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Flip Wilson: Geraldine, TV's First Black Superstar, and WYSIWYG
Jun 23, 202618 min
William Wrigley Jr.: From $32 and Soap to a Chewing Gum Empire
Jun 23, 202621 min
Hank Azaria: The Vocal Chameleon Behind The Simpsons
Jun 23, 202622 min
Hannah Gadsby: How Nanette Shattered the Rules of Comedy
Jun 23, 202621 min
Iliza Shlesinger: From Last Comic Standing to a Media Empire
Jun 23, 202619 min
James Thurber: The Blind Humorist Who Drew From Memory
Jun 23, 202626 min
Jerome Kern: The Late-Night Poker Game That Built the Modern Musical
Jun 23, 202620 min
Jimmy Carr: The Dyslexic Late Bloomer Who Engineered a Comedy Empire
Jun 23, 202620 min
Laurence Olivier: The Greatest Actor Who Wasn't a Natural
Jun 23, 202624 min
Margaret Cho: Surviving Hollywood and Shattering the Mold
Jun 23, 202618 min
Mo'Nique: The Oscar Win, the Blacklist, and the Fight Back
Jun 23, 202620 min
Moms Mabley: The Trojan Horse Who Smuggled Truth Into America
Jun 23, 202617 min
Oliver Hardy: The Theater Manager Behind the Bumbling Fool
Jun 23, 202622 min
Phyllis Diller: The Punk Rocker Who Reinvented Female Comedy
Jun 23, 202618 min
Arno Penzias: The Pigeon Poop That Revealed the Big Bang
Jun 23, 202618 min
Pigmeat Markham: How a Comedy Catchphrase Birthed Rap
Jun 23, 202620 min
Robert Wilson: Hearing the Big Bang in the Static
Jun 23, 202620 min
Roseanne Barr: The Roller Coaster With No Brakes
Jun 23, 202619 min
The Clash: The Only Band That Mattered Went Broke for Fans
Jun 23, 202622 min
Theo Von: The Mullet Comic Presidents Now Call
Jun 23, 202618 min
Tig Notaro: How a Cancer Diagnosis Made Comedy History
Jun 23, 202620 min
U2: 50 Years of Reinvention, Egos, and Survival
Jun 23, 202622 min
Vercingetorix: The Gaul Who Nearly Beat Julius Caesar
Jun 23, 202621 min
Walter Reuther: The Man Who Built the Middle Class
Jun 23, 202625 min
Weird Al: How an Accordion Nerd Outlasted Every Pop Star
Jun 23, 202620 min
Tony Blair: The Turnaround CEO of British Politics
Jun 23, 202620 min
Huey Long: The Kingfish and America's Brush with Dictatorship
Jun 23, 202621 min
Jack Paar: The Host Who Walked Off Live TV and Won
Jun 23, 202620 min
Jacques Chirac: The Bulldozer Who Mastered Contradiction
Jun 23, 202621 min
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
Fred Brooks: Why Adding People Makes Late Projects Later
Jun 23, 202620 min
Trevor Noah: Born a Crime, From Soweto to The Daily Show
Jun 23, 202624 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
Stephen Fry: From Youth Detention to Knight of the Realm
Jun 23, 202621 min
Edward Elgar: The Outsider Behind Pomp and Circumstance
Jun 23, 202620 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 Meade: The Reluctant General Who Won Gettysburg
Jun 23, 202623 min
George Burns: 100 Years of Reinvention in Show Business
Jun 23, 202619 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