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Mr. Polaroid

Aired May 19, 2025 | 52 min

Before the iPhone, the Polaroid camera let people instantly chronicle their lives. Along with instant photo mania, its company culture became the model for Silicon Valley. Mr. Polaroid is the story of Edwin Land, the man behind the camera.

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The Cancer Detectives

Aired March 26, 2024 | 53 min

The Cancer Detectives tells the untold story of the first-ever war on cancer and the coalition of people who fought tirelessly to save women from cervical cancer—which was once the number one cancer killer of women.

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Fly With Me (español)

Aired February 20, 2024 | 113 min

La historia de las mujeres pioneras que cambiaron el mundo mientras lo recorrían volando. Aunque les criticaron su feminismo, las “azafatas”, como se les llamaba, estuvieron a la vanguardia de la lucha por garantizar la igualdad de género y transformar los lugares de trabajo.

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Fly With Me

Aired February 20, 2024 | 113 min

The story of the pioneering women who changed the world while flying it. Maligned as feminist sellouts, “stewardesses,” as they were called, were on the frontlines of a battle to assert gender equality and transform the workplace.

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Casa Susanna (español)

Aired June 27, 2023 | 106 min

En las décadas de 1950 y 1960, una red clandestina de mujeres transgénero y de hombres cross-dressers encontró refugio en una casa en la región de Catskill en Nueva York. Conocida como Casa Susanna, la casa les ofreció un lugar seguro para expresar sus verdaderas identidades.

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Casa Susanna

Aired June 27, 2023 | 106 min

In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves.

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The Sun Queen (español)

Aired April 4, 2023 | 53 min

La científica Mária Telkes dedicó su carrera a aprovechar la energía del sol. Menospreciada por sus colegas, todos hombres, perseveró; diseñó con éxito la primera casa con calefacción solar en 1948 y obtuvo más de 20 patentes.

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The Sun Queen

Aired April 4, 2023 | 53 min

Scientist Mária Telkes dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the sun. Though undercut and thwarted by her male colleagues, she persevered to design the first successfully solar-heated house in 1948 and held more than 20 patents.

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Sandra Day O'Connor: The First

Aired July 8, 2023 | 113 min

Discover the story of the Supreme Court’s first female justice. A pioneer who both reflected and shaped an era, she was the deciding vote in cases on some of the 20th century’s most controversial issues—including race, gender and reproductive rights.

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Voice of Freedom

Aired April 22, 2023 | 113 min

Explore the life of singer Marian Anderson and her triumphant 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial.

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Voice of Freedom (español)

Aired April 22, 2023 | 113 min

Explore la vida de la cantante Marian Anderson y su triunfal concierto en el Monumento a Lincoln en 1939.

The Codebreaker

Aired April 29, 2023 | 53 min

Discover the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who helped bring down gangsters and break up a Nazi spy ring in South America. Her work helped lay the foundation for modern codebreaking today.

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