Watch WETA World Live!

WETA World is currently available over-the-air on channel 26.4, via cable networks Cox (802), Verizon FIOS (475) and RCN (37) and streaming on PBS.org and WETA.org. Devoted to telling stories that humanize complex issues, WETA World shares the best of public media in news, documentaries, and informational programming that helps us understand conflicts, movements and cultures.

Please note: livestream only available to viewers in the Washington, D.C., metro area.

To see what's on now check the WETA World schedule below:

WETA World

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    H2O: The Molecule That Made Us: TVSS: Iconic

    H2O: The Molecule That Made Us

    Civilizations

    Sunday
    Apr 28

    1 Hour

    How water may have driven the evolution of man and created the earliest civilizations; whether the Earth's water supplies can guarantee the future of humans.
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    Changing Planet

    Coral Special

    Sunday
    Apr 28

    1 Hour

    A visit to the Maldives focuses on coral reefs and the urgent efforts to help them survive climate change.
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    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Forever Young: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Forever Young

    Sunday
    Apr 28

    1 Hour

    Actors Valerie Bertinelli and Brendan Fraser explore their family histories.
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    REEL SOUTH

    In Exile; It's in the Voices; Fallout; Finding Us

    Sunday
    Apr 28

    1 Hour

    A Pacific Islander community commemorates the loss of its land; Delta historians uncover memories; Appalachian communities bear the impact of industrial waste; descendants of slaves retrace their ancestry.
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    Mysteries of Mental Illness

    Rise and Fall of the Asylum

    Sunday
    Apr 28

    1 Hour

    The rise and fall of mental asylums in the U.S.; the largest de-facto mental health facility in the U.S., its detainees and the realities of care both inside and outside.