1942: The Black-Japanese Axis
1942: The Black-Japanese Axis
In 1942, federal officials targeted a group of Black Americans who were allegedly hoping for a Japanese invasion. They u... Read more
23 Nov 2022
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40mins
1942: When Internment Came to Alaska
1942: When Internment Came to Alaska
Six months after Pearl Harbor, Japan launched another attack on the United States. This time, Axis forces actually invad... Read more
17 Nov 2022
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42mins
1942: The Info Wars of World War II
1942: The Info Wars of World War II
In March 1942, a new nightly radio show hit the American airwaves. The stated goal of Station Debunk was to correct all ... Read more
10 Nov 2022
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48mins
1942: The Day the Music Stopped
1942: The Day the Music Stopped
On Aug. 1, 1942, the nation’s recording studios went silent. Musicians were fed up with the new technologies threatening... Read more
9 Nov 2022
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57mins
1942: The Year Everyone Got Married
1942: The Year Everyone Got Married
There were 1.8 million weddings in 1942, the most that had ever been recorded in a single year in American history. But ... Read more
27 Oct 2022
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44mins
1942: The Most Hated Man in America
1942: The Most Hated Man in America
At the beginning of World War II, the greatest threat to the American war effort wasn’t the Nazis or the Japanese—it was... Read more
20 Oct 2022
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47mins
1986: The Man From Fifth Avenue
1986: The Man From Fifth Avenue
After Joe Mauri gets evicted from his New York apartment, he becomes a star in the USSR, the subject of a documentary ab... Read more
29 Sep 2022
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58mins
1986: The Miracle of Cokeville
1986: The Miracle of Cokeville
On May 16, 1986, a man with a bomb held an entire elementary school hostage in the tiny town of Cokeville, Wyoming. Inst... Read more
22 Sep 2022
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1986: Herschel vs. the Blubber Busters
1986: Herschel vs. the Blubber Busters
In Seattle, a pack of voracious sea lions decimates the local fish population. When fireworks and an underwater air horn... Read more
15 Sep 2022
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51mins
1986: A Boycott in Mississippi
1986: A Boycott in Mississippi
Black residents of Indianola, Mississippi, were fed up with decades of separate-and-unequal classrooms. When a white out... Read more
8 Sep 2022
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59mins