Theo Wilson time travels to 1865 and immerses himself in the events that lead John Wilkes Booth to hatch a plan to kill President Abraham Lincoln. Wilson uncovers a series of surprising moments, from a sibling rivalry to Booth's first encounter with Lincoln, which sharpened Booth's hatred for the president and led to him to murder Lincoln just when the United States of America needed the 16th President most. Featuring insights from leading historians....

The brutality of Hitler and his overwhelming lust for power are soon on display as he continues to destroy Germany's democracy from within. Members of the aristocratic elite are still in positions of power, but soon the Nazis and their violent stormtrooper hordes silence even the slightest criticism. Even those closest to Hitler realize that he cannot be trusted and everyone is expendable.

The Weibert family of Montana may be closer than ever to solving the last great mystery of the Battle of the Little Bighorn--what became of the valuable cache of weapons taken from Custer's fallen soldiers after the battle.

"For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI-a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have accomplished, why are we so self-destructive? Nexus looks through the...

Struggling Into the Air looks at the dawn of aviation, WWI and beyond.

This documentary weaves together 10 vignettes of volunteers and civilians across Ukraine, who have each found their own way to support the war effort. Sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking, Sunflowers in the Rain offers rare insight into what war looks like for ordinary people, and demonstrates the ways in which people cope and resist.

"The epic, five millennia history of the region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that was the birthplace of civilization and remains today the essential crossroads between East and West. At the start of the fourth millennium BC, at the edge of historical time, civilization first arrived with the advent of cities and the invention of writing that began to replace legend with history. This occurred on the floodplains of southern Iraq where the...

This program uncovers the countless ways in which Central and South American civilizations have influenced the U.S. From language to medicine, from food to manufacturing, the program develops a strong understanding of these influential and ancient civilizations. It explores the idea of "Manifest Destiny," discovers Puerto Rico's quest for independence, and finds out how the "Little War" affected Mexico.