1. New Jersey
Air date: 2015-09-01 · 30 min
Paleontologists Othniel Marsh and Edward Cope become rivals, and Penzias & Wilson discover the echo of the Big Bang. Featuring Greg Kinnear, Stephen Merchant, Justin Long, Jason Ritter, Tony Hale and Christopher Meloni.
Open episode 1 ↗2. Miami
Air date: 2015-09-08 · 30 min
Actor Clark Gable joins the Air Force during World War II, Ponce de Leon quarrels with Diego Columbus, and Griselda Blanco takes over the cocaine trade in Miami. Featuring Josh Hartnett, Maya Rudolph, David Koechner and Johnny Knoxville.
Open episode 2 ↗3. New Orleans
Air date: 2015-09-15 · 30 min
Pirate John Lafitte helps Andrew Jackson defeat the British during the War of 1812, Sam Zemurray becomes a banana kingpin, and Louis Armstrong becomes a jazz legend. Featuring Jack McBrayer, Thomas Middleditch, Jason Momoa, Miles Brown and Andre Royo.
Open episode 3 ↗4. Spies
Air date: 2015-09-22 · 30 min
Harriet Tubman provides military intel to the Union Army, Virginia Hall spies in France during World War II and becomes the first woman in the CIA, and Roald Dahl serves as a debonair British spy. Featuring Octavia Spencer, Alia Shawkat and Will Ferrell.
Open episode 4 ↗5. Cleveland
Air date: 2015-09-29 · 30 min
Wayne Wheeler leads the Prohibition charge, Dorothy Fuldheim paves the way for women in journalism, and Muhammad Ali refuses to fight in the Vietnam War.
Open episode 5 ↗6. Games
Air date: 2015-10-06 · 30 min
Board games become popular thanks to Milton Bradley; a pinball ban is overturned with help from Roger Sharpe; Bobby Fischer beats Boris Spassky at chess during the Cold War.
Open episode 6 ↗7. Oklahoma
Air date: 2015-10-13 · 30 min
A land claim in Oklahoma is made by Kentucky Daisy; astronaut Gordon Cooper goes on a space mission; Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves becomes the inspiration for the Lone Ranger.
Open episode 7 ↗8. Journalism
Air date: 2015-10-20 · 30 min
Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland try to travel around the world in under 80 days, and Thomas Nast's political cartoons lead to the downfall of Tammany Hall leader "Boss" Tweed.
Open episode 8 ↗9. Los Angeles
Air date: 2015-10-27 · 30 min
Vigilantes led by Andres Pico enact street justice; Rin Tin Tin becomes the world's biggest movie star; the construction of the Los Angeles aqueduct brings makes city officials rich.
Open episode 9 ↗10. New Mexico
Air date: 2015-11-03 · 30 min
The Pueblo Indians revolt against the Spanish, Boy Scout founder Ernest Thompson Seton hunts a wolf, and a mysterious crash in Roswell appears to be alien debris.
Open episode 10 ↗11. Inventors
Air date: 2015-11-10 · 30 min
Alexander Graham Bell steals the original design for the telephone from Elisha Gray, and Thomas Edison tries to create a movie-making monopoly.
Open episode 11 ↗12. Las Vegas
Air date: 2015-11-17 · 30 min
J.T. McWilliams forms a community but is muscled out by William Clark; Bugsy Siegel bets his life on the Flamingo Casino; the Moulin Rouge is the first casino to break the color barrier.
Open episode 12 ↗13. Space
Air date: 2015-11-24 · 30 min
Love blossoms between Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan; Russian cosmonauts make the first spacewalk; Wernher von Braun becomes a pioneer in rocket science.
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