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American Experience

Season 32 2020
TV-PG

  • 2020-01-07T02:00:00Z on PBS
  • 55m
  • 7h 20m (8 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

8 episodes

Season Premiere

2020-01-07T02:00:00Z

32x01 McCarthy

Season Premiere

32x01 McCarthy

  • 2020-01-07T02:00:00Z55m

McCarthy chronicles the rise and fall of Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin senator whose zealous anti-communist crusade would test the limits of American decency and democracy.

2020-01-29T02:00:00Z

32x02 The Poison Squad

32x02 The Poison Squad

  • 2020-01-29T02:00:00Z55m

The story of government chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley who, determined to banish these dangerous substances from dinner tables, took on the powerful food manufacturers and their allies.

Explore the life of 1970 Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug, who tried to solve world hunger. He rescued India from a severe famine and led the "Green Revolution," estimated to have saved one billion lives. But his work later faced criticism.

2020-05-05T01:00:00Z

32x04 George W. Bush (Part 1)

32x04 George W. Bush (Part 1)

  • 2020-05-05T01:00:00Z55m

The latest in our award-winning series of presidential biographies, this film looks at the life and presidency of George W. Bush, from his unorthodox road to the presidency to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the myriad of challenges he faced over his two terms, from the war in Iraq to the 2008 financial crisis.

2020-05-06T01:00:00Z

32x05 George W. Bush (Part 2)

32x05 George W. Bush (Part 2)

  • 2020-05-06T01:00:00Z55m

George W. Bush, part two continues through Bush’s second term, as the president confronts the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina and the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression.

2020-05-20T01:00:00Z

32x06 Mr. Tornado

32x06 Mr. Tornado

  • 2020-05-20T01:00:00Z55m

Mr. Tornado is the remarkable story of Ted Fujita, whose groundbreaking work in research and applied science saved thousands of lives and helped Americans prepare for and respond to dangerous weather phenomena.

2020-07-07T01:00:00Z

32x07 The Vote (Part 1)

32x07 The Vote (Part 1)

  • 2020-07-07T01:00:00Z55m

One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history.

Season Finale

2020-07-08T01:00:00Z

32x08 The Vote (Part 2)

Season Finale

32x08 The Vote (Part 2)

  • 2020-07-08T01:00:00Z55m

Part Two examines the mounting dispute over strategy and tactics, and reveals how the pervasive racism of the time, particularly in the South, impacted women's fight for the vote.

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