SUSTAINING US

Airs Wednesdays at 5:30pm Sustaining US is a weekly half-hour program airing on KLCS PBS that highlights topics related to everything from green buildings and cities, climate change, water, energy, marine life, wildfires and natural disasters; to healthcare, education, technology, the economy, employment diversity, homelessness, and transportation. Our primary focus is people because human beings are our […]
Full Exclusive interview with Laura Theodore

With more people going meatless and moving to more plant-based diets either for health reasons, to lower their carbon footprint, or doing it as animal lovers, Laura Theodore had the right idea when she launched “Jazzy Vegetarian” in 2011. KLCS talks to the jazz artist and chef about how she brought her concept to television […]
Full Exclusive interview with Rick Sebak

With summer upon us, to the delight of viewers, Create has been airing Rick Sebak’s homey popular food-themed shows like “A Few Great Bakeries,” Sandwiches You Like” and “A Few Great Pie Places.” Since these folksy documentary-type shows were made years ago, KLCS spoke to producer Rick Sebak to ask if there’ll be any new […]
Full Exclusive interview with Jenny Agutter

Set in the East End of London, “Call the Midwife” chronicles life in the post-war district of Poplar, depicting subjects like the effects of thalidomide with compassion, as well as how people deal with poverty, race and immigration amidst all the change happening around them. Midwives, who ride bicycles, live with nuns at Nonnatus House […]
Full Exclusive interview with Ellie Krieger

Talking to Ellie Krieger for half an hour is almost like being with her on her show “Ellie’s Real Good food.” She is who we see on TV – the upbeat, warm, educated (with two Ivy League degrees) nutritionist chef, especially as we talk about life’s realities and striving to eat healthier. She tells KLCS […]
Full Exclusive interview with Chef Rika Yukimasa

“Dining with the Chef” on Create is a little virtual getaway to the Tokyo kitchen of chef Rika Yukimasa, as she teaches American co-host Patrick Harlan how to cook Japanese food for the home chef. KLCS talked to Rika on a weekend when all of Tokyo stayed at home during the pandemic, she shared advice […]
Full Exclusive interview with Joanne Weir

Joanne Weir, a James Beard-award winning author, who’s been on PBS for 20 years and on Create TV, talks to KLCS about her favorite dish from her time at the famed Chez Panisse, what she does when she isn’t on a set teaching us how to cook, and sharing life’s simple pleasures in food like […]
Educational Continuity Programming
Full Exclusive interview with Marcus Samuelsson

Foodies have followed Marcus Samuelsson’s career trajectory as far back as his job at Aquavit, where this Ethiopian-Swedish chef gained national attention. Now Marcus has his own show, “No Passport Required,” which airs on KLCS and Create. Here he talks to us about why he wanted to do this show given his busy restaurant career, […]
Full Exclusive interview with Kevin Belton

Some of us first noticed a gregarious host named Kevin Belton pop up on CreateTV seemingly out of nowhere a year or so ago, teaching us how to cook cuisine from New Orleans in his warm, inviting way that makes cooking gumbo seem easy to do. Kevin talked to KLCS about the reaction most viewers […]