Smithsonian Networks: December 18, 2009

7:00AM
Smithsonian Spotlight: STRI with Biff Birmingham
In Panama: a network of research stations along the Panama Canal; scientists on an isolated island monitor how animal and plant species respond to climate change; the Frank Gehry-designed Museum of Biodiversity.
7:30AM
Smithsonian Spotlight: Antarctica with Michael Lang
Divers investigate the strange phenomena of gigantism and longevity exhibited by the sea life in Antarctica, the earth's southernmost land mass and the coldest, driest, windiest continent.
8:00AM
Aerial America: Hawaii
9:00AM
Zoo Vets: Zoo Vets
Veterinarians at the National Zoo provide specialized care to animals representing 500 unique anatomical systems, a job description that includes tiger root canals, an otter with kidney stones, and a giant anteater pregnancy.
10:00AM
America Wild and Wacky: Episode 2
A unique trio of events: the Frozen Dead Guy Days in Colorado, the Spamarama in Texas, and Baltimore, Maryland's Kinetic Sculpture Race.
11:00AM
Zambezi: Zambezi
A medical mission to prevent malaria along the longest and most dangerous river in southern Africa.
12:00PM
Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
Journalists who wrote state-by-state travel guides of America for the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression had a profound impact on their nation and on American literature.
1:30PM
Stories from the Vaults: Going, Going, Gone
The quest to conserve, whether it's specimens from a vanishing ecosystem or samples of a fading musical genre.
2:00PM
Aerial America: Hawaii
3:00PM
Smithsonian Spotlight: STRI with Biff Birmingham
In Panama: a network of research stations along the Panama Canal; scientists on an isolated island monitor how animal and plant species respond to climate change; the Frank Gehry-designed Museum of Biodiversity.
3:30PM
Smithsonian Spotlight: Antarctica with Michael Lang
Divers investigate the strange phenomena of gigantism and longevity exhibited by the sea life in Antarctica, the earth's southernmost land mass and the coldest, driest, windiest continent.
4:00PM
The Worlds of Sound: Ballad of Folkways
The story of Folkways Records, a nonprofit record label owned by the Smithsonian Institution that influenced a generation of folk singers.
5:00PM
Zoo Vets: Zoo Vets
Veterinarians at the National Zoo provide specialized care to animals representing 500 unique anatomical systems, a job description that includes tiger root canals, an otter with kidney stones, and a giant anteater pregnancy.
6:00PM
Apocalypse: The Second World War: The Noose
7:00PM
Apocalypse: The Second World War: Inferno
8:00PM
Stories from the Vaults: Villains and Rogues
8:30PM
Stories from the Vaults: Random?
Some of the seemingly "random" collections at the Smithsonian.
9:00PM
Nick Baker's Weird Creatures: Night Stalker
10:00PM
America Wild and Wacky: Episode 1
The pumpkin-hurling sport of Punkin Chunkin, the growing popularity of lawnmower races, a Roadkill Cookoff, and the customized creativity of ArtCar Fest.
11:00PM
Stories from the Vaults: Villains and Rogues
11:30PM
Stories from the Vaults: Random?
Some of the seemingly "random" collections at the Smithsonian.
12:00AM
Nick Baker's Weird Creatures: Night Stalker
1:00AM
America Wild and Wacky: Episode 1
The pumpkin-hurling sport of Punkin Chunkin, the growing popularity of lawnmower races, a Roadkill Cookoff, and the customized creativity of ArtCar Fest.
2:00AM
Apocalypse: The Second World War: The Noose
3:00AM
Apocalypse: The Second World War: Inferno
4:00AM
Zoo Vets: Zoo Vets
Veterinarians at the National Zoo provide specialized care to animals representing 500 unique anatomical systems, a job description that includes tiger root canals, an otter with kidney stones, and a giant anteater pregnancy.
5:00AM
Zambezi: Zambezi
A medical mission to prevent malaria along the longest and most dangerous river in southern Africa.

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