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  • Premiered: Feb 1964
  • Episodes: 464
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Season 2001
2001x1
Welcome to the Club - The Women of Rockabilly
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 18, 2001
Their stage antics were sassy, aggressive, almost raunchy. Their vocal styles featured distinctly "unladylike" growls, hiccups and moans. Their lyrics spoke of parties and hot rods, teen .. show full overview
2001x2
Blast! An Explosive Musical Celebration
Episode overview
Air date
May 08, 2001
A visual and auditory feast by the Star of Indiana Drum and Bugle Corps. If your favorite part of a football game is when the marching band takes the field, then you're going to love .. show full overview
2001x3
A Flea Market Documentary
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 30, 2001
A Flea Market Documentary is an all-American celebration of open-air shopping across the country. On any weekend, there may be no better place to find out what makes America great .. show full overview
2001x4
Route 66 Turns 75
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 08, 2001
To celebrate the highway’s 75th birthday, Michael Wallis updates us on the people and places he’s come to know along America’s Main Street. Explore The world's most famous highway - Route 66 - with noted author and 'road warrior' Michael Wallis.
2001x5
Evolution: Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 24, 2001
Why does Charles Darwin's ''dangerous idea'' matter more today than ever, and how does it explain the past and predict the future of life on Earth? The first show interweaves the drama .. show full overview
2001x6
Evolution: Great Transformations
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Air date
Sep 24, 2001
What underlies the incredible diversity of life on Earth? How have complex life forms evolved? The journey from water to land, the return of land mammals to the sea, and the emergence of .. show full overview
2001x7
Evolution: Extinction!
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 24, 2001
Five mass extinctions have occurred since life began on Earth. Are humans causing the next mass extinction? And what does evolutionary theory predict for the world we will leave to our descendants?
2001x8
Evolution: The Evolutionary Arms Race
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Air date
Sep 24, 2001
Survival of the fittest: Raw competition? Intense cooperation? Both are essential. Interactions between and within species are among the most powerful evolutionary forces on Earth, and understanding them may be a key to our own survival.
2001x9
Evolution: Why Sex?
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 24, 2001
In evolutionary terms, sex is more important than life itself. Sex fuels evolutionary change by adding variation to the gene pool. The powerful urge to pass our genes on to the next .. show full overview
2001x10
Evolution: The Mind's Big Bang
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Air date
Sep 24, 2001
Fifty thousand years ago, something happened -- the modern human mind emerged, triggering a creative, technological, and social explosion. What forces contributed to that breakthrough? Where might our power of mind ultimately lead us?
2001x11
Evolution: What About God?
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Air date
Sep 24, 2001
Of all species, we alone attempt to explain who we are and how we came to be. This final show explores the struggle between science and religion. Through the personal stories of students and teachers, it offers the view that they are compatible.
2001x12
Egypt's Golden Empire: The Warrior Pharaohs
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Air date
Nov 04, 2001
Egypt was occupied by foreigners except for a narrow strip of land around a town called Thebes. The capital and its royal family had fallen on hard times. But one local family was .. show full overview
2001x13
Egypt's Golden Empire: Pharaohs of the Sun
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Air date
Nov 11, 2001
When Amenhotep III became pharaoh in 1390 BC, Egypt controlled a vast empire and was rich, respected and free. But it faced the challenge of powerful new rivals.
2001x14 Season finale
Egypt's Golden Empire: The Last Great Pharaoh
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 18, 2001
During the reign of Amenhotep III, Egypt was the center for culture and learning in the ancient world. Egypt had reached dizzying heights, but it stood on the brink of a devastating fall.

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