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The Space Race | Playing Catch Up
Season 4 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 …
7 years, 11 months ago
The Space Race | Starting Gun
Season 4 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…
8 years ago
History Through Innovation | Interview with Steven Johnson
Season 3 Episode 7
The phone in your hand is more powerful than all of the computers that put a man on the moon, combined. In the age of supercomputers, driverless cars…
8 years ago
The Age of Jackson | Manifest Destiny
Season 3 Episode 6
“Manifest Destiny” is a uniquely American idea. The phrase captured the sense of inevitability—and entitlement—many citizens still feel. But in the 1…
8 years ago
The Age of Jackson | The Little Magician
Season 3 Episode 5
During the last years of Jackson's presidency, the economy flourished. The national debt was paid in full, industry and agriculture boomed. But when …
8 years ago
The Age of Jackson | Great White Father
Season 3 Episode 4
During his political rise, Jackson distinguished himself with his ability to exact ruthless military victories over indigenous people. As President N…
8 years, 1 month ago
The Age of Jackson | King Mob
Season 3 Episode 3
From the beginning, Jackson's administration was riddled with controversy. Citizens mobbed the White House on inauguration day, breaking furniture an…
8 years, 1 month ago
The Age of Jackson | Good Feelings
Season 3 Episode 2
In the summer of 1817, President James Monroe toured the country in an effort to unite the ever-growing United States, torn between bitter political …
8 years, 1 month ago
The Age of Jackson | Washington Burns
Season 3 Episode 1
In August 1814, the White House burned. A fire that would eventually consume the entire nation in Civil War was already burning. This is Antebellum A…
8 years, 1 month ago
Prohibition | Interview with Lillian Cunningham
Season 2 Episode 7
Do you know the record for the longest ratification period of any constitutional amendment? Lillian Cunningham did. She’s an editor with the Washingt…
8 years, 2 months ago