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Rebellion in the Early Republic - The Whiskey Rebellion
Season 20 Episode 3
Only a few years after Shays’ Rebellion was suppressed, a new revolt broke out in western Pennsylvania. Anti-government resentment had been growing o…
6 years, 1 month ago
Rebellion in the Early Republic - A Constitution Shaped by Revolt
Season 20 Episode 2
Tensions reached a climax in the freezing winter of 1787, as Daniel Shays and 1,500 rebel soldiers stormed the federal arsenal in Springfield, Massac…
6 years, 1 month ago
Rebellion in the Early Republic - Farmer Uprising
Season 20 Episode 1
The dust had barely settled on the American Revolution when new unrest erupted in western Massachusetts. Thousands of farmers and laborers rose up in…
6 years, 2 months ago
Encore: What We Learned from Fighting the Spanish Flu
Season 19 Episode 1
In light of growing concerns about the coronavirus, we’re revisiting an episode we ran last spring.
One hundred years ago, the Spanish flu pandemic f…
6 years, 2 months ago
Tulsa Race Massacre Update: Excavating Mass Graves
Season 13 Episode 7
New archaeological evidence suggests mass graves holding the remains of victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre may exist on two sites in Tulsa. And now s…
6 years, 2 months ago
California Water Wars - Los Angeles and the Future of Water
Season 18 Episode 6
UCLA environmental historian Jon Christensen discusses Los Angeles, its never-quenched thirst for water, and what that means for the future.
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6 years, 2 months ago
California Water Wars - Collapse
Season 18 Episode 5
With the failure of the Watterson brothers’ banks, the Owens Valley community was forced to abandon its fight for water rights against the city of Lo…
6 years, 3 months ago
California Water Wars - We Who Are About to Die Salute You
Season 18 Episode 4
After years of letting their water be used by the city of Los Angeles, the farmers and ranchers of the Owens River Valley decided to fight back. What…
6 years, 3 months ago
California Water Wars - “There It Is—Take It”
Season 18 Episode 3
By 1912, the Los Angeles aqueduct project was nearing completion. But as it approached the finish line, fears were growing among the public of a vast…
6 years, 3 months ago
California Water Wars - Building the Dream
Season 18 Episode 2
By 1907, the city of Los Angeles had found a solution to its water problem. Two hundred miles north in the Owens River Valley was a never-ending sour…
6 years, 3 months ago