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Ernie Kovacs: The Forgotten Genius Who Invented TV Comedy
Jun 23, 202622 min
Eugene Levy: The Sociology Degree Behind a Comedy Empire
Jun 23, 202619 min
Eugene Debs: The Man Who Ran for President From Prison
Jun 23, 202627 min
Ezra Pound: The Genius Poet Who Became a Fascist Traitor
Jun 23, 202618 min
Francesco Borromini: The Tormented Genius of Baroque Rome
Jun 23, 202621 min
Frankie Boyle: From Comedy's Dark Heart to Crime Novelist
Jun 23, 202622 min
Trevor Noah: Born a Crime, From Soweto to The Daily Show
Jun 23, 202624 min
Fred Brooks: Why Adding People Makes Late Projects Later
Jun 23, 202620 min
Cedric the Entertainer: Claims Adjuster to Comedy Empire
Jun 23, 202619 min
Patton Oswalt: The Geek Comedian and the Golden State Killer
Jun 23, 202619 min
The Name Alfred: One Word's Wild Journey Across History
Jun 23, 202618 min
Edward Elgar: The Outsider Behind Pomp and Circumstance
Jun 23, 202620 min
Stephen Fry: From Youth Detention to Knight of the Realm
Jun 23, 202621 min
Rudyard Kipling: Jungle Book Genius and Imperial Contradiction
Jun 23, 202623 min
Earl Warren: From Internment Architect to Civil Rights Icon
Jun 23, 202619 min
Garry Shandling: The Comedy Genius Who Funded a Cure
Jun 23, 202620 min
Gary Larson: The Far Side Genius Who Walked Away
Jun 23, 202622 min
George Burns: 100 Years of Reinvention in Show Business
Jun 23, 202619 min
George Meade: The Reluctant General Who Won Gettysburg
Jun 23, 202623 min
George Whitefield: The First Celebrity Preacher's Dark Bargain
Jun 23, 202621 min
Gilda Radner: The Private Pain Behind SNL's First Star
Jun 23, 202622 min
Greg Davies: 13 Years Teaching Before Taskmaster Fame
Jun 23, 202617 min
Greg Giraldo: The Harvard Lawyer Who Chose Comedy
Jun 23, 202622 min
Hans Christian Andersen: The Outsider Who Built Fairy Tales
Jun 23, 202619 min
Harriet Beecher Stowe: Grief, Genius and Glaring Blind Spots
Jun 23, 202618 min
Harvey Korman: The Dramatic Actor Who Anchored Comedy Chaos
Jun 23, 202619 min
Henny Youngman: The One-Liner King's Secret Devotion
Jun 23, 202621 min
Henry Ward Beecher: Love, Rifles and a Sex Scandal
Jun 23, 202623 min
Henry Clay: The Great Compromiser's Power and Hypocrisy
Jun 23, 202623 min
Heraclius: The Emperor Who Saved Rome Then Lost It All
Jun 23, 202621 min
Ali Wong: From Fulbright Scholar to Comedy Icon
Jun 23, 202617 min
Andrew Schulz: The Comic Who Rewrote Modern Fame
Jun 23, 202617 min
Arminius: The Roman Officer Who Broke an Empire
Jun 23, 202622 min
Beatrix Potter: The Secret Empire Behind Peter Rabbit
Jun 23, 202620 min
Benjamin Britten: The Outsider Who Conquered British Music
Jun 23, 202620 min
Bill Murray: The Star Who Refused to Play by the Rules
Jun 23, 202619 min
Carol Burnett: Poverty, Power, and a Pay-It-Forward Promise
Jun 23, 202620 min
Mikhail Glinka: The Father of Russian Classical Music
Jun 23, 202623 min
Kristen Wiig: How Aimless Wandering Built a Comedy Icon
Jun 23, 202619 min
John le Carre: The Spy Who Reinvented the Spy Novel
Jun 23, 202618 min
Aldo Leopold: The Wolf That Changed Conservation
Jun 23, 202621 min
Andrea Mantegna: The Renaissance Master of Optical Illusion
Jun 23, 202621 min
Andy Kaufman: The Comedian Who Hated Jokes
Jun 23, 202623 min
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Megamusicals, Hits, and Spectacular Flops
Jun 23, 202618 min
Anne Meara: The Comedy Legend Who Walked Away
Jun 23, 202619 min
Attila the Hun: The Truth Behind the Scourge of God
Jun 23, 202623 min
August Wilson: The High School Dropout Who Won Two Pulitzers
Jun 23, 202622 min
August Macke: Radiant Genius Lost in the Trenches
Jun 23, 202619 min
Augusto Boal: The Theater That Became Law
Jun 23, 202623 min
Shoeless Joe Jackson: The Black Sox Scandal Reexamined
Jun 23, 202618 min