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Pacific Rim

Americans have long looked at the California shore and seen the end of the continent. Instead, this episode interprets that sandy edge as the beginning of a Pacific world -- one that has long influenced Los Angeles through geology and climate, but also through the transoceanic flows of people, goods, technology and cultural ideas.

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Edwin Hubble discovered just how vast the universe truly is.

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Pioneering African-American architect Paul Revere Williams' contributions to Los Angeles.

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Explore the subterranean myths of Prohibition-era Los Angeles.

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Three Views of Manzanar: Adams, Lange, Miyatake

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