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The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree: A History In Lights (from The Bowery Boys)
Season 6
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has brought joy and sparkle to Midtown Manhattan since the early 1930s. The annual festivities may seem steady …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
A Scrooge for the Ages
Season 6
December 27, 1853. On a freezing, snowy night in Birmingham, England, 2,000 people have lined up outside the town hall. They’ve braved the temperatur…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Sam Adams Brews Rebellion in Boston Harbor
Season 6
December 16, 1773. Samuel Adams sits in a crowded meeting of American colonists at Boston’s Old South Meeting House. He’s watching small groups of me…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
The Thalidomide Disaster and the Doctors Who Uncovered the Truth
Season 6
December 18, 1970. Decades after the end of WWII, a Nazi doctor is on trial. Today is judgment day in a long, difficult legal battle, but this case i…
4 months ago
How a Forgotten Explorer’s Secret Mission Unlocked the Pacific
Season 6
December 1, 1564. Spanish vessels left a secret port in Mexico about two weeks ago. Their goal: to sail across the Pacific and back, charting a new r…
4 months, 1 week ago
A Meteorite Hits Ann Hodges
Season 6
November 30, 1954. At about 12:45 in the afternoon, a space rock comes plummeting through the roof of a house in Sylacauga, Alabama. It bounces off a…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Ken Burns Reimagines the American Revolution | A Conversation with Ken Burns & Sarah Botstein
Season 6 Episode 25
November 16, 1776. George Washington rows toward Manhattan to inspect the fort that bears his name, only to meet a full-scale British assault already…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Grinnell 14 Take On the Bomb (feat. Peter Coyote)
Season 6 Episode 24
November 16, 1961. Fourteen college students from Iowa have driven nearly a thousand miles to the White House. They’re fasting, protesting, and calli…
5 months ago
The Forgotten Life & Tragic Death of President James Garfield | A Conversation with ‘Death by Lightning’ Creator Mike Makowsky
Season 6 Episode 23
November 3, 1880. Congressman James Garfield wakes up on his quiet farm in Ohio to learn that he’s been elected President of the United States. He ne…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Haunting Case of H.H. Holmes
Season 6
October 28, 1895. It’s the first day of a murder trial in Philadelphia, and H.H. Holmes has been left to represent himself. His lawyers say they have…
5 months, 2 weeks ago