Letter from a father
Clip: Season 30 | 2m 6s
"I can confidently tell my guardian angel that my life is CAVU; and it will be until the day I die." George H.W. Bush passed away on Friday, November 30, 2018 at the age of 94.
Aired: 12/04/18
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Harry Houdini's Impulse to Escape
Harry Houdini's impulse to escape dangerous situations attracted thousands of spectators.
Harry Houdini's Impulse to Escape
Genetic Screening: Controlling Heredity
The ability to prevent suffering through genetic screenings sparks difficult questions.
Genetic Screening: Controlling Heredity
The shocking history of the early 20th-century campaign to breed a “better” American race.
The Eugenics Crusade: Trailer
Besides inventing Corn Flakes, John Kellogg helped promote the American Eugenics movement.
John Harvey Kellogg
P.G. Lowery and the Spread of African-American Music
P.G. Lowery’s all-black band gained early twentieth century fame through the circus.
P.G. Lowery and the Spread of African-American Music
Revisit the heyday of America’s traveling circus and meet the showmen who created it.
The Circus: Episode 2 Trailer
The Circus | Coming October 2018
"The Circus" explores the history of this distinctly popular American entertainment.
The Circus | Coming October 2018
Explore the early days of this popular, influential and distinctly American form of entert
The Circus: Episode 1 Trailer
The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the campaign to breed a “better” American race,
The Eugenics Crusade
Revisit the heyday of America’s traveling circus and meet the showmen who created it.
The Circus, Part 2
Explore the early days of this popular, influential and distinctly American entertainment.
The Circus, Part 1
Honolulu's tranquility was shattered when a Navy wife made a drastic allegation of rape.
The Island Murder
The fateful narrative of James Earl Ray who shot Dr. Martin Luther King on April 4, 1968.
Roads to Memphis
The mostly-forgotten 1920 bombing in the nation’s financial center that left 38 dead.
The Bombing of Wall Street
Story of a Wall Street tycoon who helped alter course of history in World War II.
