HI$TORY — Season 1, Episode 2: Civil War
30 min • 1 season, 4 episodes • ★ 2.0/10
Episode synopsis
Why, as a teenager in New Jersey in the 1980s, was Peter Sagal taught the Southern myth of the Civil War? How did Gone with the Wind became a national parable? Why is Robert E. Lee an American hero? Slaves = money = power.
About HI$TORY
NPR’s Peter Sagal takes us on an irreverent romp through American history to reveal how money makes the world go around.