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Sinclair Lewis: America's Forgotten Nobel Prize Satirist
Jun 23, 202620 min
Sophie Tucker: The Last of the Red Hot Mamas
Jun 23, 202617 min
Stan Freberg: The Satirist Who Rewrote Advertising
Jun 23, 202624 min
The Real Brothers Grimm: Poverty, Politics, and Dark Tales
Jun 23, 202621 min
Steve Allen: The Man Who Invented Late Night TV
Jun 23, 202620 min
Steve Coogan: Escaping Alan Partridge and Fighting the Tabloids
Jun 23, 202619 min
Steve Harvey: From Living in a Car to a Media Empire
Jun 23, 202620 min
Steve Martin: The Philosopher Who Reinvented Comedy
Jun 23, 202617 min
Steve-O: Surviving Jackass, Addiction, and Reinvention
Jun 23, 202621 min
Stewart Lee: The Comedian Who Built a Career by Alienating His Audience
Jun 23, 202620 min
Susanna Wesley: The Mother Who Built the Blueprint for Methodism
Jun 23, 202621 min
Thaddeus Stevens: The Uncompromising Radical Who Dragged America Toward Equality
Jun 23, 202624 min
Kathe Kollwitz: The Artist Whose Empathy Threatened a Fascist Regime
Jun 23, 202620 min
Imogene Coca: The Ballerina Who Accidentally Invented Sketch Comedy
Jun 23, 202618 min
Jennifer Saunders: How Mutual Disdain Built a Comedy Legend
Jun 23, 202618 min
Harpo Marx: The Silent Clown Who Was a Secret Spy and Self-Taught Genius
Jun 23, 202619 min
Ed Sullivan: The Awkward Newsman Who Became America's Cultural Kingmaker
Jun 23, 202619 min
Henry Heinz: Bankruptcy, Superstition, and the 57 Varieties Myth
Jun 23, 202619 min
Jacques Tati: The Genius Who Built a City and Lost Everything
Jun 23, 202612 min
Leos Janacek: The Composer Who Peaked in His Seventies
Jun 23, 202620 min
Jay Leno: The $32 Million Man Who Never Spent a Dime
Jun 23, 202618 min
Janeane Garofalo: The Alt-Comedy Pioneer Who Refused to Conform
Jun 23, 202615 min
Jim Gaffigan: From Falling Asleep at His Desk to the Pope
Jun 23, 202618 min
Jimmy Kimmel: From The Man Show to a Free Speech Crisis
Jun 23, 202619 min
Joan Rivers: How She Turned Insecurity Into a Weapon
Jun 23, 202617 min
Joe Hill: The Labor Martyr the Government Couldn't Bury
Jun 23, 202620 min
Joey Bishop: The Hidden Architect of the Rat Pack
Jun 23, 202618 min
John Mulaney: The Good Boy Who Had to Destroy His Image
Jun 23, 202620 min
John Singer Sargent: The Outsider Who Painted the Elite
Jun 23, 202623 min
John L. Lewis: Public Enemy to Architect of the Middle Class
Jun 23, 202620 min
John McCain: The Maverick Forged by Failure and Captivity
Jun 23, 202620 min
John Wesley: The Spiritual Biohacker Who Founded Methodism
Jun 23, 202620 min
Jonathan Edwards: The Gentle Genius Behind America's Scariest Sermon
Jun 23, 202621 min
Jordan Peele: From Sketch Comedy to Horror Mastermind
Jun 23, 202619 min
Joseph McCarthy: The Stage Magician of the Red Scare
Jun 23, 202624 min
June Foray: The Woman Who Made Hollywood Respect Animation
Jun 23, 202619 min
Keegan-Michael Key: Code-Switching as a Comedic Superpower
Jun 23, 202617 min
Keenan Ivory Wayans: The Engineer Who Built a Comedy Dynasty
Jun 23, 202615 min
Kenan Thompson: How the Glue of SNL Outlasted Everyone
Jun 23, 202617 min
Kevin Hart: From a Thrown Piece of Chicken to Stadium Empire
Jun 23, 202622 min
The Man Behind the Curtain: L. Frank Baum's Strange Story
Jun 23, 202622 min
L. Frank Baum: The Dark, Wild Life Behind the Wizard of Oz
Jun 23, 202622 min
Larry David: How Spite and Awkwardness Built a Comedy Empire
Jun 23, 202620 min
Lee Mack: From Bingo Halls to BAFTA-Winning Comic Genius
Jun 23, 202619 min
Lillian Hellman: Defiant Playwright Who Rewrote Her Own Truth
Jun 23, 202622 min
Mack Sennett: The King of Comedy Who Built the Fun Factory
Jun 23, 202623 min
Madam C.J. Walker: Wash Tub to Self-Made Millionaire Empire
Jun 23, 202621 min
The Real Madam C.J. Walker: America's First Self-Made Tycoon
Jun 23, 202621 min
Marc Maron: How a Garage and Radical Honesty Built WTF
Jun 23, 202615 min
Maria Bamford: Turning Mental Illness Into Comedy Genius
Jun 23, 202618 min