American Revolution | Saratoga | 4
In 1777, as Americans sought the support of France, Benjamin Franklin struggled to convince officials in Paris to form a military alliance w...
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Listen Now: Foul Play
Ed is the grandson of footballing legend Gordon Banks. He was a national icon, the only goalkeeper ever to win the soccer World Cup for Engl...
American Revolution | The Times That Try Men's Souls | 3
In July 1776, the British Royal Navy began landing a massive armada in New York Harbor, setting up the biggest battle of the Revolutionary W...
American Revolution | Tis' Time to Part | 2
In the aftermath of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, colonial militiamen converged on Boston to confront the veteran British Army. But...
New Season - Dr. Death: The Cowboy
Dr. John Schneider rode into town like a character out of a Western: an outsider on a Harley-Davidson, in trademark cowboy boots. He promise...
American Revolution | Liberty or Death | 1
In 1765, King George III and his ministers in the British Parliament sparked outrage in the American Colonies when they announced they were...
Edison vs. Tesla | The Business of Discovery | 4
Thomas Edison is one of the most celebrated inventors in American history, having helped transform a world lit by candles and gas lamps into...
Edison vs. Tesla | Triumph of Illumination | 3
By 1888, the race to power America's cities had become a battle between the rival visions of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. But when the po...
Edison vs. Tesla | Work of the World | 2
In the spring of 1884, a little-known Serbian immigrant named Nikola Tesla arrived in America with little more than a letter of introduction...
Edison vs. Tesla | Prometheus’ Fire | 1
In the 1870s, the age of artificial light was still in its infancy. Gas lamps cast a dim glow on city streets, and early arc lights were jus...
The 1900 Galveston Hurricane | After the Storm | 4
The devastation of the 1900 Galveston hurricane left thousands dead and a city in ruins — but it also set in motion a remarkable story of re...
The 1900 Galveston Hurricane | City of Doom | 3
On September 9, 1900, the residents of Galveston, Texas woke up to find their island in ruins. Entire neighborhoods had vanished overnight....
The 1900 Galveston Hurricane | Night of Terrors | 2
As a catastrophic hurricane approached Galveston, Texas on the morning of September 8, 1900, residents continued to go about their daily liv...
The 1900 Galveston Hurricane | An Absurd Delusion | 1
At the turn of the 20th century, a booming cotton trade had made the Gulf Coast city of Galveston, Texas an economic powerhouse. Located jus...
Fan Favorite: Great American Authors | Harper Lee: Mockingbird | 6
In 1949, aspiring writer Nelle Harper Lee moved from her home in small-town Alabama to New York City. She was following in the footsteps of...
Fan Favorite: Great American Authors | James Baldwin: The Exile | 5
Born into poverty in Harlem in 1924, James Baldwin rose to become a celebrated novelist, essayist, playwright, and poet, and a leading voice...
Fan Favorite: Great American Authors | John Steinbeck: The Observer | 4
Growing up in the Salinas Valley of Northern California, John Steinbeck dreamed of becoming a professional writer. In his youth he took on o...
Fan Favorite: Great American Authors | Mark Twain: Voice of a Nation | 3
In the late 1850s, a young man named Samuel Clemens started out piloting steamboats on the Mississippi River. Within a few years, he embarke...
Fan Favorite: Great American Authors | Louisa May Alcott: The Breadwinner | 2
In 1840, eight-year-old Louisa May Alcott moved to the small town of Concord, Massachusetts with her family. There, she spent her days wande...
Fan Favorite: Great American Authors | Edgar Allan Poe: Master of Macabre | 1
In February 1826, 17-year-old Edgar Allan Poe was a promising student at the University of Virginia. But within a few months, gambling debts...