"" As a war, it was small, nasty and suspicious. As news, it was a godsend. The Spanish-American War did many things it united an adolescent nation and paraded its global ambitions for all to see, while heralding the descent of a tired empire. In this unique program, the conflict comes to life as it was presented to people at that time through the accounts of newspapers nationwide. From the slow buildup of public sentiment agains ..."
"Over the course of just 120 terrifying days, an innocuous seasonal disease mutated into a monster that killed 22 million people around the world – one million more than World War I saw dead by bayonet, shell, gas and machine gun in four years. Scientists estimate that, had the disease maintained its rate of acceleration, it would have wiped out all humankind in months. This program tells the terrible story of the Spanish Flu, whi ..."