The series explores every aspect of the brain and mind mixing cutting-edge research with deeply human stories.
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Phone-Free School - S6 E2
Researchers are studying whether a phone-free policy can improve attention and learning.
- Thursday October 22, 2026 7:30 am ET on KET2
- Thursday October 22, 2026 6:30 am CT on KET2
- Saturday October 24, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday October 24, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
Hope Against ALS - S6 E3
Patients and researchers confront ALS with compassionate care and emerging new treatments.
- Thursday October 29, 2026 7:30 am ET on KET2
- Thursday October 29, 2026 6:30 am CT on KET2
- Saturday October 31, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday October 31, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
Courage and Care - S6 E4
A teenager with a rare brain condition and the doctors working to better understand and treat it; an outreach effort brings medical care to migrant farmworkers.
- Thursday November 5, 2026 7:30 am ET on KET2
- Thursday November 5, 2026 6:30 am CT on KET2
- Saturday November 7, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday November 7, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
Building the Brain - S6 E5
How early brain-building strategies shape learning, literacy and child development.
- Thursday November 12, 2026 7:30 am ET on KET2
- Thursday November 12, 2026 6:30 am CT on KET2
- Saturday November 14, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday November 14, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
Hope and Healing - S6 E6
Three stories reveal how mental health care is evolving. Researchers are testing brain stimulation treatment for PTSD, communities are learning life-saving suicide prevention skills and children with anxiety are making rapid progress through a therapeutic summer camp.
- Thursday November 19, 2026 7:30 am ET on KET2
- Thursday November 19, 2026 6:30 am CT on KET2
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Heart and Mind - S6 E1
- Saturday October 17, 2026 5:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday October 17, 2026 4:00 am CT on KET2
- Thursday October 15, 2026 7:30 am ET on KET2
- Thursday October 15, 2026 6:30 am CT on KET2

