Traitors | The Widow and the Assassin | 2
On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth stepped into the presidential box at Washington’s Ford’s Theatre, raised a pistol at President Abraham Lincoln, and squeezed the trigger. Lincoln woul...
10 Nov 202139min
Traitors | Treason of the Blackest Dye | 1
Early in the Revolutionary War, Major General Benedict Arnold built a reputation as a courageous commander. He was a favorite of George Washington’s. But he also revealed a fragile ego and a penchant ...
3 Nov 202141min
Roaring Twenties | Anxious Decade | 5
The Roaring 20s are often described as a time of optimism and decadence, teeming with flappers, jazz and bootlegged liquor. It was the decade that birthed modern America. But with that birth came grow...
27 Okt 202149min
Roaring Twenties | The Great Crash | 4
On a misty morning in May 1927, Charles Lindbergh climbed into the cramped cockpit of his single engine plane, The Spirit of St. Louis. After a bumpy taxi and takeoff at a New York runway, he took to ...
20 Okt 202139min
Roaring Twenties | How the Money Rolls In | 3
In 1921, Republican President Warren G. Harding entered the White House, ushering in a new era of conservative government. Harding was elected by Americans yearning for tradition and old-fashioned val...
13 Okt 202140min
Roaring Twenties | The Age of Jazz | 2
In the 1920s, Americans moved to the city in droves, and a new, diverse generation sparked an era of dizzying social change. It was the Age of Jazz, a time when Black Americans brought a revolutionary...
6 Okt 202140min
Roaring Twenties | Rise of the Radicals | 1
In 1919, American soldiers returned from the battlefields of Europe to face a nation torn apart by a different war. One-fifth of the nation’s workforce put down their tools and went on strike. Anarchi...
29 Sep 202140min
Encore: National Parks | Fire and Ice | 6
Alaska: big, open, frozen and wild. In 1867, the acquisition of Alaska from the Russian Empire was widely derided as “folly.” But early explorers like John Muir saw its potential, and clamored for its...
22 Sep 202143min
