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Revolution | Interview with Author Russell Shorto
Season 5 Episode 7
We've come to the end of our series on the American Revolution, but we can't say goodbye without saying hello to Russell Shorto. Russell adapted his …
7 years, 9 months ago
Revolution | The Populist
Season 5 Episode 6
Millions immigrated to the United States after its founding, entranced with the promise of a better life. But the country they found was rough and tu…
7 years, 9 months ago
Revolution | The Free Man
Season 5 Episode 5
The Revolution was fought for freedom, at least in name. Calls for freedom filled the air. No taxation without representation! Life, liberty and the …
7 years, 9 months ago
Revolution | The Independent Woman
Season 5 Episode 4
In 1788, the hot gossip in posh British circles was all about France and America. For their friends across the channel, the popular uprising against …
7 years, 10 months ago
Revolution | The Iroquois Diplomat
Season 5 Episode 3
It’s 1786. For two years the city of Philadelphia has been celebrating its independence. For citizens of this brand new country, life is parties, mee…
7 years, 10 months ago
Revolution | The Empire Builder
Season 5 Episode 2
In 1776, the British Under Secretary of State for the American Colonies was giddy. The Americans needed to be punished like children for their bad be…
7 years, 10 months ago
Revolution | The Virginia Planter
Season 5 Episode 1
It’s 1754, and the British had developed thirteen colonies along the eastern seaboard of the American continent. You may be familiar with them. But w…
7 years, 10 months ago
Hearst vs Pulitzer | The Headless Torso
Episode 2
If you lived in an American city at the turn of the century, you got all of your news from a single source: the daily newspapers. No where was that m…
7 years, 11 months ago
The Space Race| Photo Finish
Season 4 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…
7 years, 11 months ago
The Space Race | Taking the Lead
Season 4 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…
7 years, 11 months ago