What do Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, basketball legend Shaquille O’Neil and hip-hop artist Nas have in common? Turns out that they are poetry aficionados who love reflecting on words, images and meaning.

Created by and for kids, with its young cast members romping through skits, songs and jokes sent in by viewers and speaking their secret language (“Ubbi Dubbi”), ZOOM, created by GBH, debuted on PBS in 1972 with a pure focus on fun. Now 50 years and three national Emmy Awards later, creator and original producer Christopher Sarson takes a look back at the origins of this iconic series.

Fun Facts about ZOOM to celebrate its 50th Anniversary.

Filmmaker James Rutenbeck came to Dorchester in 2014 planning to observe adult learners in a rigorous humanities curriculum.

Fifty years ago, GBH Kids launched the experimental ZOOM, which sparked decades of innovation and entertainment in children's media.

GBH has been revolutionizing media since Day One, beginning with the experimental ZOOM and continuing with Arthur and Molly of Denali.

For Lidia Bastianich, food has always been a way to connect with others. In Lidia Celebrates America: Overcoming the Odds, the celebrity chef travels across the country to share the stories of five Americans who have overcome extraordinary odds.

The five films in the WHY SLAVERY? series, making their U.S. premiere on GBH WORLD’s Doc World this month, shed light on the millions of men, women and children living in the shadows of modern slavery across all corners of the world.

It’s not every day that the worlds of Netflix, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW and superstar Ryan Reynolds converge.

When the Carlisle Indian Industrial School opened in 1879 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, it had one goal: to force Native children to be assimilated into White society. Founded by Richard Henry Pratt, a Civil War general who convinced tribal leaders that their children needed to be “Americanized,” the government-run boarding school was driven by his guiding principle: “Kill the Indian in him and save the man.”