1472 Episodes

  1. The writer of Mary Poppins

    Published: 8/27/2024

  2. Canada’s first UFO landing pad

    Published: 8/26/2024

  3. Spain's La Tomatina

    Published: 8/23/2024

  4. India’s first female bartender

    Published: 8/22/2024

  5. Argentina's five presidents in two weeks

    Published: 8/22/2024

  6. Nazis in Egypt

    Published: 8/20/2024

  7. The celebrity murder case that divided France

    Published: 8/19/2024

  8. Saving lives after the 2002 Bali bombings

    Published: 8/16/2024

  9. How the CIA caught 'Carlos the Jackal'

    Published: 8/15/2024

  10. Sukarno: The founding father of Indonesian independence

    Published: 8/14/2024

  11. The last ever Olympic art competition

    Published: 8/13/2024

  12. Clara Nunes: Queen of Samba

    Published: 8/12/2024

  13. The first televised US presidential debate

    Published: 8/9/2024

  14. President Richard Nixon resigns

    Published: 8/8/2024

  15. Ronald Reagan and the Moral Majority

    Published: 8/7/2024

  16. Bush v Gore: The election decided in the Supreme Court

    Published: 8/6/2024

  17. The Situation Room photograph

    Published: 8/5/2024

  18. Ice Bucket Challenge

    Published: 8/2/2024

  19. The 1965 Freedom Riders of Australia

    Published: 8/1/2024

  20. Finding a home for Bulgaria's dancing bears

    Published: 7/31/2024

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