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Watch a preview of Part One of Taken Hostage.

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Discover the fascinating and surprising story of this iconic American garment.

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Explore the culture war that erupted over the spectacular rise of disco music.

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The story of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group active across the US in the 1930s.

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The lively but neglected history of the women who changed the world while flying it.

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The untold story of the people who fought tirelessly to save women from cervical cancer.

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Discover the story of the Supreme Court’s first female justice, Sandra Day O'Connor.

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Using spare parts and ingenuity, Project Manhigh assembled a capsule that attached to a newly-invented balloon they hoped would carry a man to heights over 100,000 feet about Earth's surface.

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Radioing he had "a ring-side view of the heavens" Air Force officer David G. Simons made history in 1957 high aboard his Manhigh II balloon.

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n the mid-20th century, a small band of high-altitude pioneers exposed themselves to the extreme forces of the space age long before NASA's acclaimed Mercury 7 would make headlines.

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U.S. Air Force aviation doctor, John Paul Stapp, tested the limits of human physiology both on the ground and in near-space.

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The story of housewives who led a grassroots movement to galvanize the Superfund Bill.