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The Great Stink
Season 1 Episode 27
June 30th, 1858. London is a world city, a global center of trade and commerce. But there’s something less glamorous going on in this bustling metrop…
5 years, 9 months ago
Pride & Protest
Season 1 Episode 26
June 28, 1970. Hundreds of people start to gather on Christopher Street in Manhattan’s West Village for an anniversary celebration. One year earlier,…
5 years, 9 months ago
Freedom Summer, 1964
Season 1 Episode 25
June 21, 1964. James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, three civil rights activists in their early twenties, are reported missing in Miss…
5 years, 9 months ago
"Have You No Decency, Sir?"
Season 1 Episode 124
June 9, 1954. Senator Joseph McCarthy has accused the United States Army of having communists within its midst. After rising to power during a time o…
5 years, 10 months ago
A Century of Stigma for Black America and Mental Health
Season 1 Episode 23
June 1, 1840. U.S. Marshals are going door to door conducting the sixth-ever census in the United States. This year something is different – this is …
5 years, 10 months ago
A Gilded Age Apocalypse
Season 1 Episode 22
May 31, 1889. It’s raining in Johnstown, PA, causing some small flooding. But the townsfolk were used to it – this city of 30,000 was nestled in a va…
5 years, 10 months ago
Captain Kidd and the Nazis
Season 1 Episode 21
May 23, 1701. Captain William Kidd is hanged at Execution Dock in London. His death sentence cements his legacy as one of history’s most notorious pi…
5 years, 10 months ago
To Fight a Virus, and Win
Season 1 Episode 20
May 14, 1796. Edward Jenner puts a theory to the test: can contracting one disease save you from another? Jenner goes down in history as the man who …
5 years, 11 months ago
Beethoven's Silent Symphony
Season 1 Episode 19
May 7, 1824. One of the great musical icons in history, Ludwig Van Beethoven, steps onto stage at the Kärntnertor Theater in Vienna. The audience is …
5 years, 11 months ago
The Hunt for the Hunley
Season 1 Episode 17
May 3, 1995. The Hunley has been missing for over 100 years. This Civil War submarine and all eight of her crew disappeared after completing the firs…
5 years, 11 months ago