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  • Episodes: 464
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Season 2007
2007x20
Unbelievable Flying Objects
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Jan 12, 2007
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2007x13
The Supreme Court: One Nation Under Law
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Jan 31, 2007
One Nation Under Law examines the creation of the Court and follows it through the brink of the Civil War, paying particular attention to the fourth chief justice of the Supreme Court -- .. show full overview
2007x14
The Supreme Court: A New Kind of Justice
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Jan 31, 2007
A New Kind of Justice explores the issues before the Court during the period after the Civil War -- a time of unprecedented economic growth, when industrialists like Carnegie and .. show full overview
2007x15
The Supreme Court: A Nation of Liberties
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Feb 07, 2007
A Nation of Liberties focuses on the Court's reaction to state and federal legislation on Bill of Rights freedoms, with special attention to the explosion of civil rights cases from the .. show full overview
2007x16
The Supreme Court: The Rehnquist Revolution
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Feb 07, 2007
The Rehnquist Revolution details the extraordinary opportunity availed by President Richard Nixon: to name four of the Court's nine judges, effectively replacing almost half of the .. show full overview
2007x2
The Marines
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Feb 21, 2007
"Semper Fidelis, always faithful. You'll take the corpse off the battlefield even if it means your own life ... Alive or dead, they come back with you." - Nancy Sherman, professor and .. show full overview
2007x23
Where the River Bends: A History of Northern Kentucky, Part 1
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Mar 11, 2007
Prehistoric Native American settlements around the Licking River, the arrival of European explorers and settlers, 19th-century excitement over the megafossils at Big Bone Lick, the .. show full overview
2007x24
Where the River Bends: A History of Northern Kentucky, Part 2
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Mar 11, 2007
The Civil War and Reconstruction, industrialization and new transportation options, Germans and other immigrants, Newport's growing reputation as a gambling center, the first World War, and the onset of the Great Depression.
2007x25
Where the River Bends: A History of Northern Kentucky, Part 3
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Mar 11, 2007
The disastrous Ohio River flood of 1937, World War II, reform efforts to drive organized crime out of Newport, how interstate highways and the new Greater Cincinnati airport reshaped the .. show full overview
2007x5
Liberty or Death
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Mar 26, 2007
To avoid interference from the royal governor of the colony and his marines, the Second Virginia Convention met in Richmond, Virginia on March 20, 1775 to discuss recent proceedings at .. show full overview
2007x28 Season finale
Jonestown: The Life and Death of the People's Temple
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Apr 09, 2007
On November 17, 1978, Congressman Leo Ryan traveled to an isolated rain forest in Guyana to investigate the concerns of his San Francisco-area constituents. Their alarming stories .. show full overview
2007x9
Secret Files of the Inquisition, Part 1: Root Out Heretics
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May 14, 2007
The Church of Rome declares itself the one true religion. The Inquisition takes hostage the entire village of Montaillou, France.
2007x10
Secret Files of the Inquisition, Part 2: The Tears of Spain
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May 14, 2007
Spaniards live in religious harmony until Roman Catholic zealots begin attacking Jews.
2007x11
Secret Files of the Inquisition, Part 3: The War on Ideas
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May 16, 2007
The decadence of a Medici Pope in Rome outrages a German priest. Leaders of the Church are arrested.
2007x12
Secret Files of the Inquisition, Part 4: End of the Inquisition
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May 16, 2007
The secret kidnapping of an Italian Jewish boy in the 1800's by the Pope is documented by long secret records of the Church.
2007x21
City At War, London Calling
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May 29, 2007
It was the city that Hitler's Third Reich could not defeat. Led by one of the 20th century's most indomitable statesmen, Winston Churchill, London during World War II confronted each .. show full overview
2007x6
Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain
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Aug 01, 2007
Over a thousand years ago, Europe experienced one of its greatest periods of cultural enlightenment. For more than three centuries in Medieval Spain, Muslims, Jews and Christians .. show full overview
2007x29 Season finale
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency
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Sep 14, 2007
This biography explores whether Americans should celebrate Jackson or apologize for him. The program reveals the world of America's 7th president, who founded the Democratic Party, yet .. show full overview

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