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Short video of oral historian Studs Terkel and 1972 Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Mike Royko at Lawry’s, a Chicago bar. Someone orders a Sharp’s non-alcoholic beer for Royko, another patrons laughs, and then Royko wants in on the joke.
A PBS American Masters documentary about Charles M. Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000), an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium and is still…
In 1989, a tanker ran aground off the coast of Alaska, causing one of the worst oil spills in United States history. Nearly 25 years later, the lessons of the Exxon Valdez continue to resonate. Watch this Retro Report documentary…
“If I was white I would have been like John Wayne… I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play” — Tupac Shakur Interview by Benjamin Svetkey March 1994 Microcassette recorder Related profile appeared in Entertainment Weekly
When AMC’s Breaking Bad premiered in 2008, one of Alabama’s most successful meth cooks was already knee-deep in building a massive meth empire. His name? Walter White. In this documentary, Walter tells us the secret behind his product. How he…
AMERICAN PRINCE from Tommy Pallotta on Vimeo. Did you know that the most memorable scene from Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, in which Travolta injects adrenaline into the heart of a woman who overdosed, is based on a true story? It happened…
