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Revisionist History Episodes

    Saigon, 1965

    In the 1960s the Pentagon set up a research project in an old villa in downtown Saigon.

    Hitler’s Olympics, Part 9: A Plague on Both Your Houses.Hitler's Olympics

    What is the right way to reconcile something pure with the messiness of the real world?

    Hitler’s Olympics, Part 8: β€œVater, It is to be Fayetteville”Hitler's Olympics

    The fight over the games provided Americans a chance to study Nazi Germany.

    Hitler’s Olympics, Part 7: Long Jump, Tall TaleHitler's Olympics

    The hidden life of one of America’s iconic sports heroes, Jesse Owens.

    Part 6: The Jiggle & the Giddy UpHitler's Olympics

    What really happened at the long jump pit that day between Jesse Owens and Luz Long?

    Part 5: The Amateur’s HourHitler's Olympics

    A German Jewish high-jumper is determined to get her shot at Olympic greatness.

    Part 4: Outcast in OlympiaHitler's Olympics

    The cheerleader for the American Olympic movement was a tycoon named Avery Brundage.

    Part 3: Mustache to MustacheHitler's Olympics

    The wolf met with the chicken. Guess who won?

    Part 2: Pangloss, Polonius, PrufrockHitler's Olympics

    Faced with a moral dilemma, America needed the wisdom of Solomon. But it got Sherrill.

    Part 1: The Blue-Eyed TornadoHitler's Olympics

    In the early 1930s, Hitler granted a rare interview to US journalist Dorothy Thompson.

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