The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words you sp
Pulitzer Prize winner. National Book Award winner. Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient. Today Da
On March 8, 1971, seven ordinary Americans broke into a poorly guarded FBI regional office in Media,
Between 1956 and 1971, the FBI carried out more than 2,000 top secret spying operations aimed at Ame
The rise of fascism and World War II shifted the FBI’s focus in the 1940s from fighting midwestern o
During the mid-1930s, the FBI’s public relations department had effectively changed the image of its
J. Edgar Hoover became director of the FBI when he was just 29 years old. His orders? Clean up the B
By the turn of the century, radical anarchists were becoming a growing -- and volatile -- political
“Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord.” That’s the opening line of “The Battle Hy
As legal challenges to his New Deal programs mounted, President Roosevelt and his attorney general d
After two of President Roosevelt’s closest advisors competed to create a new federal jobs program, t
The Great Depression wasn’t the only crisis facing the country when Franklin Roosevelt took office i
With the country was still hobbled by the Depression, New York Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt pr
Factories have shut down, banks have failed, and millions are out of work. As the Depression worsens
The Roaring Twenties came to a screeching halt on October 29, 1929, with the collapse of the U.S. st
"Those who do not remember history are condemned to repeat it." On today’s show, we’ll consider what
A special series with Legal Wars. The whole world was watching, and that’s exactly what the defendan
A special series with Legal Wars. In 1969, the war in the streets became a war in the courtroom. The
A special series with our sibling show Legal Wars. The 1968 Democratic National Convention attracted
We live in historic times, but how do they compare to that other tumultuous era of American history
The year 1968 marked a watershed in American politics. Anti-war protests were roiling the country. C
