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Encore: The Space Race | Photo Finish
Season 22 Episode 4
JFK said that nothing in the 1960s was "...more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space..." than getting a m…
5 years, 11 months ago
Encore: The Space Race | Taking the Lead
Season 22 Episode 3
In times of crisis, Americans had always put their confidence in their country’s superiority in power, technology and leadership. America had never f…
5 years, 11 months ago
Encore: The Space Race | Playing Catch Up
Season 22 Episode 2
Information sharing was normal in the global scientific community, but when it came to rockets, normal rules didn’t apply. If the details got passed …
5 years, 11 months ago
Encore: The Space Race | Starting Gun
Season 22 Episode 1
Remember Werner von Braun? We talked a little bit about him in our Cold War series. He was in charge of the German rocket program in World War II. Fi…
6 years ago
The WWII Home Front | United We Win
Season 21 Episode 2
As the nation’s factories and shipyards ramped up production for the war, the demand for labor exploded. Millions of women and minorities entered the…
6 years ago
The WWII Home Front - Arsenal of Democracy
Season 21 Episode 1
On December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese warplanes rained death and destruction down on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor—shocking the nation and …
6 years ago
Rebellion in the Early Republic - How Early American Revolts Shaped Today’s Protests
Season 20 Episode 7
In 1799, the U.S. government imposed a new tax on houses, land, and slaves to fund an expanded military. A man named John Fries led Pennsylvania Dutc…
6 years ago
Rebellion in the Early Republic - Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Season 20 Episode 6
In February 1831, a solar eclipse caused the skies to darken over the isolated backwater of Southampton County, Virginia. An enslaved man and self-pr…
6 years, 1 month ago
Rebellion in the Early Republic - Gabriel’s Rebellion
Season 20 Episode 5
As a new century dawned on the United States, an enslaved blacksmith named Gabriel began planning a bold plot to overthrow slavery in Virginia’s capi…
6 years, 1 month ago
Rebellion in the Early Republic - Crisis in the West
Season 20 Episode 4
In 1794, anti-government protests grew into an all-out rebellion, and President Washington faced his first major test of federal authority. Some 7,00…
6 years, 1 month ago