Stories by Daniel Hautzinger

Siegfried has to take charge of Tricki Woo, and the dog soon gets him into trouble. James tries to help a newly widowed woman with problems on her farm, while Tristan tries his hand at raising hens.

Phileas Fogg and his companions find themselves in an Indian village during a wedding and are asked to step in when a dispute with the British army disrupts the festivities.

After 25 years on air, Arthur is coming to close with a finale that reveals the characters grown up and the future that awaits them, the culmination of a marathon of all 250+ episodes that have aired over the years on the longest-running kids' animated TV series. 

Around the World in 80 Days may be a work of fiction, but its characters move through a historical world filled with real people, technology, and places. Here are a few things based on true history in the first four episodes of the show.

Oskar and Max run into a dead-end investigating the death of a countess, until Max decides to offer himself up as bait to catch the killer. Secrets are hidden everywhere, and Max and Oskar's assumptions are consistently upended.

Tristan and James encourage Siegfried to take some risks and make some changes, while Tristan also pushes James to ask Helen to the Daffodil Ball and Mrs. Hall meets an intriguing, kind client.

Another delay leads Phileas Fogg to take a desperate and dangerous path to his next destination. Fix proves exceedingly useful in the desert while also learning about her father's past from an unexpected companion.

We're only just beginning a second season of All Creatures Great and Small and we already have good news about the show: it has been renewed for a third and fourth season!

Max and Oskar again team up to investigate the death of one of Max's patients, a widowed Hungarian countess who suffered from melancholia as Vienna Blood returns for a second season.

James argues for Tristan to take on more responsibility while standing up to Siegfried himself in making his own professional decisions. He once again finds himself entangled with the Alderson family when their dog gets loose. 

While traveling through Italy by train, Fix and Passepartout begin to doubt Fogg's ability to complete his journey, until a treacherous situation demands courage and tenacity from Fogg. Is he up to the task?

The trailblazing actor and director Sidney Poitier, star of A Raisin in the Sun, The Defiant Ones, and other films, has died at the age of 94. Listen to two interviews with him conducted decades apart by Studs Terkel.

There's now another way to watch WTTW and PBS programming: you can stream it live via DIRECTV Stream.

The stuck-in-routine, unprepared Phileas Fogg decides to take a wager to become the first person to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days and immediately runs into trouble with his companions, the valet Passepartout and journalist Fix.

Revisit an archival interview from 1977 with Joan Didion, the admired writer and dissecter of America who recently died at the age of 87.