American Experience

Tue. May 24 at 9 p.m. on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Discover how bubonic plague in 1900 set off fear and anti-Asian sentiment in San Francisco.

Tue. May 3 at 9 p.m. on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Explore the 1928 Los Angeles dam collapse, a colossal and deadly engineering failure.

Tue. Feb. 15 at 9 p.m. on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Explore how three Black diplomats broke racial barriers at the State Department during the Cold War.

Mon. Apr. 19 at 9pm on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Explore the life of L. Frank Baum, the man behind one of the most beloved, enduring and quintessential…

Tue. Mar. 30 at 9pm on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Discover the 1946 incident of racial violence by police that led to the racial awakening of President…

Mon. Feb. 15 at 9pm on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Voice of Freedom interweaves Marian Anderson’s rich life story with this landmark moment in history,…

Mon. Jan. 11 at 8pm on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Meet Elizebeth Friedman, the pioneering cryptanalyst who took down Al Capone and a Nazi spy ring.Based…

Fri., Jul. 10 at 9pm on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Mark the women’s suffrage centennial with stories of pioneering women who shaped American…

Tue., Jul. 7 at 2pm on WKAR Facebook | Join WKAR and American Experience for a discussion around the new two-part documentary series The Vote.The event…

Mon.-Tue., Oct. 8-9, 9pm on WKAR-HD 23.1 | Explore the colorful history of this popular, influential, and distinctly American form of entertainment. The…