“Thrilling and extraordinary.” That’s how Lidia Bastianich, star of GBH programs Lidia’s Kitchen and Lidia Celebrates America, describes her delight at being named a 2024 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Lifetime Achievement Honoree. Discovered as a television star by Julia Child’s producer, Bastianich reflects on her appreciation for the connective power of food, public media, and the opportunities she’s had as an immigrant.

With the glow of the recent FRONTLINE Oscar still warm, this month GBH was honored with five George Foster Peabody Awards for outstanding productions released in 2023. The awards, which recognize storytelling that reflects today’s most pressing social issues, commended the work of FRONTLINE, GBH News, and WORLD.

Two of Greek chef Maria Loi’s favorite things sit on her bedside table: a bottle of olive oil and a stack of books. Both are essential lifelines, and both have changed the course of her life. A new season of The Life with Loi, produced with GBH, began this spring. Read on to learn more about Loi and why she’s known as the “Julia Child of Greece.”

GBH News is giving viewers a front row seat on young voters’ discussions about the biggest issues of the 2024 election and what will inspire them to vote — or not. The new YouTube video series Politics IRL (“in real life”) features young adults sitting face to face, often with someone who disagrees with them, hashing out their opinions. We talked with Azita Ghahramani, senior politics editor, and Alexi Cohan, producer, about the new series.

The new film from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal tells the dramatic story of the ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of their families. Meet the filmmaker who uncovered their stories of challenging those in power, forcing America to reckon with the human cost of unregulated industry, and creating a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.

The ANTIQUES ROADSHOW team is packing the truck to hit the road for a new season of tapings. Executive Producer Marsha Bemko filled us in on the back story — where they are going, what’s involved, and what’s new with America’s most watched ongoing PBS series.

The podcast audience is exploding — with a predicted half billion listeners this year — and GBH is creating a collection that is attracting listeners around the world. “The Big Dig,” “What Is Owed?”, and “College Uncovered” have all caught the public’s attention. Managing Producer Devin Maverick Robins, a long-time NPR producer and editor before she joined GBH three years ago, has been leading the expansion of GBH’s podcast portfolio. Learn more about her and about what’s next.

GBH’s accessibility teams are where the action is — at the Academy Awards and at the polls. They are using their expertise and tools to improve experiences for moviegoers and voters who have disabilities — about 26% or 1 in 4 adults in the United States. From instructional videos to closed captioning, GBH continues to be a public media leader in championing accessibility and creating a culture where disability is normalized.

In a novel program during Women’s History Month, CRB Classical 99.5 created a seamless broadcast that featured two sublime, female-led performances from last year’s Boston Early Music Festival. Learn about the GBH women behind the program and how it connects the threads of women in music through history.

As an exciting new lineup of programs rolls out from MASTERPIECE — the latest seasons of All Creatures Great and Small and Miss Scarlet and The Duke have recently wrapped up — MASTERPIECE Executive Producer Susanne Simpson gives us a glimpse of what else we can expect this year. She also shares some recent high points, including the day MASTERPIECE “broke the internet.”