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American Experience, television's most-watched history series, brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that helped form our nation. Get stories to go in this podcast, or tune in to PBS Monday nights. American Experience is produced by WGBH Boston.
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Kinsey | American Experience
An Indiana University biology professor was an unlikely "revolutionary" in the field of human sexuality.
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Viewer response to Two Days in October | American Experience
Executive producer Mark Samels and filmmaker Robert Kenner discuss viewer emails regarding Two Days in October.
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Two Days in October: Vietnam | American Experience
The famed Black Lions of the Army's First Infantry Division are ambushed in the jungles of Vietnam.
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Two Days in October: America | American Experience
A peaceful student protest on the campus of the University of Wisconsin at Madison descends into violence and brutality when town police are brought to intervene.
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A preview of American Experience's fall TV season on PBS
Executive producer Mark Samels previews the upcoming season of American Experience on PBS.
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The Carter Family: Will The Circle Be Unbroken | American Experience
The story and music of the Carter Family: Sara, her husband A. P., and sister-in-law Maybelle.
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Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | American Experience
The bizarre saga of heiress, kidnap victim, and sometime urban guerrilla Patricia Hearst.
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Fatal Flood | American Experience
A story of greed, power, and race during a terrible natural disaster.
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New Orleans | American Experience
Filmmaker Stephen Ives spent a year making a PBS documentary on the history of a unique American city New Orleans.
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Hoover Dam | American Experience
Rising more than 700 feet above the raging waters of the Colorado River, it was called one of the greatest engineering works in history.
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Mount Rushmore | American Experience
Meet the daring workers and the temperamental artist who created the world's largest piece of sculpture, Mount Rushmore.
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Coney Island | American Experience
At the turn of the 20th century, a tiny spit of land at the foot of Brooklyn had become the most extravagant playground in America.
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Fourth of July 1826 | American Experience
Historians David McCullough and Joseph Ellis discuss the amazing circumstances surrounding the deaths of former presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams on July 4th, 1826.
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Riding the Rails | American Experience
At the height of the Great Depression, more than 250,000 teenagers were living on the road in America.
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Behind the Scenes: Season 18 viewer mail | American Experience
American Experience executive producer Mark Samels discusses viewer emails about two of the past season's most popular programs.
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Behind the Scenes: The Man Behind Hitler | American Experience
American Experience executive producer Mark Samels and German filmmaker Michael Kloft discuss "The Man Behind Hitler," a new documentary based on the 7,000-page diary kept by Nazi Joseph Goebbels.
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Golden Gate Bridge | American Experience
Workers and historians describe the construction of the world's longest suspension bridge above the dangerously churning waters at the entrance to San Francisco Bay.
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Annie Oakley | American Experience
Annie Oakley thrilled audiences around the world with her daring shooting, a sport that was traditionally a male domain.
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Remember the Alamo | American Experience
A conflict in Texas pitted brother against brother and devastated the community.
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The Alaska Pipeline | American Experience
In the late 1960s, Native Alaskans sought a land claims settlement from Congress before work began on the Alaska Pipeline.
American Experience | PBS
