American Experience

Tue Jan. 17 at 9PM on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Meet the influential author and anthropologist whose work reclaimed and honored Black life.

Tue Jan. 10 at 9PM on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | The fascinating and surprising story of this iconic American garment.

Wed Dec. 21 at 10PM on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Explore the life of 1970 Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug, who tried to solve world hunger. He rescued India from a severe famine and led the "Green Revolution," estimated to have saved one billion lives. But his work later faced criticism.

Wed Dec. 14 at 10PM on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | The story of Louise Brown, the world's first successful test tube baby, born in Great Britain on July 25, 1978.

Fri Dec. 9 at 8PM on WKAR World 23.2 & STREAMING | Explore the life and career of one of the best-known and most influential religious leaders of the 20th century.

Wed Dec. 7 at 10PM on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Discover the story of the disease that gripped the nation in fear and a crusader's fight against it.

Tue Nov. 15 at 9PM on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Eyewitness accounts reveal how Iranian students held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days.

Mon Nov. 14 at 9PM on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Explore how America’s complex involvement in the Middle East led to the Iran hostage crisis.

Wed., Aug. 31 at 10 p.m. on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | The determined people who clung to their homes and way of life enduring drought and dust.

Wed., Aug. 24 at 10 p.m. on WKAR-HD 23.1 | In 1927, the Mississippi River flooded from New Orleans, leaving a million homeless.