Tour Of The Jane Austen House With Lucy Worsley
Lucy Worsley explores the final residence of Jane Austen, the house where she passed away from an unknown illness. Alongside Dan Snow, learn about Jane Austen's life, her marriage proposals,…
The embroidery of Lorina Bulwer
with Elena Kanagy-Loux
BEYOND THE VISIBLE: HILMA AF KLINT
Before Kandinsky, Mondrian, and Klee made a name for abstraction in visual art, another artist had already beat them to their discovery. But until very recently, her name was absent…
Stuff You Missed in History Class: Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII sought to find a way forward for the Catholic church at a time when the world was rapidly changing and the church was often at odds with…
The Eugenics Crusade | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS
THE EUGENICS CRUSADE tells the story of the unlikely—and largely unknown—project to breed a better American race, tracing the rise of a movement that turned a scientific theory of heredity…
Linotype | How One Machine Shaped History | The Real OG of Mass Communication
The Linotype machine changed the world. Once called the "Eighth Wonder of the World" by Thomas Edison, it revolutionized printing, making newspapers, books, and mass communication possible on a scale…
Women In Industry with Ruth Goodman
parts 1 and 2
That Time Locusts Ate The Entire Midwest
In the 1870s the Midwest experienced a devastating natural disaster in the form of… an enormous cloud of extremely hungry locusts. Dylan and producer Amanda discuss what happens when a…
How the Public Library Became an American Civic Institution
Free For All: The Public Library tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen. From the pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” to today's…
Ian McKellen finds another actor in the family
As the 'last of the McKellens', Sir Ian admits to a degree of melancholy as he delves into his family history. But the results pay off richly for one of…