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A History Of The United States In 100 ObjectsEpisodes

  1. Saturday17:32
    BBC World Service News Internet

    100 Objects: 1. The century safe

    A locked iron safe, sealed for 100 years. What objects did Americans choose to remember?(R)

  2. Monday04:32
    BBC World Service

    100 Objects #2: 60-Degree Screw

    A tiny screw. A precise angle. How America built a hidden empire, one standard at a time.

  3. Monday13:32
    BBC World Service except Australasia, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa

    100 Objects #2: 60-Degree Screw

    A tiny screw. A precise angle. How America built a hidden empire, one standard at a time.(R)

  4. Monday18:32
    BBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only

    100 Objects #2: 60-Degree Screw

    A tiny screw. A precise angle. How America built a hidden empire, one standard at a time.(R)

  5. Monday23:32
    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa

    100 Objects #2: 60-Degree Screw

    A tiny screw. A precise angle. How America built a hidden empire, one standard at a time.(R)

  6. Sat 7 Nov 202617:32
    BBC World Service News Internet

    100 Objects #2: 60-Degree Screw

    A tiny screw. A precise angle. How America built a hidden empire, one standard at a time.(R)

  7. Mon 9 Nov 202604:32
    BBC World Service

    100 Objects: 3. The pension files

    Unearthing a remarkable slave rebellion through dusty Civil War paperwork

  8. Mon 9 Nov 202613:32
    BBC World Service except Australasia, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa

    100 Objects: 3. The pension files

    Unearthing a remarkable slave rebellion through dusty Civil War paperwork(R)

  9. Mon 9 Nov 202618:32
    BBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only

    100 Objects: 3. The pension files

    Unearthing a remarkable slave rebellion through dusty Civil War paperwork(R)

  10. Mon 9 Nov 202623:32
    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa

    100 Objects: 3. The pension files

    Unearthing a remarkable slave rebellion through dusty Civil War paperwork(R)

  11. Sat 14 Nov 202617:32
    BBC World Service News Internet

    100 Objects: 3. The pension files

    Unearthing a remarkable slave rebellion through dusty Civil War paperwork(R)

  12. Mon 16 Nov 202604:32
    BBC World Service

    100 Objects #4: Lowe's Gas Bag

    How one man's runaway balloon flight sparked America's obsession with going either higher.

  13. Mon 16 Nov 202613:32
    BBC World Service except Australasia, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa

    100 Objects #4: Lowe's Gas Bag

    How one man's runaway balloon flight sparked America's obsession with going either higher.(R)

  14. Mon 16 Nov 202618:32
    BBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only

    100 Objects #4: Lowe's Gas Bag

    How one man's runaway balloon flight sparked America's obsession with going either higher.(R)

  15. Mon 16 Nov 202623:32
    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa

    100 Objects #4: Lowe's Gas Bag

    How one man's runaway balloon flight sparked America's obsession with going either higher.(R)

  16. Sat 21 Nov 202617:32
    BBC World Service News Internet

    100 Objects #4: Lowe's Gas Bag

    How one man's runaway balloon flight sparked America's obsession with going either higher.(R)

  17. Mon 23 Nov 202604:32
    BBC World Service

    100 Objects: 5:.Blue Back Speller

    Why was an ordinary schoolbook so treasured that enslaved people risked their lives for it

  18. Mon 23 Nov 202613:32
    BBC World Service except Australasia, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa

    100 Objects: 5:.Blue Back Speller

    Why was an ordinary schoolbook so treasured that enslaved people risked their lives for it(R)

  19. Mon 23 Nov 202618:32
    BBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only

    100 Objects: 5:.Blue Back Speller

    Why was an ordinary schoolbook so treasured that enslaved people risked their lives for it(R)

  20. Mon 23 Nov 202623:32
    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa

    100 Objects: 5:.Blue Back Speller

    Why was an ordinary schoolbook so treasured that enslaved people risked their lives for it(R)

  21. Sat 28 Nov 202617:32
    BBC World Service News Internet

    100 Objects: 5:.Blue Back Speller

    Why was an ordinary schoolbook so treasured that enslaved people risked their lives for it(R)

  22. Mon 30 Nov 202604:32
    BBC World Service

    100 Objects #6: “Sharpened Screwdriver”

    How was a household tool reimagined as a deadly weapon…that never actually existed?

  23. Mon 30 Nov 202613:32
    BBC World Service except Australasia, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa

    100 Objects #6: “Sharpened Screwdriver”

    How was a household tool reimagined as a deadly weapon…that never actually existed?(R)

  24. Mon 30 Nov 202618:32
    BBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only

    100 Objects #6: “Sharpened Screwdriver”

    How was a household tool reimagined as a deadly weapon…that never actually existed?(R)

  25. Mon 30 Nov 202623:32
    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa

    100 Objects #6: “Sharpened Screwdriver”

    How was a household tool reimagined as a deadly weapon…that never actually existed?(R)