Rhode Island PBS Weekly
“Rhode Island PBS Weekly” is a newsmagazine anchored in journalism that searches for truth and examines today’s most important regional and local issues. Viewers are introduced to individuals, ideas and places in Rhode Island and beyond that they won’t see anywhere else.
Latest Episode
Reporter Pamela Watts has an in-depth report on how whaling logs from the 19th century are helping modern-day scientists track weather patterns and assess changes in the climate. Then, on this episode of Weekly Insight, Michelle San Miguel and WPRI 12’s politics editor Ted Nesi discuss Governor McKee’s annual State of the State address. McKee told Rhode Islanders he plans to close a roughly $250 million deficit without a broad-based tax increase. Finally, a second look at how climate change and rising sea levels threaten some of Rhode Island’s historical and iconic homes.
Stories From Rhode Island PBS Weekly
‘We feel like the arts need a stronger seat at the table, more visibility so we can be part of brainstorming solutions and innovation for the state. We are not looking for handouts. We are not looking for the arts to be subsidized. We are looking for investment’
How the Tynietoys company helped save holiday cheer during WWI
Khipra Nichols unpacks a career designing toys for Hasbro
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, the president and CEO of the organization, which provides support and services to those experiencing homelessness, talks about the crisis in Rhode Island
Amanda Downing Carney had some unique ideas for the theatre’s biggest show of the year