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with Peter Sagal

NPR's Peter Sagal takes us on an irreverent romp through American history to reveal how money makes the world go around.

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About the show

Director: Noah Morrowitz

4 episodes

Studio: Curiosity Studio

2019

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Episodes

Watergate

Watergate

Like a burger and fries, Nixon and scandal have always gone together. But why did his men break into the Watergate office building? Why did Nixon crave personal wealth?

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Civil War

Civil War

Why, as a teenager in New Jersey in the 1980s, was Peter Sagal taught the Southern myth of the Civil War? Slaves = money = power.

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Transcontinental Railroad

Transcontinental Railroad

The movies have taught us that the west was won by rugged individuals with a gun on one hip and a gal on the other. But those Americans who settled the west, those icons of freedom and independence, lived at the mercy of the railroad tycoons.

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Cold War

Cold War

The Cold War was won not by weapons of war, but blue jeans, silk stockings, and fast food. Just follow the money.

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