Top stories published by AmericanExperiencePBS in January of 2017

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Jan 26, 2017

When Did the Environment Become a Partisan Issue?

By Cori Brosnahan

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Jan 6, 2017

Goldsboro, 1961

Sometimes all that stands between the world and nuclear disaster is the flip of a switch.

By Cori Brosnahan

“Bombs are relatively dumb,’’ says Bob Peurifoy, former director of weapon…

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Jan 27, 2017

Ancient Tunnels: A Ride on America’s First Subway Line

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Jan 19, 2017

Democracy Way - Part One

A two-part series about Pennsylvania Avenue and its place in our nation’s capital and in American history. This is the beginning. Read Part Two here.

By Gene Tempest

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Jan 26, 2017

The Forgotten Hero of the American Subway

Public transportation wouldn’t be the same without Frank J…

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Jan 20, 2017

Democracy Way - Part Two

A two-part series about Pennsylvania Avenue and its place in our nation’s capital and in American history. This is the second and final part. Read Part One here.

By Gene Tempest

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Jan 6, 2017

Can you pass Thomas Edison’s Intelligence Test? Um, no.

You think your boss is tough. Thomas Edison must have been brutal
By Doug Most

Doug Most is the author of The Race Underground. The American Experience film of the same name, airing…

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Jan 13, 2017

Telling the Big Story: An Interview with Science Writer Elizabeth Kolbert

By Cori Brosnahan

In 1962, The New Yorker magazine published the first of a series of articles by science writer Rachel Carson about the dangerous side effects of pesticides…

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Jan 18, 2017

The Role for a Lifetime

For the last 25 years, actress and playwright Kaiulani Lee has traveled the world performing her play “A Sense of Wonder,” which tells the story of science writer Rachel Carson. American Experience recently premiered a film about Carson, and took the opportunity to interview Lee about…

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Jan 9, 2017

What’s a Nuclear “Accident” and How Many Have We Had?

February 2017

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