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- S1 E1 - Television Comes of AgeNovember 13, 202243minDick and Tom Smothers, Carol Burnett and more describe how shows like “The Twilight Zone,” “The Fugitive” and “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In” reflected the times.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchase
- S1 E2 - The World on the BrinkNovember 13, 202243minMarvin Kalb, Richard Reeves, Robert Dallek, Sergei Khrushchev and more explain how close the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis brought us to World War III.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchase
- S1 E3 - The Assassination of President John F. KennedyNovember 13, 20221 h 25 minThe Warren Commission staff traces the events leading up to the assassination of President Kennedy and tries to explain why the tragedy remains controversial.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchase
- S1 E4 - The War in VietnamNovember 13, 202243minThe Vietnam War brought social and political polarization at home; and because it was televised, the more Americans saw, the more unpopular it became.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchase
- S1 E5 - A Long March to FreedomNovember 13, 20221 h 25 minSelma, Birmingham, and the March on Washington are re-examined. Eyewitnesses to history give context to the lunch counter sit-ins, Freedom Rides, integration, and the Children's Crusade for the moral mission of the Civil Rights Movement.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchase
- S1 E6 - The British InvasionNovember 13, 202242minGraham Nash, Smokey Robinson and more recall what it was like to make music that ultimately impacted everything from fashion to sexual mores to politics.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchase
- S1 E7 - The Space RaceNovember 13, 202243minAstronauts Charles Bolden, Mike Massimino, Dave Scott and others describe pushing the boundaries of exploration to an unprecedented frontier.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchase
- S1 E8 - 1968November 13, 202243minTom Hayden and others discuss a dramatic year in US history, including a Soviet incursion, wars in Southeast Asia and the election of President Nixon.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchase
- S1 E9 - The Times They Are A-Changin'November 13, 202243minGloria Steinem, Robert Kennedy Jr., Marlo Thomas and others discuss how feminism, civil rights, environmentalism and the gay rights movements were fueled.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchase
- S1 E10 - Sex, Drugs and Rock N' RollNovember 13, 202243minAmerican culture changed fundamentally in the 1960s as the tastes, morals and politics of the Baby Boomer generation redefined standards.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchase
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- John Heilemann
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