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MediaShift

Some experts believe that personal gadgets are making us mentally ill and are worsening other problems such as narcissism, depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder. But there's help. Continue

Made In The USA

America Revealed

In this final episode of America Revealed, our host Yul Kwon takes a look at American manufacturing, which has undergone a massive revolution over the past 20 years. Despite all the gloom and doom, America is actually the number one manufacturing nation on earth. Yul crosses the nation looking at traditional and not-so traditional types of manufacturing. Continue

Suburban Life

America Revealed

The birth of highways nearly fifty years ago reshaped our communities. People no longer had to live in the busy cities and moved to the newly created suburbs. This has changed the way we live and the way we travel. We tracked the car journeys of everyone living in a small cul-de-sac in Colleyville, Texas for a week. We can see how the car has become a necessity of suburban life. Continue

Nuclear Power

America Revealed

Construction manager Brian Briody, takes Yul on a tour of the new reactor and explains that they are the only nuclear plant in America that is currently under construction. Yul meets Adam Scales, Operations Manager at Watts Bar to talk about where he sees the future of Nuclear Power in America. Continue

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America Revealed

AMERICA REVEALED takes viewers on a four-hour journey high above the American landscape to reveal the country as never seen before. Continue

What's Next for Public Media

MediaShift

Public media is under attack, but the deeper story is that various forms of public media, from PBS to NPR to public access, are shifting to deal with digital disruption. Learn how they are innovating in a tough climate. Continue

The New Deal

American Experience

In 1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected overwhelmingly on a campaign promising a New Deal for the American people. Roosevelt worked quickly upon his election to deliver the New Deal, an unprecedented number of reforms addressing the catastrophic effects of the Great Depression. Continue

Tales from the Rails

American Experience

Stories from Donald Newhouser, Gene Wadsworth, Weaver Dial, Leslie E. Paul, and Henry Koczur, who all rode the rails in the 1930s. Continue

Interview with Horst Sinske

American Experience

As a civilian living in Berlin, Horst Sinske endured air raids day and night. Read his description of life on the ground, his thoughts of the British and American bombers, and his harrowing tale of surviving a direct hit. Continue

The Roaring 20s

American Experience

Many Americans spent the 1920s in a great mood. Investors flocked to a rising stock market. Companies launched brand-new, cutting-edge products, like radios and washing machines. Exuberant Americans kicked up their heels to jazz music, tried crazy stunts, and supported a black market in liquor after Prohibition. A popular expression of the time asked, “What will they think of next?” Continue

Citizens Get Conflicting Messages About Right to Record

MediaShift

Can police stop you from recording a public event with your cell phone? A letter from the Justice Department says no; your right to record is protected by the First Amendment. But the American public is still getting mixed signals on this topic. Continue

Cow Power

America Revealed

Yul travels to Vermont to meet dairy farmer, Marie Audet to find out how cows manure is being used to create energy. Marie explains how methane gas from the manure can be used to power a generator that puts energy straight into the grid that powers four hundred homes in the area with electricity. Vermont is the first state with a utlity that's relying on Cow Power. Continue

Connecting People

America Revealed

The glowing lights in this data vizualization represent all the people in America's towns and cities. With one of the most complex transportation networks in history we can keep all these people, and you, connected, but keeping it all moving is one of the biggest challenges that faces America today. Continue

Introduction to Manufacturing

America Revealed

In the last episode of the series Yul Kwon takes a look at our changing maunfacturing industry in Made In the USA. Yul introduces topics, themes and the people who work in our manufacturing industries. Discover what America's biggest export is. Find out how we have adapted by embracing new technologies, but also maintained traditions. Continue

The Road to Equal Rights

Independent Lens

Since before the Civil War, the fight for equal access and opportunity for the disabled in this country has been fought by people who demanded to be treated as full and dignified human beings and citizens. This interactive timeline traces the rich and complex history of the movement. Continue

How Statistics Came to Be

The First Measured Century

See this timeline on how we measure all facets of society. Continue

Mass Exodus from the Plains

American Experience

When the drought and dust storms showed no signs of letting up, many people abandoned their land. Although overall three out of four farmers stayed on their land, the mass exodus depleted the population drastically in certain areas. Continue

Debate: Contributions and Sacrifice

American Experience

The producers of The Bombing of Germany asked veterans and experts alike the following question: “What contribution, if any, do you think the bombing campaign had on bringing about the end of the war in Europe?” Continue

CCC Camps Across America

American Experience

A map detailing the number of CCC camps in each state as of August 1933, when the program had been in existence for just five months. The information on the map is listed by state. Continue

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