Biography

Sunday, March 2

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8:00AM

Biography

Benedict Arnold: Triumph and Treason

Story of the brilliant American Revolutionary War general who turned traitor. Focuses on his military victories for the colonists, causes of his estrangement from the American side, and his decision to commit treason and defect to the British.
9:00AM

ArtRageous

The Inspiration Behind the Art

Inspiration can come from just about anywhere, as Nate finds out when he explores how Islamic art influenced MC Escher’s intricate geometric drawings, where Edvard Munch’s famous painting “The Scream” came from, and how Paul Klee came up with some of his best-known work.
9:30AM

New Frontier, The

EYES TO THE HEAVENS

10:00AM

Better Planet TV

Better Planet TV 121

GREEN BUSINESS PRACTICES UGANDA ENERGY SOURCES ANIMALS ARE GREEN
10:30AM

Re-Inventors, The

13TH CENTURY CATAPULT

INVESTIGATING AND TESTING A 13TH CENTURY CATAPULT.
11:00AM

10 Things You Don’t Know About

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was a multi-talented American founding father--but he also owned slaves, frequented sex clubs and was a suspected serial killer. In this episode of our new series, maverick historian David Eisenbach uncovers little-known details of Franklin's past, shedding new light on Franklin's eccentric behaviors and how they enabled him to help save the American Revolution.
11:30AM

10 Things You Don’t Know About

J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover ran the FBI for almost 40 years and was America's most respected, and feared, lawman. Author and historian David Eisenbach digs into Hoover's buried secrets to reveal that Hoover was also a neighborhood peeping tom, a sexual blackmailer.
12:00PM

Biography

Tokyo Rose: Victim of Propaganda

Story of the women who broadcast Japanese propaganda to US troops in World War II. Focuses on Iva Toguri, a US citizen who be came known as "Tokyo Rose" for her radio broadcasts. Toguri was convicted of treason in 1949 and imprisoned but was pardoned by President Ford in 1977.
1:00PM

Biography

Steve Rubell: Lord of the Disco

Story of the small, wiry kid from Brooklyn who conquered the New York nightclub scene with his Studio 54, but who ran into legal problems that bankrupted him and health problems that killed him at age 45.
2:00PM

Story Feature

How Playboy Changed the World

This two-hour special peeks behind the centerfolds and reveals just how Hugh M. Hefner's men's magazine became a worldwide empire. But more than that, it makes the case for how Playboy challenged social conventions about men, women, sex, and nudity.
4:00PM

Biography

Benedict Arnold: Triumph and Treason

Story of the brilliant American Revolutionary War general who turned traitor. Focuses on his military victories for the colonists, causes of his estrangement from the American side, and his decision to commit treason and defect to the British.
5:00PM

Biography

Lizzie Borden: A Woman Accused

Did Lizzie Borden really take an axe and give her mother 40 whacks and her father 41? She was acquitted, but controversy still rages over the century-old double murder case. This documentary digs for the facts. Interviews with case historians.
6:00PM

Ancient Mysteries

Secrets of the Romanovs

Looks at the final days of the mighty Romanov dynasty that ruled Russia until the assassinations of Czar Nicholas II and his family. Goes behind palace walls to investigate the "curse" of the Romanovs.
7:00PM

10 Things You Don’t Know About

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was a multi-talented American founding father--but he also owned slaves, frequented sex clubs and was a suspected serial killer. In this episode of our new series, maverick historian David Eisenbach uncovers little-known details of Franklin's past, shedding new light on Franklin's eccentric behaviors and how they enabled him to help save the American Revolution.
7:30PM

10 Things You Don’t Know About

J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover ran the FBI for almost 40 years and was America's most respected, and feared, lawman. Author and historian David Eisenbach digs into Hoover's buried secrets to reveal that Hoover was also a neighborhood peeping tom, a sexual blackmailer.
8:00PM

Biography

Tokyo Rose: Victim of Propaganda

Story of the women who broadcast Japanese propaganda to US troops in World War II. Focuses on Iva Toguri, a US citizen who be came known as "Tokyo Rose" for her radio broadcasts. Toguri was convicted of treason in 1949 and imprisoned but was pardoned by President Ford in 1977.
9:00PM

Biography

Steve Rubell: Lord of the Disco

Story of the small, wiry kid from Brooklyn who conquered the New York nightclub scene with his Studio 54, but who ran into legal problems that bankrupted him and health problems that killed him at age 45.
10:00PM

Story Feature

How Playboy Changed the World

This two-hour special peeks behind the centerfolds and reveals just how Hugh M. Hefner's men's magazine became a worldwide empire. But more than that, it makes the case for how Playboy challenged social conventions about men, women, sex, and nudity.
12:00AM

Biography

Benedict Arnold: Triumph and Treason

Story of the brilliant American Revolutionary War general who turned traitor. Focuses on his military victories for the colonists, causes of his estrangement from the American side, and his decision to commit treason and defect to the British.
1:00AM

Biography

Lizzie Borden: A Woman Accused

Did Lizzie Borden really take an axe and give her mother 40 whacks and her father 41? She was acquitted, but controversy still rages over the century-old double murder case. This documentary digs for the facts. Interviews with case historians.
2:00AM

Ancient Mysteries

Secrets of the Romanovs

Looks at the final days of the mighty Romanov dynasty that ruled Russia until the assassinations of Czar Nicholas II and his family. Goes behind palace walls to investigate the "curse" of the Romanovs.
3:00AM

10 Things You Don’t Know About

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was a multi-talented American founding father--but he also owned slaves, frequented sex clubs and was a suspected serial killer. In this episode of our new series, maverick historian David Eisenbach uncovers little-known details of Franklin's past, shedding new light on Franklin's eccentric behaviors and how they enabled him to help save the American Revolution.
3:30AM

10 Things You Don’t Know About

J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover ran the FBI for almost 40 years and was America's most respected, and feared, lawman. Author and historian David Eisenbach digs into Hoover's buried secrets to reveal that Hoover was also a neighborhood peeping tom, a sexual blackmailer.
4:00AM

Biography

Tokyo Rose: Victim of Propaganda

Story of the women who broadcast Japanese propaganda to US troops in World War II. Focuses on Iva Toguri, a US citizen who be came known as "Tokyo Rose" for her radio broadcasts. Toguri was convicted of treason in 1949 and imprisoned but was pardoned by President Ford in 1977.
5:00AM

Biography

Steve Rubell: Lord of the Disco

Story of the small, wiry kid from Brooklyn who conquered the New York nightclub scene with his Studio 54, but who ran into legal problems that bankrupted him and health problems that killed him at age 45.
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