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Adventure awaits! BIG CATS, Neanderthals, and a trip to Peru, this week on your Wednesday night favorites! – Oct. 1 starting at 8 pm


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Adventure Awaits!

Wednesday, October 1, starting at 8:00 pm

 

BIG CATS 24/7  “New Beginnings”- 8:00 pm

A young cub laying on a tree branch.
Lediba’s young cub must wait in a safe place until her mum returns with a meal. Credit: Russell Barnett/ BBC Studios

The core of the Xudum Pride has fled south, but a group of its young females surprises the team in the north. Meanwhile, tragedy strikes the cheetah mother, Pobe, and Lediba, the leopard, struggles to provide for her ever-growing cub.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOVA “Human: Neanderthal Encounters” – 9:00 pm

Key Art - NOVA "Human: Neanderthal Encounters". A picture of a side profile of a native person, hair is untamed, seeming to wear winter clothing.
NOVA “Human: Neanderthal Encounters”
Credit: NOVA

Discover how Homo sapiens outlasted Neanderthals – and how they helped make us who we are today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SACRED PLANET WITH GULNAZ KHAN “Reclaiming Peru’s Glaciers” – 10:00 pm

Magdalena Machaca Mendieta (far right), an engineer from the community of Quispillaccta, and friends, Puncupata, Peru. The women are wearing traditional clothes of their culture, all including a hat.
Magdalena Machaca Mendieta (far right), an engineer from the community of Quispillaccta, and friends, Puncupata, Peru. Credit: Andre Dahlman; 1904 Media

Gulnaz follows the ancient Inca and modern Catholic paths, confronting the Andes deglaciation. These spiritual traditions unite through engineering, pilgrimages, lawsuits, and prayer to face Peru’s climate crisis.