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Six Men, Two Bombs, One Grave Injustice
Season 5 Episode 23
March 14, 1991. The Birmingham Six have been in prison for 16 years. Each of these six Irishmen was found guilty of 21 counts of murder back in 1975 …
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Introducing: Campus Files
College holds a mythic place in American culture, but behind the polished campus tours and glossy brochures lies a far more complicated reality. Each…
1 year, 1 month ago
Freud & Jung: The Original Dream Team
Season 5 Episode 22
March 3rd, 1907. Dr. Sigmund Freud invites a guest into his office, Dr. Carl Jung. This is a meeting of the minds, about... the mind. Psychology. Fre…
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Hitler Stands Trial
Season 5
February 26, 1924. 10 Defendants enter a courtroom in Munich. They are being charged with an attempted coup. They tried to overthrow the government o…
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Tesla Electrifies the World
Season 5 Episode 21
February 24, 1893. Most homes don't have electricity. And yet, one of the technology's pioneers, Nikola Tesla, is about to give the world a glimpse i…
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America’s Restaurants Meet the Michelin Man
Season 5 Episode 20
February 23, 2005. New York City's culinary elite gather at Gotham Hall. Tuxedoed waiters pass around champagne flutes and decadent hors d'oeuvres, a…
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When America Almost Had Universal Healthcare
Season 5 Episode 19
February 15, 1935. The American Medical Association, the AMA, is holding an emergency meeting in Chicago. The crisis? The possibility that the federa…
1 year, 2 months ago
Anatomy of a Campus Heist
Season 5
February 11, 2005. FBI agents bust down the door of a cinder block house near the University of Kentucky campus. Amid flash grenades and screaming te…
1 year, 2 months ago
Could the Challenger Disaster Have Been Prevented?
Season 5 Episode 18
January 28, 1986. It's freezing in Central Florida, a historically cold day. That's bad news for citrus growers, and for NASA, which is scheduled to …
1 year, 2 months ago
MLK Bonus: The Civil Rights Children's Crusade
Season 5
To further celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we're re-releasing our classic episode about the Children's Crusade, an effort to bring the yout…
1 year, 2 months ago