tackling the biggest questions of our time
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Sobered: More than Dry January
One hour
Broadcast Window: January 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023
Embodied host Anita Rao examines the tenets and experiences of sober curiosity through a conversation with two people who collectively have close to two decades of sobriety experience. The two reflect on how their sobriety journeys have shaped everything from their romantic and platonic relationships to their careers and thoughts about the future.
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Substance Use & New Paths to Recovery
One hour
Broadcast Window: January 1 - February 28, 2023
What causes addiction? How do substance use disorders compromise our mental and physical health? And what new treatments are helping people recover from addiction, while making substance use disorders a manageable and treatable condition for those who can access help? Join Call to Mind host Kimberly Adams for a critical hour-long broadcast special exploring substance use disorders in the US.
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Higher Ground
One hour
Broadcast Window: January 18, 2023 - April 30, 2023
In this installment, Higher Ground puts the microphone in the hands of a classroom of student scientists as they come to grips with the global crisis in their city. Hosts J.D. Allen and Sabrina Garone explore with them solutions that might give their home the best chance at survival and help save coastal places beyond their city, where millions of people call home.
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Witness: Black History Month
One hour
Broadcast Window: February 1 - February 28, 2023
A special hour-long edition of Witness History from the BBC World Service, bringing together some incredible interviews looking at the African-American experience. Told by people who were there, we hear stories that are fascinating, harrowing, and inspiring.
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How We Survive: The Rising Sea
One hour
Broadcast Window: February 1 - April 30, 2023
The climate crisis is here. Time is slipping away to stop the worst effects of global warming, and the world is looking for solutions. In “How We Survive: The Rising Sea,” Amy Scott follows the money to the end of the world. In this case, South Florida. Miami is one of the most vulnerable coastal cities in the world because of climate change. Billions of dollars are pouring into the region to help it adapt to hotter temperatures, fierce storms and rising waters. But will it be enough?
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Witness: Women's History Month
One hour
Broadcast Window: March 1 - March 31, 2023
A special hour-long edition of Witness History from the BBC World Service. Remarkable stories of women’s history, told by the women who were there. Selected from the BBC’s Witness History program, we hear moving, inspiring and even outrageous stories about a few of the most important women in living memory.
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Seeking Connection
One hour
Broadcast Window: March 1 - April 30, 2023
What does loneliness do to the brain? How does loneliness associate, or possibly cause, mental health issues like anxiety, depression and suicide ideation? Join Call to Mind host Kimberly Adams for Seeking Connection, a special exploring the relationship between loneliness and mental health issues, and the power of social connections.
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Becoming Muslim
One hour
Broadcast Window: March 15 - April 30, 2023
For Ramadan, join host Hana Baba for more stories of Americans who chose Islam. Baba also discusses the history of Islam in America with Dr. Edward E. Curtis IV. Uncover a religious history rarely taught and the people who make up the diverse Muslim community in the United States.
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APM Presents: Musical
Timely musical programming to delight and engage your audiences.
Classical
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Justin Holland: The Guitar's Black Pioneer
One hour
Broadcast Window: January 1 - February 28, 2023
Justin Holland was a Black guitar virtuoso, educator, and activist in the 19th century who did intricate transcriptions of popular operas, songs, and compositions of his own. Holland was born free and worked to help other enslaved Black people on the Underground Railroad. In this special Professor Ernie Jackson, a Holland expert, talks about his experience as a guitar student and how Holland’s music gave him hope and inspiration. Encore from 2022
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La Mujer en la Música
One hour
Broadcast Window: March 1 - March 31, 2023
Teresa Carreño was a Venezuelan composer and pianist who was nicknamed the “The Valkyrie of the Piano,” due to her formidable and impactful playing. But Teresa’s legacy extends beyond the amazing works and recordings she left behind and she is not the only Latin American woman to have done so. Listen as we explore the music and lives of select women composers and performers from Latin America who have re-shaped music history and continue to do so to this day. The program will feature Latin American performers and composers such as Gabriela Montero, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Clara Rodriguez.
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Irish Music & the Piano: from Shebeen to Stage
One hour
Broadcast Window: March 1 - March 31, 2023
This entertaining and ear-warming special is filled with Irish folk and traditional tunes transcribed, arranged and composed for piano, which is in itself unique. In Ireland, the instrument almost always missing from a traditional Irish music ‘session’ is the piano, but Irish music is increasingly being championed and performed by classical pianists.The special explores the history of the piano in Irish music and features recordings by Barry Douglas, John O’Connor, Michael McHale and Ruth McGinley.
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