This episode tells the story of Ramses the Great, who resurrected the Egyptian empire. His reign was the high point in the life of the New Kingdom but also was the precursor of its ruin and...
When a well-bred client hires Barbara Holloway to defend a young woman pianist accused of murder, the tough, tenacious attorney becomes convinced of the woman’s innocence. But her determination to get...
The second episode charts the erosion of the consensus between military and press during the Cold War conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, and examines the backlash against the media that took place in...
With the US Army deployed around the world, on constant alert in Afghanistan and taking casualties every day in Iraq, some officers say the army is on the verge of being "broken." They say that the...
Born in times of crisis and raised amid civil war, Augustus personified the people he led. He was contradictory: at once capable of brutal violence and tender compassion. He was powerful -- and...
How did the human race populate the world? A group of geneticists have worked on the question for a decade, arriving at a startling conclusion: the "global family tree" can be traced to one African...
Van Buren, Buchanan, Lincoln, LBJ: By the mid-19th century, politics had emerged as a vocation, a life's work for a worthy man. Each of these four presidents dedicated his life to cultivating the...
Pierce, Garfield, Harding, Ford: Lord Bryce asked why relatively obscure figures were often prominently featured in the American presidency. Between Jackson and FDR, U.S. political parties passed...
In this program, Alan Alda explores some myths and realities of the American West. He examines the use of technology to track rattlesnakes and scorpions; a high-tech prospector's efforts to locate a...
Barbara Holloway has a reputation for taking on the toughest cases in the Pacific Northwest ... and winning them. But this time it looks as though she's up against an unbeatable opponent.
