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    The Wingmen

    Writer Adam Lazarus detailed the fifty-year friendship of John Glenn and Ted Williams focusing on their service together in the Korean War.

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    Built from the Fire

    Journalist Victor Luckerson chronicled the rise and fall of Tulsa’s Greenwood District also known as “Black Wall Street” through the lens of the Goodwin family from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massa…

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    The Deerfield Massacre

    Historian James Swanson recounted a Colonial-era massacre of American settlers living in Deerfield, Massachusetts, by hundreds of Native Americans and their French allies. Survivors of the 1…

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    Artificial - A Love Story

    New Yorker cartoonist Amy Kurzweil examined how artificial intelligence and art can connect the past and future through the lens of her family’s personal history, spanning three generations.

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    Blood Memory

    Writer Dayton Duncan looked at the history of the American buffalo, from prehistoric times to their co-existence alongside Native Americans, to their near extinction during western expansion…

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    James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia

    Dekalb County chief executive officer Michael Thurmond spoke about Georgia colony founder James Oglethorpe and his journey from slave trader to abolitionist.

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    The Sisterhood - The Secret History of Women at the CIA

    Journalist Liza Mundy discussed the little-known history of the roles and impact of the women working in the CIA.

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    To Love and Be Loved - A Personal Portrait of Mother Theresa

    Jim Towey, friend and advisor to Mother Theresa, reflected on her latter years and how she managed worldly matters.

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    Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat A Deadly Virus

    Science writer David Quammen talked about the efforts to trace and create a vaccine for the COVID-19 virus.

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    Master Slave Husband Wife

    Ilyon Woo chronicled the enslaved couple William and Ellen Craft’s escape to freedom with Ellen posing as a wealthy, disabled white man traveling with William as “his” male slave. .

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    The Last Hill

    Journalists Bob Drury and Tom Clavin detailed the 1944 efforts of the 2nd Batallion rangers to capture and hold Castle Hill in Germany near the end of World War II.

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    The Ransomware Hunting Team

    Propublica reporters Renee Dudley and Daniel Golden traced the efforts of a small group of self-taught civillians who work as a team to thwart ransomware attacks from around the world.

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    Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval

    Wall Street Journal economic reporter Jon Hilsenrath chronicled Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s career and the rise and fall of the U.S. economy over the last 50 years.

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    Reclamation

    Gayle Jessup White, public relations and community engagement officer at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, spoke about the efforts to have Sally Hemings recognized as a descendant of the Jeffer…

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    The Spymaster of Baghdad

    Former New York Times Baghdad bureau chief Margaret Coker spoke about a covert Iraqi intelligence unit that targeted ISIS. The Savannah Book Festival in Georgia hosted this program.

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    Beautiful Country

    Qian Wang reflected on her journey as an undocumented child in America. The Savannah Book Festival in Georgia hosted this program.

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    Patient Zero

    Dr. Lydia Kang and journalist Nate Pedersen provided a primer on diseases, how they start, spread, and the scientific research done to curb their impact. The Savannah Book Festival in Georgi…

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    A Better Man

    Comedian Michael Ian Black shared his thoughts on masculinity and how to prepare young boys to be better men. The Savannah Book Festival in Georgia hosted this program.

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    Volunteers - Growing Up in the Forever War

    Former U.S. Marine Jerad Alexander shared his insights on growing up in a military family and his service. The Savannah Book Festival in Georgia hosted this program.

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    The Eagles of Heart Mountain

    Bradford Pearson told the story of the Japanese Americans held at an internment camp in Wyoming during World War ll and how their sons, during their incarceration, played for an undefeated h…

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