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Maya Lin Designs the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Season 5 E 6 • 02/27/2018

Maya Lin designs the iconic Vietnam Veterans Memorial, no thanks to businessman Ross Perot.

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Taran Killam plays Jack Parsons, a brilliant rocket scientist who found himself under the sway of occultists.
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Rasputin's Journey to St. Petersburg
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Once a lowly wanderer, Rasputin became a trusted confidant to Russia's Tsar Nicholas II and a frequent host of orgies.
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Nichelle Nichols Lives Boldly
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The Story Behind the First Interracial Kiss on TV
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The Birth of Hip Hop
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How The Kinsey Scale Was Created
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Alfred Kinsey (Josh Charles) and his wife Clara (Jillian Bell) conducted extensive research on human sexuality, and created a scale to chart it.
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Gloria Steinem Goes Undercover at the Playboy Club
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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.
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Judy Heumann Fights for People with Disabilities
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Judy Heumann and her fellow activists begin the Section 504 sit-in, paving the way for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Mr. Rogers's Beautiful Life
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Fred Rogers creates the classic children's show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" and helps stop budget cuts to public television proposed by Richard Nixon.
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Maya Lin Designs the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Drunk HistoryS5 E6

College student Maya Lin designs the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, but faces backlash for the monument's lack of military symbolism.
02/27/2018
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The High-Flying Adventure of D.B. Cooper
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A man known as D.B. Cooper hijacks an airplane -- and gets away with it.
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The Disappearance of Agatha Christie
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Mystery writer Agatha Christie disappears in the middle of the night, leaving police baffled.
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Willy Hitler Fights Against the Germans
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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.
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The History of the ASPCA
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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.
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Clever Math with Clever Hans
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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.
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JD Ryznar shares the story of Elmer McCurdy's 1911 shootout with police and the funeral director who profited from his death.
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Jimmy O. Yang describes Big Jim Kennally's plan to kidnap Abraham Lincoln's corpse and hold it for ransom as well as the Secret Service's quest to protect the president.
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