For artist Hana Lasell, the opportunity to create a mural for GBH News’ Worcester bureau was “mind-blowing.”

Susan Goldberg, a media executive and leader of technological and cultural transformation, will be the next President and CEO of GBH. She is the first woman to hold this role since GBH was founded in 1951.

The new film Taken Hostage from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE unfolds like a political thriller, following the plight of 52 American diplomats, Marines and civilians who were taken hostage at the American Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979 and held until January 1981. The crisis would transform both the U.S. and Iran and upend the focus and direction of American foreign policy. The documentary premiers over two nights, November 14 and 15 at 9pm on GBH 2.

A hummingbird, a spider and thousands of lines, some over five miles long, etched in the ground. These are the ancient Nazca Lines and geoglyphs, a collection of thousands of images spread across the Peruvian desert. Who created them and why? NOVA’s Nazca Desert Mystery explores one of archaeology’s greatest enigmas and offers new clues to the origins and purpose behind these giant symbols. The program can be seen here.

A new voice is now accompanying CRB Classical 99.5’s broadcasts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO). Longtime CRB producer Brian McCreath has stepped in to fill the role long held by Ron Della Chiesa, who had hosted at Symphony Hall and Tanglewood since 1991. McCreath, who had a full-time orchestral career playing the trumpet before turning to radio, reflects on his new role.

The third season of the award-winning Molly of Denali premieres next month on November 7 on GBH 2. Molly and her friends will create their own Alaska Native superheroes, host a Yup’ik exchange student and volunteer to count endangered beluga whales in Cook Inlet.

Aspiring high school student teams across Massachusetts are getting ready for GBH’s 14th annual High School Quiz Show® qualifying event, known as “Super Sunday,” on November 6. Registration is open until November 1.

Krystnell Storr, who joins GBH as the first-ever science and equity editor for NOVA, says she has landed the “dream job.”

Throughout history, African Americans have created a dynamic community and culture that flourished beyond the color line. Making Black America: Through the Grapevine celebrates those places and institutions that were forged in their own image as acts of resistance and expressions of joy. The four-part series airs Tuesdays in October at 9pm on GBH 2. The series is available on GBH Passport starting October 4.

Norm Abram, who recently retired as master carpenter of This Old House, will get quite a birthday present this year.As he turns 73 on October 3, Abram will be sent off in style with a one-hour tribute special The House that Norm Built, which will air on GBH 2 and across the nation on PBS on Monday, Oct. 3 at 9pm. The special will highlight his 43-year career with classic moments, archived footage, interviews and memories from celebrities, friends, peers and those who worked alongside him.