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Sounds,路22 episodes
How the windows of a women's prison helped build a mecca of gay America and a movement.
09 Oct 2026,路38 mins,路
From Prohibition to women鈥檚 suffrage: the history of the fight over sobriety in America.
02 Oct 2026,路52 mins
One telephone dominated the US for over 50 years. What did we lose when we left it behind?
25 Sep 2026,路36 mins,路
How one ubiquitous American product built empires and harmed Black women.
18 Sep 2026,路35 mins
How one military jacket changed what we all wear every day, around the world.
11 Sep 2026,路41 mins
How the wild history of game shows and their prizes reflect the shifting American dream.
04 Sep 2026,路44 mins
How one clock sparked a revolution and reordered America鈥檚 relationship to time itself.
28 Aug 2026,路38 mins
The history of race, style, and respectability politics on the court.
21 Aug 2026,路43 mins,路
How Julia Sand's 23 letters transformed a president and American politics forever.
14 Aug 2026,路46 mins,路
A tiny scrap of cloth reveals the North's hidden stake in Southern slavery.
07 Aug 2026,路38 mins,路
How the greatest gadget in American History has endured in a changing world.
31 Jul 2026,路28 mins
How Bruce Lee made nunchucks cool 鈥 and sparked a new Asian American identity.
24 Jul 2026,路37 mins,路
A boy's 1982 disappearance put his face on a milk carton 鈥 and changed America.
17 Jul 2026,路34 mins,路
From teddy bears to billy possums鈥攈ow our animal feelings have shaped the natural world.
10 Jul 2026,路36 mins,路
A locked iron safe, sealed for 100 years. What objects did Americans choose to remember?
04 Jul 2026,路26 mins
The story of America鈥檚 forgotten proto-founding father and his inflammatory 1764 pamphlet.
03 Jul 2026,路38 mins,路
How a weapon that never existed shaped the story of a shooting in 1984 New York.
26 Jun 2026,路40 mins,路
One book. A fight for literacy. A debate about what freedom means in America.
19 Jun 2026,路46 mins
How one man's runaway balloon flight sparked America's obsession with going ever higher.
12 Jun 2026,路39 mins
Unearthing a remarkable slave rebellion through dusty Civil War paperwork.
05 Jun 2026,路43 mins
A tiny screw. A precise angle. How America built a hidden empire, one standard at a time.
29 May 2026,路36 mins
19 May 2026,路30 mins
