HI$TORY

Documentary 2022

Available on CuriosityStream, Prime Video, Curiosity Stream

NPR’s Peter Sagal takes us on an irreverent romp through American history to reveal how money makes the world go around.

Documentary 2022

TV-PG

Starring Peter Sagal

EPISODE 1

Watergate

Like a burger and fries, Nixon and scandal have always gone together. But why did his men break into the Watergate office building? Why did Nixon crave personal wealth? The answers lie with JFK, Howard Hughes, and... the Nixonburger!

15 min · Feb 22, 2022 TV-PG
EPISODE 2

Civil War

Why, as a teenager in New Jersey in the 1980s, was Peter Sagal taught the Southern myth of the Civil War? How did Gone with the Wind become a national parable? Why is Robert E. Lee an American hero? Slaves = money = power.

14 min · May 15, 2023 TV-PG
EPISODE 3

Cold War

The Cold War was won not by weapons of war, but blue jeans, silk stockings, and fast food. Just follow the money.

15 min · Feb 22, 2022 TV-PG
EPISODE 4

Transcontinental Railroad

The movies have taught us that the west was won by rugged individuals with a gun on one hip and a gal on the other. But those Americans who settled the west, those icons of freedom and independence, lived at the mercy of the railroad tycoons.

13 min · Feb 22, 2022 TV-PG

Peter Sagal

Host

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HI$TORY

DOCUMENTARY

NPR’s Peter Sagal takes us on an irreverent romp through American history to reveal how money makes the world go around.

Information

Studio: Curiosity Studios
Released: 2022
Rated: TV-PG
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English (United States)
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.