238 Episodes

  1. 194: Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941

    Published: 12/7/2025

  2. 193: The Empire of the Rising Sun: Military Imperialism in Japan (1853–1941)

    Published: 11/24/2025

  3. 192: A Conversation with Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein: The American Revolution and WWII

    Published: 11/10/2025

  4. Bonus: Eleanor Roosevelt "Over Our Coffee Cups"

    Published: 11/3/2025

  5. 191: Halloween Special V: “The War of the Worlds” on the Radio

    Published: 10/20/2025

  6. 190: An Epilogue to US Pre-WW2 Turn from Isolationism to Interventionism and the Influential Americans in London Who Brokered the FDR-Churchill Bromance

    Published: 10/13/2025

  7. 189: World War II in Europe & the American Response (1941): Production & Preparation

    Published: 10/6/2025

  8. The Unlikely Union: "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

    Published: 9/29/2025

  9. 188: World War II in Europe & The American Response (1939–40): Isolationism vs. Arsenal of Democracy

    Published: 9/22/2025

  10. 187: From the Rhineland to Poland (1935–1939): Annexation, Appeasement, & the Start of World War II

    Published: 9/8/2025

  11. 186: From Czardom to Stalinism: Building the USSR & the Ascent of Joseph Stalin

    Published: 8/25/2025

  12. 185: The Early Holocaust: From the “Jewish Question” to Kristallnacht

    Published: 8/11/2025

  13. The Unlikely Union: New Tour Dates

    Published: 8/7/2025

  14. 184: The Rise of Adolf Hitler: From Failure to Führer of Nazi Germany or the Third Reich

    Published: 7/28/2025

  15. 183: The Origin of Fascism: “Il Duce” Benito Mussolini & the Rise of Fascist Italy

    Published: 7/14/2025

  16. 182: A Prologue to World War II: US Army Interwar Preparation

    Published: 6/30/2025

  17. 181: American Aviation: The Growth of the Industry Through the Eyes of Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, and Howard Hughes

    Published: 6/16/2025

  18. 180: “A Race to the Sky”: The Rise of New York City’s Chrysler, Manhattan Company, and Empire State Buildings

    Published: 6/2/2025

  19. 179: Bridging the Bay: San Francisco’s Golden Gate and Bay Bridges (Infrastructure pt. 2)

    Published: 5/19/2025

  20. 178: “A Damn Big Dam”: Taming the Colorado River with the Hoover (or Boulder) Dam (Infrastructure pt. 1)

    Published: 5/5/2025

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