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Season 1

  • S01E01 "What the Hell is the Presidency For?" LBJ's Battle for Civil Rights

    • July 1, 2016

    Discover how Lyndon Baines Johnson used the power of the presidency to form an alliance with Martin Luther King, Jr. to bring civil rights to the forefront of American politics in the 1960s.

  • S01E02 The JFK Assassination

    • November 21, 2004

    How does forensic science help resolve questions about the JFK assassination? With the help of scientists and researchers, look at new information that examines which theories are believable - and which are not.

  • S01E03 Freedom Summer

    In 1964, national attention turned to Mississippi when three Civil Rights workers were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. This watershed moment eventually led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

  • S01E04 The Russian Navy

    Explore the history of the Russian navy's defeats and victories, from its birth in the late 17th century through the 1960s, when its naval innovations nearly tipped the balance of power during the Cold War.

  • S01E05 Civil Rights

    From the little-known actions of iconic pioneers to the many courageous deeds of unheralded champions, crack open the books on one of America's most defining chapters: the Civil Rights movement.

  • S01E06 60's Tech

    Revisit the technological happenings that helped shape the freewheeling '60s in ways both big and small, from color TV and touch-tone phones to slot car racing and lava lamps.

  • S01E07 JFK & The Crisis Crusader

    October, 1962: For thirteen days a desperate showdown puts the world on the brink of nuclear war. Only one machine can help to end this high-stakes gamble: the RF-8 Crusader.

  • S01E08 LBJ & Vietnam: In the Eye of the Storm

    Though Eisenhower and Kennedy charted its course, the Vietnam War quickly became known as Lyndon Johnson's war. Hear phone conversations that reveal his inner torment over the conflict that would become his legacy.