HI$TORY

Documentary 2022

Available on CuriosityStream

Peter Sagal goes on an irreverent romp through U.S. history to reveal how money makes the world go around.

Documentary 2022

PG

Starring Peter Sagal

EPISODE 1

Watergate

The Watergate political scandal is linked to President Richard M. Nixon's craving for personal wealth, President John F. Kennedy, billionaire Howard Hughes and the Nixon Burger.

15 min · Mar 18, 2022 PG
EPISODE 2

Civil War

Peter Sagal recounts being taught the Southern myth of the Civil War as a teenager in New Jersey in the 1980s, examines how "Gone With the Wind" became a national parable and explores why Robert E. Lee is regarded as an American hero.

14 min · Mar 18, 2022 PG
EPISODE 3

Cold War

Peter Sagal follows the money to reveal how the Cold War was won not by weapons of war, but blue jeans, silk stockings and fast food.

15 min · Mar 18, 2022 PG
EPISODE 4

Transcontinental Railroad

Peter Sagal chronicles how Americans who settled the West lived at the mercy of railroad tycoons.

13 min · Mar 18, 2022 PG

Peter Sagal

Host

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HI$TORY

DOCUMENTARY

Peter Sagal goes on an irreverent romp through U.S. history to reveal how money makes the world go around.

Information

Studio: Curiosity Studios
Released: 2022
Rated: PG
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English (United States)
Subtitles: English (United States) (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.