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One of the most-recognized figures in American literary history: poet, patriot, and faithful advocate of democracy. But in his own time, critics denounced Walt Whitman as a "lunatic raving in pitiable delirium". This "American experience" production tells Whitman's life story, from his working class childhood in Long Island to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his impoverished family, then to his reckless pursuit of the attention and affection he craved for his work, to his death in 1892 at the age of 72.

Explores the controversy over whether literary masterpieces attributed to Shakespeare were written by his contemporary, Christopher Marlowe, reportedly killed in a brawl in 1593.

Explores how the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963, left a psychic wound on America that is still felt today, and explains why many believe Lee Harvey Oswald was not responsible for the murder.

Stormchasers Joel Taylor and Reed Timmer gather information about the formation of tornadoes and other severe storms.

A dramatization of Marie Antoinette's journey to the top of the French monarchy, following her childhood in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to her final days in a French prison.

Discusses the psychological impact and mind-affecting properties of color.

Provides a collection of twenty episodes of the children's animated television program "Wild Kratts," which follows animal scientists Chris and Martin Kratt as they travel around the world and participate in adventures saving animals and learning about the creatures in various ecosystems.

A young worm discovers, day by day, that there are some very good and some not so good things about being a worm in this great big world.

Offers insights in the the lives and work of various novelists and thinkers such as George Orwell, Susan Songtag, Sigmund Freud, Margaret Mead, and others with original voice recordings and archival documentary footage.

Examines the life of John Nash, the American mathematician who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, and who later won the Nobel Prize in economics.