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A History Of The United States In 100 Objects Episodes

  1. 16/11/2026 GMT

    100 objects. 100 stories. A new history of the US hiding in plain sight.

  2. 09/11/2026 GMT

    100 objects. 100 stories. A new history of the US hiding in plain sight.

  3. 02/11/2026 GMT

    100 objects. 100 stories. A new history of the US hiding in plain sight.

  4. 04/07/2026 GMT

    100 Objects #1: The Century Safe (R)

  5. 100 Objects #9: Missing Children Milk Carton

    A boy's 1982 disappearance put his face on a milk carton 鈥� and changed America.

  6. 100 Objects #8: Billy Possum

    From teddy bears to billy possums鈥攈ow our animal feelings have shaped the natural world.

  7. 100 Objects #7: The Otis Pamphlet

    The story of America鈥檚 forgotten proto-founding father and his inflammatory 1764 pamphlet.

  8. 100 Objects #6: 鈥淪harpened Screwdriver鈥�

    How a weapon that never existed shaped the story of a shooting in 1984 New York.

  9. 100 Objects #5: Blue Back Speller

    One book. A fight for literacy. A debate about what freedom means in America.

  10. 100 Objects #4: Lowe's Gas Bag

    How one man's runaway balloon flight sparked America's obsession with going ever higher.

  11. 100 Objects #3: The Pension Files

    Unearthing a remarkable slave rebellion through dusty Civil War paperwork.

  12. 100 Objects #21: Window from the House of D

    How the windows of a women's prison helped build a mecca of gay America and a movement.

  13. 100 Objects #20: AA Sobriety Chip

    From Prohibition to women鈥檚 suffrage: the history of the fight over sobriety in America.

  14. 100 Objects #2: 60-Degree Screw

    A tiny screw. A precise angle. How America built a hidden empire, one standard at a time.

  15. 100 Objects #19: Western Electric 500 Series

    One telephone dominated the US for over 50 years. What did we lose when we left it behind?

  16. 100 Objects #18: Hair Relaxer

    How one ubiquitous American product built empires and harmed Black women.

  17. 100 Objects #17: M43 Field Jacket

    How one military jacket changed what we all wear every day, around the world.

  18. 100 Objects #16: Wheel of Fortune Dalmatian

    How the wild history of game shows and their prizes reflect the shifting American dream.

  19. 100 Objects #15: The Bundy Clock

    How one clock sparked a revolution and reordered America鈥檚 relationship to time itself.

  20. 100 Objects #14: Basketball Sleeve

    The history of race, style, and respectability politics on the court.

  21. 100 Objects #13: The Sand Letters

    How Julia Sand's 23 letters transformed a president and American politics forever.

  22. 100 Objects #12: 鈥淪lave Cloth鈥�

    A tiny scrap of cloth reveals the North's hidden stake in Southern slavery.

  23. 100 Objects #11: Brannock Device

    How the greatest gadget in American History has endured in a changing world.

  24. 100 Objects #10: Nunchaku

    How Bruce Lee made nunchucks cool 鈥� and sparked a new Asian American identity.

  25. 100 Objects #1: The Century Safe

    A locked iron safe, sealed for 100 years. What objects did Americans choose to remember?