Season 5 2021 - 2022

Explore the critical moments and figures throughout history that made the world what it is today. Through TBH videos {To Be Honest}, learn what your history teacher got right (and what they got wrong) and what the lessons of the past can offer us now.

How are you able to watch this video on your laptop or cell phone? You might think that Bill Gates and Steve Jobs had a lot to do with it, and they did, but the whole story actually started hundreds of years ago. Men like Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton made observations about the universe and had to stand up to powerful people. In doing so, they ushered in a revolution—the Scientific Revolution—that would change the world.

The American Revolution changed the world and has given countless millions the opportunity for a better life. Find out why all Americans should be proud of their country's founding and honor the men who risked everything to make it happen.

Almost every revolution in history failed to achieve its goals. Most of them led to a worse tyranny than the one they tried to overthrow, but one exception is the American Revolution. In this video, we explore how a ragtag group of patriots came together to defeat the mightiest empire on earth and create the world's first large-scale republic.

The French Revolution gave the world liberty, equality, and fraternity—or did it? In this video, we explore how the French Revolution created a worse tyranny than the one it tried to replace.

The French Revolution takes a left-wing turn with the rise of Maximilien Robespierre. In this video, we learn what happens when leftist revolutionaries take over the biggest country in Europe (hint: it doesn't go well).

How did a little bit of steam change the world? In this video, we explore how the Industrial Revolution created the modern age as we know it.

What sparked some of the 20th Century’s biggest revolutions? In this video, we explore how the Industrial Revolution broke down old power structures and why its opponents sought to impose new ones.