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Roots Takes Over The Airwaves (1977) [Part 1]
This week on "50 Weeks That Shaped America," we're headed to the winter of 1977, when everyone was tuned into a major TV phenomenon -- Alex Haley’s “…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
![A Compromise To Avert Civil War [Some Sunday Context]](https://f.prxu.org/282/5ccc19ff-0a2c-4c40-b98d-e078615bba06/images/2a6989b4-376b-4d56-b725-48e1c3112ed3/50_Weeks_That_shaped_america_Some_Sunday_Context.png)
A Compromise To Avert Civil War [Some Sunday Context]
For our "Sunday Context" series, we discuss the political pressures that the arrival of California as a new state put on the country as a whole -- an…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
![Gold Changes Everything (1849) [Part 2]](https://f.prxu.org/282/0c507454-807c-4167-98ad-46273a176617/images/aee7906a-4f1e-42c5-a18e-550a3b7f2b50/7.png)
Gold Changes Everything (1849) [Part 2]
We continue our look at the effects of the gold rush with an examination of how various communities were affected, and found agency, in a rapidly tra…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
![Gold Rush! (1848) [Part 1]](https://f.prxu.org/282/5cb4bddb-22d3-4bcd-9692-b8992426c8ce/images/85a03066-aafa-4ba2-8638-45dcfb7bbce8/6.png)
Gold Rush! (1848) [Part 1]
This week on "50 Weeks That Shaped America," we're headed to the winter of 1948 in San Francisco, where word starts to get around that "there's gold …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
![A Guy Throws His Shoe At George W Bush [Some Sunday Context]](https://f.prxu.org/282/223823bd-61d8-4a65-bab0-e30db3e0e5f5/images/e3d3f7d1-a887-4ebd-8aad-a27c1c240c34/50_Weeks_That_shaped_america_Some_Sunday_Context.png)
A Guy Throws His Shoe At George W Bush [Some Sunday Context]
For our "Sunday Context" series, we offer a follow up to our conversation about "Axis of Evil" and the start of the War in Iraq by looking at an inci…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
![How We Got The "War On Terror" (2002) [Part 2]](https://f.prxu.org/282/ce59b56d-cbde-41ae-a9df-49fc86f83b32/images/ec71bcb2-1d4a-42bd-9961-22236bd8995d/4.png)
How We Got The "War On Terror" (2002) [Part 2]
Our look at the response to 9-11 continues with a discussion of the neo-conversative movement that influenced the Bush White House, and how the idea …
2 months ago
![The "Axis Of Evil" (2002) [Part 1]](https://f.prxu.org/282/ea2efdd1-8b17-4ee9-a46b-e5f50a483db5/images/9628a2d1-ed6e-4cae-a248-23707fde1044/3.png)
The "Axis Of Evil" (2002) [Part 1]
This week on "50 Weeks That Shaped America," we're headed to January 2002 and the first State of the Union speech after the 9-11 attacks. In it, Geor…
2 months ago
![A New Orleans Slave Rebellion [Some Sunday Context]](https://f.prxu.org/282/4f9ce3c8-97bc-42be-8f83-b0bf8d4426f6/images/f665012d-c432-420c-862e-4b5e1b230576/50_Weeks_That_shaped_america_Some_Sunday_Context.png)
A New Orleans Slave Rebellion [Some Sunday Context]
For our "Sunday Context" series, we build on this past week's coversation about the Battle of New Orleans with a look at the largest slave rebellion …
2 months ago
![Andrew Jackson Takes Control (1815) [Part 2]](https://f.prxu.org/282/ab21c28b-84fb-4cfe-8093-452e74f67f0e/images/fba5a8b2-b922-4107-a507-124c2033ab3c/3.png)
Andrew Jackson Takes Control (1815) [Part 2]
If part two of our "50 Weeks" look at the Battle Of New Orleans. Jody, Niki, and Kellie look at the pirates, generals, and others who fought that day…
2 months, 1 week ago
![The Battle Of New Orleans and The New American Century (1815) [Part 1]](https://f.prxu.org/282/206ba3be-a4bc-47a7-9d67-7ef30871db7e/images/0a9a630b-eaf3-44c3-8fa1-86448afddd18/2.png)
The Battle Of New Orleans and The New American Century (1815) [Part 1]
This week on "50 Weeks That Shaped America," we're headed to January 1815 and the Battle Of New Orleans -- which actually took place after the War of…
2 months, 1 week ago