Press Releases | May, 10 2024
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Austin PBS and the LBJ Foundation Launch Live From the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove: A Thoughtful New Program on Critical American Issues
Austin, TX — Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove, a new series produced by the LBJ Foundation in partnership with Austin PBS.
Host Mark Updegrove interviews preeminent thought leaders—historians, authors, journalists, filmmakers, and others—about issues throughout our history, the complicated times in which we are living, and matters vital to America's future.
Updegrove says Lyndon B. Johnson, who created PBS by signing the National Broadcast Act of 1967, wanted his presidential library to be not only a repository of history but a public forum. “The LBJ Library has a rich tradition of bringing through its doors the biggest names and best minds of our day to address the issues of our times. We want to bring these thought-provoking, entertaining conversations to a broader audience. Our partnership with Austin PBS allows us to engage audiences across the country.”
Season 1 will feature interviews with Heather Cox Richardson, William McRaven, Melody Barnes, Nicole Hemmer, Julian Zelizer, Jonathan Eig, a two-part episode with Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
Support for the series was provided by Lynda Johnson Robb and family, BP America, Tom and Edwina Johnson, Michael and Jeanne Klein, Betsy and Hughes Abell, Brian McCall, Joni and Joe Latimer, and Carl and Claire Stuart. Program information can be found at livefromlbj.org.
About the LBJ Foundation
Established by President and Mrs. Johnson in 1969, the LBJ Foundation is a non-profit organization comprised of a board of trustees and administrative staff that supports the LBJ Presidential Library and the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. The LBJ Presidential Library, operated under the auspices of the National Archives, maintains the archive of President Johnson’s administration and political career and promotes his legacy while providing, in his words, “a springboard for the future” through public programming. The Foundation provides support for the Library by enhancing educational outreach and museum exhibits, administering grants for researchers and scholars, and directing public programming.
About American Public Television
American Public Television (APT) is the leading syndicator of high-quality, top-rated programming to the nation’s public television stations. Founded in 1961, APT distributes 250 new program titles per year and more than one-third of the top 100 highest-rated public television titles in the U.S. APT’s diverse catalog includes prominent documentaries, performance, dramas, how-to programs, classic movies, children’s series and news and current affairs programs. Doc Martin, Midsomer Murders, America’s Test Kitchen, Rick Steves’ Europe, The Best of the Joy of Painting with Bob Ross, My Life is Murder, Pati’s Mexican Table, Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television, Legacy List with Matt Paxton, Table for All with Buki Elegbede, Lidia’s Kitchen, Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen, Lucky Chow, NHK Newsline, BBC News and Biz Kid$ are a sampling of APT’s programs, considered some of the most popular on public television. APT also licenses programs internationally through its APT Worldwide service and distributes Create®TV — featuring the best of public television's lifestyle programming — and WORLD™, public television’s premier news, science and documentary channel.
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