A History Of The United States In 100 Objects Episodes Available now
100 Objects #11: Brannock Device
How the greatest gadget in American History has endured in a changing world.
100 Objects #10: Nunchaku
How Bruce Lee made nunchucks cool 鈥� and sparked a new Asian American identity.
100 Objects #9: Missing Children Milk Carton
A boy's 1982 disappearance put his face on a milk carton 鈥� and changed America.
100 Objects #8: Billy Possum
From teddy bears to billy possums鈥攈ow our animal feelings have shaped the natural world.
100 Objects #7: The Otis Pamphlet
The story of America鈥檚 forgotten proto-founding father and his inflammatory 1764 pamphlet.
100 Objects #6: 鈥淪harpened Screwdriver鈥�
How a weapon that never existed shaped the story of a shooting in 1984 New York.
100 Objects #5: Blue Back Speller
One book. A fight for literacy. A debate about what freedom means in America.
100 Objects #4: Lowe's Gas Bag
How one man's runaway balloon flight sparked America's obsession with going ever higher.
100 Objects #3: The Pension Files
Unearthing a remarkable slave rebellion through dusty Civil War paperwork.
100 Objects #2: 60-Degree Screw
A tiny screw. A precise angle. How America built a hidden empire, one standard at a time.
