Drunk History

Judy Heumann Fights for People with Disabilities

Season 5 E 5 • 02/20/2018

A massive sit-in forces the U.S. government to reassess its treatement of disabled people.

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Drunk HistoryS5 E1
Rose Valland Takes On the Nazis

Tiffany Haddish tells the story of Rose Valland, an assistant curator in Paris who helped recover thousands of works of art taken by the Nazis during World War II.
01/23/2018
01:02

Drunk HistoryS5 E1
Clara Barton: The Angel of the Battlefield

Just when fate looked its bleakest for the Union soldiers fighting at the Battle of Antietam, along came an angel: Clara Barton.
01/23/2018
07:39

Drunk HistoryS5 E2
Jack Parsons Loved His Sex Magick

Taran Killam plays Jack Parsons, a brilliant rocket scientist who found himself under the sway of occultists.
01/30/2018
02:53

Drunk HistoryS5 E2
Rasputin's Journey to St. Petersburg

Once a lowly wanderer, Rasputin became a trusted confidant to Russia's Tsar Nicholas II and a frequent host of orgies.
01/30/2018
06:28

Drunk HistoryS5 E3
Nichelle Nichols Lives Boldly

When actress Nichelle Nichols wanted to quit playing Lieutenant Uhura on "Star Trek," real-life Trekkie Martin Luther King Jr. convinced her otherwise.
02/06/2018
01:09

Drunk HistoryS5 E3
The Story Behind the First Interracial Kiss on TV

Nichelle Nichols and William Shatner shared TV's first interracial kiss on "Star Trek," no thanks to the show's network executives.
02/06/2018
01:46

Drunk HistoryS5 E3
The Birth of Hip Hop

Questlove recounts how Jamaica-born Clive Campbell, a.k.a. DJ Kool Herc, invented hip hop in the early 1970s.
02/06/2018
02:55

Drunk HistoryS5 E4
How The Kinsey Scale Was Created

Alfred Kinsey (Josh Charles) and his wife Clara (Jillian Bell) conducted extensive research on human sexuality, and created a scale to chart it.
02/13/2018
06:43

Drunk HistoryS5 E4
Gloria Steinem Goes Undercover at the Playboy Club

In the 1960s, a young Gloria Steinem poses as a cocktail waitress at the Playboy Club to research an expose on its sexist work environment.
02/13/2018
03:08

Drunk HistoryS5 E5
Gwendolyn Sanders Leads the Birmingham Children's Crusade

Gwendolyn Sanders and hundreds of African-American children in Birmingham, Alabama, protest segregation at the height of the civil rights movement.
02/20/2018
07:55

Drunk HistoryS5 E5
Judy Heumann Fights for People with Disabilities

Judy Heumann and her fellow activists begin the Section 504 sit-in, paving the way for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
02/20/2018
05:43

Drunk HistoryS5 E6
Mr. Rogers's Beautiful Life

Fred Rogers creates the classic children's show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" and helps stop budget cuts to public television proposed by Richard Nixon.
02/27/2018
04:05

Drunk HistoryS5 E6
Maya Lin Designs the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

College student Maya Lin designs the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, but faces backlash for the monument's lack of military symbolism.
02/27/2018
02:22

Drunk HistoryS5 E7
The High-Flying Adventure of D.B. Cooper

A man known as D.B. Cooper hijacks an airplane -- and gets away with it.
03/06/2018
02:28

Drunk HistoryS5 E7
The Disappearance of Agatha Christie

Mystery writer Agatha Christie disappears in the middle of the night, leaving police baffled.
03/06/2018
02:46

Drunk HistoryS5 E8
Willy Hitler Fights Against the Germans

Willy Hitler thinks he can obtain a high-ranking spot in his Uncle Adolf's party, but when things don't go his way, he turns the tables.
06/19/2018
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05:19

Drunk HistoryS5 E10
The History of the ASPCA

Mae Whitman shares the story of Henry Bergh, who founded the ASPCA and personally patrolled the streets of 19th-century New York preventing acts of animal cruelty.
07/02/2018
02:56

Drunk HistoryS5 E10
Clever Math with Clever Hans

Rich Fulcher shares the story of how Wilhelm von Osten's love of animals led to him teaching a horse named Clever Hans simple math problems.
07/04/2018
07:06

Drunk HistoryS5 E11
Joan of Arc Leads an Army in France

A trio of dead saints convinces 13-year-old Joan of Arc to help the French defeat the British in the Hundred Years' War.
07/10/2018
03:12

Drunk HistoryS5 E11
Mansa Musa Heads to Mecca Like a Boss

Insanely rich West African emperor Mansa Musa goes on a wild spending spree during his pilgrimage to Mecca.
07/10/2018
02:33

Drunk HistoryS5 E12
The Bandit Who Wouldn't Give Up

JD Ryznar shares the story of Elmer McCurdy's 1911 shootout with police and the funeral director who profited from his death.
07/17/2018
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