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The Invisible Shield, a four-part documentary series, reveals a little-known truth: that public health saved your life today and you probably don’t even know it. But while public health makes modern life possible, the work itself is often underfunded, undervalued, and misunderstood.
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Preview Length 00:30 Premiere: 03/11/24

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The New Playbook
S1 E4 Length 54:05 Premiere Date 03/26/24

Inoculation & Inequity
S1 E3 Length 53:49 Premiere Date 03/26/24

Follow the Data
S1 E2 Length 54:03 Premiere Date 03/26/24

The Old Playbook
S1 E1 Length 54:02 Premiere Date 03/26/24

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The Old Playbook - S1 E1

Discover how public health has doubled life expectancy, but the system is now in jeopardy.

  • Tuesday September 22, 2026 4:00 pm ET on KET
  • Tuesday September 22, 2026 3:00 pm CT on KET

Follow the Data - S1 E2

Learn how data collection has been an essential public health tool for centuries. Increasing understanding and mitigating the spread of disease, data has helped make sense of the threats to collective health.

  • Wednesday September 23, 2026 4:00 pm ET on KET
  • Wednesday September 23, 2026 3:00 pm CT on KET

Inoculation & Inequity - S1 E3

How disinformation, skepticism and government distrust impacted COVID-19 vaccination efforts.

  • Thursday September 24, 2026 4:00 pm ET on KET
  • Thursday September 24, 2026 3:00 pm CT on KET

The New Playbook - S1 E4

Experts rethink the public health system in the face of declining life expectancy, inequality and deaths of despair.

  • Friday September 25, 2026 4:00 pm ET on KET
  • Friday September 25, 2026 3:00 pm CT on KET

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