The Seventies

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1. 1Television Gets RealThe 1970s were known for extremes, perhaps nowhere more than on television. PBS and C-SPAN launched, but so did "The Love Boat" and "Three's Company." We talk w60m
2. 2The United States vs. NixonHow did a "third-rate burglary" lead to the only presidential resignation in American history? We trace the story of Watergate with, among others, John Dean, Pa60m
3. 3Peace with HonorThe Vietnam War is one of the defining events of recent American history. It still exerts enormous influence on our military and foreign policy. Why did it end 60m
4. 4Crimes and CultsAmerica suffered through one of its most violent decades as crime rates soared and Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, the Son of Sam and the Jim Jones made headlines. W60m
5. 5The State of the Union is Not GoodThat unlikely phrase is taken from President Gerald Ford's 1975 State of the Union address and reflects an America that careened from crisis to crisis in the se60m
6. 6Battle of the SexesSex was everywhere in the 1970s. No decade in our history witnessed such a seismic shift in sexual mores, customs and gender roles. Hear stories from the front 60m
7. 7Terrorism at Home and AbroadFrom the massacre of athletes at the Munich Olympics to the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, the 1970s gave birth to the modern face of terrorism. I60m
8. 8What's Goin' OnAfter the breakup of the Beatles, popular music exploded into a variety of new formats and genres as artists including Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Donna Sum60m