HI$TORY

Documentary 2022

Available on Curiosity Stream

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

Documentary 2022

I

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 · 18 Mar 2022 I
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 · 18 Mar 2022 I
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 · 18 Mar 2022 I
EPISODE 4

Transcontinental Railroad

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

13 min · 18 Mar 2022 I

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: I
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

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

Accessibility

: Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.