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Latest Episodes

Teen Contender: Then & Now
February 05, 2021

Claressa Shields was a 16-year-old from Flint, Michigan, with a dream. Today, she's 25 and a two-time Olympian.

America Vs. America
January 15, 2021

On March 1, 1954, four young Puerto Rican New Yorkers launched an attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Love from Six Feet Apart (Revisited)
December 17, 2020

A dispatch from the pizzeria + love from 6 feet apart... updates on our Hunker Down Diaries

Love at First Quarantine, The Sequel
December 04, 2020

8 months ago, Gali & Josh decided to quarantine together after their very first date. Today, we're checking back in.

Centenarians (Still) in Lockdown
November 20, 2020

An update from two centenarians in Sarasota, Florida where COVID cases are surging. This story has won a Third Coast Award for Best Documentary Short.

How to Lose an Election: A History
November 02, 2020

In 1896, William Jennings Bryan gave the first public concession speech and there's been one in every election since.

When Nazis Took Manhattan
October 01, 2020

80 years ago, 20,000 American Nazis threw a party at Madison Square Garden.

March of the Bonus Army
September 10, 2020

In 1932, 20,000 WWI veterans set up a tent city in Washington. They called themselves the Bonus Army.

The Forgotten Story of Clinton Melton
August 27, 2020

A murder in the shadow of Emmett Till

The Infamous Words of George Wallace
August 06, 2020

Over 50 years ago, Alabama Governor George Wallace delivered one of the most vehement rallying cries against racial equality in American history. A lot of people have commented on the similarities between that time and now. Congressman John Lewis was one