Drunk History
Nichelle Nichols Lives Boldly
Season 5 E 3 • 02/06/2018
When actress Nichelle Nichols wanted to quit playing Lieutenant Uhura on "Star Trek," real-life Trekkie Martin Luther King Jr. convinced her otherwise.

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
02:22
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
06:55
Drunk HistoryS5 E8
Frank Emi Takes a Stand
Randall Park tells the story of Frank Emi, who urged Japanese Americans to resist the draft after they were sent to internment camps during World War II.
06/19/2018
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
05:46
Drunk HistoryS5 E9
The Capture of Adolf Eichmann
Rachel Bloom tells the story of how the Mossad captured Adolf Eichmann, who was one of the major organizers of the Holocaust.
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
Sneak Peek
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
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
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
06:21
Drunk HistoryS5 E12
The Plot to Steal Lincoln's Body
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.
07/18/2018
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
06:04
Drunk HistoryS5 E13
The Curse of Giles Corey
Allan McLeod tells the story of Giles Corey, who was crushed to death during the Salem witch trials -- but not before invoking a curse that would last for centuries.
07/24/2018
03:57
Drunk HistoryS5 E13
How Vlad the Impaler Became Dracula
Greg Tuculescu tells the story of how a 15th century prisoner's quest to avenge his father led to a bloodthirsty massacre that eventually inspired Bram Stoker's "Dracula."
07/24/2018
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